Comments on: AT&T Fuze vs. iPhone http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/ Computers are hard. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rae http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-94 Rae Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:42:17 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-94 Next week, I'm getting a new phone and, of course, I've narrowed it down to the iPhone and the Fuze. Right now, I am leaning considerably towards the Fuze. I like the look of it, I like the hardware keyboard, and so far I've heard no major objections to the device. However, having played around with my boyfriend's iPhone and read through some concerns regarding the Fuze, I do have some potential issues. I'm fifteen so, of course, I've got limited access to tweaking. I could figure some of it out, I'm sure, but for the most part, I'd have no idea what I'm doing. With the risk of sounding like a complete idiot - what's ROM, and what does it do for the phone? I am also a bit worried about the internet capabilities. Phones that take five minutes to load a page, have no HTML, and then force you to search for another fifteen minutes to find what you want because the text is all bunched up in one section make me absolutely crazy. I haven't the patience for it. How do the webpages on the Fuze compare to that of the iPhone? I've found the iPhone's Safari browser to be very useable. The final concern of mine regards the music player. I looked at a Youtube tutorial, and it said that you had to browse your music by album - is this true? I know it has 32G of expendable memory, but I'm sure that gets used up rather quickly by messaging, internet, and apps. How much music, on average, can one fit onto it? Thanks so much! Rae Next week, I’m getting a new phone and, of course, I’ve narrowed it down to the iPhone and the Fuze.

Right now, I am leaning considerably towards the Fuze. I like the look of it, I like the hardware keyboard, and so far I’ve heard no major objections to the device. However, having played around with my boyfriend’s iPhone and read through some concerns regarding the Fuze, I do have some potential issues.

I’m fifteen so, of course, I’ve got limited access to tweaking. I could figure some of it out, I’m sure, but for the most part, I’d have no idea what I’m doing.

With the risk of sounding like a complete idiot – what’s ROM, and what does it do for the phone?

I am also a bit worried about the internet capabilities. Phones that take five minutes to load a page, have no HTML, and then force you to search for another fifteen minutes to find what you want because the text is all bunched up in one section make me absolutely crazy. I haven’t the patience for it. How do the webpages on the Fuze compare to that of the iPhone? I’ve found the iPhone’s Safari browser to be very useable.

The final concern of mine regards the music player. I looked at a Youtube tutorial, and it said that you had to browse your music by album – is this true? I know it has 32G of expendable memory, but I’m sure that gets used up rather quickly by messaging, internet, and apps. How much music, on average, can one fit onto it?

Thanks so much!
Rae

]]> By: Nick http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-76 Nick Sun, 31 May 2009 04:33:21 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-76 You can use any GPS software you want. I prefer TomTom. You can use any GPS software you want. I prefer TomTom.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-75 Ryan Sun, 31 May 2009 01:07:52 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-75 I'm not technically savy at all.. I bought the fuze yesturday and didn't realize the GPS is an extra cost thorugh ATT. Is there any way around paying for GPS? I’m not technically savy at all.. I bought the fuze yesturday and didn’t realize the GPS is an extra cost thorugh ATT. Is there any way around paying for GPS?

]]> By: Shaun Oleson http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-71 Shaun Oleson Tue, 19 May 2009 14:54:52 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-71 Thanks for the iPhone apps tip. It wasn't very clear that is how you remove the apps. Worked like a charm. I'll check out NATF's ROM, I haven't flashed the fuze with any ROMs other than the stock AT&T and the Test ROM that's currently out as I'm always concerned I'll damage the device beyond repair. Thanks for the advice and perhaps I'll flash my first cooked ROM shortly. Thanks for the iPhone apps tip. It wasn’t very clear that is how you remove the apps. Worked like a charm.

I’ll check out NATF’s ROM, I haven’t flashed the fuze with any ROMs other than the stock AT&T and the Test ROM that’s currently out as I’m always concerned I’ll damage the device beyond repair.

Thanks for the advice and perhaps I’ll flash my first cooked ROM shortly.

]]> By: Nick http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-59 Nick Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:51:39 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-59 Thanks for your comment Shaun! You actually can delete apps from the iPhone. Tap and hold any icon on the phone until they all start to jiggle. This allows you to re-arrange the icons, and for apps you have installed it also puts a little X in the corner. Tap the X of the icon and it will delete the app. When you're done moving or deleting apps, push the home button to stop them all from jiggling. I completely agree on your 2nd point. Having no background ability is incredibly frustrating. The Fuze has a very nice multi tasking ability. I've had at least 5 or 6 programs open before, switching between them all, with no problems. It makes doing things much easier and much faster. I'm sure you'll love the Fuze, and I do recommend NATF's rom I linked in my article. It runs very well and I've been very happy with it. Thanks for your comment Shaun!
You actually can delete apps from the iPhone. Tap and hold any icon on the phone until they all start to jiggle. This allows you to re-arrange the icons, and for apps you have installed it also puts a little X in the corner. Tap the X of the icon and it will delete the app. When you’re done moving or deleting apps, push the home button to stop them all from jiggling.

I completely agree on your 2nd point. Having no background ability is incredibly frustrating. The Fuze has a very nice multi tasking ability. I’ve had at least 5 or 6 programs open before, switching between them all, with no problems. It makes doing things much easier and much faster.

I’m sure you’ll love the Fuze, and I do recommend NATF’s rom I linked in my article. It runs very well and I’ve been very happy with it.

]]> By: Shaun Oleson http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/2009/04/att-fuze-vs-iphone/#comment-58 Shaun Oleson Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:45:32 +0000 http://www.nicholasoverstreet.com/?p=271#comment-58 I'm upgrading from an AT&T Tilt to the HTC Fuze this week and my wife already has the iPhone. I have to say with her iPhone, there are a couple issues that tend to bother me. One of which is removing apps from the device. You have to connect it to a computer, delete the apps via itunes and then re-sync the device. When trying out new apps, this is a bit annoyiong. Second, is the having to close the application every time you want to open another. If I am playing a game or browsing the internet and I get a text message, I don't want to close the game, find the messaging app, open it, read the message, close the messaging app and re-open the game/safari. Good article, it just re-assures me that the Fuze was a good choice for my needs. Unfortunately I don't have feedback on the Fuze experience yet, but WinMo isn't bad if you clean up your install and configure it as suits your needs. I’m upgrading from an AT&T Tilt to the HTC Fuze this week and my wife already has the iPhone. I have to say with her iPhone, there are a couple issues that tend to bother me. One of which is removing apps from the device. You have to connect it to a computer, delete the apps via itunes and then re-sync the device. When trying out new apps, this is a bit annoyiong.

Second, is the having to close the application every time you want to open another. If I am playing a game or browsing the internet and I get a text message, I don’t want to close the game, find the messaging app, open it, read the message, close the messaging app and re-open the game/safari.

Good article, it just re-assures me that the Fuze was a good choice for my needs. Unfortunately I don’t have feedback on the Fuze experience yet, but WinMo isn’t bad if you clean up your install and configure it as suits your needs.

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