I spent a bit of time adding some imap accounts to the email client on my Galaxy S and looks cool but I rather use profimail. Not because of the physical keyboard on my E72 but because the email client is slow and laggy on Android. In fact, despite the endless awesome apps for Android I still love the speed and stability of S60. I would never compare S60 5th to Android but S60 3rd is pretty awesome. I’ll stay a two device person for some time.
So yea, Android on a 1Ghz CPU is not as fast as my E72 with a crap CPU and no PowerVR. Sure my E72 hangs sometimes but not as much as the Galaxy S. What does that say about symbian? No matter how much people badmouth the platform there’s still nothing better. The only real problem with symbian devices is Nokia and their half baked garbage like the N97.
Lets see what Samsung’s 2.2 build brings. Hopefully it’s officially released this week.
It took 6 months to get my Nokia 5800 50$ rebate but now I’m using the gift card to buy Android apps. Irony?
Advanced Task Killer [ I wanted to get rid of the ads ]
Touiteur Premium [ It’s cheap and awesome! ]
I may also purchase NewsRob but 5 euro seems like a lot of dough.
Nothing to say. It looks like it works. I believe this has worked on S60 devices for many years.
Example of the chaos to come.
Sorry. Dont have screenshots working yet.
BAM!
I bought three apps in less than 8 hours.
SPB TV for 10$ from Handango [ I have a 25$ gift certificate ]
SBSH PhoneWeaver for 5$
Pure Calendar Widget for 2EURO from the Android Market
Quickoffice Connect and Touiteur Premium purchases in the next couple days as well.
I’ve installed dozens of free apps but more on those in the future.
Pictures of the new device here.
I’ve spent a few minutes with Android via the SDK and despite the funny UI and giant buttons I want to give it a shot.
The Streak and HTC Desire look awesome but I am tired of waiting for a flagship device with 3G support in North America
Nokia has abandoned Eseries and premium devices so it’s time I explore other options. It would have been nice to wait for the N8 but 256meg of RAM in 2010 is a joke.
Anyway!
Expect a flurry of screenshots and videos in late July.
BTW - App Inventor looks awesome. That’s what pushed me over the edge. I’m looking forward to exploring Accessibility issues and I believe this tool will help a non-coder like myself have some idea of the possibilities.
