[General] Google Shows Off Next Android Build -- Donut and not 2.0

[Burhan Khalid]

The Hero is released already. You can order it from expansys.com (or
www.expansys.ae), they have a waiting list but its available "sim free".

The reason its limited to internal memory is to prevent piracy, since apps
can easily be ported (that's one theory).

However, you can "jailbreak" the device and then install apps on the memory
card.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:20 AM, bashar abdullah <bashar.abdullah at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I've always hated the hardware used for Android phones. But why is Android
> limited to internal memory only?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Burhan,
>>
>> The thing is that the Sense UI made navigating through the OS much
>> easier and more fun. Why would you want to jump hoops just to reach
>> the profile settings, when it's just one finger touch away?
>>
>> Also, flash support is laggy & choppy, as mentioned. Something which
>> shouldn't happen when they're touting the feature on the phone :/
>>
>> Anyway, as I said before, I'm waiting for more reviews to surface.
>> Amazon UK's shipping date was pushed back from July 15th till August
>> 15th, so I'm not expecting any reviews from UK, that's for sure!
>>
>> Also, Samsung is taking too long to release their i7500!!!
>>
>> P.S.: HTC's internal storage is 800MB only, while Samsung's 4GB. On
>> Android, you can install applications only to the internal memory.
>>
>> On 7/29/09, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > That review is the complete opposite to what I have heard (and used). I
>> > wouldn't base my decision solely on that. The main concern is the laggy
>> > response times of the device, which is probably due to people loading up
>> > widgets that need to grab stuff from the Internet. There is an option to
>> go
>> > back to the classic Android setup without the widgets, which speeds up
>> the
>> > response time considerably.
>> >
>> > You have to keep in mind that 99.9% of the lag on the Hero is due to the
>> > "sense ui" of HTC. If you put a vanilla cupcake ROM on it, the device is
>> > very smooth.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/htc-hero-review/
>> >>
>> >> On 7/29/09, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
>> >> > where did you read that?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Majed B. wrote, On 07/29/2009 01:38 AM:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You can, but according to the current reviews, Hero's hardware is
>> >> >> barely able to run Cupcake (1.5) !!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 7/29/09, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Majed B. wrote, On 07/28/2009 09:14 PM:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> The problem is that current hardware isn't capable of handling the
>> >> >>>> OS's features (including flash) :/
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I just read a good review from engadget and I'm disappointed with
>> HTC
>> >> >>>> Hero and I may not buy it after all. I'll wait for more reviews,
>> but
>> >> >>>> I
>> >> >>>> gotta tell you, the excitement is gone :(
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Why ! you mean can't upgrade to Android 2.0 with HTC Hero ?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>  --
>> >>       Majed B.
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