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onyxravine New Status Update new_status_update: #motorola_droid Excellent phone, no bloatware, you can do anything with it! The only downside is the 600mhz processor. It makes multitasking a little laggy at times. Regardless I loved this phone and keep it as a spare. I recently upgraded to the Samsung Fascinate which has the 1ghz processor. What a difference!

onyxravine — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:54:05 -0500

December 10, 2010 at 4:54 pm

onyxravine updated Motorola Droid

onyxravine — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:51:33 -0500

December 10, 2010 at 4:51 pm

disagreed: "Ugly"
disagreed: "all plastic enclosure"
agreed: "Sliding qwerty keyboard gives the phone added bulk that isn't present on pure touchscreen phones"
disagreed: "5MP auto-focusing camera with dual LED flash"
disagreed: "Pinch zoom enabled on Google Maps and select 3rd party browsers (xScope, Dolphin) "
agreed: "Pinch zoom enabled on Google Maps and select 3rd party browsers (xScope, Dolphin) "
disagreed: "Motorola also makes a GSM version of the phone (doubtful if US GSM carrier will pick it up though)"
agreed: "Tons of free excellent apps"
agreed: "home dock with device stand and microUSB connector for charging/syncing/etc available"
agreed: "great sound quality (any output)"
agreed: "car holder available (for GPS navigation with Google Maps Navigation in Android 2.0)"
agreed: "haptic feedback"
disagreed: "car mount and nightstand docks - alters the Droid's interface/functionality to better suit their situation (eg/ alarm clock)"
agreed: "virtual keyboard for quick entries or those uninterested in sliding out the physical QWERTY"
agreed: "stereo Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR with A2DP & AVRCP"
agreed: "very slim"
disagreed: "very slim"
disagreed: "no MOTOBLUR (the lower-end Motorola Cliq has this)"
agreed: "takes decent quality 720 x 480px video"
agreed: "facebook integration into contacts"
agreed: "solid build quality"
agreed: "slide out QWERTY keyboard"
agreed: "strange notable lag when flipping home pages etc..."
agreed: "camera is slow to take photos, properly focusing is hit or miss"
disagreed: "No physical call/send button on the device."
disagreed: "Poor physical QWERTY keyboard design (buttons too close together)."
disagreed: "annoying $100 mail in rebate to get to $199 price point"
agreed: "no multi-touch as in the GSM version for Europe (and though Android 2.0 would support it)"
agreed: "3.5mm headphone jack"
agreed: "WiFi"
agreed: "comes with 16GB flash memory (microSDHC, expandable to 32GB)"
agreed: "first phone to offer up a beta version of Google Maps Navigation - a free turn-by-turn GPS app"
tapped as "have it"
agreed: "multi-tasking capable"
agreed: "open Android 2.0 OS"
disagreed: "fast processor"
agreed: "large 3.7" touchscreen with high resolution (854 x 480px)"
tapped as "love it"

onyxravine New Update Comment comment_status_update: I didn't want to root my phone just yet as the 2.2 update was due out and while they haven't released it yet in the US, it just came out in Europe I believe. If it isn't out by February, I'll probably root it and get rid of the junk I don't want on there. Supposedly, the 2.2 update is supposed to unlock the preinstalled bloatware so you can simply uninstall it.

onyxravine — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:46:56 -0500

December 10, 2010 at 4:46 pm

onyxravine updated 6 products

onyxravine — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:37:22 -0500

1. updated Dalek Voice Changer Helmet - December 10, 2010 at 2:37 pm

tapped as "want it"

2. updated Vibram FiveFingers Sprint - December 10, 2010 at 2:34 pm

tapped as "want it"

3. updated 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser - December 10, 2010 at 2:28 pm

agreed: "Looks like a good off road vehicle"
agreed: "Premium fuel"
disagreed: "Premium fuel"
disagreed: "Cramped rear seating"

4. updated Eve Online - December 10, 2010 at 2:26 pm

new pro/con: Can thieves in "High" sec are a nuisance and turnoff for new players
disagreed: "Can thieves in low sec are a nuisance and turnoff for new players"
agreed: "Can thieves in low sec are a nuisance and turnoff for new players"
disagreed: "Takes too much time to play"
agreed: "Most interaction is with and through various ships. Player "characters" aren't much more than a postage-stamp sized avatar, makes the game less personable."
agreed: "Can thieves in low sec are a nuisance and turnoff for new players"
disagreed: "Pay by month system"
disagreed: "Fixed experience system can be frustrating for beginers"
agreed: "HUGE learning curve, even for the MMO familiar"
agreed: "Runs on Windows, Mac OS"
agreed: "Legal to purchase play timecodes with physical money and sell for in-game currency"
agreed: "Skill training eliminates level grinding"
agreed: "Unsharded world, all players are on the same 'server'"
agreed: "Epic in proportion; nearly limitless ways to play"

5. updated World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition - December 10, 2010 at 2:22 pm

new pro/con: Art of WoW Cataclysm Book Included
new pro/con: Mouse pad Included
new pro/con: Random Loot Card Included
new pro/con: New Race Worgen
new pro/con: New Race Goblins
new pro/con: Able to fly in "WoW Classic" areas
new pro/con: Huge update downloads
new pro/con: Updated Graphics

6. updated Samsung Fascinate (SCH-i500) - December 10, 2010 at 1:53 pm

disagreed: "extremely glossy glass screen atop the display"
disagreed: "no FM transmiter for in car stereo wireless audio"
disagreed: "no HDMI output port"
agreed: "only 2GB internal flash memory (other Galaxy S models have 8 or 16GB)"
disagreed: "light, fully plastic construction"
agreed: "no forward-facing camera (international version Galaxy S has 1.3MP front-facing camera)"
agreed: "Samsung TouchWiz UI (Android skin and software) provides a poorer experience than stock Android"
agreed: "Verizon has made some proprietary changes to the phone, locking it down from being used as the user might want it to be (eg/ Bing only search)"
agreed: "physical volume rocker"
agreed: "Samsung has never provided a premium UI / good support for their mobile devices"
agreed: "No dedicated Camera button"
agreed: "user-removable Li-Ion battery with 1500mAh capacity"
agreed: "the perfect size - much more comfortable than the majority of oversized smartphones on the market"
agreed: "incredibly thin (9.9mm)"
agreed: "Corning® Gorilla® glass (environmentally friendly alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass that is both scratch resistant and durable)"
agreed: "3-axis gyroscope for 6-axis sensoring and 3-axis accelerometer (same STMicro chip as on iPhone 4)"
agreed: "responsive UI"
agreed: "Swype included"
agreed: "Atmel maXTouch sensor for multi-touch (high precision, very low power, can detect indefinite number of points on the screen)"
agreed: "charging/data transfer via standard microUSB port"
agreed: "standard 3.5mm headphone jack"
agreed: "one of the first mobile phones to support DivX HD"
agreed: "supports Bluetooth version 3.0"
agreed: "stunning graphics acceleration (PowerVR SGX540 GPU): 90 million triangles/sec (iPhone 3GS: 28 million/sec; Snapdragon Adreno: 22 million/sec)"
agreed: "camera LED flash (unlike some other Galaxy S models)"
agreed: "GPS with 3D maps"
agreed: "memory expandable with standard microSD/microSDHC cards"
disagreed: "runs the latest version of the open source Android OS (2.1)"
agreed: "5MP backside camera with HD video recording (720p @ 30fps)"

onyxravine new_status_update 2 items

onyxravine — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:33:45 -0500

1. New Status Update new_status_update: #2007_toyota_fj_cruiser AirAid has a great air intake for this truck. It is seemingly a necessary upgrade over the stock air intake. Overall, I've noticed better performance with the stock Toyota oil filters over the K&N and Fram filters. Stick to stock for that. After almost 4 years, this is the only vehicle I can say I still LOVE! - December 10, 2010 at 2:33 pm

2. New Status Update new_status_update: #samsung_fascinate_sch_i500 The pros on this phone far outweigh the cons overall. For the negative: I will say that the OS is stuck at 2.1 and was supposed to be upgraded to 2.2 by November. There is currently no US release date on the upgrade for this phone. The phone is loaded with trial-ware which is not able to be uninstalled and constantly loads itself and asks you to buy the full version(You should get TasKiller free or pro if you get this phone). For the positive: I upgraded from the Motorola Droid(which came with a clean, non-bloatware OS) and it's amazing how beautiful the Fascinate is between it's visual processing and speed. The only time I have experienced any lag is when the bloatware loaded itself. Otherwise this is one smooth, wonderful phone. Add OpenHome and Beautiful Widgets and you have one sexy display too ;-) Advice to Verizon: STAY OUT OF THE SOFTWARE ON ANDROIDS! - December 10, 2010 at 2:06 pm