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SmartPhone Survey

What SmartPhone do you use?

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aileron

aileron

Expert Expediter
HTC EVO here. Love the phone, love Android system and the apps, but I really hate the battery life. Rarely it lasts more than 24 hours. After this, I am going back to a simple phone that can call and text only, and the battery lasts 5 days. One year and a half left on my contract. :(
 
dieseldiva

dieseldiva

Veteran Expediter
aileron said:
HTC EVO here. Love the phone, love Android system and the apps, but I really hate the battery life. Rarely it lasts more than 24 hours. After this, I am going back to a simple phone that can call and text only, and the battery lasts 5 days. One year and a half left on my contract. :(
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The smartphones are definitely battery eaters but I think the good outweighs the bad. I have an extended battery for mine and I get more time that way. Maybe there's an extended battery for the EVO as well.

I think it depends on your lifestyle and the smartphones work out very well for the truck drivers. As far as the battery goes, how often are we far enough away from a charger that we cannot "plug in"?
 
greg334

greg334

Veteran Expediter
in my search for a good phone to upgrade to, I have tried out many and rejected a lot of them.

I like iPhone but can't stand the arrogance of apple, so that is not on my list. The iPad I had went away quickly for the same reason.

I like the android OS, it allows me to do a lot of things that I wished apple OS would do, like logging and having the phone sync to my financial database (Quick Books) but alas I have not yet made a decision which one - unfortunately I need it to work with AT&T.

What would be a great thing is to be allowed to have access to our qualcomm info through the phone. it would be easier for many who hate to type in all that info three times and then write it out.
 
ftp000

ftp000

Expert Expediter
I use a Blackberry Storm, the apps I use most are Google maps, the satellite view haS helped me find the truck entrance and docks more time than I can count, and I use the XM radio APP when I shower, I hate to miss a minute of Ron and Fez.
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
The Android Operating System is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. It consists of 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++. Just like the Linux kernel running on a desktop or laptop, the Java stack that sits on top of the kernel allow applications to be executed. Among the many applications, or apps, if you will, are the dialer app, and the phone app. They're just apps running on a computer, no different than Google Maps or Angry Birds or the Calendar.

Calling it a pocket computer that also happens to make phone calls is the most accurate description, because making and receiving phone calls is just one small subset of apps the computer will run. And because it's an open OS rather than a closed one, the user can customize it to work like they want it to.

That's why the Android phone is running 2:1 over the iPhone. :D
 
ebsprintin

ebsprintin

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Droid X, android 2.2. Mostly the standard apps Maps, Latitude, Talk. Documents-To-Go for spreadsheets, can't get pdanet to work. The phone replaces my computer's aircard. The mobile hotspot is surprisingly large, phone on the second floor and computer in basement on the far side of the house still picks up 3 of 5 bars signal strength. Battery life isn't bad considering how much this thing is working, but I have a dock, so it is usually sitting in the charger.

If things slow down this winter I'm going to see if I can figure out how to turn a couple of my spreadsheets into apps.

eb
 
myvan010

myvan010

Seasoned Expediter
I had a sprint android befor dropping it in the macaronni went to have it fixed and was told it will be shipped to my house next day, Not acceptable so I ended up upgrading to the new htc evo 4g phone and I love it, I use the gps on it when I get loads and compare it to the window mounted gps, I play games and when my aircard contract runs out I will be teathering my puter to it.
What would we do with out our cell phones let alone out smartphones.
 
Dakota

Dakota

Veteran Expediter
Turtle said:
The Android Operating System is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. It consists of 12 million lines of code including 3 million lines of XML, 2.8 million lines of C, 2.1 million lines of Java, and 1.75 million lines of C++. Just like the Linux kernel running on a desktop or laptop, the Java stack that sits on top of the kernel allow applications to be executed. Among the many applications, or apps, if you will, are the dialer app, and the phone app. They're just apps running on a computer, no different than Google Maps or Angry Birds or the Calendar.

Calling it a pocket computer that also happens to make phone calls is the most accurate description, because making and receiving phone calls is just one small subset of apps the computer will run. And because it's an open OS rather than a closed one, the user can customize it to work like they want it to.

That's why the Android phone is running 2:1 over the iPhone. :D
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If it is an open system, why is it I can't get rid of apps/icons i don't need on the menu screen.
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
Exactly. If you root your phone, you can get rid of those apps.
 
greg334

greg334

Veteran Expediter
Now Turtle, you need to explain what root is and why you would have to pull roots on a phone. :eek:
 
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