Joe the Insider
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Jtown--I see my US Cellular is supposed to be picking up the Merge in a few days. I'm coming off of a BB Bold and have a few questions for you.
What BB did you have previously?
Do you know what version of HTC Sense the merge has?
I've been also considering holding out for the new Galaxy S ii and have watched a few videos showing where TouchWiz has the options to create folders that you can organize apps/functions in. Does the Merge have that option?
How is the dialer? I tried an Alltel HTC Hero about a year ago and the dialer sometimes took 30+ seconds from the time I hit send till when it actually placed the call. Didn't know if that was a fault in Sense or the Hero's hardware.
Coming from a BB you of course were used to dependable battery life. How would you rate the merge? Comparable? I don't have a problem charging every night but it needs to at least make it through the day with average use.
When you had your BB, were you addicted to keyboard shortcuts as I am? With the default BB shortcuts and QuickLaunch I could fly around all of the BB's functions. How has that transition went for you? Thats part of the reason I wondered about the folders so that I could save some swiping through homescreens to get to what I want efficiently.
And finally, are you still overall happy with the phone? Do you wish you could have the Milestone X with 4.3 screen or are you satisfied with the 3.8 on the Merge? (of course it probably still seems huge compared to your BB!)
Thanks!
I called my USC guy and he said they should be getting them tomorrow so I'm going to swing by Saturday and check it out.
And I do have a couple more questions.
Is the folder option on it "stock" or did you download an app for that?
Hows the typing going moving from the tight BB to the spread out keyboard?
Build quality is pretty solid?
Also, how does the screen hold up in the sun? I work outside a lot and it needs to be at least readable without having to shade it with the other hand. I assume it has a auto bright/dimming feature for the screen too?
Sounds promising with the keyboard shortcuts. That is one of the biggest things I missed when I went to the Hero from my 8330.
Thanks for the quick reply and info!
Jtowndawg,
Thanks for the updates, you answered a lot of questions I wanted to know. I have a few more question for ya. How is FM Radio? Do you play music on your phone and how is the sound quality? Is the music player stock or does it have nice features, ie equalizer? And lastly how well does it take pictures.
Thanks
Lamar
One thing I miss besides bbm is the the ability to customize the notifications. You can give people their own ring tones but that is about it unless I am messing it. You can not change how many times it vibrates or set a custom notification for one persons text message.
I just thought that would be something blackberry users would like to know when they are considering making the switch.
someone said handcent does give it a try
Jtowwn
I picked up a merge yesterday. So far so good. Two questions....
Does your space bar have the same "click" to it as the rest of the keys? Mine really doesn't have as good of feedback as the other keys.
Also is there a setting to make it insert a period after two spaceson the hard keyboard like the virtual one does? I can't seem to find any settings for anything thing on the physical. No correction settings or anything.
Thanks!
I'm glad you was able to pick up the Merge. My space bar feels the same as the rest of the keys. It also inserts a period after a double space. I was unhappy that there is not a spell check like blackberry at first but I know now that it uses text prediction instead. Maybe when you turn on prediction it will work then.
From the home screen press menu/ settings/ language and keyboard/ touch input settings / text input/
Then under hardware qwerty keyboard check "prediction" and spell check"
I was wondering if anyone has Ford Sync in their vehicle and if they are having trouble getting the merge to sync with the text messaging feature? I wanted a new phone just for this reason, sync has a feature where it will read your texts aloud and allow you to respond to them for a reply, but I keep getting a message saying "connected phone does not support text messaging"...which is strange because my 13 yr old has the little messenger and it supports the text feature??? anyone else having these issues?