Just wondering on what the general opinion was on these two phones. I have a pre and I'm wondering if I made a mistake, haha. Its decent, but nothing more, imo.
Just wondering on what the general opinion was on these two phones. I have a pre and I'm wondering if I made a mistake, haha. Its decent, but nothing more, imo.
Just wondering on what the general opinion was on these two phones. I have a pre and I'm wondering if I made a mistake, haha. Its decent, but nothing more, imo.
i got rid of my pre for this phone, and to be honest, the pre blows. this phone is infinitely better. the only thing the pre had on this phone was push email, but i set my refresh to every hour and that is sufficient for my purposes. other than that, this phone just kills the pre.
Very nice...I like the sounds of that. Well, if all goes well I may be able to switch to Verizon and get the rumored passion, if its soon, if not the droid. But if I must stay with sprint and I get no word of new android phones, then I'll gladly ,ake the switch o the hero. One question, though...does it lag while typing with the virtual keyboard? I, a big texter, so its important.
Very nice...I like the sounds of that. Well, if all goes well I may be able to switch to Verizon and get the rumored passion, if its soon, if not the droid. But if I must stay with sprint and I get no word of new android phones, then I'll gladly ,ake the switch o the hero. One question, though...does it lag while typing with the virtual keyboard? I, a big texter, so its important.
not that i've noticed. if u just type away, it gets what u need. the auto correct is pretty damn good. also, a couple guys on here own both the hero and droid, and the consensus is that hero>droid. the sense interface is wonderful, and eclair will really take this phone to new heights (which it hasn't done crap for the droid).
Just call sprint and tell them you are not happy and considering the switch to big red. See if they will reset your rebate if you tell them that will get you to stay. I've heard of it working before, from my own earpiece.Amazing! All this info is incredible! So I just think I'll ditch the hopes of switching to verizon and keep sprint, but upgrade to the hero. Hopefully it won't cost too much...used my upgrade on the pre.
Just call sprint and tell them you are not happy and considering the switch to big red. See if they will reset your rebate if you tell them that will get you to stay. I've heard of it working before, from my own earpiece.
That sounds like a fantastic idea, and I'm all for it, except the account is in my mom's name. Do you think they would heed my idle threats or would I have to get her to say something herself?
u just need to be authorized to make account decisions, doesn't matter if its in her name. can you make changes to the account?
But you should take some time and go into a sprint store and play with the virtual keyboard and the overall phone to get a feel and your own assessment...
Hm...how about this phone vs the moment? I seem to hear some good about it.
I agree, but everyone has different needs, i want good smooth web browsing first, the pre was better at that, but the hero is a bwtter machine all around, an i feel you about apps as well, android is on iys way up very fast ans i just hope they can do some browser updates to improve it to my liking, then i will be very happy wirh the hero,Funny, I just sold my Pre today for $225 on Craigslist. Got the Hero last week and like another poster stated, will not look back. I too loved the Pre...multitasking was phenomenal. This is actually my 2nd time getting rid of the Pre. I sold it for the BB Tour when it first came out. Went back to the Pre two days later and I was a loyal BB user. The Pre blew it away hands down! I held on to my Pre for a week for that reason alone...just in case I wouldn't like the Hero. I had the Pre on CL 2 days after getting the Hero. TO ME it is a much better machine than the Pre, which only has the WEBOS to speak of. Coming from the Pre and their pathetic bunch of non-descript apps (yeah I know it's new and all) which almost NONE are free....but when I opened up the Android Market I was like Charlie in the Chocolate factory! Apps galore....FREE apps galore....USEFUL apps galore. I am a customization freak so the ability to add, delete, add widgets, shortcuts etc to SEVEN SCREENS blew me away! I STILL haven't gone thru the entire market yet. I am not a big game player, but I have 12 games on my hero and enjoy them all. Tethering....Wow. PDAnet does a wonderful job for me and the phone doesn't have to be rooted to use it. Everything on the Pre that was useful was homebrew related. Palm JUST added text forwarding. Without homebrew MANY people would have BEEN gotten rid of the Pre. I had just downloaded their video cam that MANY people were clamoring for (which was patched as well). While it was ok, you couldn't see what you were recording! Then sometime, it wouldn't record at all although it would say recording. Palm is really slipping and I really do fear that if they don't hurry up and do something drastic, they are going to lose a ton of users. Android is right below Apple in it's development and it's gaining momentum with 2.0 around the corner.
I had an instinct when they first came out so I am used to the virtual keyboard, but the auto-correct feature is amazing on the hero. Just come CLOSE to the word you are trying to type and it's there for you. I am a power texter and have not regretted the virtual keyboard whatsoever. Fact is, I had the moment 2 days before I got the Hero (I ordered both an hour after one of the other from Telesales as I had an upgrade coming and I don't have to pay upfront as it's added to my bill). I got the Moment for the Keyboard, but the phone is a brick to me. Nice phone too and I can see some Android users preferring the Moment, but it was just too big and heavy for me. Besides, SenseUI is amazing!
Sell the Pre, get a Hero and I PROMISE you you will not look back either!!
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