I use an HTC Hero with a 528 MHz processor. Near unusable in its
original software it was given a new lease of life by rooting it and
installing a custom ROM. I actually use an older version of Android
(2.2) by choice as it's memory demands are lower. Android is a sort of
Java VM with the same hunger for CPU cycles and memory. Battery life
with the custom ROMs is significantly better than with the stock ROMs
(which have a fair amount of junk running in the background) but still
it's a couple of days max, not the weeks I used to get with my Palm
devices (sigh!) My HTC Hero manages Google Navigation perfectly well
which is a good test of usability.
Enjoy!
ATB, Peter
On 3 October 2011 21:01, Philip Stubbs <philip@???> wrote:
> On 3 October 2011 17:24, Paul Tansom <paul@???> wrote:
>> A bit of a vague subject, but I'm looking at the possibility of finally getting
>> a smartphone and at the moment the HTC Wildfire S and the Samsung Galaxy Ace
>> are looking to be fairly decent entry level options. Has anyone any experience
>> of these? I've seen some comments that the HTC can be a bit slow with the
>> 600MHz processor, and the Galaxy is only 800MHz. Clearly it depends on how well
>> they are designed to some extent, but both run Android (so I assume should be
>> good with Linux). I think the Ace is the front runner at the moment for the
>> better screen and marginally faster processor.
>>
>> As for usage, which will define whether performance is an issue to some extent,
>> I will no doubt use it for web and email, but calendaring and a SIP client are
>> of particular interest (clearly I need the right network to not block SIP
>> traffic!). I'm not a bit gamer on my phone, but then I only have a Samsung G600
>> at the moment, so who knows with a smartphone!
>
> I have a smartphone with a 600MHz processor. (SE Experia X8). I would
> say that it is marginal even on core functions. Opening the contact
> list can take an age. If I had the option between two, and one of the
> differences was processor speed, then I would go for the faster one,
> as long as the battery life was the same.
>
> My main gripe with these smart phones is they eat batteries. Charging
> every day is a must if you actually want to use the bits that makes a
> smart phone smart.
>
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