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Future X8 user (probably)

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Dexter_prog

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Hey there. I'm buying my first smartphone soon and the one that seems to best fit my budget is the X8 (I'm from Argentina, so phones are kinda expensive here). I'm actually between the X8 and the Samsung Galaxy 5 (AKA i5500 AKA 550). The only reason why I considered the Galaxy 5 is because it is upgradeable to Android 2.2 (without having to root it), but overall I like the X8 better (specially for the big screen).

So, I am concerned about internal memory. Since rooting the phone voids the warranty in my country, will I have any problems if I want to install apps (I don't care about games). I mean, will the internal memory suffice? I have read about move2sd and link2sd but, from what I understood, you have to root the phone to be able to use them. Or is there any way to install apps in the SD card without having to root it while having Android 2.1?
 
To be honest I used the handset for quite sometime and installed a fair few apps into the handset and never had an issue. I suppose that if you did go overboard with the application installs then this may be a problem.
 
I personally prefer to store the apps in the phone memory :) (it avoids a lot of reboots!)
The internal memory X8 offers is reasonable if your are not going to install each and every app available in the market. From your post, it's clear that you are not going to be a game enthusiastic and so the internal memory is sufficient for you :)
 
Cool, thanks for the replies guys. I've got a new question, is the rooted X8 with android 2.2 as functional as with 2.1? I've read that 2.3 screws the camera because of some incompatibility or something that's hard to code/write (not sure if it gets fully nonfunctional or just buggy, though), but I am wondering if 2.2 is as "complete" as 2.1.
 
Dexter_prog said:
Cool, thanks for the replies guys. I've got a new question, is the rooted X8 with android 2.2 as functional as with 2.1? I've read that 2.3 screws the camera because of some incompatibility or something that's hard to code/write (not sure if it gets fully nonfunctional or just buggy, though), but I am wondering if 2.2 is as "complete" as 2.1.
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The 2.2 roms work great, i didn't needed to root, but i want to try it just for giggles and i have to say i am very impressed with either Froyobread or Floyo, they
 
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