Finally our own 9810 thread. Thanks for opening this one, my friend

Don't forget the great autofocus cam which does 720p video so well

Just upgraded my 9810 from 7.0.0.540 to 7.0.0.585, will test further.

Official (not for MY, of course). I need my BB for work, so I don't like to mess with it too much, I keep my installed applist to a minimum and I tend to stick to official firmwares.

Anyway, I am not sure if there are hybrids for the 9810..

Ha ha, the same situation applies in Android la, bro. There are custom ROMs based on official firmwares, and custom ROMs that are not.

Naah, not keen on a hybrid OS for my 9810 at the moment. The official firmwares serve me well so far. Thanks for the tips, guys.

Tether via DM, chargeable or not very much depends on your data/bis plan with your telco, I think.

(App version) 7.0.0.585

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Dec 17 2011, 12:54 PM

With stock battery (1270mah if I remember correctly), I can get about 10-12 hours on 3G. With the sun-global 1800mah battery, I can get around 13-15 hours max, on 3G. My typical daily usage:

1. 10-20 mins of calls
2. 5-10 SMS
3. 1-2 hours total of combination of whatsapp, gtalk, bbm chats
4. 1-1.5 hours average of accessing FB, Twitter, Foursquare social networks
5. 3 gmail accounts pushed to the phone, receiving about 100-200 email per account
6. 30 mins to 1 hour average usage of web browser

The sun-global battery needs to be cloned to the original battery, and re-cloning is only needed if the sun-global battery is totally drained (happened to me only twice in the last 3 plus months).

BTW, I am Digi postpaid+bis user in Penang - network coverage is quite good here on the island.

I've never used the Note before, but moving back from SGS1 to the 9810 made me lose these:

1. The bigger, higher res screen on the SGS1
2. The better web browser on the SGS1
3. The larger collection of apps and games on Android

But I've gained so much more that improves my productivity when I came back to the BB.

Web browsing on BB OS7 is the best I've experienced on a BB phone, but nowhere near as speedy and nice as on my SGS1. But in general, the browsing experience is fine la as long as I don't expect too much.

The keyboard shortcuts are cool, though, and very handy. For example, on my 9810, when I get an email alert for a new post on the forum, I just need to do:

1. Click the link in my email which takes me to the web browser
2. Once the page is open, press T to the top, then tap [last]
3. Wait for the page to open, then press B to the bottom and type my reply then tap [add reply]

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Dec 19 2011, 04:36 PM

What do you mean choppy browsing in android? As long the web browser is hardware-accelerated (eg opera mobile) I actually enjoyed web browsing more on my android tab than I did on my ipad.

The torch 9810 browser is fine, just a bit more checkerboarding than I prefer when navigating big sites.

Dislikes? Hmm, the loudspeaker is not loud enough for me, the keyboard is not wide enough, the battery is not large enough, I guess..

Played with Opera Mini for a while, didn't like it. Using stock web browser now.

No worries, buddy. Anyway, just to share, I came back to BB platform only for 2 big reasons:

1. I need a portrait qwerty keyboard for text entry in a high end product - nothing in the android, wp, s60 or ios world offers this combination as far as I know (e.g. the android models are all mid or low end products)

2. I need push notification for email and social networking which are as realtime as possible but doesn't intrude on my work or usage of the phone

For 1 and 2, the BB knows no peer

Ha ha, many happy users, not many problems perhaps

Will be going to SG for a week soon, am thinking that I should easily survive the RM36/day max data roaming package (digi + starhub). Just wanted to ask if anyone had experience of getting 'raped' by the roaming charges when on BIS in Singapore (perhaps I should stop push mail and leave IM and social network notifications on).

My total usage from the last bill is attached..


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Sadly, roaming is a must for me due to work commitments

Ha ha, kind people, thanks for your advice

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: Dec 20 2011, 03:16 PM

A few suggestions:

1. Upgrade the OS to .585
2. Get a spare ori battery or a sun-global 1800mah battery
3. Get an emergency power pack aka portable charger

Yes, on .585. Have not found any bugs yet.

For my batt report, please see post #163 a few pages back.

It's ok la, I don't go to SG that often..