Help Guys. I Need A Pep-Talk

[biff6789]

Originally Posted by ACHlLLES

Sling = google slingbox and sling mobile.

SERO=old sprint employee referal program that had very good monthly price. One I got has 500 anytime min, free nights & weekends, unlimited data, text, and pics for 30 bucks a month. After 7 dollar insurance, the monthly fee is about 44 bucks a month after taxes and fees. Since this plan is old, not all sprint PDA phones will work.

Thanks.

How is RAM usage, as well as speed overall with the TP2? I played with a relative's Droid and it certainly was pretty quick and smooth. But since I'm Verizon, I can't see a TP2 in person since they don't carry them in stores (yet). I did mess with the Tilt at an AT&T store just to ge ta feel for it, but store demos are always so completely pwned by idiot users in the stores (let alone the fact that they aren't on a snappy custom ROM) that I couldn't tell how speedy it was

[ACHlLLES]

Speed will depend on roms and tweaks you have. I personally like JD's rom since it's pretty much made for sprint users.. but I have a feeling droid would be more smooth operator on the OS part since the OS is well taken care of unlike all step child WM devices.

Ram usage will also depend on which rom you use, but HTC sense UI is a total memory hog, and the more memory it uses, the more smoother it runs IMO.

I can only suggest you to use the 30 day return policy and try out both. I personally dig Droid, but I'm not a fan of paying more than what I'm paying for sprint since I already have money wasted on a iphone 3g for my wife.

[biff6789]

Thanks for all the input.

Would it be safe to say, then, that I should get a TP2 for the time being and then maybe switch over to Android next year once it's more developed?

[clueless25]

Neighbor got droid and now hates it. Very limited!

Missing half calls due to no signal and she's by the road while Im at bottom of a hill in the trees. made one complaint after another but now stuck in a contract. Don't get droid. Its gawd awful ugly looking anyway.

Also it doesnt tether she's pissed

[SecretAgentMan]

Originally Posted by clueless25

Neighbor got droid and now hates it. Very limited!

Missing half calls due to no signal and she's by the road while Im at bottom of a hill in the trees. made one complaint after another but now stuck in a contract. Don't get droid. Its gawd awful ugly looking anyway.

Also it doesnt tether she's pissed

It might be too late, but if she can swap it out for an Eris, I'd do that. See my post above.

[biff6789]

What exactly is SlingMobile? Again, I'm a total n00b to the HTC arena...

[myltz400]

I wanted the Hero bad after reading about the android OS. Sprint would not upgrade me to it comming from the TP1 no matter what. So my plan was to get the TP2 and sell it to buy the Hero. After one day with the TP2 and one day with my coworkers Hero I was soooo glad I got the TP2. This phone works better than any I have tried so far. I don't even look at what is comming out next anymore. Android will be the next step for me, but I want to give it alot more time.

Hate to sound like a fanboy but the TP2 is the first phone I've really liked since my Star Tac....

[CovKid66]

From what I can see it doesn't look like you posted a similar question in the Droid forum. Curious why not??? I know you said you've seen reviews where they bash the TP2...but you're always going to get that. Go to the TP forum and ask if you should upgrade to a TP2 and see what happens

Anyway, it may be worth posting the same questions / issues there. You may get a different set of answers over there and/or a different perspective compared to what you'll get in this forum

[mikenerd]

google "sling player mobile". it is the greatest thing ever. you can get a slingbox off craigslist for $50-100. mine was $50. I also use it on the laptop.. i do hear march for android release of Slingplayer.

I still like the TP2 best out of all phones availible. Its solid. I just wish the camera was better...i must have said that for the last 3 HTC phones I have had. Damn you HTC with your weak cameras!

[neodarksaver]

for business use, nothing can match the TP2