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guys, suggest me a good android fone between 15-20k. Hv to gift it to my cousin, and he likes touch screen and is google fan.

I saw wave 2 in market and it looked awesome, but when i got to knw its not android, my heart broke. Damn. Galaxy ace is also thr but doesnt look gr8.

 

Any suggestions?

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guys, suggest me a good android fone between 15-20k. Hv to gift it to my cousin, and he likes touch screen and is google fan.

I saw wave 2 in market and it looked awesome, but when i got to knw its not android, my heart broke. Damn. Galaxy ace is also thr but doesnt look gr8.

 

Any suggestions?

 

galaxy sl is your best choice. also check the original desire, it should be around 20k but it's a year old whereas the samsung one is 1-2 months old.

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Guru ji, one more query. Galaxy sl comes with 2.2 froyo, is it upgradable to 2.3 gingrbrd. And also whats the diff btw these 2 flavours.

I don't think GB update is out yet for sl but you won't miss much between 2.2 to 2.3. For end users, it's mainly UI related things and some performance.. Not much features as such..

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Guru ji, one more query. Galaxy sl comes with 2.2 froyo, is it upgradable to 2.3 gingrbrd. And also whats the diff btw these 2 flavours.

Samsung has stated that a Gingerbread update for the Galaxy S series is on the way. Dunno if it applies to the Galaxy SL as well though.

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I don't think GB update is out yet for sl but you won't miss much between 2.2 to 2.3. For end users, it's mainly UI related things and some performance.. Not much features as such..

 

 

Samsung has stated that a Gingerbread update for the Galaxy S series is on the way. Dunno if it applies to the Galaxy SL as well though.

 

I read on some website that 2.3 has a better improved on-screen keyboard as compared to 2.2 version. It is so different since touch screen fones shall be more user friendly when it comes to typing on screen. and improvements in OS is for battery life also. Are these changes so significant ?

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I read on some website that 2.3 has a better improved on-screen keyboard as compared to 2.2 version. It is so different since touch screen fones shall be more user friendly when it comes to typing on screen. and improvements in OS is for battery life also. Are these changes so significant ?

yes 2.3 has a better keyboard but anyways you are going to use swype which is miles ahead of any other soft keyboard so don't worry about that. Also, if you still feel you want to use the GB keyboard, it is very simple to get it. paul from modaco has even uploaded it to android market so you can download and install from there in froyo itself. Regarding battery life, I don't see much difference between froyo and GB.

 

Also, in last night's IO keynote, Google has mentioned that OHA members (Samsung is one) will gaurantee timely updates for at least 18 months if the hardware is capable to run the new versions. So, you will definitely get the GB updates.

 

 

BTW, I requested for a music beta invite but not got it yet. Anyone else had success?

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^^ Use a VPN na.. I have one of my workstations in US, so I logged in from there and requested. But when I tried from my company's US VPN from my machine here, then also it was working..With that you can even see the movies on youtube :P

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This whole cloud streaming is fine and dandy, but in real life usage, on the road, using a 3G network, which in all probability is capped around the world, how will you manage. Even if they compress it, you are looking at a download of around 300 500 MB daily assuming you listen to 50 60 songs.

 

Plus, without a store, I feel it's pointless as you have to still manually upload any song purchased on your system to the cloud. In Amazon, you at least have a store.

 

Google should start a music store too and then it starts making real sense. Buy any new song on phone, immediately playable from the cloud.

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