Comments on: HTC Predator: Another Verizon Android In October?

By: michele

michele — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:32:24 +0000

It is def. not a rumor. Played with 2 Andriod phones today. HTC and Motorolla. AWESOME phones. comming soon!!!

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:55:06 +0000

While no data package is required, you will be charged at a high rate if you use the network. Just change the number it tries to call for a connection from 777 to 888.

From Verizon’s site:

Important: On select smartphone devices, if you do not subscribe to a Data Plan or Data Feature, data usage will be billed at 1.5¢ per KB ($15.36 per MB), unless you add a data block or subscribe to a Wireless Email Feature. Other smartphone devices and all BlackBerry® devices require a Data Plan or a Data Feature.

By: cody

cody — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:24:44 +0000

Yes. Verizon’s version of HTC Touch..has win mobile. I have it, just got it a few months ago because it was free for period of time on their website. In fact you can get any smartphone from verizon and no data package is required. Don’t know why people think all carriers do that, not all do.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:38:28 +0000

Does anyone know of a cell phone that DOES NOT REQUIRE A DATA PACKAGE that has MS Word and Excel on it?

By: sam

sam — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:34:10 +0000

I just heard about Android Phones a few minutes ago. I’m not very technical so I don’t know of their capabilities or if you have to have a data pkg with them. Does anyone know.

By: twrock

twrock — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:57:45 +0000

@StephenSaurusRex
You wrote: “iPhones still don’t multitask (aka, u cant even play music & run another app at the same time!!!).”

I think that’s a perfect example of why I commented elsewhere that if you start with the Hero as the standard, it’s clear that the iPhone doesn’t measure up and isn’t a “Hero killer”. It’s all in what you want/need, and if the iPhone doesn’t provide that, it is the inferior device.

Don’t get me wrong. I really do think the iPhone is a great device. I’ve looked seriously at it and considered purchasing one. But at this point as I look at the Hero (and other announced/rumored Android devices), compared to the iPhone, the Hero definitely wins.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:40:02 +0000

just give me something with good battery life that’s less than 13mm thick…and I’ll be happy.

By: tuna

tuna — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:15:32 +0000

Dumb question here…Don’t we need 1 Android phone on VZW before we can have a third? I am starting to doubt G will relax their standards enough to allow VZW to cripple all the features to sell back to their victims…er… customers. I’m looking at a Nokia 810 for my portable net toy(read: no extortionate data plan contract) and still have a spare, unlocked E815 for phone calls.

By: StephenSaurusRex

StephenSaurusRex — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:05:14 +0000

Man, I just realized that BGR appears to be the source/promoters of a lot Android based rumrors lately, including Sony’s X3 January Launch Date, as well as the 3 HTC Android phones that are supposed to invade Verizon. Anyone have any sense of BGR’s rumor track record? Do most of them pan out?

By: StephenSaurusRex

StephenSaurusRex — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:59:07 +0000

PS: I got the review of the Toshiba TG01 from
http://www.zdnetasia.com/reviews/hardware/handhelds/0,3800010313,44920104p,00.htm

By: StephenSaurusRex

StephenSaurusRex — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:57:37 +0000

@Dennis: yeah, i totally get you. battery life may be an issue, however, i found this on Qualcomm’s site: “…a 1.3 GHz processor for 30 percent higher performance as well as enhanced multimedia and 2D/3D graphics. Utilizing 45nm technology also allows power consumption improvements such as up to 30 percent lower dynamic power than previous-generation Snapdragon products and an unmatched standby power of less than 10 millwatts.”
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http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2009/090601_Snapdragon_QSD8650A.html .
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i know this doesnt mean that its lower powered than a 528MHz phone, but it indicates that the upgrade doesnt necessarily break the phone & its battery. The following is a review/comment about Toshiba’s TG01 which has runs on a 1GHz snap dragon:
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“As usual we set the device to play music contimuously from a full battery charge for as long as possible, which it managed just 4.5 hours. Smartphones generally achieve somewhere between 6.5 and 8.5 hours in this test, and the TG01′s poor battery life must in part be due to the fact that we force the screen to stay on. Running a 4.1in. screen for several hours is just too much to ask of the 1000mAh Li-ion battery Toshiba has chosen.”
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So a few things here… 1: not sure they forced other screens to stay on, 2: this phone’s screen is 4.1″ (massive!), 3: OLED (which this phone doesnt have, i dont think) are low powered & brighter displays (an option the galaxy uses), 4: its battery is dated, 1500 is standard these days.
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so, theoretically, there is no reason (cept cost) they shouldnt want to push the envelope forward. cost may be an issue, but i believe that if you build a monster phone, the launch carriers will hail it to be the 2nd coming, just like they did w/ the pre
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By: B

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:40:55 +0000

What About Canada ?
Any News of new android comming over here?

when are we going to get our hero?
dont forget about us canadian readers .

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:56:27 +0000

@StephenSaurusRex & @BKroid
It does seem maddening that when there are faster processors that it would make sense to use em.. but I don’t want faster if it means a real crappy battery life. I really can’t say right now, that I say “this thing is too slow” or “It’s laggy”.. I hear others say things like that, but I just haven’t experienced it myself.. But I do know how the world works, and developers will make Apps that will want more processor speed and as time goes by my “prehistoric” 528MHZ will probably then bug me.. but for now, I really don’t see a problem.. It would be a problem in my opinion, to have a phone that had a 1Ghz that wouldn’t make it through the day in normal use.. If they cant keep the battery life and increase the speed, or come up with a livable compromise then great.. I’m sure the engineers designing them are all over it.

By: glyco

glyco — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:45:35 +0000

@eh steve: HAHAHAHAHAH

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:18:54 +0000

I have the G1 and I am not replacing it with another 528Mhz unit with the same 3.2 in. screen. I want a faster processor, bigger screen, more onboard memory. I am willing to pay more for such a device, but apparently no one wants t0 build it and sell it to me.