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I just bought the Huawei Ideos X5, my first proper smart phone and so far I am very impressed.

Running stock android Froyo with no carrier shenanigans, aside from including swype is a great move by the company. The screen is nice face on, but the viewing angles are nothing too special, the colours fade fairly well, although the information is still very readable. The 800mhz scorpion processor does a great job at keeping everything positively smooth, and the 3.8" capacitive screen is responsive without being overly sensitive.

Design wise it is very simple and nothing over the top, feels ridiculously light and very comfortable in the hands. The only downside is the position of the camera, which sticks out like dogs balls and will be prone to scratching. The 5mp camera also supports LED flash, which is nice.

Clocking in at $349AU with the phone unlocked, this phone should dominate the low to mid end of smartphones, especially considering the direct competition is in the form of the LG Optimus One and the Samsung Galaxy Ace and the Motorola XT5, all of which do not feature screens anywhere near the size, nor the processor speed in the Optimus/XT5, or the Ram in the Ace and XT5, this will make (hardware wise) the X5 incredibly competitive.

It also came with three ebooks on the 8gig card, The Art of War, The Invisible Man and White Fang. The inbuilt 2gb of memory will also make android apps easier to manage when in comparison with the other phones in the same price range which contain much smaller internal memory for apps (Galaxy Ace has under 200mb).

This is an excellent phone, especially being 1/3 price of an iphone or 1/2 of a Galaxy S, although if you are going onto a phone plan, go with a high end model instead, however for those who prefer pre-pay (like me) and do not spend a great deal of money each year on phone credit, this phone is currently the best value for money for those on a budget.

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Wi-Fi-Only Motorola XOOM To Cost $539 At Sam’s Club? | Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police
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Much better pricing, too bad they can't push it down to the $499 level.
 
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Which one? Android has many browsers...

And I wouldn't call any of them awesome in any way. Most of them suck in their own way. It's one of those things that barely work.

Edit: also got my hands on a Xoom at Best Buy today.

First impression: this screen needs some serious overhaul. It's not as bad as some of the cheaper screens, but the colors are washed out, the viewing angle is terrible, and it just has that netbook-y feel to it, and that's... really bad.

Performance is good though. A lot better than I expected. Things zip by quick. Web browsing is a LOT more improved over my phone and any other Android device I have used. Which is a BIG plus. It still doesn't support some HTML5 elements and render some websites right, so hopefully Google can do something about that. Super zippy performance, but scrolling can still get bad on the same websites that bog previous versions of Android. At this point, I'm starting to think it's related to the layout elements rather than a performance fault of the browser renderer...

No Flash. Couldn't find that anywhere, so couldn't do any performance gauging.

Barely any app on it. Played around with mostly the gallery, browser, music player, and movie player.

Portrait is very awkward. It's longer than it should be. Landscape is even more awkward. It's harder to hold in one hand because it's longer. Not sure if 16:10 is a good aspect ratio for this, but I guess some people like it.

Build material is plasticky, but it's not cheap in any way. Cameras are impressive, but quality is still that of cameraphones, which is... not good at all. Rear camera LED flash is just for show. It's good enough as a flashlight but little else.

Overall, positive performance. Positive features. Very negative screen. Very negative for lack of Flash. Performance hiccups can still be seen elsewhere. No Flash is a big deal breaker.
 
#385 ·
The XOOM should have flash it is one of its touted features that I was aware of. According ot the website its advaible as a free download from the android market so that is proably why you couldnt play around with it in the store.
 
#386 ·
Didn't see it on the Market. I checked it.

Apparently, it's because 10.1 is not supported, and 10.2 doesn't come until later or something like that...

Read The Fine Print: No Motorola Xoom Flash Support Until ‘Spring 2011′

iPad 2 incoming next week, and honestly, I want a better screen... Flash isn't too important since it's partially supported on the iPad 2 via Skyfire either way.
 
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I just bought the Huawei Ideos X5, my first proper smart phone and so far I am very impressed.

Running stock android Froyo with no carrier shenanigans, aside from including swype is a great move by the company. The screen is nice face on, but the viewing angles are nothing too special, the colours fade fairly well, although the information is still very readable. The 800mhz scorpion processor does a great job at keeping everything positively smooth, and the 3.8" capacitive screen is responsive without being overly sensitive.

Design wise it is very simple and nothing over the top, feels ridiculously light and very comfortable in the hands. The only downside is the position of the camera, which sticks out like dogs balls and will be prone to scratching. The 5mp camera also supports LED flash, which is nice.

Clocking in at $349AU with the phone unlocked, this phone should dominate the low to mid end of smartphones, especially considering the direct competition is in the form of the LG Optimus One and the Samsung Galaxy Ace and the Motorola XT5, all of which do not feature screens anywhere near the size, nor the processor speed in the Optimus/XT5, or the Ram in the Ace and XT5, this will make (hardware wise) the X5 incredibly competitive.

It also came with three ebooks on the 8gig card, The Art of War, The Invisible Man and White Fang. The inbuilt 2gb of memory will also make android apps easier to manage when in comparison with the other phones in the same price range which contain much smaller internal memory for apps (Galaxy Ace has under 200mb).

This is an excellent phone, especially being 1/3 price of an iphone or 1/2 of a Galaxy S, although if you are going onto a phone plan, go with a high end model instead, however for those who prefer pre-pay (like me) and do not spend a great deal of money each year on phone credit, this phone is currently the best value for money for those on a budget.



Much better pricing, too bad they can't push it down to the $499 level.
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dude x5 is a bit ahead in the league of phones like optimus and ace since those have slower processors.
I think the x5 has the ARMv7 type of cpu so it will definitely support flash content
800mhz is wayyy faster when you compare it to 600Mhz of the optimus and 667 of the ace.
 
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Whether you love or loathe Apple, you have to be happy with the company's aggressive upgrade of the iPad. It has led to Samsung, purveyor of an Android 3.0 tablet by the name of Galaxy Tab 10.1, to look more closely at its own hardware and pricing model and, according to executive VP Lee Don-Joo, "improve the parts that are inadequate." We don't know what those are, specifically, however he notes that "Apple made [the iPad 2] very thin" and also goes on to say that Samsung will be rethinking its pricing strategy with the Tab 10.1. It was originally going to cost more than the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, but in light of Apple's new product, Samsung might have to cut into its profit margins... or maybe even forgo profits altogether to make its new Tab a success.
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Great news.
Thanks to Apple's aggressive pricing, Android tablets SHOULD come down on price.
 
#390 ·
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I thought the iPad 2 will have a very high resolution and was schocked to see the 1024x xxx. still the resolution is quite descent.
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It's an IPS LED panel... no matter how you look at it (quite literally), colors and contrast would still blow the competition away.

And it shouldn't need the super high resolution display. The current specs of the iPad 2 are enough to drive competitions into a corner. Samsung just admitted it publicly. ;)

I expect that it takes until June for everyone to start wishing the next Android 3.1 tablet, whichever it might be, will be able to take the iPad 2 on, and then the same cycle repeats for the next year.
 
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And it shouldn't need the super high resolution display. The current specs of the iPad 2 are enough to drive competitions into a corner. Samsung just admitted it publicly. ;)
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I think I was one of those who were anticipating an upgraded display for it. I got enticed by talks of 1080p resolutions and the concept of running full HD on it:( .
 
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Lasnap said:
ASUS Eee Slate - Entertaining meets enterprising with the most powerful tablet

Appearently you wont have any problems running programs on this tablet considering its running a I5 and windows 7 home premium
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Oh, surely I wouldn't question anything with that tablet but only these two factors:
- Battery life
- Heat

I'll overlook the size and weight since those can be attributed as necessary evils for what you get back in form, functionality, and features.

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I think I was one of those who were anticipating an upgraded display for it. I got enticed by talks of 1080p resolutions and the concept of running full HD on it:( .
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Well, if you were able to run full HD on it, I think it would start cannibalizing Mac sales, and Apple wouldn't want that.

That's because iMovie would also likely have to support 1080p video editing as well.

Think about it. An 8.8mm-thick device, that will get you 10 hours of editing/cutting 1080p movies in real time? For $500? Hollywood would go crazy... :innocent:

Right now, it's staying barely within consumer range, with 10 hours of editing/cutting 720p movies, and I think that's already crazy enough. Just a few years ago, I remember needing a super powerful CPU (or a high-end Mac) to do that task...
 
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runawayprisoner said:
Well, if you were able to run full HD on it, I think it would start cannibalizing Mac sales, and Apple wouldn't want that.
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I don't see why, unless people buy Macs to principally watch HD movies on it. Besides, people already use the iPad for things like web browsing, gaming, and playing non-HD media, what's HD playback going to hurt?
 
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Well, HD playback wouldn't hurt. But I meant... the display.

A super high resolution display would put the iPad on the same league as a high end computing device. In fact, it'll shame most PC displays on the market. When a $500 display doesn't have a resolution as high and a color gamut as wide as a $500 device, something feels... wrong.

Most MacBooks, which go for more than $1000 and even over $2000 would have lower resolution than a $500 iPad.

Even Apple's $1000 display will only be about on par with a $500 iPad.

Something just feels very wrong there. So I don't doubt they'll wait another year before pushing the envelope that far.

The rumors of that display were dubbed "too good to be true" for a reason.
 
#396 ·
Lasnap said:
ASUS Eee Slate - Entertaining meets enterprising with the most powerful tablet

Appearently you wont have any problems running programs on this tablet considering its running a I5 and windows 7 home premium
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Awesome find!!! a bit expensive tho. but i guess that its going to be my next Tablet-PC. i personally don't care that much about the battery life etc. but all i need is Visual Studio running and few tools i need when i meet my customers and that Tablet is just perfect for my use. other tablets are better and cheaper but they are useless for my job and professional needs sadly.

eitherway for my personal usage i will probably stay with Android as am having a lot of fun toying around with it . seriously am loving Android more day by day and with the following video am going to show a reason why :p

 
#398 ·
I wonder why they bothered calling it an i5 when it's almost like those SU processors (the weak 1.3Ghz quad jobbies).
 
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runawayprisoner said:
Well, HD playback wouldn't hurt. But I meant... the display.

A super high resolution display would put the iPad on the same league as a high end computing device. In fact, it'll shame most PC displays on the market. When a $500 display doesn't have a resolution as high and a color gamut as wide as a $500 device, something feels... wrong.

Most MacBooks, which go for more than $1000 and even over $2000 would have lower resolution than a $500 iPad.

Even Apple's $1000 display will only be about on par with a $500 iPad.

Something just feels very wrong there. So I don't doubt they'll wait another year before pushing the envelope that far.

The rumors of that display were dubbed "too good to be true" for a reason.
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Lol, dude, there's a massive difference computing on a 9.7" screen and a 27" one (pixel count is not everything!). Even if my old 15" monitor could pull off 1080p resolution I would in no way shape or form consider it equal to my 23" one.

My guess is that Apple would have liked to bring some form of Retina Display to the iPad 2 but it would have been much too costly. In the end I think it was a wise decision since a huge hike in prices would have upset far more people than HD video would have pleased. The sheer volume of articles speculating about an improved display shows that it was a much desired feature among Apple fans though and I'm certain Apple will implement it when it's cost-effective to do so (probably the next iteration).
 
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