http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/2. click on second link
3. ctrl + c
4. ctrl + v
5. ???
6. Profit

i've done it many times as well, my friend.]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
i've done it many times as well, my friend.]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Expletive required to stress my point!]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
I come back, Christmas eve, The article actually criticizes the iPhone, and there are only about 3 low ranked comments in the comment section!

What the fuck happened?]]>Dec 24th 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/I should have the ability to use service with my laptop/ netbook.

And yes, copy and paste is a must as well as the ability to view AND edit documents! ]]>Dec 24th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/- App store concept
- Fast, smooth, and intuitive browser (Safari-like)
- 3.5" 800x480 capacitive touchscreen
- ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX
- 256MB+ RAM
- decent camera with flash and video recording

Hopefully this is iPhone V3.0!]]>Dec 25th 2008 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
I don't know, man, but, as the saying goes, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.]]>Dec 25th 2008 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/2) Great qwerty
3) SD slot for memory expansion
4) 3.5 jack (in right place)
5) Decent 5 megapix camera with duel LED flash and Carl Zeiss lens
6) Video capable (HD even better)
7) Fast processor
8) Good OS interface
9) Bluetooh
10) WiFi
11) USB
12) 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
13) TV out
14) SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
15) Stereo Speakers
16) Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
17) Handwriting recognition
18) Stereo FM radio with RDS
19) Document viewer
20) Voice Dialer
21) Built-in handsfree

Oh wait, the Nokia N97 is coming soon: http://www.engadget.com/tag/N97/


Nevermind...

]]>Dec 24th 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/I see what you did there.

Can't wait to replace my N95-3 with a N97,

I wonder if it will have 3D acceleration like the N95 ...]]>Dec 24th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
I had a diatribe written, four paragraphs long, explaining why ARM11 is by no means a "crap processor", despite it's shortcomings. I compared the stats with the ARM11 to other mobile processors on the market, and finishing with a direct spec-for-spec comparison between the N97 and the iPhone.

And then I read your username and deleted the whole thing. There is nothing I can say that would change your mind, and I hope that readers of your blatantly idiotic comment come to the same conclusion as I did.

Obvious troll is obvious, even though I didn't catch it the first time.]]>Dec 24th 2008 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Because the future product is going to be EXACTLY the same as the current product.

NOT. ASS.]]>Dec 24th 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Having one button may look simple and sleek.. but... I want a damn back button! or something!

And this is coming from a iPhone owner, who is thinking about picking up a blackberry (for the first time) but can't let his iPhone go because he likes it too much.]]>Dec 25th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
1) this is completely my own opinion/perspective but I'm very used to the iPhone keyboard, and so I am much more comfortable and can type much faster on a portrait keyboard. Like ones on blackberries rather than a landscape one on the n97. I think it makes me type slower (I type really fast) and tires my thumbs out faster because they have to move further to get to the keys they need to hit.

2) Resistive screen.. I agree with Engadget here. I much prefer my capacitive screen than resistive. Every resistive touchscreen I've used, and seen in action, always is much less accurate and just seems much more of a hassle than making things easier.

3) OS.. this is completely my own thing but I JUST got very accustomed to all the intricacies of the BB OS with a friend's spare BB.. so i don't feel like tackling on an entire other OS at the moment (but this is purely just me). And also.. I'm so used to the whole iPhone's little cute/fun touches like the bouncing, scrolling, etc. compared to something completely utilitarian like Symbian or BB OS.. so.. I think just the BB OS will do for now =P Although.. if Nokia comes out with some hardware that's just.. amazing/crazy/awesome (n97 isn't quite that for me) then I guess I wouldn't mind tackling a new beast, that is the Symbian OS. (I think although it's fun/nice to look at the little extra touches that the iPhone adds, after awhile it just takes up time and doesn't allow you to do things as quickly. I guess that's what these utilitarian OS's are all about =P But then again... I don't know.. I doubt I could ever completely get rid of my iPhone.. it's just.. too fun lol! I may end up doing the whole BB from 9-5 and iPhone from 5-9 deal!)]]>Dec 25th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
I understand where you're coming from, man, but almost all of your points are the exact reason why I DON'T like the iphone/like the N97:

1: Unfortunately for me, pianist though I am, I don't have the slim, tapered thumbs required to type effectively on the iPhone's keyboard. Nor are my thumbs transparent. I know that there are ways around it, like highlighted letters, but I find that extremely annoying to have to put my thumb down, search for the right letter, lift my thumb off. I'm just about to get a Samsung Omnia (unfortunately, my N95 was recently stolen, so I'm down a good phone), and the resistive touchscreen means I can use a stylus, or (and this is the most likely senario) my slightly-too-long thumbnails to type with the onscreen keyboard, it means I can see a lot more surface area, and I don't have to hunt-and-peck as much as with the iPhone. I used the browser on a DS for quite some time, and the qwerty keyboard on that is exceptionally small, but I had less trouble with it than the iPhone's, simply because of the resistive touchscreen.

2: See above.

3: I'm a hardcore symbian fan, because for all it's shortcomings, it's a great balance between media and tools. Okay, mabye not that hardcore, but as I said above, I'm going to be trying out Windows Mobile for the first time, and that's a big leap for me, because I've heard nothing but bad stories about it. Mostly from here, mind you.]]>Dec 25th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Here is some N97 info for you below. Now read and learn something.

http://www.umpcportal.com/products/Nokia/N97

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/12/07/nokia-n97-carrying-over-old-processor/

The processor is thought to be an ARM11 which will be overclocked (still a rumor and unconfirmed).

iPhone specs: http://www.answers.com/topic/iphone-1

Dump Nokia's browser for Opera. Problem solved with loading times.

]]>Dec 26th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
1) Signal issues
2) Activation issues
3) Lag issues
and more

A shit-load of Storms were sold just as the case with the iPhone 3G which many would have said was rushed to market.]]>Dec 24th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Mar 2nd 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Oh right, this is primarily a US blog, isn't it?]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
All it would need software-wise is to be able to sync to MS Exchange and be able to use voIP.]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
I suppose from a UK point of view it's just that range of smartphones available to us is far better than you have in the US - that's just the way it is until the manufacturers sort out contract arrangements with your big carriers and decide it's worthwhile building radio transmitters attuned to US 3G frequencies.

In the UK the only stand-out from the three you mention is the iPhone which is a really good - if a bit limited - device and which is this year's trendy phone in the same way the N95 and its variants was in 2007. The Bold is nice but most businesses are still using the Curve or, if they use Symbian, E61s or E71s. The G1 is merely a curio here - WinMo phones like the Omnia and Touch HD sell far more.

Were it me I would go for the following:

1) Omnia
2) iPhone
3) N85

That said, when the 5800 CWM goes on general release I'm getting one. Sorry guys, but like most Europeans I'm a Nokia man at heart.]]>Dec 25th 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
As for WinMo 6.1 and the TouchWiz interface, can't say I've had any real issues with them. YMMV.]]>Dec 25th 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 26th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
Don't we all? Or at least, if we have the "best smartphone ever" that it stays the best?]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 25th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 24th 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/Dec 28th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
1. Dual HD or Half-HD widescreen touchscreens.
- The form factor should be like Nokia's N97, Xperia X1 .. if it has a DS style form factor then it needs an outside screen too.
- The second touchscreen should allow a keyboard or gamepad to be locked on top of it (so it should have a lock or sliding mechanism that can accept a thin keyboard or gamepad)
- It should be possible to close the phone with the keyboard or gamepad locked in, and third parties should be able to make them in different styles such as gamepads that allow you to see parts of the touchscreen underneath it.

2. It should have a good camera that has a decent lens, OK to sacrifice megapixels for that. A front facing camera for video conf. like the RAZR2 or Xperia have would be good too.

3. Video capability so that it can be possible to record and transmit video at the same time in the middle of a call.

4. Android


]]>Dec 24th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/editorial-all-i-wanted-this-year-was-the-best-smartphone-ever/
certainly not 720p / 1080p.

are you requesting vga/wvga?
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