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DanHibiki · 07-21-2011, 01:11 AM

My friend was telling me how her Evo's screen is over sensitive. Does anyone else have that problem? I did some research and she doesn't seem to be the only one.

SkinnyPupp · 07-21-2011, 01:33 AM

all capacitive screens should have effectively the same "sensitivity". The circuit is either open, or not. What can vary is accuracy of the digitizer
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Hakkaboy · 07-21-2011, 03:04 PM

it's funny how some people dismiss the QWERTY keyboard on Blackberry's and say, oh just buy an Android w/ a QWERTY. Sorry, but there is no comparison. You need to use it appreciate it. People don't say that they have the best keyboard for no reason.

To me, the QWERTY kb on the BB is both a positive and a negative. The negative is that it limits screen real estate by almost 50%(maybe even more). The Torch has good intentions, but horrible execution: Feels cheap, plasticy, heavy and low screen resolution.

i have a BB (9700) from work and bought an Android (SGS) and carry both devices 24/7 with me.

Text(Hardly since most ppl are on BBM), Web browsing, Web searching, Games, GPS Navigation, Other apps: Android
BBM, Email, Online banking: Blackberry

And maybe it's just me, although SWYPE is nice and everything, i avoid typing at all costs on my SGS. I usually find myself using "Voice" function which works 80% of the time for me. Otherwise I type on the BB.

illicitstylz · 07-21-2011, 05:39 PM

how's it going to work when BB OS will be able to run android apps?

!MiKrofT · 07-21-2011, 09:27 PM

Hmm I don't have any real problems typing on my SGS. Mind you I've replaced both the stock android keyboard and swype with a different keyboard which is more customizable.

DanHibiki · 07-21-2011, 09:59 PM

So for the android multitasking. while a video is loading on youtube, can i go read stuff on the browser and come back to a fully-loaded youtube video?

Teh Doucher · 07-21-2011, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT

Hmm I don't have any real problems typing on my SGS. Mind you I've replaced both the stock android keyboard and swype with a different keyboard which is more customizable.

pics?

SkinnyPupp · 07-21-2011, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DanHibiki

So for the android multitasking. while a video is loading on youtube, can i go read stuff on the browser and come back to a fully-loaded youtube video?

Yes, it should be. I have never tried that. The software itself can support that function, if the developers made use of it. Otherwise, they can program it so it stops all loading when it is in the background. In that case, you'd want to use one of the many Youtube downloaders instead.

Hakkaboy · 07-22-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT

Hmm I don't have any real problems typing on my SGS. Mind you I've replaced both the stock android keyboard and swype with a different keyboard which is more customizable.

i've gone through 4 different blackberries over the years, each with 4 different keyboard styles, and there's nothing that beats the tactile feeling of actual keys

kinda like if you replaced your computer keyboard with a touchscreen version. some might find it ok, but i would feel something missing...

!MiKrofT · 07-22-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Teh Doucher

pics?

Smart Keyboard Pro is what I use. This is the default style but can be changed.

I use the HTC skin which is the one on the left.

dangonay · 07-23-2011, 10:19 AM

Neither Android or iOS offers "true multitasking". Arguing over which one is better is like two students who got 40% and 45% on their finals arguing who's smarter - niether one is, they're both complete idiots.

Both Android and iOS are fully preemptive multitasking operating systems. And both utilize a set of "rules" to determine how to handle multiple processes at once. It's these "rules" that limit both Android and iOS and prevents them from being a "true" multitasking OS.

A huge indicator that neither are "true" multitasking OS's? The fact that applications should be specifically written with multitasking in mind and should be "well behaved". And the fact that "poorly written" applications could cause issues with the operation of the OS (this kinda almost sounds like Windows 3, for those that remember it). Another one is that both iOS and Android can terminate without prejudice an application as it sees fit, whether or not it's "mis-behaving" or "crashed". Could you imagine editing a long Word document in Windows, going away for coffee and coming back to find Word has been shut down (without your permission) while you were away?

Here are some quotes taken straight from the official Android Developer website regarding multitasking on Android:

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So far, we have a way for applications to implicitly do work in the background, as long as the process doesn't get killed by Android as part of its regular memory management

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If a user later returns to an application that's been killed, Android needs a way to re-launch it in the same state as it was last seen, to preserve the "all applications are running all of the time" experience. This is done by keeping track of the parts of the application the user is aware of (the Activities), and re-starting them with information about the last state they were seen in.

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Process management for services is different than broadcast receivers, because an unbounded number of services can ask to be running for an unknown amount of time. There may not be enough RAM to have all of the requesting services run, so as a result no strong guarantees are made about being able to keep them running.

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For example, if the user goes to a web page that requires large amounts of RAM, Android may kill background service processes like sync until the browser's memory needs go down.

To sum up, Android will suspend or even terminate processes/applications as it sees fit (based on rules). The main factor affecting this is how much RAM you have free. iOS will also terminate as it sees fit. These behaviors are not a part of any "true" multitasking OS.

If you read up on how iOS does multitasking you'll find that Android and iOS are in fact very similar. How they do things is a little different, but how the user sees it is bascially the same.

The one key difference is that Android will allow a third party app to run indefinitely in the background (if you have free memory to do so). Android can do this because it's allowed to in the rules. It has nothing to do with the Android OS being superior to iOS or because iOS is lacking basic underlying architecture that prevents it from running background apps. If Apple wanted to they could implement third party app multitasking by simply changing the rules it currently uses. It would be a very quick and easy addition to make and would not, as some people imply, require a major re-write of iOS.

In other words, the difference between Android and iOS multitasking is simply a choice made by the respective developer, not a limitation of the OS architecture itself.

You can go here to read about Android Multitasking.
You can go here to read about iOS Multitasking.

If you want to get really deep, follow the related links on the respective pages.