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He's right about the 3GS, the iPhone 4 is already behind the Android handsets and it's new. I can't imagine how the phones will be in 2012 but the 3GS will be ancient. There are phones coming out early next year with 2ghz processors, with dedicated graphics chips, even dual core processors. 2 years on a year old iPhone is a long time.

Whats the best media player for Android. I use rock player, is there a better one than that?

The don is right about the x10 being slow on the updates but if it's your first android phone waiting a few months isn't going to be too bad for you. Hardware can't be upgraded software can. Any 3.0 is made so it's the end of custom ui's so sony may just bit the bullet and save themselves money by letting us upgrade to 3.0. Anyway your choice, I wanted an 8.1mp camera so signed up for the slow updates. My choice. So you need to decide yourself.

I'm on my x10 now, writing this message with swype. I personally love the x10 and as a first android phone the late software updates are fine as it's my first experience with a smartphone. The hardware on the x10 is top notch, the camera is awesome and it looks amazing, looks slick. Also an update just came out a week ago which has fixed a few of the little bugs there were. So it's up to you, latest software get the samsung, best camera and look get x10. I've always liked sony because of how consistently good their cameras are. I use camera a lot.

Ok android is simply the best platform now. This year the power has shifted from apple to google. The galaxy s is probably the best all round phone you can get for android at the moment. The hardware on the phones is better than the iphone 4 and it's cheaper. The 4inch screen is a delight. If you really use the camera a lot it may be worth getting the phone I have. Xperia x10 it's behind on the software updates but has a gorgeous 4 inch screen and an excellent 8.1mp camera. Have a look in the other thread, android and apple discussion for a bit of debate on the two platforms. But my advice is if you are deciding for the first time to get a smartphone get an android. My friends are switching over from the iphone to android on the back of the impression my phone had on them.

I think there needs to be two sets of Android phones, high end 3.0 and low end 2.2 so that it doesn't become too fragmented. The high end games will have tablets and 4inch+ high end phones all running on 3.0 so I'm sure that's where a lot of the games developers will gravitate. The lower end phones running 2.2 will be rivals for the outdated iPhone. So they'll need a lot of those simple gimmick games. I have a feeling that's how it'll breakdown next year. The problem is the technology advances need to slow down, if you buy a HTC phone today it'll be out dated in 2/3 months when they release the next phone. So when we're on 4.3 inch 2ghz phones is there any need at all to make a faster phone? No, I think next year will see the slowing of the hardware advances and more focus on lowering weight and increasing batterylife, innovative new screens etc.. Exciting times ahead, though tablets don't interest me I'm a huge lover of the netbook once you get beyond phone size I want a keyboard. I love my Samsung NC10 I'm typing on now. Though I hope the IBM vs Apple plays out again and their company loses out big time in market share, no less than they deserve.

Yeah I'm on an 18month contract I signed in April, but here in Ireland we have less choice with the operators, like no Evo here at all, Galaxy S only in Carphonewarehouse. So my next phone is going to have to be fully out of my own pocket, but I'm so sold on Android and the future that a 4.3inch screen with awesome hardware backing it up seems like the ideal mobile internet platform to me. It'll be worth the sizable cost considering how much I use it. How can Apple compete with this handset war? If Google get 3.0 right it could be curtains for the iPhone in 2012

Have you seen the spec for the galaxy s2 ? Release is rumoured as early next year. 2ghz cpu, 4.3 inch 1280x720 res screen. Mother of god, this will be my next phone.

I like having nothing but a big background on my home screen with only a few essential icons there like dialer, messages, internet, camera and google chat. Everything else should be on a different screen. The notification bar is very small on the x10 which is very good imo.

Yeah slowly getting to me this 1.6 lark. Such good hardware on the x10 too, need custom rom but boot loader hadn't been hacked by the xda lads yet. Adw is an improvement on the x10 home screen anyway as I don't use time scape as I'm not on any of that facebook stuff.

I'm reading lots of good things about adw and really like it so far. What is launcher pro do better? Also will the latest version work on 1.6?

Which is better ADW or Helix launcher? I'm using adw at the moment but hear helix can save a lot of battery life

To be honest I'm baffled by this App culture, I have a few Apps that make my phone better to use but I'm a music listner, and movie / tv watcher, I do those things to pass the time when on a bus or train. So I never play games on my phone other than the odd bit of Superbomber man on snesoid when I'm in the toilet. I want paid apps in Ireland soon, as I've had to get Locale off rapidshare I'd love to give them and Swype a few quid for their application when it is available so I can get updates.

Locale is a must have for Android phones. Also Rockplayer is very handy as it can play any type of video file under the sun. Astro file manager is good to have too. I'm not big into my games other than Snes emulator snesoid, you can then play all the classic nintendo games, which is all you need really. Plenty of useful widgets to get too like brightness widget, auto rotate widget, 2G/3G widget. I like a kill all tasks widget too.

Astro worked, but two other app installers didn't. So have got Swype back now. Everything else is working fine. Odd one that.

I just downloaded the Sony Ericsson update for my X10 and Swype stopped working, now I can't install .apk files with an app installer from my SD card like normal so can't reinstall Swype. I keep getting the error "ROM type not supported". Edit: fixed it with Astro.

Help, there's a peck here with an acorn pointed at me.

Getting close to custom roms on the x10

Tenenbaums is a fantastic movie. One if the best comedy movies ever.

Crash is rubbish

Yeah kick ass is great fun.

It was Chindie, I've watched 39 of the 50 now so will likely watch the other 11. Some people will hate The New World as it's like a very long dreamlike poem, the score is exceptional and he uses images of nature better than The Thin Red Line. I must say I think The New World could be better than excetional, could well be a masterpiece. Must see it again in the next year to see if it leaves the same impact.

Just finished watching The New World. Exceptional movie, Malick does not make a bad movie does he.

The concept that gravity slows perception of time is very interesting. Also that every person experiences the passage of time differently is another interesting idea. Though my actual practical knowledge of gravity only goes as far as big G and little g, Gravitational Constant and the Acceleration due to gravity on earth (9.8m/s^2). I do know that the weight of an object is due to gravity, gravity gives weight to mass.

Technology bores? Someone who talks endlessly about technology when nobody cares? I need a smartphone for the internet. I'd be consigned to the restrictions my work place on the internet if I didn't have one. No gmail, no villatalk, no betfair. I needs them.