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  1. Originally posted by Ali709:No one's gonna help Kirsten here?

    BTW, Gerard and Drew, what do you think? http://www.google.com/phone
    The software on it was cool, but they said that everyone's gonna get that in their updates, so I guess the Hero will have it too. The only thing making me interested is the hardware, 1Ghz CPU, it's much more than what Hero has. So what do you think I should do? Wait for this to get here or go with the Hero? (Let me add that as far as looks and classy-ness goes, I prefer the Hero, actually I would prefer to get convinced on getting the hero )


    go for the Hero. Worth it for the Sense UI alone. And the Nexus One is only gonna make the Hero cheaper and the Hero performance will improve as the software is further enhanced in the 2.1 release. The Hero is nicer in terms of physical hardware too. The 3.7 inches of screen on the Nexus also pushes the boundaries that I deem acceptable by a mobile phone.

    Source a good value Hero and you will be laughing.
  2. Originally posted by MacStripey:okay, this may be the best chance to make a fool of myself for good, but I have to ask nonetheless, and where would the fun in life be if there weren't technical idiots like me

    so I'm thinking about buying a new tv, as my old one has finally broken down.

    I want to get a flat screen, now I have no idea whether to get a "HD Ready" or a "Full HD" tv?
    Is there a major difference when you watch tv? I only found out via wikipedia that the technical difference is about the pixel size. But will I notice any real difference when I watch tv, or dvds? (I have no blue-rays or HD-dvds, if that matters, just regular dvds).

    I'm thinking about getting a 37'' screen at the max, maybe a bit smaller. But the price difference between HD Ready and Full HD can't be denied, so..... any suggestions? Experience? Help, please

    and apologies if this was already discussed earlier in this topic, I only read back a few pages before posting


    what you need from a TV depends what you are plugging into it really. Unless you are running blu ray or a games console on it then a HD Ready TV will do fine. HD ready has 720 lines of resolution whereas Full HD runs at 1080 lines of resolution. At 37 inches, the difference between HD Ready and Full HD is going to be barely noticable so unless you are into your games consoles (specifically PS3 and XBOX 360) then you should go for a HD Ready TV at 32-37 inches. You should get one at a very fair price too.
  3. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

    what you need from a TV depends what you are plugging into it really. Unless you are running blu ray or a games console on it then a HD Ready TV will do fine. HD ready has 720 lines of resolution whereas Full HD runs at 1080 lines of resolution. At 37 inches, the difference between HD Ready and Full HD is going to be barely noticable so unless you are into your games consoles (specifically PS3 and XBOX 360) then you should go for a HD Ready TV at 32-37 inches. You should get one at a very fair price too.


    no blue-rays or games consoles over here, just plain tv and regular dvds. So HD Ready it will be then thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge, Gerard, much appreciated same goes for you, Ali, thanks for your input
  4. Originally posted by MacStripey:[..]

    no blue-rays or games consoles over here, just plain tv and regular dvds. So HD Ready it will be then thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge, Gerard, much appreciated same goes for you, Ali, thanks for your input


    HD ready is spot on then. And cheaper. Do pick up an upscaling dvd player though. It will blow up your dvd's to make them fit the high resolution of the screen. Almost makes your standard DVD's appear to be HD.
  5. Gerard, another question...
    Is the Market the only way of installing new apps on the Hero? Because Google limits Iran sometimes on what they can download, for example, we can't download Google Earth for the PC. I don't know if the Market will work here.
  6. Originally posted by Ali709:Gerard, another question...
    Is the Market the only way of installing new apps on the Hero? Because Google limits Iran sometimes on what they can download, for example, we can't download Google Earth for the PC. I don't know if the Market will work here.


    fair point. Because I have use of the Market i'll have to research other alternatives


  7. I saw some cracked apps options, but they require you to first install a file manager, then you download the apps you want to your PC, connect the phone and copy the app file to any folder you like, then on the phone, open that folder with the file manager and open the app and from there it all works fine, just install and use. But for this I will need the file manager to be installed!
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    Originally posted by Ali709:[..]

    I saw some cracked apps options, but they require you to first install a file manager, then you download the apps you want to your PC, connect the phone and copy the app file to any folder you like, then on the phone, open that folder with the file manager and open the app and from there it all works fine, just install and use. But for this I will need the file manager to be installed!


    Which can be found on the market lol Wel get you one


  9. funny loop indeed you guys are great I'll fix it somehow when the time comes...
  10. Did some research in persian mobile forums, and apparently the market does not work in iran due to the same stuff.

    Anyone...tho Drew might be more pro in these stuff...I know ways to go to internet pages anonymously, or in ways to make the website think I'm connecting from another company. But is there a way to make my whole connection like that?
    I mean somehow make the internet connection being put on the Wi-Fi be with some other ip, even temporarily, so that for example when I connect with the Hero and try to access Market, it thinks I am connecting from some other country.
    I do that on the PC and when browsing the internet, by installing software that do that. But obviously I can't install that software on the Hero, that's why I want the connection to be like that, what's on the Wi-Fi to be like that. Any ideas? Is it possible?
  11. Dont know if it is possible, but setting a proxy on the phone may work. If that doesnt work a VPN connection possibly will. But I dont know if that is possible on Android.

    Another possibility is creating an wireless ad-hoc network on your pc, set the proxy there and connect with the phone to the created adhoc network.

    All this is theory Gerard may know more about how to configure the phone to do this.
  12. Originally posted by Risto:Dont know if it is possible, but setting a proxy on the phone may work. If that doesnt work a VPN connection possibly will. But I dont know if that is possible on Android.

    Another possibility is creating an wireless ad-hoc network on your pc, set the proxy there and connect with the phone to the created adhoc network.

    All this is theory Gerard may know more about how to configure the phone to do this.


    Umm...the stuff you said are what I had in mind, tho I have only heard names, have no idea what they are and how they are done. I guess the phone can just connect to the Wi-Fi connection available here, nothing else. I'll have to change the wi-fi to be like that. That is, somehow get the connection from the router to my pc, do some magic in there to change the ip and whatever else is necessary, and send the new different-ip connection on the wireless antenna! ....help!!!
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