engadget.com — This year, all I really wanted for the holidays was the perfect smartphone. Not too much to ask for, right? You'd think, but all I ended up with was constant swapping between 3 (or more) devices, hoping to find some balance of features that worked for me.
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ixneonxiDec 25, 2008
I got the iPhone 3G this Christmas. I jailbroke it and it works great. It can get sluggish at times but it's faster than (most) of the non-smartphones and I don't have any major complaints about usability or battery life.
jsmithersDec 25, 2008
And Nokia step up and blow all the other contenders out of the water.As it usually does.
aximDec 25, 2008
to be fair a jailbreak these days takes about 5 minutes then with a couple downloads in cydia you are running secure ftp, a last.fm scrobbler, and overcome the 'background' issue -- simply hold home for 3 seconds and it 'minimizes' your app with the 'backgrounder' programsure its locked down too tight but it'll take it after the s**tshow that was running programs on a windows mobile device -- memory management was ridiculous, no way to close apps save the buried 'end task' and legendary unstability.. i'll take the consistency, polish and usability with the iphone and touch homie
ktarrDec 26, 2008
Not that anyone cares but I'm sick of hearing about phones in general. I don't know why I brought it up.
samohtneasDec 26, 2008
Oh my, yes.
zgambitDec 26, 2008
@darkfish it seems you have had some really s**t products however my experience with Symbian has been great especially with S60 version 3rd Edition. Question have u actually updated ur Firmware yet cause that may fix it.. :P"I guess I can't point out flaws in Nokia phones on Digg, since the fanboys will bury me. *Sigh*." - Actually u have pointed them out from ur previous Digg history.It isn't Nokia that requires defending. A lot of the people who have had any Symbian phone with a good phone manufacturer on Symbian get good support. My suggestion is email Nokia and find out if they can help u fix it.
elranzerDec 26, 2008
Except that it has copy/paste, buttons, and apps aren't restricted to the iTunes App Store.
brendansheehanDec 26, 2008
All I want is a 32GB iPhone with a 4 or 5MP camera (with autofocus) + xenon flash, an OLED screen, double the RAM, copy & paste and MMS. The only thing stopping Apple making that device this year is stubbornness. I still want it though. That would be a phone to rule them all!As for a physical keyboard; I've been using my iPhone for over a year now, I don't want or need a physical keyboard.
ezbidshopDec 27, 2008
Here is a good article that I wrote about the new G1 Smartphone with the new Google interface. I really like this phone and would like to get one someday. Only if AT&T would carry it. <a class="user" href="http://postafterpost.com/?p=104">http://postafterpost.com/?p=104</a>Let me know what you think about my article. Can you Digg it?