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Originally Posted by Damion Chaplin
Nice review! I bought my Fuze from AT&T two weeks ago ($250 through the B2B site  ) and couldn't be happier.
I can't stress enough how much xda-developers helped me tame my unit. On their site are instructions for resetting the device so it won't install all the AT&T bloatware and installing the standard TouchFlo interface (the AT&T Fuze comes with a grey interface instead of the lovely black one shown here).
I can confirm that the FM radio software is not included with the Fuze. In addition, while the phone supports HSPA, AT&T has seen fit to disable it in their ROM. A simple registry hack fixes that though.
Also, hundreds of Fuze owners are living in eternal frustration with the internal GPS. Most can't get it to work at all. I was able to finally get mine working with TomTom 7 yesterday and noticed a full 6-second lag time while driving. 
The accelerometer is nice but it's easily confused. For example, I was browsing yesterday in Opera and sometimes even the slightest tilt to the side would make the screen orientation change. Then I would have to tilt it all the way horizontal, then back to vertical to get it to revert. Sometimes it seems not as sensitive and is easier to deal with.
On the plus side, I really prefer the keyboard layout of the Fuze. Yeah, it's a little annoying to FN every time you need a number, but for some reason I find myself using the punctuation marks more often anyway.
Again, nice review, Don! |
Thanks for the kind words, Damion....I'm actually 'gently' trying to convince my significant other that I REALLY need a new phone -- but she's not buying it just now.
As far as the GPS lag is concerned, I didn't notice a significant lag with OCN8, but you're right -- lots of people on the XDA-Developers Raphael forum have complained about it. From what I've heard lately tho, it seems there may be new ROMs available which if not fix, at least make it more manageable.