Posted by Bonovox
Wow looks nice there!!
@Tsepz_GP,nothing in the post yet then?? 
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Thanks Bono, it finaly arrived!
Posted by amawanqa
Now there's a result!
Glad it arrived intact, Tsepz.
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Coolio.Finally arrived.
I almost walked into a Vodacom store today and got the Galaxy Note.Thank goodness I did'nt and stopped myself.I'm trying really really hard to stick out this 2 year contract.Also it would be really dumb to get it now when prices are at a premium.June the 2nd seems an age away.
Wangs
How is the MAC so far?
Posted by Bonovox
On 2011-11-28 13:46:07, Tsepz_GP wrote:
Thanks Bono, it finaly arrived!
Wow,I'm happy you got it & that seriously travelled a long way!![ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-11-28 22:28 ]
Posted by Bonovox
Let me know how your battery life gets on with the new battery
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Battery life is phenomenal, a leap from my old battery showing that it was done. Hardly heats up, and the new cover fits tightly so the phone feels very solid and new, im loving it
A friend of mine took a ton of photos of herself
with my X10, not quite sure why she used my phone as she has a BB 9900 Bold, she had the photolight on the whole time,i also used the phone as a music player at gym, did some web surfing with opera mini, and tweeting with Tweetcaster, phone still managed to last over 15hours, with the old batt it would have died at the 7th hour with that sort of punishment, overall im very happy with it, you saved me a fortune!
Posted by Hobbs
Im now thinking Galaxy S 2.That pay in price of R4000 for the Note is f@*king with my head.The Galaxy S 2's payin is only R2000.White or black? Tough one.
Posted by Hobbs
Decided.Black one.Dont like it in White.
Theres not much difference between the Note and SII.
I'll just lose out on the monster screen and S-pen.
Other than that they neck to neck.
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-11-30 08:58 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
If im not mistaken the Galaxy S2 even has a more powerful GPU than the Note.
GSII seems to be the best droid at the moment.
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Just curious.White SII or Black SII? Which would you choose?
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Id take the Black one, then again i like dark colours
but i can see the White getting dirty way too easily.
Posted by Bonovox
On 2011-11-30 17:44:59, Tsepz_GP wrote:
Id take the Black one, then again i like dark colours
but i can see the White getting dirty way too easily.
He likes sweet like chocolate girls too
Posted by Tsepz_GP
I do
Posted by Bonovox
Posted by gola
On 2011-11-30 19:42:18, Tsepz_GP wrote:
I do
Boi
All
So my brother inlaw just got the ipad 2, super cool gadget to play around with but i still think tablets are way overrated...
Tsepz can you do without yours?
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Gola
Can i live without it, Yep, would i give it up now that ive had it? Hell no!
Its the bit of convenience it gives you that makes them great, you dont have to boot up a whole laptop yet at the same time dont have to deal with a small smartphone screen, you're not going to need the tablet all the time but its going to come in very handy here and there.
You going to Drizzy or Weezy by the way? Bummed im missing both.
Posted by Bonovox
You can relax with your tablet whilst in bed. By the way the GS2 does not get dirty easily in white as it's glossy not matted. Matted white plastic would catch dirt easy but glossy it's just finger prints
Posted by amawanqa
@ Hobbster:
I'm making steady headway with Mac's Lion OS. It's naturally getting easier to find and use the all the features as each day passes. I'm slowly warming to it; there are still Windows options that I miss but to be fair there's a lot that I'm enjoying on the Mac (options-wise), including the various iLife 2011 software that was pre-installed, which includes iPhoto etc.
I DON'T use iTunes though, I prefer a third party media player on Mac and I'll be sticking with VLC for the foreseeable future. It's not as glitzy as Windows Media Player et al, but damn, it'll play virtually any format that you throw at it and there's no need for finding codec kaka for unsupported formats, the same goes for iTunes and its er... reluctance to handle Windows-derived formats. Saak that. A big thanks to the developers of VLC.
@ Bono,
I was up near your neck of the woods last weekend, when we were at the NEC for a show.
@ guys,
Congrats, this thread has now passed the '700 000 views' mark.
Posted by amawanqa
Hey Tsepz,
You see that Crystal Palace beat Man U in the Carling Cup tonight?!
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Bono
True, many use them to view newspapers in bedg
Thats good then, hows your GS2 treating you so far?
Wanqs
Eish, my heart sank when i saw that, ive been so tired today that ive hardly watched any tv, so was shockd to read on twitter that we're knocked out.
Posted by Bonovox
@amawanqa great what show was it?? I once went to a tech show there it was when the Ericsson T39 first came out. Ages ago. @Tsepz_GP yes GS2 serving me well as is the white Xperia Play
I much preferred it to the black one due to nicer look and less finger print smudges. Got the Play for £149 sim free also got the dock too. The Play is my back up device.
_________________
Samsung Galaxy S II White &
Xperia Play White
I love technology,but technology does not love me
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-12-01 01:22 ]
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Oh deary me.When I plug the X10 into my PC and netbook Im getting the dreaded 'USB Device Not Recognized.' notification.Therefore can't tether,access SD card or charge.
Plugged into a wall socket it charges fine.
Ever heard of this? If so,do you have a solution or a fix.
Going to try my boss's USB cable at work and see if its not just a faulty cable.
Heres hoping.
Wangs
Glad you enjoying the MAC.Must be nice to have a breather from Windows.I do it every now and again with Ubuntu or one of the other Linux distros.
Most open source software are'nt that sweet on the eye but in most cases does a better job.
An example is the music player that comes pre-installed with Ubuntu.Looks absolutely bare but audio quality wise blows software like Winamp and Windows Media Player out the water.
Thumbs up for VLC.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Bono
Thats great news! The Xperia Play is a sweet phone, tried one few weeks ago also in White and i liked it, i like it in both colours, couldnt decide between the two. I love how good the Play feels in hand, it was truely built to be held for long periods of time, and its UI is very smooth, both it and the XPERIA Arc S i tried were great made my X10 feel a bit dated.
Hobbs
I havent heard of or had that issue, the only USB problem i know of is what we had with the port failing at charging and randomly disconnecting, must be the the cable or maybe the laptop's port?
By the way how is your X10's batt since you tether a lot with it? I think my old batt expanded due to too much tethering which caused it to heat up a lot, so now im not going to tether much with this new one.
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
My battery is good.never had any battery issues with this phone.
Taken my bosses X10 mini USB cable home with me to test on my PC.Hoping its just a faulty cable.
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Thank goodness.Its just the USB cable.It must be faulty or something because this cable works fine.Must order myself a new one.
Posted by gola
Tsepz & Bono
Yip, I totally get what you are saying. I got to play with the ipad some more whilst it wasn't in its case and its super portable and awesome to hold. And ofcourse it looks great, i just hate covering beautiful gadgets.
I'd want one just for fun.
Tsepz
I didn't even bother finding out about the concert date, i'm super broke. I wasn't all that keen anyway, but wouldn't mind going. You heard Weezy's latest Paranormal Activity mixtape yet, I prefer it over Drake's new album. I dunno, Drake just sounds repetitious for me...
Oh, and another cool kid on the block, Diggy Simmons...i hope he makes it, unlike Asher Roth whose prediction of success i kind of over shot...
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Hobbs
Glad you found the problem, the cable must be warn.
Gola
same, and Golden Circle sold-out, no way im going if im not in golden as you can hardly see the person on stage which isnt worth it IMO.
Havent heard that mixtape yet.
Only track im digging in Drakes album is Make Me Proud featuring Nicki Minaj, ive had it on repeatfor a while now, but yeah Drake is repetitive, he's dope but i cant say his my favourite or the best, i hope he can actualy constantly reinvent himself like Jay-Z and Kanye do, speaking of Jigga what do you think of his prodigy, J.Cole? Not sure if he has lasting power, loving every song his on right now though.
Yeah, Diggy looks promising, i liked his track Copy,Paste ,hope he sticks around and doesnt just fade, what happened to his brother Jojo's group, Team Blackout or whatever? thought they would have something big by now.
Wow, Asher Roth, totaly forgot bout him, true one hit wonder there lol, also Mike Posner, he's also gone rather quiet.
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2011-12-01 23:22 ]
Posted by amawanqa
Did you guys read about all the Carrier IQ stuff embedded in various smartphones, mainly Android, Apple n' HTC phones?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/smartphone_spying_app/
Nokia have apparently retaliated by stating that none of their phones have Carrier IQ running on them..
@ Bono,
It was 'Motorcycle Live! 2011' that I attended at the NEC.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2011-12-01 22:17 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Its shocking stuff Wanqs, but im no longer bothered, our smartphones come with GPS chips, Cameras and Internet, governments/networks/manufacturers were bound to take advantage using two of those mainly (GPS and net) to show usage, and location.
Dups
Seems waiting may pay-off for you in the end: http://m.pocketnow.com/androi[....]zr-refresh-with-larger-battery
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2011-12-01 23:45 ]
Posted by Hobbs
Today is going to be a good day
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Galaxy SII arriving?
Posted by Hobbs
It has.Got it first thing this morning.Can't wait to finish work and get home.Got the white one.Some advise Tsepz,don't let them put the two colours in front of you to choose from cause you'll be walking out there with a white one.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Congrats on your new machine Hobbs!
,again you get the dam thing before me
Im still waiting for the Sensation XE, been watching a lot of video reviews of it, may only be here next year though it seems...who knows, i may follow you, i'll see how i feel when i get back from Durbs next week, driving down straight from the club at 3am tomorrow morning
Posted by amawanqa
Wow, Galaxy SII in da house!
No flies on you, Hobbster... that's keeewwl!! Congrats! Kinda like that clinical white option too.
Look forward to reading about your experiences with that UberDroid.
Posted by Hobbs
Thanks guys.Looking forward to switching it on in 1 hours time.
Tsepz You were kinda a catalyst in this whole thing.You started talking about taking your moms upgrade in December.I blame you.Made it hard for me to wait another 8 months.
X10 sold.Can you believe I got R2800 for it.
In the end the Note was just to large for me.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
My bad ,Enjoy it!
WOW! R2800 for a 2nd hand X10? Had no idea it was in that much demand to pull such a price.
Posted by Hobbs
Glad I chose the white.
Quadrant benchmark score of 3717.(average 3500) Nice.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
shes a beaut!
Posted by Hobbs
Since I email quite a lot the default email client on this phone in landscape mode is a welcome change.Divided into two panels,the sender and subject on the left and the email body on the right.Its fantastico.
Taking this screenshot was as simple as holding down the home key and quickly pressing the power button.Now where have I seen that again.Oh yes,my ol' iPhone 3G.
Posted by amawanqa
On 2011-12-02 19:13:11, Tsepz_GP wrote:
shes a beaut!
'Strue. Dang, that white option does look the biz.
Posted by Hobbs
I love this screen.The colours are so vibrant and everything is so sharp and clear.Its all very good on the eye.
'Background Effect' in the Display settings.Cool.
Posted by Hobbs
I had phoned the day before and they said they have just two black units available in stock.So when I went in today I wasnt expecting a white one laid before me.I must have sat there for about 10 minutes with the phones side by side trying to make up my mind.They got really annoyed with me.
Also sold my E90 Communicator for R2500.Was excruciating to do but I was sick of using it just as an alarm clock.
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-02 19:05 ]
Posted by Hobbs
I cant believe a simple setting like changing your app drawer into List View can make me smile so much.Samsung have added some nice little touches.I havent even explored yet.Its just these little basic things that are catching my eye at the moment.
Posted by Bonovox
@Hobbs,same as mine
But I also got this too
2,000mAh battery
Posted by Hobbs
Bonovox Lets hope I won't be needing one of those.Will see how this battery performs after a couple of days.Theres some bad reviews out there regarding battery life but I always take them with a pinch of salt.A lot of the time these people don't know how the hell to use their phones.
Can you believe inside the phone was a measly 1GB memory card.What did yours come with? 8? 16?
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-02 20:52 ]
Posted by Hobbs
Bonovox Are you using a screen protector?
Posted by Bonovox
Sorry had to go off then. No I don't use a screen protector the screen is Gorilla glass & I have had no scratches yet. I forget what card mine came with but I have a 16 gig anyway. As for battery life I found I easily got through a day just past midnight with fairly heavy usage
Posted by Hobbs
As long as I get a days usage and charge overnight when I go to bed Im happy.Also got a 16GB card.Its ample with the 12GB USB storage you get in the phone.
Posted by Hobbs
Played today on a Samsung Galaxy Note at a Samsung exhibition stand and I hate it.If you gave me a choice between a Note and a Nokia Lumia 800,I'd go with the Nokia Lumia.It just feels so wrong.