Comments on: Confirmed: the I7500 is Samsung’s first Android phone

By: branon

branon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:10:49 +0000

How do you (BGR) know that the screen is capacitive?

By: mike

mike — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:07:33 +0000

i’ve had 3 winmo devices since 2003. (treo, motorola q, and currently omnia). while none was perfect and the capacitative touchscreen phenomenon of late hasn’t been adopted yet you are nuts to say winmo is crap and buggy. android is insanely limited and open source offers very little benefit to 95% of users. The iphone can’t run myriad programs/apps i run everyday on my winmo like sirius and slingbox. and i run multiple apps simultaneously unliuke the amazing iphone (though it’s touchscreen is freakin awesome). i also prefer to have complete control of my device and not a manufacturer controlling what i may alter or download as with apple. also battery life has grown by leaps and bounds across all platforms in the last 2-3 years. to each his own but winmo may not be the prettiest OS but it’s a workhorse with more access to useful features than any other.

By: DJV

DJV — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:19:21 +0000

WinMo is terrible! It is too resource intensive for the processors used in the existing handsets. If MS wants to compete then they should mandate the use of more powerful processors by hardware manufacturers.

By: Joe the Plumber

Joe the Plumber — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:48:56 +0000

HVGA is so mid last year. Does android not play well with VGA or WVGA?

By: steven

steven — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:39:05 +0000

A tipster told me this phone will appear on Verizon and Sprint by September 2009

By: Cingulair

Cingulair — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:36:26 +0000

WinMo is just a memory hungry, buggy, non-reliable mess. My wife and I have had it with their unreliable crashing and freezing. I never had to hard reset a phone as much as with WinMo. It is almost impossible to do a reliable upgrade with WinMo also.

After using Nokia s60 and the iPhone OS, I have no need to turn back. WinMo has a nice UI but, it almost feels like you’ve been tricked. Once, the bugs start to surface.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: Mankato

Mankato — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:33:30 +0000

@Steven.

This phone covers T-Mobile’s 1700MHz.This just might be T-Mobile’s Samsung Android phone.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/samsung-i7500-oled-handset-powered-by-android-dreams/

By: Onyx

Onyx — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:43:48 +0000

windows mobile is power hungry, non-finger friendly, crashing and bugging OS. My blackjack and XPERIA were both cool little devices but junk; can’t use WM for my primary phone and rely on it. I haven’t used Android as a primary phone but I’m looking forward to it. I image it is better tho.

By: cracka

cracka — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:24:32 +0000

Agreed, Anon.

And Windows Mobile has much bigger problems than capacitive screens. That said, I do think MS is starting to come around (by necessity), so there’s definitely hope for 6.5 & later…

By: aleis

aleis — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:08:19 +0000

windows mobile has a very good infrastuctures.
it just not easy to use. and thats because of its resistive screens.
it will easily beat out all the others because, it isnt an app out that it cannot do.
skype, streaming media, you name it.
its just not a good experience cause you have to hit the screen two and three times!!
but once a capacitive screen device comes out for winmo (and it`ll be too late by then but…) no other phone will be able to compete.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:08 +0000

@Kimberly: Automatic memory management, capacitive touch screen support, finger-friendly interface, open standards, open to developers without Apple’s restrictions. Mostly the benefits are on the nerdy end, but once the software catalog expands it will be a real competitor.

By: StevenGlansburg

StevenGlansburg — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:59:46 +0000

well my TV remote is more useful (and reliable) than Windows Mobile, so I wouldn’t say it’s just the capacitive touch screen

By: adammm

adammm — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:33:44 +0000

Has Samsung ever made a good capacitive screen? I’m a CDMA guy, and the Glyde still gives me nightmares.

By: aleis

aleis — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:27:46 +0000

android sucks compared to windows.
its not alot of apps.
but what makes it “better” is just like what makes the iphone better, CAPACITIVE SCREEN!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:19:28 +0000

What makes Android a better OS than Windows ?
I’ve heard alot Android and i’m just curios as to the preference to Android i’ve been noticing .

By: celz

celz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:19:16 +0000

so is sprint getting this.. sprint has been long rumored to get a samsung android in june.. and this the only one..

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:46:41 +0000

Would be nice if the 1700/2100 was Band IV, but I doubt it. Here’s hoping a US version is announced soon.

By: Rey

Rey — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:45:36 +0000

Wow and i still cant believe the Magic is not released yet, this blows away the magic IMO