What is the best phone for 2011

Last week I had to demo GPS to a new user to show that startup time is not an issue. The cold start time is annoying to those that don't know what is going on.
Bob

I have lived on this site since I got my first Droid (went through 10 of them! LOL). Here's a link to the GPS thread for the Samsung Fascinate: http://androidforums.com/samsung-fascinate/187596-all-things-gps.html

The cold start time can be very annoying. In addition to that, there is some issue sometimes with accuracy. Within that thread, a couple users mention a GPS app that can be downloaded to tell you how accurate your GPS is.

For daily use, I use an app called Waze; it's a social GPS app, so it's really just useful and fun. (check it out at Waze.com) Anyway, when I'm using it, it shows me right where I should be on the map. However, my boyfriends likes to "ping" (message) me on it when he's getting close to home in the afternoon, and often times, he says it looks like I'm sitting in the middle of the park (I live near a large park in our city) or I'm a block away from home. So, that's a little odd. IDK if that's something wrong with Waze or with my GPS though. I know if we're in the car together, our waze avatars are about 1/2 block apart even though we're in the same spot.

From what I read in the android forums, whenever us Galaxy S users FINALLY get Froyo (Android 2.2), it should fix our GPS issues...I think. Of course, we're still desperately waiting for it! LOL

I hope I've helped a little. But definitely check out the thread!

I'm finding some to be miffed over the 5 meter or so that we expect from GPS.

Let me reveal I'm involved in embedded GPS so I can talk about jitter, accuracy, cold, warm, hot starts and more. But what I find are folk that don't want to know or their eyes glaze over.

But beyond all that there is a TRICK used in car GPS to mitigate the errors. It's very simple yet you don't see it written up too often. Ready? Take the gps location and snap it to the nearest street on your map.

The handheld GPS I see in the droids don't do that and it's VERY NICE they didn't as it works better for those that are hiking.

But no where do I see a document telling "HOW IT ALL WORKS."
Bob

how do I do that? (take gps location and snap it to the nearest street on my map)

yeah, I'm one of those that gets the glazed over look! ROFL I read all of this and I'm trying to understand it. I'm a very bright person and work with a lot of technology and can understand almost anything, but when I'm in these forums and I'm reading about the GPS stuff and the rooting of the phones and ROMS and stuff, my brain just kinda quits working! LOL

Now I get what you want. You want it to work like the common tom-tom or garmin CAR GPS.

Post 623 (six hundred and twenty three) finally snaps to this feature and it's not one I've gone looking for.

Let's hope you are not talking about the initial bug talked about at http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/171165-response-atts-executive-response-team-over-fcc-gps-complaint.html
Bob

Sorry, but post 623 of http://androidforums.com/samsung-vibrant/187591-all-things-gps-13.html has the snap feature noted.

I haven't gone looking for app for that.
Bob

i cant believe that this nonsence is still floating around. the Galaxy Class Phones from Samsung are by far up or above the best named phones.i Have a Samsung Fascinate and wouldnt trade it for anything on the market,, as for GPS its on the dime or closs enough.. you can actually see the curves in the road or trees etc ..depending on your viewing particulars. it can be themed and updated well before its time and the OTA aka:over the air update to froyo 2.2 took place a few months back. I must admit that with Verizon presently the service lacks something.
so say its because they are updating the 3G to 4G consumes a lot of work as the tractor trailer sized boxes presently have to be removed and the newer smaller boxes put in place. This should increase all verizon smart phone usages.
this memo is written 07/12/2011.. up to date.. i cant stand to read something of importance and find its months old or even last years events. i can speak for the fascinate..mine was dropped into the Tenn. Aquarium and my son dove head first retrieved it and i thought there goes my phone..welp I was up and running the same phone that night till present and its like a timex..takes a licking and keeps on tickin.. there are mods etc who've made upgrades to the phones if one so choses and their upgrades are sometimes far and above what could be expected.. as for the iphone.. it is no match against the Samsung Galaxy Class S smart phones.. i have yet to find anything it wont do except walk ...so the choses one makes ,,well,, everyone has an opinion..it Samsung Fascinate for me and hundreds more..also the upload/download speed is much faster than most of its competition..3 of us stood one day about 3 feet apart to dowwnload the same app and the fascinate was first to have the app and first to run the app..so chose well.. Samsung fascinate is sound durable and fast,,the hummingbird processor is much faster than some of the snapdragon processors in other phones..

I have the sprint nexus s ...its great runs smooth like an iPhone even faster..overall its a good phone slim design fits nice in your hand, the good would be the fast processor, runs 2.3 gingerbread, the UI runs quick and more smoothly, no lag for the most part runs videos Netflix and streams very well over the sprints network signal. Even faster over wifi .. the display is smiled and has great screen resolution .. along with a super amoled display ..4inch screen.. alot of great new apps with the gingerbread market.. navigation is a disappointment it dies not have sprint navigation, it comes with the Google navigation only which is not as great.. battery life is decent ...here's the bad.. no notification light to alert you of messages or calls,etc., takes forever to fully charge, only has a 5 MP camera and does have front facing camera for video calling. No SD expandable memory but does have internal 16 gb memory ..no visual voicemail you have to get one from the market ..wifi range is kinda glichy ..
overall there's no glitches with the software like I had with the htc evo 4g constantly so. I've come to the conclusion that its not only the software that matters but who manufactures the phone ..HTC I've always had problems with Samsung I haven't at all..
This is great phone if you don't mind some of the minor things its a great pick for you..lol

welp it seems you need to be told that if one purchases an item and that item does not do as described, take the thing back... and do not pay any early contract termination fees.
I am sure if you come on the web and started to get things organized , we could all swamp Verizon at once.. think about the lost revenue they would lose just by a drop in smart phone services,, plus theres a posibility that a Class Action Suit could be levied at Verizon.. i have decided to hang for a month then i will either remove myself from the contract termination fee or root this fascinate , some call it Jail Breaking. what i like about the rooting idea is that after a root ,,verizon no longer has control of the 3g usage. all of that adds that one could carry a laptop,set the phone for 3g and "wifi" day and night and verizon couldnt do anything to stop it unless one were to let Verizon have access to their phone. signed:Fed Up Vet. (last words) either something is , or it is not.

I have a samsung galaxy s2 and its incredible. The fastest phone i've used yet. Even faster than the iphone.