Surprised I am the first poster in this thread...
I had the Fascinate, the company bought a continuum and I said I would take it..
I must say it is interesting..I have only had it for a couple hours so I can only speak to what I have tried thus far.
The Ticker--obviously the big change in the phone. It is cool, but there is a learning curve imo. After you get used to it being there, it is nice. It is nice to have the phone pop on with a notification. BUT, if your running Touchdown, it won't display those notifications in the "ticker" That isn't a deal breaker for me, as hopefully in the future there will be away to assign it.
You can do RSS feeds, some are already built in you can subscribe too. And you can put in your own...again nice.
--- The ticker reminds me of a built in "NO LED" application for alerts. Except, it doesn't stay on (I am sure in the future they will alter it so you can make it blink or whatever) and it gives more information.
Another thing about the ticker is when you grip the phone from the side, it turns on and if you tap the clock the phone powers on and you don't have to "puzzle piece" it on. I like that.
Coming from the Fascinate the screen size is smaller ... little adjustment, but its OLED as you all know and very nice.
GPS...Instant lock...I mean instant. I downloaded Google Maps and it locked instantly..tried it several times and had no lag at all. So whatever bug is in the Fascinate they fixed it in this phone. Also the call quality has no side tone that I have noticed. Very Clear.
I have launcher pro on it, works fine, no issues.
Overall the more I use the phone, the more I really like it. The 'ticker' really grows on you after awhile..text messages display on it which is nice..email etc. If developers use the ticker area to its potential, it really will be cool.
One last thing about email...Samsung changed it a little. Everything is one account, but its a little confusing. You have a 'gmail app' like we are all used to...then you have an "EMAIL" app that Samsung uses..but they want you to put all your accounts in there..gmail, personal pop/imap email. It uses the ticker for emails..but for example I have my gmail in there and then on my "gmail app" so I am getting double notifications right now..
Also, corporate email is its own icon. Before I could combine the two, so I had all my email in one spot...
Not sure why they did that.
If anyone is thinking about getting the phone, and has questions ask away.
I had the Fascinate, the company bought a continuum and I said I would take it..
I must say it is interesting..I have only had it for a couple hours so I can only speak to what I have tried thus far.
The Ticker--obviously the big change in the phone. It is cool, but there is a learning curve imo. After you get used to it being there, it is nice. It is nice to have the phone pop on with a notification. BUT, if your running Touchdown, it won't display those notifications in the "ticker" That isn't a deal breaker for me, as hopefully in the future there will be away to assign it.
You can do RSS feeds, some are already built in you can subscribe too. And you can put in your own...again nice.
--- The ticker reminds me of a built in "NO LED" application for alerts. Except, it doesn't stay on (I am sure in the future they will alter it so you can make it blink or whatever) and it gives more information.
Another thing about the ticker is when you grip the phone from the side, it turns on and if you tap the clock the phone powers on and you don't have to "puzzle piece" it on. I like that.
Coming from the Fascinate the screen size is smaller ... little adjustment, but its OLED as you all know and very nice.
GPS...Instant lock...I mean instant. I downloaded Google Maps and it locked instantly..tried it several times and had no lag at all. So whatever bug is in the Fascinate they fixed it in this phone. Also the call quality has no side tone that I have noticed. Very Clear.
I have launcher pro on it, works fine, no issues.
Overall the more I use the phone, the more I really like it. The 'ticker' really grows on you after awhile..text messages display on it which is nice..email etc. If developers use the ticker area to its potential, it really will be cool.
One last thing about email...Samsung changed it a little. Everything is one account, but its a little confusing. You have a 'gmail app' like we are all used to...then you have an "EMAIL" app that Samsung uses..but they want you to put all your accounts in there..gmail, personal pop/imap email. It uses the ticker for emails..but for example I have my gmail in there and then on my "gmail app" so I am getting double notifications right now..
Also, corporate email is its own icon. Before I could combine the two, so I had all my email in one spot...
Not sure why they did that.
If anyone is thinking about getting the phone, and has questions ask away.