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TheSonOfKrypton
08/06/09

In reply to Opera Mobile for Android Means Flash, Glorious Flash on Every Android Phone
Embedded video with smooth playing Hulu video or any other proper use of flash WITHOUT jankity frame skipping and otherwise general mobile Flash crappiness or it didn't happen.
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met2art
08/06/09

@TheSonOfKrypton: Hear, hear. I'm not a big Hulu or Youtube fan, but I would like to get flash video usability. So many sites use it now that half the web ends up being little blue boxes with question marks inside, especially image galleries.
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zeroprime
08/06/09

@TheSonOfKrypton: Yes, what use is flash if it can't run at a nominal pace? It's great that they are implementing it so that end users have a choice, but it will probably be better in the long run to move to more optimized and open standards for interactive browsing and video streaming.
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se.blackheart
08/06/09

@met2art: nobody likes their pron freezing or glitching out, right when it gets to the good part...unless you're a masochist.
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Dillinger23
08/06/09

@met2art: People who use flash primarily for image galleries should be shot, unless you really need to rock some effects in IE.
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met2art
08/06/09

@Dillinger23: Well, I wasn't passing judgment on the people who utilize those methods... but flash certainly has taken hold as a rapid-deployment method for multimedia web applications, quick video serving and interactivity. Java still maintains a solid grip, but is far from being ideally ported to mobile devices.
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LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
The E71 is a beautiful phone. It makes people sad at Motorola if I use it because they feel bad when they see it.

::Looks at her Moto Q with shameful resentment::

Gah.
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not_a_virus.exe.vbs
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
IDK the hardware that has been coming out has been pretty boring lately and kind of sucky since most don't support any kind of US 3G. My first "handset" was a Psion and I have been using Symbian for a while but I am thinking of jumping ship over to Android. I have an N82, which is one of the best phones I have used but connecting via EDGE is so-so. Looking into getting an E71 but if I don;t like it I will get the G-1.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
Isn't there something else out there named "symbian", which isn't a phone?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
You're going to have to do better than that to make it up to Jrsy Devil.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/08/09

@Kaiser-Machead: LOL! I guess I was a bit too vocal in the smartphone comparison chart that it's left a lasting impression..

Thanks John. I've only used a few of these apps. OperaMini is excellent on both the N95 and 5800XM. Google Maps, in my opinion works better than Nokia Maps on both of the above mentioned phones at least. It loads up and locks in much faster. I use the Internet Radio app(which is no longer available at Nokia's site for some reason) over Mobbler. Youtube and GMail apps both work great on the N95 however the newest version of the YT ap just released a couple of weeks ago won't even install on the 5800XM. GMail 2.00 works good on the 5800XM. Haven't tried it on the N95 yet (still using version 1.00 on that one).

QuickOffice works similarly on both phones. You can view office files with the free version but you'll need to buy the upgrade in order to edit documents. Another good app is Photo Flow for browsing photos on the 5800XM. By far one of the best apps I use is Handy Shell. It replaces the main active standby screen and has more configuration options than the default standby screen has. It's not a free app but well worth it, especially on the 5800XM since there's more screen real estate to work with. Handy Weather is a separate app with comes free for one year with the purchase of Handy Shell. It's nice having weather updates on the standby screen but not so much that I would have paid for this. Mobile Weather and WeatherBug (available both as a widget for the N95 & a widset for the 5800XM) are two free alternatives which do the job adequately.

There's plenty more freeware to browse from over at Symbian Freak.
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MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM
04/08/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: No way Jrsy, I couldn't help but think the same thing after reading the smartphone comparison chart they did a while ago. I don't even know what to make of the comment "We've even gone so far as to declare it too marginal to include in our smartphone OS guide" in the article above when it's preceded by a statement like, "Symbian is the planet's most popular smartphone OS-everywhere except the US, that is." I guess, some how a objective fact based statement followed up by subjective and biased opinion is somehow meant to re-affirm the reasoning and logic for their disregard of the Symbian OS in prior articles?...

I traded in my N95 8GB a while ago for a SE X1, and am so miserable now. :( Symbian, from my personal experience, has been great for me, and even plays nicely with my Mac (using iSync to sync calendar and contact info wirelessly using only bluetooth, and the Nokia Multimedia Transfer Software for the rest)! Depending on what Apple announces about there new iPhone this upcoming summer I may finally be forced to get one, or the forthcoming N97 from Nokia. As of now I'm leaning more towards getting a unlocked N97 and keeping my Tmobile plan, instead of paying through my nose monthly with AT&T for a iPhone...
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/09/09

@Ambiguous Blob 2.0: I've been thinking about the N97 as well. Having not used a touchscreen phone for more than say 30 to 45 minutes at any given time I decided to get my feet wet with the 5800XM first. Frankly this was because it's available now and a cheaper alternative to what the N97 will reportedly retail for.

After the first two days I did not like it. Well, that is to say, I liked everything except for the touchscreen. Now though after a week and a half of use it's grown on me quite a bit. I find that I still like buttons but this is a solid phone. Using the full qwerty is still a challenge because I have big hands. I found going with the T9 keyboard to be easier since that's what I am already used to. I can type without thinking just based on the number of taps to get to the desired character. The 'keys' are bigger so I can fly across them pretty good. I did switch back to the qwerty though to force myself to learn how to use it properly instead of taking the easy way out. I still cheat by typing with one hand which, for me at least is amazingly fast and accurate. I have a few days left so the jury's still out on whether or not I'm keeping it. My only real gripes at this point is that it's a tad small and the camera is nowhere near the quality of my N95 (I can't really consider that to be a gripe though since I knew this was going to be the case before I even bought the phone). I'm sure I will like the N97's physical qwerty over the touchscreen version but I don't know if I'd be any happier since it doesn't appear to be much bigger than the 5800XM.

There's always the E71 though...
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Paul Harrison
03/09/09

In reply to Touch Diamond2 Apps Ripped for Original Touch Diamond, Touch Pro
I click the CAB i want but it takes me to a page full of letters etc.. how do i install these on my Diamond?
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John Herrman
03/09/09

@Paul Harrison: save it, transfer it to your device (via bluetooth or cable) and run it from there.
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zsakul2
03/09/09

In reply to Touch Diamond2 Apps Ripped for Original Touch Diamond, Touch Pro
i have a htc touch diamond and the keyboards the worst part i want a physical one that can connect to it =(
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IN THE FACE!
03/09/09

@zsakul2:

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It's a frickin' Laser Beam!
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