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Morning Discussion: Festivus Edition
by Alice O'Connor, Dec 23, 2010 5:00am PSTHas it been a whole year already? After months of build-up and anticipation, the biggest celebration of the year is here--today is Festivus.
So we here at Shacknews Towers can celebrate Festivus, and any other festivities that might happen to be coming up soon, we're not really going to be posting much news over the next few days. Besides--you'll be away from your computer yourself, won't you?
However, we will return on Monday with our picks for the Best Video Game Thing and/or Stuff of the year. The votes are in, and it almost ended in a not-safe-for-work gruesome fight, but we have ultimately decided that we did indeed respond favourably to a number of video games this year. We'll let you know which next week.
In the meantime, enjoy today, tomorrow, the day after that and, heck, the rest of your life.
Phone Menz
I took my Palm Pre into the Sprint store today to have it looked at (re:http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24704624 ) and they said they could repair it, but that it would be $35. After repair, I'd still be stuck with the same slow, temperamental hardware I've been using for the last 16 months.
The wrinkle is that I get $150 upgrade credit plus $20.16 trade-in value for the Pre (lol). I love WebOS, but it looks like the Pre is the only device really using it on Sprint right now until the Pre2 comes out whenever, and even then I'm not sure I would want another piece of Palm hardware. So, that leads me to Sprint's shiniest and newest Android phones, the HTC Evo 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G. The former is being sold for $199.99, and the latter is $249.99. Basically, I could get a brand-new phone for $30-$80, which is really not bad. (turns out the prices I listed include my $150 credit) So, my questions are these:
Anyone know anything about either phone, and specifically how they compare to each other? Is there a justifiable reason the Samsung is $50 more?
How easy is Android to use, really? I've gotten spoiled on WebOS's app cards and notification system, are there regular frustrations with app use?
What about battery life, camera, video, and other hardware stuff?
Also, has anyone simply been overly annoyed by the size of these devices? After handling my Pre, they seem WTFXBOXHUGE.
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The difference is mostly on the software side. Samsung has an absolutely terrible record for supporting their phones. Updates are few, far between, stop coming after one or two. Not to mention that their custom Android UI is ugly as shit.
HTC has a good record for updates and their SenseUI actually improves upon stock Android in many aspects. Some may disagree on that point, but few would say it actually makes things worse.
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