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The blackberry lineup is very solid, it is just simpler (calendar, web, email, music, small video screen, limited games).

There's an intriguing Blackberry slider phone making the rounds of the rumor mill:

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This is great:
Bacteria creates Bluetooth SNES controller, makes smartphone gamers drool (video) -- Engadget

But for those who want something simpler, you can use that original controller via bluetooth:
snesoid controller? - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum
DealExtreme: $24.28 MSI BGP100 Bluetooth Gamepad (1*AAA Battery Included)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIGqjS4956o]YouTube - FPSECE-HTC HD2 and MSI BGP100 Game Pad[/ame]

The only downside is you can't attach it to the device unless you have it in portrait mode.
 
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MaxBuck;1700475; said:
Just a followup - Verizon does not include any of its Android offerings among its phones approved for international use. Those are limited to the BlackBerry Tour, the HTC Touch2, and one other HTC Windows phone (forgot the name).
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Uhm, no, those are global phones, any country that supports CDMA can be setup to work internationally with your current device. I just got off the phone with Verizon, as I am going to South Korea, Hong Kong, and New Zealand over the next 2 months, and there was no issue, global phones are needed for dual band countries that don't support cdma only.
 
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OCBucksFan;1701144; said:
Uhm, no, those are global phones, any country that supports CDMA can be setup to work internationally with your current device. I just got off the phone with Verizon, as I am going to South Korea, Hong Kong, and New Zealand over the next 2 months, and there was no issue, global phones are needed for dual band countries that don't support cdma only.
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Good point. When I think international travel, I think Europe, which is GSM land. But not all travel, obviously, is to Europe.
 
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^^^Just messed around with that battery-charging thingy.

After the light turned green to indicate the battery was fully charged, I took the phone off the charger, turned it off, then put it back on the charger. The light was orange again and it didn't turn green for about 45 minutes after.

I've been messing around with my phone for about 20 minutes now (texting and a little bit of Pandora) and I'm still at 100%.


Nothing groundbreaking, but it used to go down to 90%-ish pretty rapidly after "fully" charging.
 
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Very interesting. When I first read that, I wondered how long you had charged it. This helped clear it up that it was overnight and still not fully charged
I, like many, suffer from battery depression. I've been scouring the forums and grasping at straws to figure out how I can improve battery life without cutting out features. I also ordered a new TP2 battery that should be here in a couple days. But today I decided to try something....

THE EXPERIMENT: I plugged in my phone last night and woke up this morning to a green LED. I turned my phone completely off and plugged it again. Alas, a red LED which did not turn green for another 20 mins. I then unplugged my phone and plugged it back in again; RED LED for another 20 mins! I did the same thing over, in total of 3 times.

RESULT: My battery right now is showing 98% after being off the charger for nearly 2 hours. It used to go to 90% in 10 mins!

Am I on to something here? I think this is more proof that the battery isn't being charged all the way, perhaps maybe only 70% of it's capacity on the initial charge. I am hoping that the battery "remembers" how full it can actually charge to so that I do not have to repeat all the steps above every time i charge the phone.


UPDATE 1: 5 Hours since charge - Battery is showing 88% . in this time I have had 3G on, browsed for about 20 mins, Pandora for another 20 mins and have been checking and sending email. Also checked some stocks.

UPDATE 2: 7 Hours since charge - Battery is showing 78%. Used google maps which required GPS. Talked on my bluetooth for about 1/2 hour. Sent some more email.
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When my "100% charged" phone was on and I unplugged & replugged in the power cord, it acted like it was fully charged.

When my "100% charged" phone was turned off and I un/replugged in the power cord, I was able to recharge it for 10-20 min multiple times already.
 
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Major upgrade in battery life. I usually was below a half charge by lunch. After 3 extra charges beyond a 'full' charge, I am still going tonight.
 
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We knew the Wii Controller Demo app (now known as "Wii Controller IME") was close to being able to interact with Android in a meaningful way, but we certainly didn't expect to see Average Joes playing Donkey Kong on their Nexus One devices this soon. Not that we're kvetching or anything -- and in fact, we'd argue that this landed at a perfect time for you hard-workin' Android owners to give this all a spin over the weekend. Jump on past the break for a look at the setup procedure as well as bona fide proof that a Wiimote and Android can indeed work together for the greater good. Mind those coconuts, though.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnVZgLPcq8U]YouTube - Playing games on the N1 with Wii Controller!!![/ame]
 
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jwinslow;1701659; said:
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If that the Wii controller had the bumpers (L&R) along with two four buttons on the right instead of two I'd go and buy that controller.

Edit: If the wii classic controller works this would be awesome. By the looks of this picture, it looks like it just plugs into the Wii remote.

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