Recent content by Sapient2k7

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    Essential Releasing Official Android 9 Pie Today

    This ph-one is the budget priced Nexus line we had been asking for. I am amazed to see reviewers recommending budget phoneses with budget specs over this one. I love it. Battery life has been excellent for me and it gets updated regularly. The new update reminds me of the palm Pre with the...
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    Brand spanking NEW member with a couple one questions about the HTC ONE

    Tmobile uncarrier plan would be better than any mvno as you would be able to do visual voice, wifi calling and roam on partner networks. Also, the 2 year no interest loan for the phone is also very tempting. Price wise tmobile is competitive but if you are on a family plan it is much more...
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    How is T-Mobile service ?

    In my testing it has been fairly accurate (RDU area, parts of Charlotte, Dallas, San Jose) . With the failed merger it now should be able to roam on AT&T much more easily as well.
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    How is T-Mobile service ?

    yeah, I felt the difference immediately when I upgraded from my EVO 3D to EVO LTE. I love the phone but in terms of service it was definitely a noticeable downgrade. The $30 plan has been ok so far. This is my secondary phone. I was in the same boat (needing to talk for work) and with Sprint...
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    How is T-Mobile service ?

    I work in morrisville/Cary area and I live in Durham. I have a nexus 4 on the $30 monthly 4g plan and tmobile seems to be very good. I have tested about 7-8 Mbps dl and ul around town. It even works inside the buildings. I have been trying to use sensorly so that it updates its maps. currently...
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    How is T-Mobile service ?

    Coverage in Raleigh, Durham Cary area seems to be ok. I am getting more bars than sprint. With wifi calling indoor signal strength matters less with tmobile than with other carriers.
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    Which Media App plays from bluetooth?

    I have had no problems on mine. I normally use jet audio as it does fade in/out when I switch songs. Whatever app I am using starts working as soon as I pair to my car's bluetooth. Mine is a "microsoft sync" based system. I have not used it anywhere else.
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    S3 for $50 or One for $199..sigh...

    This link may be helpful Smartphone OIS video test; HTC One competes well with Nokia Lumia 920 | ZDNet A quote from the article. "I'll let you judge the results yourself in the video below, but in my opinion the HTC One did a fine job, and since that device is the best smartphone design I...
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    S3 for $50 or One for $199..sigh...

    S4 is Not Big.Little in US. IT is Octa core in theory but quad core in practice. the actual A9 cores only work when you need more power otherwise it is A7 cores to keep battery life better. However, even with big.little and higher battery capacity (2600 vs 2300) S4 's battery life is not...
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    Ask your questions about the Archos GamePad here

    I really want to know if the viewing angles are equal to or better than a nintendo 3DS as it is pretty terrible compared to my EVO LTE but for games it is not that big a problem. Another question I have is about the lag, is it apparent in actual games? Like the poster above I am interested in...
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    Did you get the Jelly Bean update yet?

    I just upgraded mine to Jelly Bean, I like it . Phone "still" seems to be speedy and responsive. Most changes seem to be under the hood. that said, of the things that were more apparent immediately, I like the new(er) notification system best.
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    What do you use to text?

    I used to use handscent but now I use go SMS. In fact I use all of the o products, go launcher ex, go contacts etc.
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    Cell signal woes due to bogus 'Power Save Mode'?

    They tower may be getting updated. You should call sprint and find out.
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    Screen is constantly using 63% battery ?!?!

    The percentage shown in the power setting is a percentage of battery used. Let's say the remaining battery is 70% and total screen utilization is 63% then the battery utilization by the screen is 0.63x(100-70)= 18.9% Check the total amount of time the screen was on and it will give you a...
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    asus transformer 3.1

    I got the update last night, upgrade process took less than 5 minutes and it has been working well. I did not spend enough time with it before the upgrade or after to notice a substantial change. It is working well though. Now I am looking for the dock ;)