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Dups!
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What's up y'all in the new year? Hope you all started this year positively.
I just found found my next phone, the Arc is just perfect for me. I LOVE IT!!!
I don't care about the dual core processors particularly since they're still first generation, I'd much rather have second generation dual cores since I'm sure they'll be improved compared to the current. That is another reason I like the Arc so much because of its second generation 1ghz processor. Sleek, sexy and with really good specs.
Took SE long but I'd say it was worth it.
@Hobbs and Wanqs
I'd also put my money on the Proteas NOT winning the World Cup. They had no business losing that ODI! I feel Wayne Parnell showed his lack of experience, I know a few people disagree with me but needing 2 runs from 53 or so ball and you are going to rush that shot like that was uncalled for. I know the tail was batting but he needed to be calm and composed, it's not like he is that useless with the bat.
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amawanqa
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Ja nee, and another poefie performance tonight too.. 
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
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Dups!
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Ongelooflik!!
Our batting sucks big time! I, personally, feel our bowlers are top notch with the exception of Parnell ( I know it sounds like I'm picking on him but he was woeful last night). The Parnell I saw in the 20/20 world cup was brilliance personified but this current one is terrible. Maybe I should cut him some slack as he is from injury. Would've been nice and interesting to see Tahir yesterday.
Morne was just devastating, I was like what in the world has got into him. He really was on fire! Pity his unbelievable work was undone by our pathetic batsmen. Kallis needs to get back soon!
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Dups!
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@Tsepz_GP
I'm currently playing with the N8. No, it's not mine it's my brother's who loves Nokia. He just upgraded to it.
The pluses are excellent build quality- really impressed by this, lovely screen colours and brightness, relatively speedy and responsive (though I'm still looking for something that's as responsive as the Iphone 4).
One the negatives I find that Symbian hasn't progressed at all in terms of user experience. iOS and Android have really changed the game cause the N8 feels like the P1i pimped up. It is a great device if you haven't touched and Iphone or an Android device.
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Tsepz_GP
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Indeed Dups, i felt the same when i had it, there are things i realy liked like the build quality, camera, FM Transmitter, HDMI, and USB-OTG, but then you start using it overtime and you begin to see the old symbian annoyances pop up and news ones to, it's bitter sweet, IMO, awful software but brilliant hardware.
Speaking of the P1,i wonder how UIQ would have been like now if it hadn't been dropped, maybe Symbian would still be the best in terms of both UI and functionality.
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I quike like the FM transmitter. The camera is an obvious feature, I tried it a couple of times and it really is excellent for a phone. Is it me or my brother's phone but its accelerometer is rather on the slow side. It has a slight lag, I've seen faster.
The last UIQ version, I think it was to be named UIQ 4 or something along those lines was truly amazing for its time. It was shown by UIQ labs a few months before SE dumped the interface. Think of it this way, what the Iphone UI is but with prettier icons. The question that remained was what hardware was it going to utilize.
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Tsepz_GP
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The accelerometer is most definetly slow, it's actualy one of the most popular issues on the N8, that and push email either not arriving or being slow.
Have you tried the music player on the N8? It must be the most fluid and smooth piece of software ive ever seen.
That's a shame, i'm sure it would have run just fine on the Satio's hardware (256mb RAM, 512mb ROM, TI OMAP3430 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU etc...), as S60v5 was just not optimized for such hardware.
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Dups!
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I see, I was beginning to think there was something wron with the phone's accelerometer or maybe I was being harsh on the phone. I'll try emails and see what happens. I'm still to get to the music player, I read that it was also brilliant in terms of audio quality.
It's a shame indeed that UIQ was killed off cause Satio with that hardware would've been amazing.
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Dups!
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Fellas, I need some help here. Anyone with an idea please help, wanqs would probably be best placed here (assuming he's had this problem).
Here goes: my P1i can't read the simcard's phonebook. It started around late November and I have no clue what the problem is. It reads the phone's phonebook but if I switch to the sim phonebook it says 'Reading from sim' and retrieves nothing, it flashes that message until I cancel it. This also has an effect on incoming/outgoing calls in thatno names are displayed when I call or receive stored names.
Thanks.
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Tsepz_GP
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Music quality is excellent, and for once Nokia have bundled their phone with a great set of in-ear headphones, i wish SE had done that with the X10.
Maybe your sim is damaged Dups, or your P1's sim reader is damaged?
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Dups!
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I found the problem. I googled (don't know why I didn't think of that first) it and iturns out the P1i has a phonebook bug related to voice dialling and sim. I removed all my voice dial tags on the names, rebooted the phone and voila. Coincidentally, I added voice tags around November- the same time the problem started.
Tsepz_GP
The damn phone is incredible when it comes to audio reproduction! Absolutely superb! I have some Sure earbuds and the phone gives some rich, full and balanced sound. It is never harsh or tiring. I wonder how the Arc will sound cause this is stunning.
I'm more than impressed, only wish it was Android and I would upgrade to it.
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Hobbs
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Hey Dups.Nice to hear from you again.That cricket hey.Awful.I dont feel like you were unfairly picking on Parnell.The whole match I was screaming at the TV at him.But the ohnest truth is we lost it when Botha went for those three sixes in that over.That totally killed us off.Next match is most probably going to be rained out so that last one we have to win to draw the series.That wouldnt be a bad result at all.
Tsepz Been watching Window 7 mobile YouTube videos and I am pretty interested myself.A 2012 Windows 7 phone might be in the offering for both of us. 
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Dups!
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Hey Hobbs! I agree those sixes totally destroyed our chances. You were screaming at your tv you say, I burned my croch with coffee because of Parnell. Everytime he came on to bowl I was swearing, and that swearing ended up with coffee on me. A draw wouldn't be bad at all.
It's not what you do or even how you do it but in what state of mind you do it: Dups! 2009 |
Tsepz_GP
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Indeed Hobbs  we have to give all these OSs a spin, i wish Voda had 12month contracts, a phone-whore like me gets impatient after 12months, and all these OS are attractive in their own ways.
Eldar seems very happy with the upcoming SE "Vivaz2"/Hallon: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-vivaz2-en.shtml some very positive words from him.
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Hobbs
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Tsepz Playing on a Xperia X10 Mini Pro and its a fantastic little beauty.Its got the latest 2.1 Update 1 software on it and it is smooth and lightning fast.Great little phone.
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Posted: 2011-01-18 12:55
