I can confirm that the Samsung Galaxy S2 also suffers from this.
Worse still, it's not just removing stock apps and loading Samsung ones, they've gone and removed the stock Android keyboard too.
My girlfriend hates the Samsung keyboard, and the only other alternative on the phone is Swype which she hates even more.
As a direct result of the keyboard not being the one she knew and loved her use of the phone has plummeted.
She still uses the phone, but not for anything that involves touching the keyboard. So SMS, email, web... all useless in her eyes. She uses maps still to see where she is, and she reads Twitter (but will wait until she's home to respond to things), but that's about it.
This current top of the range Android phone, with it's carrier dictated keyboard, has made the smartphone a paperweight that she lugs around just in case someone calls. She's even asked me if we can dig out the old Blackberry gathering dust in the shed just so that she can be in touch with people again.
I searched the Marketplace, but the Android stock keyboard isn't on there. So until I can afford a replacement for her, it looks like she'll just do all of her communication when she gets home each evening.
The big problem: As much as I explain this is the fault of Samsung, she just associates it to being an Android issue.
I'm just hoping it won't be too long before Cyanogen Mod is available for the S2 so that I can fix it for her.
As a Galaxy S user, I definitely agree that the default Samsung Keyboard is pretty much useless to type on, but doesn't the SII also come with Swype like the S?
searched the Marketplace, but the Android stock keyboard isn't on there.
It's called "Keyboard from Android 2.3" and it's being compiled and delivered by someone else than Google. Works fine though and lets you download dictionaries as you need them.
Worse still, it's not just removing stock apps and loading Samsung ones, they've gone and removed the stock Android keyboard too.
My girlfriend hates the Samsung keyboard, and the only other alternative on the phone is Swype which she hates even more.
As a direct result of the keyboard not being the one she knew and loved her use of the phone has plummeted.
She still uses the phone, but not for anything that involves touching the keyboard. So SMS, email, web... all useless in her eyes. She uses maps still to see where she is, and she reads Twitter (but will wait until she's home to respond to things), but that's about it.
This current top of the range Android phone, with it's carrier dictated keyboard, has made the smartphone a paperweight that she lugs around just in case someone calls. She's even asked me if we can dig out the old Blackberry gathering dust in the shed just so that she can be in touch with people again.
I searched the Marketplace, but the Android stock keyboard isn't on there. So until I can afford a replacement for her, it looks like she'll just do all of her communication when she gets home each evening.
The big problem: As much as I explain this is the fault of Samsung, she just associates it to being an Android issue.
I'm just hoping it won't be too long before Cyanogen Mod is available for the S2 so that I can fix it for her.