iPhone 5

[Captain]

i had a total steaming turd of a bb storm2

i ended up using a small handy old samsung u600, great phone, just a phone no fancy stuff

lol yeah, Blackberries are crap. I really dig the S3 but I have no need to upgrade since my S2 works perfectly. I guess that's the difference between Android users and Apple fans.

Enjoy your S3

[LawL]

yeah and no, not specifically in the window, it loads it into youtube or a quicktime player to full screen it.

edit: actually i don't know how the new os handles youtubes

It plays in a quicktime window that is kind of part of the browser. You can't do anything else while watching the video though. You can lock the screen and listen to the audio but that is it.

lol @ you iFags trying to dance around the answer, which is "No".

[Ryoki]

what does a locker do for me?

It locks your phone and looks pretty

[Eraser]

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. It can do split screen where it runs two apps simultaneously and has a number of quickly accessible apps called "minis" that you can run floating on top of the other apps (small stuff like a calculator, your agenda, email, a notes app, mp3 player and some others I forgot).

Multitasking like that is really handy, especially on a 10.1" screen because it's large enough for it.

[EtUL]

yeah and no, not specifically in the window, it loads it into youtube or a quicktime player to full screen it.

edit: actually i don't know how the new os handles youtubes

It plays in a quicktime window that is kind of part of the browser. You can't do anything else while watching the video though. You can lock the screen and listen to the audio but that is it.

lol @ you iFags trying to dance around the answer, which is "No".

I didn't realize what he was asking. If I did I wouldn't have answered the way I did, probably more with "Why the fuck would you want to do that on a mobile screen?"

I thought he was asking if embedded videos played, not just having a video going in the corner while browsing q3w. I used to do that too, on a 19 inch screen.

[LawL]

So you still can't bring yourself to say "No".

lol

[EtUL]

I have an apple, try to keep up

[plained]

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. It can do split screen where it runs two apps simultaneously and has a number of quickly accessible apps called "minis" that you can run floating on top of the other apps (small stuff like a calculator, your agenda, email, a notes app, mp3 player and some others I forgot).

Multitasking like that is really handy, especially on a 10.1" screen because it's large enough for it.

thats not your main phone tho is it?

Those notes look like a neat pieces of kit to have .

do they make an a mini phone to hook to the notes?

you know like your notes in a bag but you have a super small phone in your pocket?

[mik0rs]

I don't think my next phone's gonna be another Apple somehow, when they resorted to "it's longer" as its main selling point, it became even more clear they were out of ideas... I mean I read the blurb after it came out and wondered what else they had up their sleeves to sell the thing, other than it being larger.

Nowt apparently.

BTW, no, no it can't play vids in a separate window... it's sometimes a bit annoying.

[Big Kahuna Burger]

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. It can do split screen where it runs two apps simultaneously and has a number of quickly accessible apps called "minis" that you can run floating on top of the other apps (small stuff like a calculator, your agenda, email, a notes app, mp3 player and some others I forgot).

Multitasking like that is really handy, especially on a 10.1" screen because it's large enough for it.

looks like it's fucking shit http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/32435 ... 0-1-review

check that video. why ship features that clearly don't work? it's insulting to pay for that. Nexus 7 seems like the only not-totally-shit iPad alternative.

[obsidian]

Cell phones are like this:



First we had this:



Then we had something like this:



Then this guy came along:



So now everything is this:




Fucking companies telling you what you want.

[EtUL]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/the- ... rong/19387

lol droids can't even get the time right what a joke

[LawL]

I have an apple, try to keep up

Obviously, dumbo.

[0psys]

OK, I have an iPhone 4 and 4S, and I'm seriously considering selling them both and just buying a brand new S3.

What positives do I stand to lose by leaving apple, and what do I gain by moving to the S3?

I don't play games on my phone, I mainly just use it as a phone and an organiser, and I find the iPhone shit for both.

Both my iPhones are jailbroken.

[Tsakali]

a bigger screen.... honestly, in your situation, the bigger viewing space is the most noteworthy upgrade.

[bitWISE]

The performance and weight beats the screen size IMO. Especially if you get good LTE coverage. Screen quality is up too.

The biggest downside right now is the cable shortage and having to trade out your existing ones.

[0psys]

Well fuck it, I just bought one brand new. I'll keep both of my iPhones, just in case this turns out to be shit.

[scared?]

Well fuck it, I just bought one brand new. I'll keep both of my iPhones, just in case this turns out to be shit.

Lol poor ppl...

[Don Carlos]

they used to do that. then Steve Jobs died.

Yeah because the iPhone 4 didn't have any issues with the areil when he was alive...

[Eraser]

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. It can do split screen where it runs two apps simultaneously and has a number of quickly accessible apps called "minis" that you can run floating on top of the other apps (small stuff like a calculator, your agenda, email, a notes app, mp3 player and some others I forgot).

Multitasking like that is really handy, especially on a 10.1" screen because it's large enough for it.

thats not your main phone tho is it?

It's not a phone, it's a 10.1" tablet, hence the 'Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1' name. You're confused with the 'Samsung Galaxy Note', which is the 5.3" smartphone. Yeah I understand the naming scheme is a bit confusing. My phone is a HTC Sensation.

[Eraser]

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. It can do split screen where it runs two apps simultaneously and has a number of quickly accessible apps called "minis" that you can run floating on top of the other apps (small stuff like a calculator, your agenda, email, a notes app, mp3 player and some others I forgot).

Multitasking like that is really handy, especially on a 10.1" screen because it's large enough for it.

looks like it's fucking shit http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/32435 ... 0-1-review

check that video. why ship features that clearly don't work? it's insulting to pay for that. Nexus 7 seems like the only not-totally-shit iPad alternative.

Ok, honestly, that video is so full of untruths it's not funny anymore. It's obviously a sloppy reviewer. I'll list the mistakes here:

- The side-drawer that comes up when you take out the pen can be configured to either show up, not show up or to automatically start a predefined app.
- The blooping sounds can easily be turned off.
- No mention of all the other S-Pen enabled apps on there or available through Samsung's own market place. Hell, it comes pre-loaded with PS Touch, which is a mobile version of photoshop that's very feature rich and fully supports the S-Pen.
- He's looking for problems with the handwriting recognition, because it seems near perfect to me. It rarely misinterprets what I want to write. Seriously, it's probably the best handwriting recognition I've ever used.
- Almost all S-Pen enabled apps can deal with your palm resting on the touch screen surface while using the S-Pen to write or draw. The argument that it gets confused in non-S-Pen apps is a bit nonsensical, because that wouldn't work on an iPad while using your fingers either. It's not like it works worse than other tablets.
- Also, he's looking for problems with split screen. Sure, it's a damn shame that not all apps can run like this but the laggy response is exaggerated. When you realize that it isn't sluggish, it just needs half a second to "activate" the other program, you know that a simple tap in the other screen before doing other things isn't really a problem anymore. Besides, it's functionality on top of Android. If you don't like the functionality, then don't use it. It's not like the presence of this functionality makes it a worse product. Oh, and is it insulting to pay for features that don't work? How about the maps app on iPhone 5? That's not insulting? lol fanbois.
- Also, the example of the video player slowing things down, that's simply not true. He's showing it on top of split screen apps and then continues to switch back and forth between them, basically just showing the "lag" that is inherent to the split-screen functionality.
- There is handwriting recognition on the keyboard. It's right there under that button with the cogwheel on it. Tap that, then tap the handwriting button on the panel that extrudes from the button and you're in handwriting mode. Sloppy reviewing right there.
- Finally, he's comparing an Android 4.0.4 tablet to an Android 4.1 tablet. Of course the 4.1 tablet is going to be smoother, that's the whole point of 4.1. But Samsung has already announced they'll be releasing a 4.1 upgrade for the tablet this year.

[MKJ]

they used to do that. then Steve Jobs died.

Yeah because the iPhone 4 didn't have any issues with the areil when he was alive...

pretty sure he wouldn't let a beta version of a preinstalled app replace a fully functional preinstalled app. not sure though.

[Don Carlos]

Sounds like the reviewer doesn't have a clue. Take his job Jerry

[Don Carlos]

That entire posts makes no sense

[Don Carlos]

So from what I gather you are trying to tar people as being consumer whores whenever we purchase something that is seemingly, to your mind, an object of desire rather than necessity. Because it is from Apple and is in phone form it is absolutely not needed in anyone’s life and anyone who purchases one is a sheep.
I own an iPhone 5 and therefore have been tarred with this brush, so allow me to retort. The iPhone 5 is a considerable upgrade from the model I previously owned, it cost me next to nothing given the price I sold my old phone for and it will last me some years. I see no difference in this purchase from the purchases you personally make when upgrading a graphics card and processor to play your latest computer game (which you have purchased via Steam) at a higher frame rate. But because your chosen hardware is nVidia and Intel, not Apple, then you are not a sheep, thus completely casting the consumer whore shackles from your very being. Kudos.