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Paratus

Lifer
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Hmm I need to practice with these gestures. I accidentally reloaded twice on the reply page.
 

luv2liv

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can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
 

zerocool84

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Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??

With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
 

shortylickens

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Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?
 

leftyman

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Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?

With wifi, yes I haven't tried on 3g....
 

leftyman

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Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?

Double post....only having this problem here
 

leftyman

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Originally posted by: leftyman
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?

Double post....only having this problem here

And figured it out posting opens a new window swipe the window after posting..
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: leftyman
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?

With wifi, yes I haven't tried on 3g....

Supposedly there's a workaround that Sprint knows about but hasn't implemented. Verizon got a workaround working. Don't know if or when Sprint is going to get their's rolling.
 

leftyman

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Sep 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: leftyman
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: luv2liv
can u talk on the phone, surf the web, check email, and open an attachment from the email. all at the SAME time??
With Sprint's EV-DO, you can't do voice and data at the same time so it wouldn't even matter.
What about wi-fi?

With wifi, yes I haven't tried on 3g....

Supposedly there's a workaround that Sprint knows about but hasn't implemented. Verizon got a workaround working. Don't know if or when Sprint is going to get their's rolling.

Ok on a walk with my dog I'm posting here have my gmail open and called voice mail no problem.
 

randomlinh

Lifer
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I got mine, love it, but more 1.0-ness than I had thought. Like no good detailed SMS timestamps. no notification customization for SMS (other than sound or not.. can't pick the sound at all). No vibrate+sound notification for email.. seems to be one or the other. bug w/ web browser where I can't use symbols from the 'sym' key that pops up the onscreen symbol picker (some of my passwords have symbols in there).

I can list the negatives all day, but despite that, most of it is fixable in software. And I think it's pretty obvious it was a gamble to begin with. Overall, initial impressions are positive with reservations on it being a bit too beta. This would explain the small launch probably.

Oh, and I just read there m ight be issues w/ a lot of Exchange security issues.. which sucks severely given this phone is suppose to meld business and life in one device. I can't say myself since our exchange setup at work is... in testing and they won't let me in to test, heh.
 

shortylickens

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Originally posted by: randomlinh
I got mine, love it, but more 1.0-ness than I had thought. Like no good detailed SMS timestamps. no notification customization for SMS (other than sound or not.. can't pick the sound at all). No vibrate+sound notification for email.. seems to be one or the other. bug w/ web browser where I can't use symbols from the 'sym' key that pops up the onscreen symbol picker (some of my passwords have symbols in there).

I can list the negatives all day, but despite that, most of it is fixable in software. And I think it's pretty obvious it was a gamble to begin with. Overall, initial impressions are positive with reservations on it being a bit too beta. This would explain the small launch probably.

Oh, and I just read there m ight be issues w/ a lot of Exchange security issues.. which sucks severely given this phone is suppose to meld business and life in one device. I can't say myself since our exchange setup at work is... in testing and they won't let me in to test, heh.
Can you do all that stuff on a G1 or iPhone or Blackberry?
 

Paratus

Lifer
Jun 4, 2004
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What symbols can't you do? I haven't figured out what the "Sym" key is for yet.

If the symbol you want is on the keyboard simply push the "Orange Key" followed by the letter with the symbol you want.

Ex. Orange Key (OK) + A = &
OK + S = -
OK + Q = /
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Just got back from my local sprint store.
They dont keep them in stock. You have to order one. Took my mom up there after Sunday brunch just so she could see it. No big loss since her law firm gives her a Blackberry, but I wanted her to know about alternative phones.
We went to the local T-mobile store just for fun. None of their G1's worked and they only had the low-end Blackberry's out for display.

Overall, bust. I thought about going to the mall and hitting up the kiosks, then realized how utterly ridiculous that would be.
 

Muadib

Lifer
May 30, 2000
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Originally posted by: shortylickens
Just got back from my local sprint store.
They dont keep them in stock. You have to order one. Took my mom up there after Sunday brunch just so she could see it. No big loss since her law firm gives her a Blackberry, but I wanted her to know about alternative phones.
We went to the local T-mobile store just for fun. None of their G1's worked and they only had the low-end Blackberry's out for display.

Overall, bust. I thought about going to the mall and hitting up the kiosks, then realized how utterly ridiculous that would be.

Did they say how long it would take if you did order? I have a friend who tried to get one, and failed.
 

DivideBYZero

Lifer
May 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: randomlinh
I got mine, love it, but more 1.0-ness than I had thought. Like no good detailed SMS timestamps. no notification customization for SMS (other than sound or not.. can't pick the sound at all). No vibrate+sound notification for email.. seems to be one or the other. bug w/ web browser where I can't use symbols from the 'sym' key that pops up the onscreen symbol picker (some of my passwords have symbols in there).

I can list the negatives all day, but despite that, most of it is fixable in software. And I think it's pretty obvious it was a gamble to begin with. Overall, initial impressions are positive with reservations on it being a bit too beta. This would explain the small launch probably.

Oh, and I just read there m ight be issues w/ a lot of Exchange security issues.. which sucks severely given this phone is suppose to meld business and life in one device. I can't say myself since our exchange setup at work is... in testing and they won't let me in to test, heh.
Can you do all that stuff on a G1 or iPhone or Blackberry?

All of that can be done on BlackBery, yeah.
 

Vortex22

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Just noticed a have a stuck green pixel in the middle of my screen. It's only visible with a black or very dark background (noticed it watching a youtube video). It's really, really tiny but I notice it every time something dark is on the screen now. Annoying, but I don't know if it's worth the trouble of a return, or if they will even accept a return for something like this?
 

boomhower

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Unless the policies have changed its an unconditional 30 day return policy. They may not want to but if the options are give you another phone or take your old back and cancel your contract they are likely going to work with you.
 

JS80

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is there a hard vibrate to sound switch on the Pre like they did on the Palm 700p?