Htc Desire or Google nexus

jeezy85 · 12 Mar 2010 at 13:46

griffo_001 said:
Its the Milestone in the UK, which is annoyingly slightly different from its US brother the Droid. Seems to be less dev support than the Nexus or Droid for one, which is why I went for the Nexus....

Quite different phones: Moto has a physical keyboard, tough design, Nexus has the raw power and Google backing. All comes down to if you want a keyboard or not IMO, neither will disappoint.

Its been done, won't be anywhere near as easy as Desire ROM -> Nexus because of the massive hardware differences, don't think it's been done on the Milestone, but I could be wrong.... Its the similarities between the Nexus and Desire hardware that make ROM swapping so simple....

whats the difference from the uk version and the US version?

griffo_001 · 12 Mar 2010 at 14:45

jeezy85 said:
whats the difference from the uk version and the US version?

You're probably best asking in the Milestone thread, I don't really follow it. The Milestones had multitouch as standard, unlike the Droids, as well as something that meant the unlock process took longer to crack than the Droids, possibly the radio as the Milestone is GSM as a posed to the CDMA Droid

PermaBanned · 12 Mar 2010 at 17:30

You say flash will be a good thing, but when you think about it it can already play youtube videos and the only other thing that you might come across really are adds, which are utterly pointless. There are games but i doubt very much you could run them without depleting the battery in less than a minute.

Izi · 13 Mar 2010 at 11:21

Superewza said:
You say flash will be a good thing, but when you think about it it can already play youtube videos and the only other thing that you might come across really are adds, which are utterly pointless. There are games but i doubt very much you could run them without depleting the battery in less than a minute.

iplayer, itv catchup, 4od, games, bbc news, websites etc.

its nice to have the option regardless.

PermaBanned · 13 Mar 2010 at 11:35

I suppose, but isn't there an iPlayer app? ITV don't make that many good programs and 4od was integrated into youtube was it not?

MadMossy · 13 Mar 2010 at 13:00

mobilephonesdirect have changed the release date for the HTC Desire.

Through T-Mobile direct its 26th March

mobilephonesdirect's original date was 1st April, now its 5th April!

Locke · 13 Mar 2010 at 14:19

I'm quite tempted to switch from o2 to T-Mobile for the Desire, would that be a good decision?

Izi · 13 Mar 2010 at 14:28

Locke said:
I'm quite tempted to switch from o2 to T-Mobile for the Desire, would that be a good decision?

i think all mobile networks are the same - they all want as much money with as little effort

the deciding factor is if the signal is anygood where you live or not.

Locke · 13 Mar 2010 at 16:11

Izi said:
i think all mobile networks are the same - they all want as much money with as little effort

the deciding factor is if the signal is anygood where you live or not.

As I thought, thanks. Google time..

robnut · 13 Mar 2010 at 19:29

I got terrible t-mobile coverage in yate and surrounding areas. 1bar signal and no 3g.

Locke · 14 Mar 2010 at 17:10

robnut said:
I got terrible t-mobile coverage in yate and surrounding areas. 1bar signal and no 3g.

Seriously? that sucks then..... I live in the centre of Bristol for 30 ish weeks of the year and needless to say I also visit other nearby places during the week.

Might have to reconsider then.