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    Image of nuclearchinchila nuclearchinchila
    11/10/09

    In reply to Droid Does Higher Res Video Streaming With New Qik App
    Is there any word on whether the droid's photo-taking is gimped by the hardware or the software? #qik
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    11/10/09

    @nuclearchinchila: The Droid's camera has been reviews. The pictures are awful and the camera is very slow. unfortunately. :( #qik
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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    11/10/09

    @jellotime91: It wasn't that bad . . . the one I tested in the store had a decent response time; miles better than my iPhone 3G. The focusing didn't seem to pick the wrong spot at all . . . I dunno. It's a cell phone camera. At least it has flash. #qik
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    11/10/09

    @trevisol: Stop putting words in my mouth: I find my iPhone 3GS to be miles better than the Droid, so :P
    And no matter what you do a cellphone is never going to take good pictures in the dark. #qik
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    11/10/09

    @jellotime91: Sure it will... if your goal is to take barely discernable, blocky unfocused images. So :P #qik
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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    11/10/09

    @jellotime91: Well I'm sure it is. It's just my point of reference. I'm curious what people that call the Droid's camera "slow" are comparing it to . . . 3GS? Other Android phones? #qik
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    11/10/09

    @trevisol: Stop putting words in my mouth: it's being compared to the 3GS. The 3GS is definitely much faster and the pictures are waaaaay better. #qik
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/10/09

    In reply to Droid Does Higher Res Video Streaming With New Qik App
    anyone know what the Hero streams at? i have played with this app, but i never looked to see what it did on the client side. #qik
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    11/10/09

    @Nick: 1300kbps 352x288 at 15 fps #qik
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    08/24/09

    In reply to Qik iPhone Video Sharing App Now Allows For Video Uploads Over 3G on iPhone
    I really wish you were able to post a customized message to twitter each time you post a video there, instead of using some canned message like "hi, i'm posting a video!"
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/21/09

    In reply to Qik iPhone Video Sharing App Now Allows For Video Uploads Over 3G on iPhone
    can the FCC look into AT&T's inability to give iPhone users MMS love... its starting to get ridiculous now that we were teased back in June! apparently it takes government intervention to get anything done anymore...
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/21/09

    @Sir Gibler: See Consumerist posting today concerning this.
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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    08/13/09

    In reply to Qik Video Sharing Application Now Available for iPhone 3GS
    Facebook posting is nice, since Facebook is being slow to include this feature in their app. Actually, they're being slow to fix a lot of problems in their app.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    08/13/09

    In reply to Qik Video Sharing Application Now Available for iPhone 3GS
    I just used my 3GS today to take some pictures of a going away party at the office and wow......You can't tell how nice the pictures are on the device (I mean, it doesnt pop out at you), but once you email them (using the copy and paste method, lets you send it full quality), the detail and quality in the pictures just blow you away. Nice lens and autofocus FTW indeed....Can't wait to experiment with videos...
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    Image of Dr. Wedge Dr. Wedge
    08/13/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I have been really impressed with the video function. I think you'll be pretty happy with it yourself.
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    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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    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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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead 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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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® 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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    Image of MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM 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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    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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