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"Bought this phone on 6/21/10 with high hopes for it"
0.5 starson by Lab_TronicsPros: Android Market - gives access to a bunch of apps.
The look of the phone - sleek & smooth.
Keypad lock - The iphone like slide unlock bar.Cons: Running Android 1.5 [WACK] Most the time, the apps are crashing [CANTupdate]
Iden Newtork -Nextel [WACK] Should Be using CDMA Network
5MP Cam doesnt take 5MP Quality pix [More like 2MP]
Stuck using only 1 browser [wack]
CANT PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEOS [***]Summary: How do you expect to compete or stay a prepaid giant when you drop a touch screen phone in 2010 with like 4yr features. Its a big deal since its prepaid. No! This is not a new company, this is not a broke company. If I'm going to spend $400 on a phone, it better blow my socks off. Been with boost since 2002. Back then the chirp thing/ direct connect, blew socks off. This was there time to shine, and they blew it. I thought they were coming up when they dropped the blackberry curve. I had that. I was like okay. Now we doing something. [The Blackberry runs of the CDMA Network, why would you try to run a touch screen with multi features on a slower network like IDEN. Makes no since] Don't tell me the chirp/direct connect is the reason for that. If so, that that crap off. Come on Now! Blackberry didn't have a chirp. I could use these whole 5000 characters talking mess, but I'm just gone list more of the cons.
[While on the phone] If you do switch to another app and come back to the phone call. You will not be able to push any buttons. You can push em, but nothing will happen. Example: I called my voice mail. Switched apps and came back to the call. The automated system was telling me to push 1, 2, or 3. I pushed 1,2,3 more then once but the automated system washing taking it. It's touch screen, it's not like I'm pushing it to soft. I even did a hard push and nothing.
[Youtube] How could you not play youtube. That's like saying happy birthday with no cake. [Extremely up set with that little move]
[camera] How could your 5MP Cam take crappy pictures like that. I mean it looks like. HD on the phone before you snap the shot. Then after it like *** Happen.
There's countless number of glitches. That's some what expected. But there's to much on the phone.
[Wifi] If you don't have wifi, downloading apps will take forever to complete.
[Android] Although this is my first experience with the Android Market. Why were we giving the 1.5v when i see there is a 2.1v out heading into v2.2.
[Updates] I hope we get them, and soon. This phone could be such a high lite for boost.
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Yea I though it was whack to put this one on iden when even the incognito is on cdma which makes the Incognito better than Android i1!
Guess i have to deal with the guys at boostberry3g dot com afterall. -
Do you have problems running music apps as well? Pandora and Iheart keep stopping after 10 seconds of music playing.
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Thanks a lot for this info, I said to myself let me wait a bit before investing on this phone because I didn't do this for the Incognito which by way is ok for some features but the signal is not that great even though it's a CDMA phone. I no longer get good reception from the basement of my job as suppose to upgrading from my IDEN phone I335 which worked great and the volume was great. Now I know not to waste money on the I1. Your comment helped make that decision for me. Thanks
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I just found a way around the no YouTube thing. if you can file a copy of the apk file(search Google for youtube.apk) you save the file onto the sd card in the app folder. Then you have to run the Setup program on the phone and have it scan for any apps to install and it should show up. I just did it and it works but will only play over WiFi, which is the better way to run it anyway because well the iDen network is way too slow. I hope this helps.
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There is two web browsers. You have to go to the application settings and then go to browser settings and make it so Opera is not the default browser. I called Boost about the YouTube thing and they gave me a stupid nonsense answer but there are apps you can download that will play YouTube videos. And YouTube is the only video site you can't use on it i think. I know I tried using Daily Motion on it and had no problems. It does make not since its being a Android phone and having the ability to upload videos you take onto YouTube but can play them.