Android Smart phones

I am having noticeable problems with battery life, actually. I had my phone fully charged before I went to the Twins game last night. I did use it some to show my parents a few cool things, and to take and post a couple pics on Facebook. I also called Jeanna once.

By the time I woke up this morning it was dead. I had it on the car charger for 30 min on my way to work, and that only got it up to about 15% power. It is now dead again after only using it a couple times this morning.

I would say it probably only lasts 4 hrs if you are using it constantly... that seems about right. Otherwise, it will be dead after a day of normal use.

I don't know if this is in line with other smart phones like the iPhone or the NexusOne. Maybe Eric can comment on his iPhone.

The size was an issue for me at first, but I am getting used to it. I still think I would like a slightly smaller phone a bit better, like the iPhone or Incridible. If they have a significantly longer battery life, that would be a definite plus for those phones. The only real advantage of this phone is the large screen (if that is important for you) and the 8MP camera, which does take nice pics. It does also have a pretty cool multitasking and notification feature.

I dunno... the iPhone4 may be better, but who knows since it isnt out yet.

For me the size is actually a plus. I want a bigger phone with a nice big touch screen. I always thought the iPhones were too small.

I guess we will see how it plays out. I do think i should be able to get 16hrs out of moderate use of a phone. I realize in todays world of phones expecting to not have to charge the phone every night is asking a lot when you want all the bells and whistles and use them a fair ammount. But 4 hours?! Yikes!

Under "moderate" use, I think you get 16+ hrs with this phone, like I said. However, if you are using it constantly for a few hours by browsing internet, posting stuff, calls, messaging, playing music, looking stuff up using gps, etc... then I think it is dead in 4-5 hrs no problem.

In my experience so far though, you basically have to have it plugged in anytime you are in the car, and overnight, in order to for sure keep it powered consistently. It sounds like Scott's experience is very much the same with his Droid phone. I would be interested to hear from an iPhone user.

I have not had a single problem with this phone (granted I've only had it a week).

Yes, battery life is short. I don't know why, not sure what to say, but I don't really care. My past couple phones have all had short battery lives. I've just learned to have chargers near by. I don't see that to be a big deal either.

Honestly, if you're at work and you're dicking around with your phone all day and running the battery out in a matter of a couple hours (like I did the first day after I got it), I would call that a "stress test". But if you're doing NORMAL use, it lasts all day. I have no problem with putting the phone on charge while I'm in my car or at home.

People just like being haters. That's what I've concluded. Like how I hate Apple and Steve Jobs. :)

What bothered me about the article is that he said the OS was flaky. I've not seen an issue. Pandora locks up though, but I blame Pandora for that, not my phone.

Anybody see Steve Job's promo for the iPhone 4? And how the internet connection crapped out on it? I laughed.

If you get 4 hours of heavy use out of any smart phone you are doing good IMO. My phone lasts all day but that assumes it's sitting on my desk for most of the day. With moderate use (checking email, a bit of web surfing, talking on it) I think 6 hours is probably a good target. You just need to remember that when you get in the car to put it on the charger. I use google navigation on my way home every night to show me the traffic situation so I can pick the best route - now that drains your battery (but I plug in). Pay close attention when your phone hits 15% charge a dialog pops up and will show you what used the most juice since the last full charge. I have made several adjustments by looking at that graph - some of the Apps are poorly designed and just sit there and drain your battery.

On Engadget there was a faceoff EVO vs iPhone 4g last week. It was VERY pro EVO - and was pulled down because the editors thought it wasn't fair to post until they actually had a new iPhone to test. While I agree - it was nice to see the EVO on paper was almost better in every area.

The EVO is the flagship Android phone currently.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....ght-rm-eng.jpg

I didn't realize this phone was out until Brad told me last night. Looks like the best TMobile Android phone you can get (except the Nexus 1 but that's only directly from Google). Keyboard got great reviews - it's made by HTC - and in the review it lasted all day without needing a charge ;)

My other thought about the Evo vs iPhone war is that people talk about "Oh my iPhone can download music and holds a shit ton of it, what can your Android phone do?"

The same damn thing. Except I don't have to download them; USB from Phone to Computer, change the connection from USB only to Hard Disk on the phone, and then I have the device listed as Removable Storage in My Computer. Open that, find the music folder, and start copying and pasting mp's. (I could download music if I wanted to, but why pay for more music that I already have?)

iPhone's are for people who don't understand the process I just described :) Apple/Mac has always been about simplifying things, and its really dumbing people down in terms of technology. And that annoys me. I have to talk to those kinds of idiots all day -.-

My iPod plays music just fine. I really don't need a phone to do that for me too, but Pandora is fun to use every once in a while.

I haven't used an iPhone much so I can't compare the two objectively. All the information I have is from Apple-Fanboys or Android-Fanboys and their blogs comparing the two, and then my own use of the Evo.

Eric, next time we see each other, we should do our own iPhone vs Evo blog! :P

Have you tried Doubletwist yet to sync your itunes to your phone?

Luke and Gina you are super lucky. Flash 10.1 is out today for you - let the porn viewing begin!

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Love your Sprint HTC EVO 4G, but hate that it’s limited to the Flash lite player? Well, that ends today, as now you can download and install Adobe Flash 10.1 Player and start enjoying a full flash experience on your EVO 4G – all without the need to root the device, or flash the Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

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Download here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695965

Thick buttons. Pretty cool