Not necessarily, I see legacy hardware using newer implementations of android. It depends mostly on how well the OS is implemented, and with the number of hackers around with custom rom development + step by step guides, it's up to the user to maximise the hardware and the experience.

Yes, Huawei is a reputable company. They are starting to pick up in handset business, but not their core business yet... Same like what Ericsson were 10 years back....or maybe more.

lol..u didnt state what is the function u want on your smartphone.. and yeah just like other forumer said.. if u want carefree phone.. go for iphone (even sometimes got many problem).. if u want more than iphone (widget,file sharing, flexible extra storage and many more) go for android.. some says iOS is easy some dont.. same goes to android.. its up to u to get your own reason to get which 1

i wondering to get SGS or desire...

same here..thinking of maxis desire or SGS..most probably desire as i need flash for camera..and dont really do 3G call..

Hi all Shi Fu,


thanks for all the input all after read all the advise, i would like to point out my reason to choose smartphone, mayb you guys can share with me also,

1) need to check email easily , mostly for company email and gmail.
2) facebook is not a must for me anyway. as last time i open facebook was jsut to play games, now already stop cause boring already,
3)mayb will install 4-5 popular games inside andriod phone jsut for fun while windows shopping with my wife while she do her own stuff and at least i got something to do.
4) would like to install some other useful application from time to time if there is a need.....
5) so i guess i might install max 10-15 application (is that too much?) and hopefully it wont hang at all. of cos i will always close background app when i not using ( I already hv such practice using WinMO and n97 but it still hang !)
6) a responsive gps with updated map.at least i don need to invest Garmin.



Any idea ?

For your criteria:

1. Yes, the integrated Gmail app is a very good email program, plus there is also K9 Mail.

2. There's a FB app.

3. There's quite a number of game apps on the Marketplace.

4. There's a lot of apps on the Marketplace.

5. With Android 2.2 Froyo, you can installed any number of apps thanks to the SD card integration. Android never hangs, just an occasional slow down when jumping from app to app.

6. This is where Android is lacking. Google Maps doesn't have turn by turn instructions like Garmin, plus the app requires constant internet connection. There's a few other alternatives though of which none of them I recommend.

Great, then this phone is almost meet all my requirement already. 1 final things, due to budget. I think i would like to go for wildfire /legend. any 1 using this phone have any issue?


1 of my fren is using legeng now, he said his phone nvr hang at all. but he not sure in wildfire as the processor is older gen.

I will goto some store to test out also myself to see the diff myself. But wish to hear more info rom you guys

Hoho... I wonder how much of this is true... Hero from 1.6>2.1 and it took a year... not going to get Froyo also.

Apple 3G, a 2 years old phone still getting I OS4...

well..base on your requirement..iphone is better and suit your need..coz apple came with more apps..for email/facebook app i think android is better..both iphone and android can use google maps.. so u can use gps without garmin..

That is entirely HTC's fault for not releasing 2.2 on the hero, mainly due to marketing reasons.
But you can install custom froyo roms on the hero, no?

Just a simple google search turned this up: http://hero-roms.blogspot.com/

The hardware supports it, and as I mentioned earlier, it's really up to the user to do a bit of searching to maximise the hardware potential.

I think what that poster meant was that the open source community will always develop roms for it and provide more up to date OS versions for android phones as long as there are people using the hardware.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Sep 4 2010, 10:49 PM

+1

ya..HTC sux..before they released official 2.1 update, my hero already running on custom Froyo rom. again..HTC sux !!

u didnt need to create new thread for askin this..better transfer to dedicated thread pls

Iphone 3gs..
realy very smooth.. juz like the smoothness on the ipod touch..

Then dont boost about getting support then... Apple is bad but still support their phone... finally fix 3G lagging issue in 4.1

i believe iphone also will hang if u install a lot of stuff especially if u jailbreak it some more. so far my android phone got hang but usually is because i do some silly stuff during development of my apps causing it to hang. but so far NEVEr encounter it hanging during phone calls, sms, etc.

after u buy a car, den u chge rims, add turbo, etc. one day, get into accident.
who do u blame den? de car company?

dats why iphone and iOS is so much better for normal users bcos de system is perfect de moment u start 2 use it.

but if u already decide to buy android, it is ur money and choice of coz.
htc desire and samsung galaxy is almost same, juz get de one u feel nicest to hold and pretty graphics.

lol..how come iOS become perfect? curious..

1. No flash support
2. Bluetooth file transfer?
3. Browser download limitation?

Still not perfect, but great device no doubt.