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07-14-2010, 03:32 PM
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#1 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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| HTC Desire Officially Announced
The long wait is over. The HTC Desire for Telus has officially been announced. No release date as of yet, but speculation leans towards late july/early august. http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/h...re/index.shtml | 
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07-14-2010, 04:51 PM
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#2 | | Got MOD?
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Too bad Android 2.2 won't come from HTC until Q4. Wonder what the pricing of this will be.
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07-14-2010, 06:18 PM
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#3 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Fairly sure its going to be going at $199 on a 3yr
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07-14-2010, 08:12 PM
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Might as well just buy a Nexus One then
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07-14-2010, 09:51 PM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Isn't this pretty much a nexus one that has htc sense? Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-14-2010, 09:58 PM
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Pretty much yeah, that way you won't be paying for it for 3 years. Plus you can get the AWS version and use it on Wind.
You can just install a good (or even better, LauncherPro is pretty awesome) launcher and you'll be set. The only thing I use on the Desire that isn't on the N1 is FriendStream. You can even get the clock/weather widget that is an exact replica of the Sense one for free.
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07-14-2010, 10:07 PM
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#7 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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I quite dislike the soft touch buttons and trackball on the nexus one. I've yet to use the optical pads that HTC uses, but physical trackballs i'm going to stay clear of after my berry.
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07-14-2010, 10:25 PM
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#8 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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is there a AWS version of this coming out?
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07-14-2010, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Strzelec  I quite dislike the soft touch buttons and trackball on the nexus one. I've yet to use the optical pads that HTC uses, but physical trackballs i'm going to stay clear of after my berry. | True the optical tracker is better, but I can't remember the last time I have used it in the 2 or 3 months I've had the phone. There really is no reason for it to exist at all, so ball or optical is irrelevant to me.
I thought I would prefer real buttons as well, but after using the N1 for a bit, I think soft buttons are more convenient.
I'm totally happy with the Desire, but the Nexus One is just as good (right now it's better, because it is Froyo)
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07-14-2010, 10:52 PM
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#10 | | Got MOD?
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199. So off contract price is gonna be around 599. Maybe Telus users will dump them for cheap on craigslist after they upgrade their plan.
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07-14-2010, 11:15 PM
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telus as in GSM? and the same band as rogers?
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07-14-2010, 11:19 PM
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#12 | | Got MOD?
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Same 3G band as Rogers. 850. Telus has no GSM
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07-15-2010, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT 199. So off contract price is gonna be around 599. Maybe Telus users will dump them for cheap on craigslist after they upgrade their plan. | Might as well just get a Nexus One if the off contract price is that much.
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07-15-2010, 12:17 AM
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#14 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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oooh hopefully there are some cheap ones on CL. maybe I'll wait on that nexus one I was getting for this... hopefully it comes out before Aug.
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07-16-2010, 03:34 PM
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#15 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
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Just a quick question...
So I can just go to a Telus Store, buy the phone itself for full price, unlock it, stick in rogers sim and im good to go?
i dont know much about this stuff so
... anything in between i should I know about or is it a simple process?
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07-16-2010, 05:24 PM
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#16 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Pricing Released... kind of.
$79 promo on 3 yrs.
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The Android-powered HTC desire will be hitting TELUS soon. Yesterday we found hidden prices in the source code of the TELUS Desire web page… but today we’ve got a retail inventory screenshot of the 3-year contract price. How does $79.99 sound to you?
If this is the actual price that TELUS will be releasing the Desire at it’ll do incredibly well. The Desire runs on Android 2.1 with talk of being upgraded to 2.2, has a 3.7 inch LCD display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a 5 megapixel camera. We also hear that the no-contract price is going to be around the $449.99 mark (not confirmed).
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07-16-2010, 05:27 PM
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07-16-2010, 11:35 PM
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#18 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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been playing with my 8181 for almost 2 weeks, i must say i like it.
it's hard to decide if i should stay with my N900 or go with Desire.  Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-16-2010, 11:47 PM
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If it is really $450 that is an awesome deal
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07-17-2010, 01:10 AM
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#20 | | Got MOD?
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$450's not bad at all. Mind you Telus won't just sell you the phone if you're not a customer of theirs.
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07-18-2010, 11:03 AM
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#21 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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Comparing this to a iphone or htc legend, would there be a significant speed difference?
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07-18-2010, 12:27 PM
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Huge difference compared to the Legend and original (and 3G) iPhone
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07-19-2010, 01:01 AM
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Desire will be faster by quite a bit. 1ghz vs 600mhz on the legend. Not to mention older cpu on the legend
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07-19-2010, 03:15 AM
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But the Legend has lower resolution, which means it 'gets away' a bit more with the lower spec CPU. It was pretty snappy when I tested it out, but I just didn't like the low res screen.
BTW the new Desire will most likely use a Sony LCD panel instead of Samsung's AMOLED. If it's the same one as the X10, that kind of sucks
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07-19-2010, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Huge difference compared to the Legend and original (and 3G) iPhone | What difference would I expect? I currently have a 3g iphone which is starting to break down on me. All I know about these android phone is that they have a faster os than the apple so i was told from a friend.
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