Crowe Crowing

Product Review–HTC Sensation

2011-07-11T18:00:00.001-07:00

Now, when I started this, I was sure to have a few blog on product reviews. Items I am currently using, or I get a sneak peak too. A few I have coming up are for the Acer Tablet, and hopefully another tablet that I am not going to mention…. yet!

Last night I was invited to an event for the HTC Sensation. Like around 40% of phones in the Australian Market, the Sensation runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) version of software. It has a 4.3” screen (HUGE, but easy to handle) quite light weight (148gms) and is SUPER fast.

The Sensation is the first HTC to run a 1.2gHz Dual Core processer, which enables a really (REALLY) fast interface. The phone joins the Motorola Atrix and Samsung S2 as Dual core phones, even leaving behind iPhone4, which is a 1gHz processer, and on their launch, was only catching up to a number of Android phones that were using a 1gHz process.

I found a few things to my liking last night.

1) The Price – $0 on a Telstra $79 Freedom cap or around $792rrp (check with your retailer though)

2) The Features – Dual Core, qHD screen 4.3” screen (with gorilla glass to make it very scratch resistant, HTC Sense (with 3D looking weather), 8MP camera, 1080p HD Video recording (not new, but great viewing on the qHD screen) and HD voice call ability,

3) Android – I am a self proclaimed Android fan boy. I like the openness of the platform for developers, the fact that around 70% of apps are free, and I can personalise the phone to how I want it…. not how Jobsy wants us to use it. I think there are benefits to Apple (for their fan boys), but Android certainly have a number of low end handsets from HTC, Sony Ericsson and Huawei to allow beginners the ability to have it in their hands.

If you currently use iTunes (i don't) but you can easily transfer all of our Music from that system either using HTC Sync, or a 3rd party app available on the market place i.e. double twist. This will allow all of the Apple Phone 3 customers to transfer over seamlessly.

When you are in the market for a new phone, all the Telstra Stores, in fact most phone stores now have active units to try. So read your blogs, do the re-search, but play with a phone and don't just buy it ‘cause everyone else has one’, or because it looks pretty…. chances are it will cost you the amount of the phone when you drop it if that's the case (probably made from glass)

That’s it for now, so go out there and try it if you are in the market for a new phone! Ill be getting mine tomorrow!!

HANDY LINKS:

Android Market Place (on computer) - https://market.android.com/

HTC home page – http://www.htc.com/au/

Squawk done

Car issues

2011-07-04T01:49:00.001-07:00

There has been lots happening, and to be honest I want to use this but I don't think I would usually be allowed as some of the stuff I want to say will implicate me for various 'in progress' ........ disagreements I am having with a few places.

My car has been a pain in the ass since we bought it in march. Who would have thought such an easy experience could be soured by bad customernservice, incompatancy from the dealer and all 7 staff I have talked to about my issue. The 'dealership' (I won't name them.......yet) handballed me on saturday after my door would not open again. This is the 2nd time this has raised its head since my cosmetic issue on the window was fixed. Turns out there was a faulty door lock rod. SPEWING.

Now that is fixed, I have officially gone to the maker of the car (after the sales manager handballed me) and the maker, while listening and doing all they can, they agreed I was handballed which if you know me, gets my back up. I even went as far to trade the car in on saturday, but lets see what the maker of the car can do for me first. I hope the dealer principle steps to the plate........ not holding my breath!!

I don't know how many China men I have hit this year, black cats I have kicked or walked under x amount of ladders this year to have this much luck but hopefully it turns itself around shortly.

Maybe I should ask the air-conditioning company that installed our system a month ago to join this blog so they can see what a pain I am if your product shits itself. So you know, the compressor in our month old reverse cycle system doesn't work, and is the reason it has been blowing cold air and not hot air when its on 25d.

Ill keep you posted on the car situation.

For those interested and you don't know, the Southern Power div5 team is now 12-0 for the year with about 8 rounds to go..... get down to the TAB and put 20 on us :-)

One for the time capsule

2011-06-21T14:46:00.001-07:00

So, my first blog. With the amount of times I hit Facebook as an outlet for frustration, I'm surprised its taken this long to jump on a blog.
For those with access to my rants already, I'm hoping this can turn out to be more informative than a 160 character update.
As I move deeper into the state of shock with retail staff and business not caring once the dollar hits their deep pockets, I also want to mix it up with a ray of insight from others, including any great interviews I find or do, updates on my local www.southernpower.com.au AFL club and my div5 (so far, touch wood) undefeated team, tech updates with the hits and misses out there and any reviews that contradict the movie 'experts'.
I also, after mums suggestion, will share my experiences in preparation of fatherhood (due end of October). The early thought I have on this is..... YES! Can't wait to hold MaLa and see this special person that's has made my wife ill with 'morning' sickness.
Well, that's me for now, my time standing on the train with my headphones onso I can't hear ppl talk so loud or listen to their volume pumped headphones is over (nearly ranted in the first edition)
Squawk done
(Thanks Kyle for the sign off)
(Thanks LaLa for the blog name. Love u!)