@JeremyBenthem If only there was something really simple you could do on any stock phone to get rid of it.. like install one of those newfangled homescreen alternatives available on the market.
@Cynical Hippie They seem to have done all they could to make the hardware and software look like an iPhone. Which is a shame. All things being equal, I'd probably prefer an Epic 4G to a Droid 2, but the fact that it's Samsung's first entry into the high-end Android market and they emulated the iPhone makes it hard for me to trust them.
You can get rid of it by putting on home switcher.... but I would suggest adw over launcherpro... I have both, but adw has better speed since 1.0 and now has themes.
@Cynical Hippie Actually, the Samsung additions are pretty low-key and useful. You can tell that quite a bit of thought has gone into the user experience.
@redpanda QQ, and actually pick one up and see it for yourself before you make assumptions. for starters put a Vibrant next to an iPhone4 and see which screen blows you away - no contest Vibrant. also, try loading up a bunch of 720p MKV files onto an external microSD card and playing them back with full hardware acceleration. Vibrant will do it with pleasure, iPhone will make a cute error sound and phone home in the background to report you being in possession of MKV, a format Apple will NEVER let you play natively on any device they put out.
@Cynical Hippie same here. I bought the Captivate and while I love it, Touchwiz is getting annoying. I do love some of the advancements like sliding the notification bar for brightness and swyping to call from contacts but those can be done without Touchwiz.
I can't believe that I did not know about the sliding on the notification bar to adjust brightness until I just read this, and I've had my Captivate since launch day. Thank you
@Why should I have all the fun not true. I have tried running Lau.cher pro on my captivate and saw/felt that launcher pro is a bit slower. Not that launcher pro was sluggish it was this weird pause (very small) when navigating from menu to menu. Which is almost instantaneous if u are using touch wiz skin. In my experience u dont really need another launcher if u are running touchwiz skin which is nothing special however not bad at all. .
@Cynical Hippie The "fruity skin" gives you the best camera functions compared to any phone out there. It gives you a media player capable of playing back more or less everything you throw at it. And just try a simple thing like making a call from your phone book... On the Samsung, you just swipe the person you want to call. I agree the icon menu is too similar to Apple's, but I guess that's a result of Samsung's own development, to be honest, Samsung has built phones a lot longer than Apple.
@Cynical Hippie One can hope Samsung has learned from it's first failtastic android phone the moment also on sprint which has a data lock up issue when changing between networks on the bright side if forum posts are right the same defect was passed on to it's deformed and gimped younger sibling the intercept.
@HPe I didn't get that last part. What do you mean by Samsung's own development? Have Samsung released a phone with those icon arrangements before the iPhone?
@MisterWarmth IPhone doesn't even. Have. A dam sd card slot. What the hell were you thinking?? And. I'm sick and tired of people bashing apple. This gas nothing to do with it!!!
"I'm moving to a small studio and for some reason the cable connection is in an awkward place and I need a way to transmit HD quality video and audio no more than 20 feet away. What is the best wireless HDMI transmitter / receiver for this situation? Thanks!"
The most commented posts on Engadget over the past 24 hours.
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
I don't mind samsung hardware, it's their fruity skins I dislike
@Cynical Hippie Yeah. If only they had stuck with stock Android (Froyo, specifically), I might pick one of these guys up.
@Cynical Hippie
all that effort and it just made them lose my purchase, what a shame
@JeremyBenthem If only there was something really simple you could do on any stock phone to get rid of it.. like install one of those newfangled homescreen alternatives available on the market.
@Cynical Hippie
Meh, big deal. Just put LauncherPro on it or use a custom ROM. Actually runs a bit faster with LauncherPro.
@Cynical Hippie
They seem to have done all they could to make the hardware and software look like an iPhone. Which is a shame. All things being equal, I'd probably prefer an Epic 4G to a Droid 2, but the fact that it's Samsung's first entry into the high-end Android market and they emulated the iPhone makes it hard for me to trust them.
You can get rid of it by putting on home switcher.... but I would suggest adw over launcherpro... I have both, but adw has better speed since 1.0 and now has themes.
@Cynical Hippie Actually, the Samsung additions are pretty low-key and useful. You can tell that quite a bit of thought has gone into the user experience.
@Cynical Hippie : The Samsung Hummingbird processor rocks, its too bad the Epic 4G is not as sexy looking as the EVO. (IMHO) :|
@Scrtcwlvl
I trying looking around on Google, can you link a way to get stock 2.1/2.2 running?
@redpanda QQ, and actually pick one up and see it for yourself before you make assumptions. for starters put a Vibrant next to an iPhone4 and see which screen blows you away - no contest Vibrant. also, try loading up a bunch of 720p MKV files onto an external microSD card and playing them back with full hardware acceleration. Vibrant will do it with pleasure, iPhone will make a cute error sound and phone home in the background to report you being in possession of MKV, a format Apple will NEVER let you play natively on any device they put out.
@JeremyBenthem
Go to the market and download 'Home Switcher' this only works for up to 2.1 ... 2.2 will give you the option built it.
@Cynical Hippie
There will be root.
@Cynical Hippie same here. I bought the Captivate and while I love it, Touchwiz is getting annoying. I do love some of the advancements like sliding the notification bar for brightness and swyping to call from contacts but those can be done without Touchwiz.
Give me the Froyo launcher any day over this.
@Shelbz
I can't believe that I did not know about the sliding on the notification bar to adjust brightness until I just read this, and I've had my Captivate since launch day. Thank you
@Cynical Hippie
LauncherPro anyone?? don't need rooting, it's free, it's nice :)
@MisterWarmth It's still very obvious they tried to copy the iPhone design.
@brian515 Cyanogen is working on a ROM for the Galaxy S line, maybe this includes the Epic 4G...
@Why should I have all the fun
not true. I have tried running Lau.cher pro on my captivate and saw/felt that launcher pro is a bit slower. Not that launcher pro was sluggish it was this weird pause (very small) when navigating from menu to menu. Which is almost instantaneous if u are using touch wiz skin. In my experience u dont really need another launcher if u are running touchwiz skin which is nothing special however not bad at all. .
@Cynical Hippie
The "fruity skin" gives you the best camera functions compared to any phone out there. It gives you a media player capable of playing back more or less everything you throw at it. And just try a simple thing like making a call from your phone book... On the Samsung, you just swipe the person you want to call. I agree the icon menu is too similar to Apple's, but I guess that's a result of Samsung's own development, to be honest, Samsung has built phones a lot longer than Apple.
@Cynical Hippie One can hope Samsung has learned from it's first failtastic android phone the moment also on sprint which has a data lock up issue when changing between networks on the bright side if forum posts are right the same defect was passed on to it's deformed and gimped younger sibling the intercept.
@brian515
Buy. root. download. install. done.
Takes about 1 hour.
Nobody sells stock Android so stop talking about it.
If you want it, just install it.
@HPe I didn't get that last part. What do you mean by Samsung's own development? Have Samsung released a phone with those icon arrangements before the iPhone?
@MisterWarmth IPhone doesn't even. Have. A dam sd card slot. What the hell were you thinking?? And. I'm sick and tired of people bashing apple. This gas nothing to do with it!!!
@brian515 It's coming in September