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got to play with the evo

it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
***pics posted taken from hero came***
***update2 just posted 2 new pics video coming when i upload it***

I don't know why the box is making headlines... its what's inside that matters. I love the box, new and eco-friendly.
Jealous that you got to play with it!
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Joecrack305 said:
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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Comparing the screen to the iPhone, is it glass or plastic?
I'm switching from iPhone to Evo but I have not had the chance to hold one and compare build quality.

My question is how much lag is there? Not just the home screen but the apps. FOr instance, when you open messages, how long does it take to display things? That's the number one thing I hate about Sense. Too much f-ing lag.

joecrack305, if you're in miami let me know which store so that i can come check it out.

Joecrack305 said:
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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omg I hate you!

Wait for the op's pic.

sorry havent responded
i have both hero and iphone and they feel plastic, the evo def feels like glass.
lag wise not existent at all i swear its so smooth
jvs60 - no ones technically suppose to know about us having the evo, but every corp store in america has one person with a evo. my supervisor is the one with the evo and i know my manager def wouldnt be a happy camper if i told you to swing by, but go to any store in miami and ask to see the evo advocates phone test your luck.

tried seeing one at my local corporate sprint store. met the advocate who had it, said he was sworn to not show it off or he would get in trouble.

it is so awesome. I feel like the guy from the burger king commercial who has the small hands and hates going to burger king when I am holding it. It is pretty big, and comes with an 8gb card in it. No lag at all when putting live wallpapers on there (unlike my rooted hero). Damn I love this phone!

giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!

From what I've seen online, the lag is minimal...remember it has a Snapdragon 1Ghz Processor in it...Go play with a HD2 and you'll get a feel for the speed...Android 2.2 is supposed to be faster than 2.1 from what i heard also.

MetroKnight said:
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?

|Jason8| said:
I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?
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I'm constantly looking at pics, videos, thinking about it

MetroKnight said:
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.

0okami said:
indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.
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Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it

mrono said:
Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it
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Coverage reasons in my local area.
They are great in metros but in rural coverage is spotty and most of the time roaming. At least around here.

I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics

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I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics
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Can you play with the keyboard? Is it easy to type and stuff? I am coming from using a slide out keyboard so I am kinda worried about having to start using a onscreen keyboard.
thanks

The hero was my first onscreen keyboard and the iPhone was my second
The hero I'd give a 7
the iPhone 10
evo so far a 10
The screen is so big and easy to type on it's amazing for the hero I use swype now and I will probably use that in the evo when I switch

[Q] Xoom knock-off: Too true to be good?

I know (almost) everyone is still upset about missing the steal... um, deal of the year, but does anyone know anything about this:
http://www.applelover.org/android-30-p-1088.html
I saw this and instantly thought SCAM ALERT!!! But what if it's not? If it's true, this can certainly make up for missing that other deal. Also noteworthy, this is a presale. Another thing that I was leery of with the Xoom already officially in stores...

Yeah, I'm sooo calling shenanigans on this.
So many red flags all over this.
Besides, shipping date May 31? Yeah..

They must be working on a different calendar than we are, because you only get the special pricing before "28th Jeb"

Scam... order by Jeb? Jebuary? Oh yeah that's the month that comes after Nevember and before I-lost-500$-uary. If it's a realty good deal you are being taken for a ride.
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A co-worker showed me this and I told him don't jump out the window for it till I poll the community. That Jeb part definitely flagged me!!

The name of the tablet also seems to be photoshopped onto the Xoom... It might be a scam or just a very cheap knock-off from Shenzhen. Either way, I am still waiting for my 25% Xoom

funnycreature said:
The name of the tablet also seems to be photoshopped onto the Xoom... It might be a scam or just a very cheap knock-off from Shenzhen. Either way, I am still waiting for my 25% Xoom
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Sad part is, I was investigating this for my buddy around the time you guys were making off like bandits. He sidetracked me from my normal XDA browsing time!

I want one...I love my Xoom but this other thing has the ability to "access various types of flies, whatever the source". Take that Motorola!
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If you look at one of the photos, on the back of the device they have tape over "XOOM 12".
http://www.applelover.org/bmz_cache/c/c413d57912bfb65caa9bbc2ea2f9469b.image.750x498.jpg
I thought I recognized that long sleeve black sweater... He got some of the pics from these guys i think. (Look at silver sticker on third pic down). They are the same unit.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/motorola-announces.ars
Looks like a pic from a beta version of the XOOM. My opinion, you're better off spending your money on 500 fortune cookies and playing the lottery with the numbers on the back.

I can't say 100% but I think it is a scam...I mean even knock-offs don't look 100% the same as the original.

Dante_l1 said:
I want one...I love my Xoom but this other thing has the ability to "access various types of flies, whatever the source". Take that Motorola!
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+1 on sarcasm!

Wow, thank you op for letting us know about this great deal. I did not want to miss out on a great deal like that 25% off coupon.
I quickly ordered it and I got an immediate email saying that it will be shipped on Mirch 2, 2011. That was quick.
I was about to spend $500 on my weekly ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) but I jumped on this great deal instead.
Thanks again OP.

Wow... Really? I guess there's one in every group. Try this thing called reading before you write. The main purpose of this was to show my buddy I wasn't the only one who saw this as bogus. Thank you however on your insight. We are all definitely a lot better for it!!
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Apaca1ypse said:
Wow... Really? I guess there's one in every group. Try this thing called reading before you write. The main purpose of this was to show my buddy I wasn't the only one who saw this as bogus. Thank you however on your insight. We are all definitely a lot better for it!!
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He was trolling.

I really like the part where it says that they have 90 units in stock. Then just a couple lines lower they say "Only 95 units left"! You better buy it quickly.

GALAxy NOTE Gets a LOT of ATTENTION!!!!

I love my galaxy note and everytime i go to some public place people ask me what it is and you get to know a lot of people. Its awesome. All the people that saw my note said they were gonna buy it no lie.

barondebxl said:
I love my galaxy note and everytime i go to some public place people ask me what it is and you get to know a lot of people. Its awesome. All the people that saw my note said they were gonna buy it no lie.
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Same here. its the at first then the then the because they get jealous. Then I go
But, seriously. I love my phone, and nobody can't have an opinion about it. Great convo starter too.

Agreed best phone for my uses. And the attention isn't half bad lol great conversation piece.
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My frnz wid gs2 threaten to break my s pen

Dude I have 2 of em. You should see the attention I get from random strangers when I take both of them out....
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Sarius24 said:
Dude I have 2 of em. You should see the attention I get from random strangers when I take both of them out....
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I'll stare at anyone holding two phones, no matter what size =)

Sarius24 said:
Dude I have 2 of em. You should see the attention I get from random strangers when I take both of them out....
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Two G Notes? Seems like your captivate is now biting dust somewhere

Same here. If im somewhere where there is a lot of people. Then usually someone wants to see it. And then more people will see it and soon everyone knows what phone i have we should payed as samsungs salesmen
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jai147 said:
My frnz wid gs2 threaten to break my s pen
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My gf did the same. She is an iFan.
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Hahaha, same here but 1st comments from people at work is about its "big" size, and I say nah it is not, it fits very easy on any of my pockets haha, then I move on
I know they wish to own one
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Here in India, Samsung is going bonkers with advertising campaign for note. You see it every day on almost all satellite channels. It has reached the point where people have actually started to recognise the phone in public. Everyone knows its Note.
Kinda feel bad as its not something rare or unknown beast that surprises people anymore.
Spewed out using effin awesome Note.

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Two G Notes? Seems like your captivate is now biting dust somewhere
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My gnote bit the dust a year ago lol
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k1ng617 said:
I'll stare at anyone holding two phones, no matter what size =)
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Lat time I traveled in Europe I had three! One for my Oz account with my email / WiFi & contacts, one for my UK / Europe account (because Oz account charge a fortune over there in most countries), and one Sat Phone for use when I was at sea in the Med.
It got so bad I almost gave it all up and went of a Sat Phone all the time, but the reception is useless inside any building.

My neighbors jaw dropped lookin @ my phone..

Funny, I keep explaining to others comparing the same with iPhone, for me its my first Android phone, and I am running ICS and end up showing stuffs pretty much and there will be a crash or something crazy..!! lolz, though after two days I feel other phones are so tiny.

Now imagine this: i show my note and everyone asks:" how much did it cost? " and i simply say:" it was free... Won it in a contest on Stuff.tv site"
And everyone thinks this: Damn you bastard... I never win anything!
And guess what? I already made new friends because of it LOL
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The only stranger who ever gave my Note more than a moment's glance was a guy I was sitting beside in a seminar. I was using it both to take notes and record audio, while he was using his GS2 to record, and one of the Galaxy Tabs (I think 8.9) to take notes. He was looking over to it constantly, surely with the thought that it must be a great combination of the two devices.
As far as non-strangers are concerned, my wife (an iPhone 4 user) is jealous about damn near everything I've shown her on it. She might end up with the pink or white Note.

I was really surprised with the amount of positive feedback that people gave to the note, including iPhone users etc.
Something interesting I noticed was that at my campus there seem to be a lot of folks with a phone+iPad or phone+playbook or any other tablet etc. (even my gf falls into this category). It just seems sort of silly to me to carry around two devices everywhere.
To be fair, though, I would never use the Note as a primary note-taking device, and have definitely seen iPad users use their devices for this purpose. Like some other users have mentioned, a 6" screen would be just fine in my book, as long as it still made calls.
However, if I didn't have a stereo bluetooth headset I would notice the size of it when using as an actual phone much more...

Ha. How about this one, I was on the phone with the Note on Thursday afternoon in the foyer of our business complex (talking to ATT nonetheless) and saw a Guy walk past me looking right at the phone and is massive size up to my ear and COMPLETELY forgot to open the door to go outside and slammed right into it.
I laughed and said holy crap bud you okay? He said nothing and ran out the door!
This is what the Note will do for you.
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k1ng617 said:
its the at first then the then the because they get jealous. Then I go
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EXACT same thing here! The Note is totally an attention whore...
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Ha. How about this one, I was on the phone with the Note on Thursday afternoon in the foyer of our business complex (talking to ATT nonetheless) and saw a Guy walk past me looking right at the phone and is massive size up to my ear and COMPLETELY forgot to open the door to go outside and slammed right into it.
I laughed and said holy crap bud you okay? He said nothing and ran out the door!
This is what the Note will do for you.
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Well, the Note held to your ear IS bonkers for its sheer size...
Yesterday my friends made jokes about exactly this situation all evening long - and yet could'nt resist to playing arround with it. It got the attention from both Galaxy (SI & SII) and iPhone users...

Seen a woman with a cm9 nexus s

Today I was at Rite Aid buying ice cream when the lady in front of me had her phone go off. At first I had thought nothing of it, until I recognized that it was the new CM9 ringtone that says "cyanogenmod" then brecks off into dubstep lalaland.
My point is she did not look like the type that would be into mobile hacking.
My theory is either her son or husband touches her phone, OR our little society is growing
Have any of you seen other Cyanogenmoded phones in the wild?
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Well I hope it is the later
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Never. One of my friends had a se x8 (yes its an ancient two years old model). Apart from his sms, contacts and few mp3, the phone rom is literally like its just came fresh from factory. No game, no apps, no nothing. Hell even the market wasnt activated yet, and theres no goggle account linked to that phone. Thats how i realize we the geeks are still minority among masses.

One time, I heard the default CM6 notification tone (Pixie Dust) at a mall and got all excited that someone else was using a modded Android device... But it turned out that the notification came from mine. XD
I know a couple of tech people (a developer and an IT guy), even, who refrained from modding their phones because they didn't see a compelling reason for it.
I've encountered a number of second-hand devices (HTC G1, LG G2X, and HTC Sensation 4G) that were all modded by their previous caretakers, though. The mod versions weren't up to date, and one of them had stability issues, but there they were. I suppose it's possible that people who resell their devices tend to be enthusiasts?

i saw a nexus s in westfield carphone warehouse (london)
with a "do you want to unlock the bootloader screen" i was like
i went back next week to find cm7 on it.... a show phone... in a massive shop.. in Europe's largest shopping center
how is that possible LOL
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Never. One of my friends had a se x8 (yes its an ancient two years old model). Apart from his sms, contacts and few mp3, the phone rom is literally like its just came fresh from factory. No game, no apps, no nothing. Hell even the market wasnt activated yet, and theres no goggle account linked to that phone. Thats how i realize we the geeks are still minority among masses.
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my friend has a Xperia X10 with no apps, games, just sms and basics....but worst of all..............he was still running ANDROID 1.6!!!
there and then in college... in class time... i updated his phone to 2.3.3

oeshol success
seen couple ppl with galaxy ace or gio running cm9 and my friend has galaxy ace and i updated his phone to cm9

So, Shark_On_Land, did you talk to this lady?

I see a lot of people with modded phones
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I'm running 4.0.4 build cm9 with a matr1x kernel. Its a great daily driver. Its been rumored that cm9 was going to be available as an alternative to HTC sence on on their newer drives this year.
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Hey, somes guys i know are jealous because my phone is rooted, running cm9. Some if them come to see me for advices. I'm addicted to flash, tried different kernel. I cannot sait to get home to see what you guys have to say and tried. Somes of my nights are less boring because of XDA.
I'm in the fortys french canadian.
This world is really amazing sometimes!
I don't write often because I'm shy but your post made me laugh.
I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone for your hard work and dedication

I hacked my sisters vibrant to run AOSP ICS and when she pulled it out to tether from it, one of the members of her club noticed and showed her his rooted nexus s.
Edit: btw my sister tethers between 20 and 60 gb a month on AT&T, unthrottled.
Oh and a few members of my fraternity are also flashaholics like me.
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Shark_On_Land said:
Today I was at Rite Aid buying ice cream when the lady in front of me had her phone go off. At first I had thought nothing of it, until I recognized that it was the new CM9 ringtone that says "cyanogenmod" then brecks off into dubstep lalaland.
My point is she did not look like the type that would be into mobile hacking.
My theory is either her son or husband touches her phone, OR our little society is growing
Have any of you seen other Cyanogenmoded phones in the wild?
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Where can I find this dub step ringtone?
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Where can I find this dub step ringtone?
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You can extract it from a CM9 nightly build, it's in system/media/audio/ringtones/CyanTone.ogg.
qaz2453 said:
i saw a nexus s in westfield carphone warehouse (london)
with a "do you want to unlock the bootloader screen" i was like
i went back next week to find cm7 on it.... a show phone... in a massive shop.. in Europe's largest shopping center
how is the possible LOL
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Whoa... That is amazing! If only more stores showed off what these devices were truly capable of, then I daresay they'll attract more informed customers. Though... Given that those of us who mod are used to looking online to learn how to do it ourselves, I guess it might not make so much of a difference in practice. ^^;
Still really cool to see it being flaunted by a major store though.

*Saw a woman with a cm9 nexus s
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One of the it guys at work got a nexus running aosp+. I told him "what are the odds. I use the same rom
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Poriotis said:
So, Shark_On_Land, did you talk to this lady?
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No she seemed to be in a rush. But I do remember what she had bought, soap & candy.
And on my way out I saw her driving away in a Diesel Jetta.
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Deciare said:
I know a couple of tech people (a developer and an IT guy), even, who refrained from modding their phones because they didn't see a compelling reason for it.
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That's me. I keep my bootloader locked and my firmware unrooted because root doesn't really provide me anything that I need. I've never really been into the whole custom ROM thing for a lot of reasons. So really, the only reason for me to root is because I can. Not a compelling reason in my book.
I'm happy just keeping my phone straight stock. The stock ROMs are generally very stable even if that comes at the cost of performance.

Talking bout that, why we never see a woman here in xda...
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need more woman. ha. well i just sold a htc radar to a guy thats using a nexus s. we were just standing there and talking about our phones lol

DaXmax said:
Talking bout that, why we never see a woman here in xda...
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The same reason you never see guys on a cross-stitch forum. Generally, most women I've met just aren't interested in this kind of stuff.

Well my mom has some great taste...

So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')

cool story bro

Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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fireburn said:
Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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lol you are right I severely underestimated her lol

Haha... I'd called that paradigm shift
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Now thats my kind of girl wow

pics?

The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it

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pics?
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Of his mom?

blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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Your mom isn't that tech savvy, the previous night just before she woke you up I was telling her all about the sgs3 I had in pre-order!
P.S. I AM YOUR FATHER......

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Of his mom?
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lol!
isn't anyone gonna start a "yo momma joke"?

nice, your mum has got good taste

Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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My mom got the S1 shortly after release as a birthday present.
She kept complaining about not being able to to stuff or certain things taking too many clicks, so I installed Darkyrom first and CM9 later, customized the phone with some apps (most of the 'Go Dev' apps) and she's completely happy now.
With an iPhone such features would've been nearly impossible to get.
Note that she's technically illiterate (well she thinks otherwise but meh...) and uses the smartphone-capabilities only at home to check Amazon orders, get a weather forecast and listen to foreign radio stations through TuneIn.
I've configured MyBackup for daily backups to be kept for a whole week so even if she mistakely deletes or misconfigures something it's like 2 clicks to restore it.

Set me up with your mum :silly:

cmd512 said:
Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)

ph00ny said:
Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)
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You've completely missed the point bud. I'd get any of my non-tech relatives an iPhone over an Android anyday of the month. This is because I've been been the "guy to call whenever **** blows up."
Now, no where in my rant did I say they didn't envy my SGS3 for one reason or another. Hell, my mom even said over the weekend that "wow, I can read the text so clearly because that screen is so much bigger on your phone...!" And, just about every iPhone user quivers when I'm sitting there Swyping like a boss. But, does that mean I'd get them an Android over another phone? No, hell no, and twice again on Sunday... no. The fact of the matter is, any carrier sold phone in the States here that ISN'T an Apple product is riddled with bloatware. Add on top of the fact that Android simply isn't as polished an experience out of the box, I wouldn't bother.
Now for myself, I wouldn't touch an iPhone. I need my phone for work. I need it to do the things I need it to do when I need them. And, the only way to get that is to setup and customize my phone the way I like it. I'd be nowhere near as productive on an iPhone, and that would only end up pissing me off, resulting with the iPhone 6 feet under in the pool, hah.
But again, to each their own. For me, I've been the family tech support dude... really, been there done that. Got way too many other things on my plate now than to keep carrying that torch if you know what I mean.

blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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I'm having a bit of parent envy here. My dad, after watching me using my Touchpad running CM9, asked me "is it as good as the real thing?" (read: iPad). I was so ashamed for him. :crying:

arnik1928 said:
The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it
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I'd like her to flash something for me too.