The Daily Dog for Saturday, November 07, 2009

Yeah you should get the Samsung Impression because it has a better touch screen and camera. I recently found out this cool feature in The Ipression's camera that is if someone is smiling at the camera the phone automatically takes a picture. This feature can be changed to manual. Besides, you can't switch carriers unless the phones are unlocked phones (they're not) so choose the Samsung Impression because AT&T is less expencive than Verizon Wireless. Go to the websites and see for yourself. Anyway, you can't change the widgets on the phone because they are in the phone so it wouldn't matter if you changed carriers because the phones would still have the same widgets but different other features like AT&T Navigator and the other features that I don't remember from both carriers. Also, The Impression has CV (cellular video) which allows you to watch television episodes (though not live TV) and other videos but the Rogue doesn't. The Impression's qwerty keyboard feels really good and the keys are spaced apart so it's nice and roomy but the Rogue's is kind of weird because some keys are placed in a different place which makes it hard to adjust wether you've had other texting phones with qwerty keyboards in the past or not. I believe that the Impression does have more widgets and shortcuts than the Rogue and more features (thanks to AT&T) and the contact book can hold up to 2000 contacts when the Rogue can only hold 1000. The memory on both phones is good and the battery life on the Impression's is longer as well as the talk time and stand by hours (sometimes it depends on the battery because some batteries can go a little bad on you. You can just buy another battery though if you think the phone is discharging too quickly). The Samsung Impression is the better choice here because it has a beautiful and better AMOLED display, it's responsive touch screen is better than the Rogue's, The camera is slightly but noticeably better, it has more widgets, shortcuts, and features, it is less expencive than the Rogue, it has a way better qwerty keyboard than the Rogue's, and the monthly plan for the Impression is less expencive and offers you better features. There are some other things that make the Impression better but i don't remember them at the time. To get all the details, go to the websites of both carriers and find out. I hope that helps. Happy Holidays! 

do you no when or if the pulse is coming out in the U.S?

It is a difference of a 550mhz processor vs a 1ghz processor.. That is almost double.. think of it being about 3 to 5 times faster running HTC Sense UI! I am waiting for it to come out and i am hoping it will be on verizon wireless! This is a thought to be thing going on where that phone will go to many carriers, as in Verizon, Sprint and even some GSM carrier (i.e. AT&t and T-Mobile).

Thanks!

I'm afraid youdidn't, I went for the Samsung Moment and I'm loving it!!!

I've been playing with one of my co-worker's Hero for a few days and I was convinced that was the phone I wanted, but I went to a Sprint store yesterday and held the Moment and the Hero side by side and compared most features, and I liked the Moment a lot better than the Hero.

The screen is brighter and the colors look more vivid, my wife immediately noticed it without me even opening my mouth, IT IS BETTER, is a fact of nature no fan boy can deny (I know they will though).

Senese UI is better than vanilla Android no doubt about it but for me it reminded me a lot of TouchFLO 3D and being a frustrated Windows Mobile user that came running to Android I really don't want that painful memory on my phone. (I do realize they are separated things but hey!! I got issues)

Keyboard is important for me, the dust issue on the Hero's "gap" between the screen and the bottom panel is also a factor and finally there's a bit of barley noticeable speed difference but I'm sure it will disappear once you have installed apps and loaded contacts etc.

Two places where the Moment is faster: Boot up time and camera app the rest is barley unnoticeable.

After making my evaluation I made my purchasing decision and spent all night playing with the phone and I'm very, very satisfied. Is not for everyone and if you're more of an Iphone kind of guy I guess the hero is better.

I also expect vanilla Android phones (or Google Experience I should say) like the Moment and the Droid to get updates faster like the G1 that is already rocking 1.6

I would say go with the Cliq. In my opinion its the best one for messaging and networking. I dont know much about its music player though. After the Cliq, I would say iPhone since it has a good music player.

Nokia Twist or Env3

It is way faster! as Chris said the droid's processor and screen are great! There are three different ideas of when it will come out, November 13th, black Friday, or some time in December. It is a phone worth waiting for and the HTC sense ui plus the wonderful specs this beast of a machine has is Verizon's first chance of beating the iphone! CAN'T WAIT! I will be getting one.