I use an HTC Hero with a 528 MHz processor. Near unusable in its original software it was given a new lease of life by rooting it and installing a custom ROM. I actually use an older version of Android (2.2) by choice as it's memory demands are lower. Android is a sort of Java VM with the same hunger for CPU cycles and memory. Battery life with the custom ROMs is significantly better than with the stock ROMs (which have a fair amount of junk running in the background) but still it's a couple of days max, not the weeks I used to get with my Palm devices (sigh!) My HTC Hero manages Google Navigation perfectly well which is a good test of usability.
Enjoy! ATB, Peter On 3 October 2011 21:01, Philip Stubbs <phi...@stuphi.co.uk> wrote: > On 3 October 2011 17:24, Paul Tansom <p...@aptanet.com> wrote: >> A bit of a vague subject, but I'm looking at the possibility of finally >> getting >> a smartphone and at the moment the HTC Wildfire S and the Samsung Galaxy Ace >> are looking to be fairly decent entry level options. Has anyone any >> experience >> of these? I've seen some comments that the HTC can be a bit slow with the >> 600MHz processor, and the Galaxy is only 800MHz. Clearly it depends on how >> well >> they are designed to some extent, but both run Android (so I assume should be >> good with Linux). I think the Ace is the front runner at the moment for the >> better screen and marginally faster processor. >> >> As for usage, which will define whether performance is an issue to some >> extent, >> I will no doubt use it for web and email, but calendaring and a SIP client >> are >> of particular interest (clearly I need the right network to not block SIP >> traffic!). I'm not a bit gamer on my phone, but then I only have a Samsung >> G600 >> at the moment, so who knows with a smartphone! > > I have a smartphone with a 600MHz processor. (SE Experia X8). I would > say that it is marginal even on core functions. Opening the contact > list can take an age. If I had the option between two, and one of the > differences was processor speed, then I would go for the faster one, > as long as the battery life was the same. > > My main gripe with these smart phones is they eat batteries. Charging > every day is a must if you actually want to use the bits that makes a > smart phone smart. > > -- > Philip Stubbs > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------