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[Casey]

SOFI, I heard a rumor today that the MotoDroid will indeed make it's way to T-Mobile. We'll see if that turns out to be true.

Meanwhile, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 got officially announced yesterday.

The screen on this thing is mindblowing. If it had a physical keyboard, I'd be seriously thinking about getting this over the MotoDroid.

XPERIA X10 SPEC:

XPERIA X10 Specs
Camera
• 8.1 megapixel camera
• Up to 16x digital zoom
• Auto focus
• Intelligent face recognition features
• Geo tagging
• Image and video stabilizer
• Photo and video light
• Send to web (photo and video upload)
• Smile detection
• Touch focus
• Video recording
• Recent shot tray
Music
• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Media player
• Music tones (MP3/AAC)
• PlayNow™
• TrackID™
Web
• Bookmarks
• Google™ search (from standby)
• Web feeds
• WebKit web browser
Communication
• Sony Ericsson Timescape™
• Speakerphone
• Vibrating alert
Messaging
• Conversations
• Email
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Text messaging (SMS)
Design
• Auto rotate
• Gesture control
• Picture wallpaper
• Touchscreen
Entertainment
• 3D games
• Media browser
• Infinite button
• Video streaming
• Video viewing
• YouTube™
Organiser
• Alarm clock
• Calculator
• Calendar
• Flight mode
• Infinite button
• Office suite
• Phone book with dialer
• World clock
Location-based services
• A-GPS
• Google Maps™
• Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation* (free trial version)
• *The service may not be available in every market. For more information, go to www.sonyericsson.wisepilot.com
Connectivity
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Bluetooth™ technology
• Micro USB connector
• Synchronisation
• USB support
• Wi-Fi™
Preloaded applications
• Sony Ericsson Timescape™
• Sony Ericsson Mediascape
• Sony Ericsson Home with clock widget
• Sony Ericsson Sync
• Android Market™ Client
• Gmail™
• Google Calendar™
• Google Maps™ with Street View
• Google Media Uploader
• Google phone-top search
• Google search widget
• Google Talk™
• Google Voice Search™
• Network Location Provider
• Set-up Wizard
• YouTube™
Screen
• 262,144 colour TFT touchscreen
• 4.0 inches
• 480 x 854 pixels (WVGA)
• Scratch-resistant
Accessories In-Box:
• XPERIA™ X10
• Battery
• Stereo portable handsfree
• 8 GB microSD™ card
• Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer
• User documentation
Optional:
• Hi-Fi Wireless Headset with FM Radio MW600
• Car Charger AN300
• Screen Protector ET902
Facts
• Size: 119 x 63 x 13 mm
• Weight: 135 grams
• Phone memory: Up to 1 GB
• Memory card support: microSD™
• Memory card included: 8 GB
• Operating system: Google™ Android Donut, version 1.6
• Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ QSD8250
Availability and versions
• Networks
• UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100
• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100
• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Available in selected markets in Q1 2010
Color
• Sensuous Black
• Luster White

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[S O F I]

source?

 

[Casey]

T-Mobile + Sholes = | Android Phone Fans

 

[ARon]

I wish the Sony had a keyboard. The first and second one did wtf.

To me there are two types of people in the sick fucking phone world. The real users who see the need for a physical keyboard, and the want to look cool users who just go get an iPhone. Those specs fam, those specs are for us real users, Sony is fucking up

 

[Casey]

Yeah I feel you ARon. If that X10 had a keyboard I'd be all over it.

MotoDroid is the one for me.

 

[ARon]

Man wtf. T-Mo is down, GLOBALLY! There are comments all over the place about coverage being down, wtf is going on. It's like Live Free or Die Hard with Bruce Willis lmao

 

[Cooper]

Fuck a physical keyboard

 

[Casey]

Yeah I heard. Can't be a full outage though because I'm roaming on T-Mobile USA right now (voice, not data) here in PDX.

 

[S O F I]

^Voice works, texts don't.

 

[ARon]

I didn't mean all customers, just people from all over. But I have service again, yay. Still kinda crazy

 

[THEV1LL4N]

hasnt caused me any problems so far, touchwood....

 

[THEV1LL4N]

one of my relatives in america has said he bought the motorola droid after much thought and my arguments for android were instrumental to his decision to go android and get the droid. let's hope i can convince more people and so can he and so on.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Android Market to see carrier billing soon

Android Market to see carrier billing soon

T-Mobile, which exclusively has the G1 Android phone as well as the MyTouch3G and Cliq, has released some Android stats this week, including its forward plans for the Android Market.

According to MobileCrunch here are the stats from T-Mobile:

* Around 50% of myTouch users launch the Market app each day
* 80% of myTouch users launch the browser once a day, and roughly 66% launch it more than once a day
* More than 40% of myTouch users access social sites multiple times each day
* Roughly half of myTouch owners say they have “completely customized” their handsets, though that term seems a bit ambiguous

Perhaps the biggest note from the report is the upcoming addition of "Carrier Billing" to the Android Market. Until now, users needed a Google Checkout account to purchase any games or applications but with carrier billing you can download anything you want and it will be charged to your wireless bill at the end of the month.

The news should help developers sell more applications, and will also make the entire process as easy as click and purchase.

Additionally, T-Mobile will soon have its own Android Market channel and a T-Mobile Pack of 34 "recommended" apps.

 

[Killuminatii 71]

I figured i don't want the Droid anymore. I'm going with the iPhone. I got a deal on an brand new iPhone 3GS for 350$ from my homie. Plus, he's adding me to his contract and all i have to pay is 45$ a month. Tell me that's not a deal of a life time!

 

[THEV1LL4N]

its not the deal of a lifetime because you're still paying $350 for the handset.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

casey will love this one:

its not the deal of a life time simply because its an iPhone.

 

[Killuminatii 71]

^It retails for what? 500? 600? I'm getting it for half off.

The day before he decided to sell it to me he met up with some guy who was about to buy it off him for 650, but ended up bitching out of the deal.

EDIT: $599(8GB), $699(16GB), or $799(32GB). I'll be getting the 16gb.

 

[Casey]

Droid shits on the iPhone majorly.

I managed to check out a working Droid unit in a Verizon store a couple of days ago. Seriously. fucking. impressive.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

oh and did i say? one of my relatives bought one? yes i did. haha.

there was an article mentioning that some phones dont have the ability to upgrade to eclair 2.0. something to do with the hardware i think it was. also, eclair consumes about 100MB which is why its highly unlikely the G1 will get the update.

still need to do the CM update, waiting until i get some free time and no essays to write.

 

[Flipmo]

The Droid has been getting amazing reviews at most respectable tech sites and mags.

As that awkward sports caster would say: "Boom goes the dynamite"