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Originally Posted by fildrigar
When I first got my Mogul, the first thing I did was flash a new rom, to enable GPS functionality. ( Which Sprint and HTC had left out, for some strange reason. ) Then, I started flashing roms to get a bit more speed out of the thing. When I got the TP, I was initially impressed with it's speed, ( I know, I know ) but it began to seem more and more laggy as time went on. I started flashing roms, found one that I liked, that speeded the phone up a bit.
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Very similar backgrounds there then, yes. My first custom ROM on the Mogul was to enable GPS and EVDO Rev A. After that it was all about WM6.1 since Sprint hadn't released it yet, and after that I never bothered to go back to official even after they did go 6.1. The customs were just too good.
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hese apps are available and work quite well. The browser is pretty speedy, I'd love to have a bit more variety myself, and hope Fennec and Opera come out soon. I probably need to do more searching and experimenting with apps, I've been a little to busy to at the moment.
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Yeah, I'm very hopeful for Fennec. I've used the alphas on my Touch Pro and they show a strong future. Plus with Weave I don't have to worry about where my data is.
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The keyboard is pretty functional. I'm used to the spacebar issue, I still occasionally get the bottom row wrong when trying to type very quickly. I appreciate that the rows are spaced off center, unlike the Droid. I do wish the @ was in a more accessible location, thats the symbol that I tend to use most often other than the . and ,
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Where is the @ on it? Also I noticed comma is a Fn option, which does seem mildly annoying as I would arguably use that more than a period. What about other special characters? Slashes (forward and back), etc.? I'm in IT, so I use a lot of computer characters.
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I actually went for a Hero for nearly a month before switching to the Moment. I found that I just couldn't live without the physical keyboard. I do like HTC phones, I wish they had one with a physical keyboard on Sprint, but am overall pretty happy with my Moment. The Hero has a really good virtual keyboard, and I found out that you can ( I'd say should ) install it on the Moment. The home, menu, and back buttons took some getting used to, as they are touchscreen buttons, not real buttons. I really like the little touchpad thing, I did like the trackball on the Hero, but it had started collecting dirt in the 30 days I had it. Did I answer enough questions for you? Let me know if you have any further ones.
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I would just get the Hero, despite the slower processor, if it wasn't for the lack of a keyboard. HTC's a great company and I know their support will be better. I'm really concerned about this phone's one-off nature meaning much worse third-party support. Still, it's the better phone right now. Plus I'm Sprint Premier, so at worst I'm locked into it for only a year. Thanks for the help, though, as your scenario most closely mimics mine.
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Originally Posted by pastafarian
As one who hated the TP experience, I think you can expect little pain. The Moment is far more stable, smooth and reliable than that WM junk.
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See, this puts you in a different angle for advice, making it harder to compare our experiences. The only thing I hate about my TP is the battery/charging issues. Otherwise I love it, and with the exception of the random performance problems I'm very happy with WM. So this would color your opinion of Android a touch. Doesn't invalidate it by any means, but as a comparison you're more likely to be happier with something that's not WM while I might find more things that bug me. Loving the name and icon, though, btw.
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Opera Mobile 10 - Dolphin Browser
Google Maps (and Sprint Navigation sometimes) - Same
Tasks - Astrid
Internet Sharing - PDAnet
Adobe Reader - Documents to Go
E-mail = Moxier Mail for exchange (came with phone) K9 is a nice general email app
Remote Desktop Mobile - Don't use , so I can't help here
WorldCard Mobile - this I should find out too
PockeTwit - TwitDroid
Facebook _ Facebook (the one you d/l from market, not the link on the phone)
Live Mesh -Didn't use, Don't know
TagReader - Barcode Scanner
Voice Command - can't help here either
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Is Dolphin webkit-based, I would assume? Anything peculiar or lacking in it (besides Flash) that I should be aware of? And last I heard PDAnet was rather slow. Still an issue? Does Barcode Scanner do QR codes, too? Also, which of these apps that you mentioned are pay apps? I tend NOT to buy apps for my phone, although that may change now.
One thing I forgot to mention was Excel/Word documents, although I hear those can be handled well enough with Google Docs. Any other suggestions there?
Thanks again guys. I'm probably going to take the plunge this weekend, although I still have some concerns, especially about third-party support. Anything else you can pass along would be helpful.