Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

It looks interesting but a keyboard will be more useful to me than a joypad. I'm hoping that the playstation functionality of the Play will work with the Xperia Pro as well...

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Be nice, gruik. I have have one mp3 for messages and a different mp3 for a ringtone. Both are in a folder: /mnt/sdcard/ringtones

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Yes, I like the SE Xperia Pro as well.
Finally an Android device with Keyboard and Secondary camera.

Has anyone confirmed it has a GPU ?
The Adreno 205 I think is usually paired with the Snapdragon ?

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

the new sony ericcson X10 Pro which has been announced looks promising. actually although i have not seen any full reviews yet.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

I have had the HTC Desire Z for about 3 months and I'd say it is the phone you are looking for.
Tons of apps, excellent keyboard, Android, good camera. Dolphin browser is top notch.
It is perma rooted (& S-OFF) so I can do pretty much anything with the OS. N900 was good but it just doesn't compare to this phone.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Thanks but I've pretty much decided upon waiting for the SE Xperia pro (unless anything else interesting is anounced in the meantime). I couldn't see that the Z was such an upgrade really.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

We'd love to have you be part of the Z group in case you change your mind! :)

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

just my 2c

I've had a desire Z, courtesy of my employer, for a week. I could have opted for an n900 but, sadly, felt it was too much of a dead-end given the uncertainty of Nokia's support.

My normal phone is a Nokia E71, and this D-Z is my first android device, I'd only borrowed them for a short while before, or run nitdroid on my n800 for a while, or android-x86, so it was a significant change in my experience of mobile.

There's a lot to love. Wifi, bluetooth, hi-res screen, keyboard, uSDHC slot, touch/mouse, good but not great camera, lots of apps, good build.

There's a few things which could be better: a number row on keyboard, a better speaker (E71 is better, n800's were the best), battery life poor compared to nokia, need to root device which is a "battle" betweeen hackers and HTC.


Overall, therefore I recommend it provided you consider carefully
1/ comparative battery life
2/ how much you want a pure hacker's device like the n900 vs a somewhat more packaged appliance like an android phone.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Do you mean the Desire Z has poorer battery life than the N900 ?

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

I've found battery life to be a really strong point on my HTC G2 (aka Desire Z). Something - pre-installed bloatware maybe - must be draining yours. I temporarily rooted mine and disabled some of that crap already.

Root is always going to be a problem with anything but real-linux-based OSS systems. But there's a simple fix for the Desire/G2. Check out 'VISIONary' and look in the xda forums for plenty of info.