Forum: Competitors
07-03-2012, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
1st thing to do is get cpu spy free from google play and better battery stats (small fee from google play or a free d/l from xda forum). They may well reveal that there is some process preventing...
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Forum: Competitors
06-14-2012, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
sorry, saw this too late. I downloaded my firmware from www.sammobile.com (you need to register but its free).
BTW - root will stop OTA update from running. I managed to hide my root for the...
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Forum: Competitors
06-13-2012, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I got similar - hid my GB root with voodoo rootkeeper before doing OTA. The update d/l was fine but failed to apply correctly (crapped out midway leaving my GB install OK). Don't know why but I tried...
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Forum: Competitors
04-03-2012, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
the native sound through speakers is very flat and lacking bass. Throuh supplied headphones it is the same. It is not unlistenable but it badly needs the help of a graphic equaliser to bring up the...
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Forum: Competitors
04-01-2012, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
oh and also agree with E de B re. XDA - I've yet to receive any usefuk answer to anything I post there - have always ended up having to research and solve my own problems due to complete lack of...
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Forum: Competitors
04-01-2012, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
for me, the 3 major weaknesses (leaving aside the o/s and focusing solely on day to day usage) are:
1) video out - the HDMI should be way better than the n900 but in practice just isn't - for me...
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Forum: Competitors
03-07-2012, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
@mscion - great find on the overskreen browser! just installed it (my 1st paid app!!) & I'm loving it ... haven't found out how to make it launch in landscape and it won't seem to auto-rotate but...
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Forum: Competitors
03-07-2012, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I've posted a partial reply for you over at XDA-developers forum, but as I said there, I think this is probably a better place for you to get comparative views from others who have used the app's you...
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Forum: Competitors
12-06-2011, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
have to agree that task switching with the note is slower than with Maemo, but it's as nothing compared to task LOSING :-(
I have a habit of leaving a browser session open for a while (often...
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Forum: Nokia N900
12-01-2011, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,771
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Forum: Competitors
11-25-2011, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
from that linked review:
"The Samsung Galaxy Note uses the standard TouchWiz music player, which is pretty good news as we cannot think of a feature that it lacks."
err, except for the ability...
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Forum: Competitors
11-25-2011, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
can't comment re. SGS2 comparison 'cos I've never used that phone. The sound from the note on speaker is mediocre (similar in max volume to n900, possibly slightly louder but not much, and feels...
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Forum: Competitors
11-16-2011, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Skype performance (video call over my home LAN to a win7 laptop with video quality set to high) was really excellent. used about 15% CPU on the note for the video chat, so it was still very...
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Forum: Competitors
11-15-2011, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
buried in my long post above, I did mention that I had viewed a couple of documents and spreadsheets via polaris. I haven't had time to do anything beyond just a quick look to verify that it is...
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Forum: Competitors
11-15-2011, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
after that long post, just wanted to briefly add that I went straight from a Nokia 3310 to the n900 as I'd refused ever to upgrade my mobile phone until Ifound what Iconsidered to be a fully...
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Forum: Competitors
11-15-2011, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
ok, so after a couple of hours of play:
1. for some reason it takes an age to acquire an IP from my netgear router (sems to have to try many times, not sure if that's the phone or the router, but...
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Forum: Competitors
11-02-2011, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
1st UK online vendor with stock (16GB) to buy today:
http://www.kingofgadgets.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-note-16-gb-black-sim-free-unlocked-android-mobile-phone.html
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Forum: Competitors
11-02-2011, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
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Forum: Applications
10-12-2011, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 1,464
Views: 260,448
Re: [Announce] Opera Mobile 11
This is a test is a test
just tested for you - ctrl-c works fine (2nd "is a test" above was highlighted via cursor keys, copied with ctrl-c and then pasted to end with cttl-v). i then hit ctrl-z...
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Forum: Applications
10-10-2011, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 1,380
Views: 233,991
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Forum: General
10-06-2011, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 16,158
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Forum: General
10-06-2011, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 16,158
Re: RIP Steve Jobs
good point. I *HATE* corporate "mission statements", they tend to be crass, puerile bull$hit that the employees at best ignore, or mor often hold up to sarcasm/ridicule (as the corporate behaviour...
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Forum: General
09-05-2011, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 7,909
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Forum: Nokia N900
09-02-2011, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,443
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Forum: Competitors
09-01-2011, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 676
Views: 137,431
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
hola Straycat! I forgot to mention though that each of my calls lasts for about 6 hours :cool:.Still with me ??? ;)
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