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Might as well take add some android phones to your list like the X8. That model debuted in the Philippines at around PHP 11,000.00 (~ USD $ 257.00). Samsung also introduced the Galaxy 5 & Cherry Mobile the Nova with Huawei coming in with the IDEOS pretty soon. All around the same price range so we"re seeing the beginning of a low-end Android phone price war here in Manila. I suspect that's true in many places outside as well.

Sorry for making your choice harder

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Posted: 2010-11-02 08:08:40
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Great thanks to all who shared me info. about phone and to hazel user (i like this name )
thanks for the great Web site here
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Posted: 2010-11-02 18:20:04
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Ill try and sell the idea of android smartphones to you now, sorry that the reply is so long, but i think its very useful for you to know my experience

If you don't mind paying a bit more, I would definitely recommend getting a budget android phone, i have an LG optimus running Android 1.6 and i use it much more than my Elm or c901, for one main reason: its so much more fun to use! The elm and c901 are great for general phone use, like texting and making calls, imo they do this better than the touchscreen phone as they have physical buttons instead of hard-to-use portrait qwerty keyboards on touchscreens.
But apart from that, i can only describe them as boring... they only come with a few games installed and unless you're prepared to spend hours searching for entertaining games and apps on getjar, then there isn't much in the way of fun provided, nothing beats an app market that can be accessed at anytime, anywhere whilst still using your phone and multitasking at the same time.
There are literally thousands of apps to choose from and its growing in size constantly, there are now more than one hundred thousand apps in the app store, so you don't have any excuse to be bored!
Before i got my first touchscreen smartphone i thought it wasn't worth the effort because you have to buy the phone, and then if you wanted to use it properly you would have to spend loads of money downloading any apps that were half decent. But when i got the Optimus (only £40 mint condition ) i realized there are plenty of free apps that are very useful and entertaining, over 60% of the apps available in the android market are completely free! Its also very worthwhile you knowing that there are very easy methods to get ANY app free, whether it's originally charged for in the android market or not!

Another reason to consider getting a touchscreen android phone (apart from the fact that they are so fun to use) is that you are up to date with the latest mobile operating systems and experiencing new features that are original and that everybody is talking about, instead of getting a standard phone running java apps, that is outdated for sure, getting an android powered phone lets you be part of something new and exciting.

Another huge difference between touchscreen smartphones like the optimus and simpler phones like the elm or c901 is the web browsing experience using opera mini. When i watched my first YouTube video with the optimus i blown away by the quality, streaming videos over wifi is absolutely seamless, videos fill the whole screen, it's miles better than the small pixelated web videos experienced with smaller screens on the Elm/c901.
It's incredible having a full web page in front of you that you can interact with, with just a quick tap. I can't emphasise enough howicy better web browsing is compared to on the elm/c901... it's incredible. Navigating pages with a flick of a finger feels so much better than holding the 'down' key. It offers a different world of interactive web browsing that makes surfing the web so much more enjoyable. (i sound like Steve jobs )

You should ask yourself whether you want an easy to use phone that does calls, camera and text very well or whether you want a touchscreen smartphone that will always keep you entertained. It all depends how much you are going to be using the phone for and what features meet your needs.
I was reluctant about touch screen phones and they certainly are a lot different than phones like the Elm, but I'm so glad i went for it and got one
In the end i guess i went for the best of three worlds: own c901, elm and optimus and use them simultaneously!!!
[small]I posted this reply on my optimus using the landscape qwerty keyboard with predictive text on and I'm able to type much faster than on my other two phones [/small]


Off-topic:

I totally agree with you this is a great site, there is so much support, interesting info in thousands.of threads and it always provides entertainment, that why i kept coming back to esato when i joined just over a year ago and have used it constantly ever since!
It has brought me so many good things, (even amazing bargains and free gadgets!)
It really is a great community with so many great members



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Posted: 2010-11-02 22:21:03
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And to top that what you said if you had an even bigger sharper screen & it was capacitive it would improve the experience even further. Web browsing on a huge touch screen that's sharp is something else
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Posted: 2010-11-02 22:41:31
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Posted: 2010-11-03 17:34:05
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