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5 Worst Smartphones Of 2014
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mak63
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12/29/2014 | 10:39:30 AM
Windows Phone
I read both articles, The 5 Best and The 5 Worst Smartphones Of 2014, and I didn't see any Windows Phone mentioned in any of them. So, what's up with that? Getting better, worse? Worth to buy when they're running Windows 10?
Also I like impactnow's idea to write an article about what phone we should buy next year. I guess we need to wait at least until the end of CES 2015, right?
progman2000
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12/29/2014 | 6:36:09 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
Thanks - thats intriguing but that little screen is a killer, especially now that I am used to a Phablet.  I guess its time to look at slide out keyboard alternatives.
nasimson
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12/29/2014 | 3:29:08 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
@ progman:

> I am an Android guy so if someone has a suggestion for a physical keyboard Android
> device that is out or coming out that is worth a look, I'd love to hear about it.

HTC Chacha or its newer version. My friend had been using it earlier and he is all praise.
nasimson
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nasimson,
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12/29/2014 | 3:27:27 AM
stop inventing the next shiny new device when there are so many already
> Despite its utter failure with the Fire Phone, Amazon CEO Jeff
> Bezos says it will make new smartphones in the years ahead.

Altough Jeff is hell bent on getting into device business, I think shareholders will soon loose patience and ask him to stop inventing the next shiny new device when there are so many already.
progman2000
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12/28/2014 | 5:52:35 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
Even looking at what I am typing is not sufficient for me on a virtual keyboard.  I am using a Galaxy Note II which is a behemoth phone and I still fat finger the virtual keys most of the time.  Never had that problem with physical keyboards...
SachinEE
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12/27/2014 | 4:48:49 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
Now that's interesting. A physical keyboard is all I need. When I had a qwerty Nokia phone I could type without even looking at the keys, and it saved me from tough situations, but now I have to look at what I type. It makes me sad that the phone manufacturers aren't focusing on people who love to have a physical keyboard.
SachinEE
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12/27/2014 | 4:46:40 AM
HTC Desire 310 and Nokia X
I never could connect with Nokia's approach to the cartoonish middle place taking the best parts of Android and Windows, which turned out to be just as bad as Nokia Lumia 630. And I have no words for Desire 310 and right now Desire 620, which is just a bad bad example of HTC selling their phones just by brand name.
impactnow
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12/23/2014 | 5:17:37 PM
The what not to wear of phones

Thanks for the recommendations my phone is getting upgraded this year from a Galaxy victory and I was considering the SG5, now I might just wait. Please print part two of this story what phone we should buy next year!

progman2000
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12/23/2014 | 11:45:33 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
No, I'm just kind of surprised no one has master a touch screen - physical keyboard hybrid.  I know there are several models with this kind of functionality but have never seen anything like a Blackberry.  I am an Android guy so if someone has a suggestion for a physical keyboard Android device that is out or coming out that is worth a look, I'd love to hear about it.
jagibbons
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12/23/2014 | 11:43:05 AM
Re: Waiting for something new
A physical keyboard is universally easier to use than on-screen. That alone, though, is not going to save a company.
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