The Windows Mobile browser market is getting awful crowded lately, and the latest entrant brings a little Apple to the mix -- the Iris browser, from Torch Mobile, is based on WebKit, the same KHTML-derived rendering engine in Safari. We won't know how it compares to the iPhone's Mobile Safari until we get a chance to play with it, of course, but with support for touch, rotation, tabbed browsing and multiple windows, a customizable interface, and Netscape plugins, it's safe to say that we'll be keeping an eye on this one. If you're feeling brave, the preview release is available just beyond the read link. - Engadet.com
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This would be a great integration with the custom ROM's.
Jibreil said:
This would be a great integration with the custom ROM's.
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Looks like you are a msmobiles.com viewer
Link to official site.
http://torchmobile.com/
Any ideas what gestures work with this?
I tried a couple of Iphone ones (double tap & moving fingers apart) but they don't seem to do much except activate the Cube on my Vario III. Will we have to disable the cube?
Can't find much help on Torchmobile's website, either.
totallytechie said:
Any ideas what gestures work with this?
I tried a couple of Iphone ones (double tap & moving fingers apart) but they don't seem to do much except activate the Cube on my Vario III. Will we have to disable the cube?
Can't find much help on Torchmobile's website, either.
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that's multitouch (hardware). Kaiser doesn't have that.
you want to tell me the kaiser is unable to understand a dual touch command? (two motions on seperate parts of the screen) that has got to be software controlled not hardware no?
I installed it, and sure it renders nicely, but it's painfully slow.
manimore said:
you want to tell me the kaiser is unable to understand a dual touch command? (two motions on seperate parts of the screen) that has got to be software controlled not hardware no?
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I believe it's a limitation of the hardware. You know...one set of input signals at a time and all...
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This would be a great integration with the custom ROM's.
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No screenshots?
Thanks for all the helpful, positive replies everyone, but going back to my original question...
Does anyone know what gestures *do* work with this.
Have tried it - and it stinks. Slow - no fancy features. Nothing. Its very far from being any use. Maybe in a "real" and finished version. Even IE Mobile is better...
But good to share the link - we must try new stuff..
I used it for about 10 sec. bweeeeeeeh...
manimore said:
you want to tell me the kaiser is unable to understand a dual touch command? (two motions on seperate parts of the screen) that has got to be software controlled not hardware no?
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Not at all!
That's entirely hardware!
The kaiser (as with nearly every other touch screen of the sort) can only respond to one point of touch. The touch film acts as two giant resistors (x coordinate and y coordinate), and and as such, has a hardware limitation of only one input coordinate.
There is a relatively new technology called a capacitive touchscreen, which is used in the iphone and allows for multiple points of input.
Martinhdk said:
Have tried it - and it stinks. Slow
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Same here, really really slow for me. Had to soft reset on the first use and that was only in Google.
Uninstalling now...
agreenagent said:
Not at all!
That's entirely hardware!
The kaiser (as with nearly every other touch screen of the sort) can only respond to one point of touch. The touch film acts as two giant resistors (x coordinate and y coordinate), and and as such, has a hardware limitation of only one input coordinate.
There is a relatively new technology called a capacitive touchscreen, which is used in the iphone and allows for multiple points of input.
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very enlightening, i was under a similar impression... although, with the limit of how slow the touch renenderingas is... maybe we should focus on how to make this more responsive lol... (i know, we're missing drivers) and then from there... maybe instead of using two points of recognition... maybe we can do something similar to the picsel browser using a double tap... that was very effective.
PIE and Opera are way better
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PIE and Opera are way better
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I would put Netfront up there too.
download: http://www.4shared.com/file/37473172/815b172c/NetFront_3_5.html?dirPwdVerified=745d7988
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I posted this over at HoFo but figured a few may enjoy it here too...
I started playing with the CoolCamera software by Ateksoft and realized that it can act as a wireless webcam.
So....
I loaded it up on my T-Mobile Dash, configured it to connect to my home PC by forwarding port 2047 on my router to a spare PC. I installed the PC webcam software on that PC, but also installed Microsoft Windows Media Encoder v9.
I set the encoder to stream from a device, and selected Coolcamera from the device list (since I had installed the camera SW it added a driver for it) and then set it to "content is pulled" and opened another port on my firewall for the outgoing stream, and started the encoder.
So now anytime I want I can launch Cool Camera on my phone, and whatever the webcam sees, can also be watched by anybody with a PC by opening WM and pointing it to my home URL (which is through DynDNS so no IP required) "http://mycoolcamera.dyndns.org:1043" or if you don't use a DNS service "http://192.168.0.1:1043" or whatever your external router IP is.
Not sure what good it is, it's very slow over Edge, more like a slideshow than video, works a bit better over WiFi, but lacks audio, and isn't a very good picture either way.
It is however pretty cool to know I could prop up my phone anywhere and see what it's seeing from any PC, anywhere, anytime. It also shows you what you can do with these devices, some free software (the demo camera app will run for 25 secs. at a time) and a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-JMS
Yup, CoolCamera is GREAT. I've also published several articles on it; see for example http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/in...icle_on_ateksoft_coolcam&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 and http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=970&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
yeah. I second that... coolcamera is great. really worth it's price, way better then the builtin software
_Nomad_ said:
yeah. I second that... coolcamera is great. really worth it's price, way better then the builtin software
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Ok, what am I missing? The screen is less cluttered, but I could not find:
1) a help file or manual?
2) a way to quickly/easily toggle the flash on and off
3) anything really standout - what's great about it for you?
-the menu system is fairly non-intuitive - touch screen to bring it up, then use cursor keys to move/select????
-menu system hiccups - like blank lines you have to skip over when given the choice of post-picture options (save, discard, etc)
-very limited key mappings (e.g. no way I saw to map things like flash enable/disable)
-still susceptible to the "I changed from camera to video camera by accidentally touching the cursor keys" problem
Honestly, unless I can find some documentation and functionality, it looks like a nice freeware app, but no way it's worth $18 at this point.
I didn't try CoolCapture - which you don't seem to be able to avoid loading - or CoolWebWhatever - which is of mild interest (and maybe included if you purchase before Friday?)
Richard
What a wonderful software! Just tried out WebCamera Plus. Works great with my messenger..! Thanks for this thread OP.
btw, I have HTC Prophet (O2 XDA Neo)
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-very limited key mappings (e.g. no way I saw to map things like flash enable/disable)
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Yup, it doesn't support flash in many models, as has also been pointed out in my review.
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Yup, it doesn't support flash in many models, as has also been pointed out in my review.
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Not my point, sorry - it DOES support the TyTN/Hermes flash, but the enable/disable switch is buried several levels deep in a menu. Anyone using a point and shoot camera would expect to find a simple one-button switch to enable/disable the flash - I expect the same here, and didn't find it.
Richard
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Ok, what am I missing?
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FWIW, this wasn't intended sarcastically - I honestly figure if so many people love this and I don't, then I must be missing something....
Richard
rsolomon said:
Ok, what am I missing? The screen is less cluttered, but I could not find:
1) a help file or manual?
2) a way to quickly/easily toggle the flash on and off
3) anything really standout - what's great about it for you?
-the menu system is fairly non-intuitive - touch screen to bring it up, then use cursor keys to move/select????
-menu system hiccups - like blank lines you have to skip over when given the choice of post-picture options (save, discard, etc)
-very limited key mappings (e.g. no way I saw to map things like flash enable/disable)
-still susceptible to the "I changed from camera to video camera by accidentally touching the cursor keys" problem
Honestly, unless I can find some documentation and functionality, it looks like a nice freeware app, but no way it's worth $18 at this point.
I didn't try CoolCapture - which you don't seem to be able to avoid loading - or CoolWebWhatever - which is of mild interest (and maybe included if you purchase before Friday?)
Richard
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Well... My main reason would be the greater speed when using the camera. For me the htc camera app will need about 8 seconds from the time that I start the app to when I have an actual picture. Coolcamera cuts this down to about 2 seconds. And I love the fact that it automatically changes to night mode in low light conditions. The added quality settings is also something I find very useful and I overall find it to be a much more capable camera app then the htc one.
Hope that clarifies it a little
ugh.
how to connect my PC to CoolCamera?(my WM Device)
I can't get it to capture my phones screen as a webcam on my touch pro2, it says camera and camera+
I searched but didn't find anything on this...
With the pending launch of the Fuze on ATT, I am really considering making the switch.
Of course, I depend on a full slate of third party apps including PI8, Core Player, Pocket Breeze and Pocket Weather. Yes, I understand that I'll have to turn of Touch Flo to run plug-in apps like these and phoneAlarm. I wonder what impact the VGA has.
Are there apps you used on your Kaiser, that you can't use on your Touch Pro because of the screen resolution?
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I searched but didn't find anything on this...
With the pending launch of the Fuze on ATT, I am really considering making the switch.
Of course, I depend on a full slate of third party apps including PI8, Core Player, Pocket Breeze and Pocket Weather. Yes, I understand that I'll have to turn of Touch Flo to run plug-in apps like these and phoneAlarm. I wonder what impact the VGA has.
Are there apps you used on your Kaiser, that you can't use on your Touch Pro because of the screen resolution?
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Not many. I'd say the only apps you can't run are Skyfire and very pelicular business related apps. Like a CAD app I saw somewhere for PPC.
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Not many. I'd say the only apps you can't run are Skyfire and very pelicular business related apps. Like a CAD app I saw somewhere for PPC.
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skyfire works fine its just when you switch from landscape to portrait there are problems. if you leave it whichever direction you start it in its ok
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skyfire works fine its just when you switch from landscape to portrait there are problems. if you leave it whichever direction you start it in its ok
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Really? From the skyfire forums, I've gathered that it only runs on a quarter of the screen for vga devices.
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Really? From the skyfire forums, I've gathered that it only runs on a quarter of the screen for vga devices.
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somsone posted on here that it worked
i most certainly coudl be wrong though. they need to hurry up and do a vga version especially since the beta is now open
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Are there apps you used on your Kaiser, that you can't use on your Touch Pro because of the screen resolution?
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For me there wasn't!
I even us an extremely old IP calculator which was written for windows mobile 2003 and it works like a charm. Which is good because I couldn't find any other IP calculator ;-)
IMO you will be very unlucky nower days to suffer from apps that are not displaying right on the new screen size...
I remember of the days of the ipaq 4700's.... now that was painful as it was one of the first devices (bar Toshiba) that used a res different than 320x240.
Imp
Hi,
look in the topic. The ps1 emu is out. It is with special hd 2 support.
Merry X-Ma.
Bye
Baris
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Hi,
look in the topic. The ps1 emu is out. It is with special hd 2 support.
Merry X-Ma.
Bye
Baris
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Are you seriously taking the piss!!! You have started a new thread just to tell people to go and find the original thread!!!!!!!
Mod please delete this thread, it is a waste of time and space.
Woohoo!!! Well I for one only browse the leo forums and I wouldnt have know, so thanks!!!
This is the best news for Windows mobile ever! Thanks for this post, I check the other forum but wasn't expecting already!
Holy Crap thanks info!#[email protected]!
at least say which topic !!!
I installed this onto my HD2, tried running a .bin file on my SD card but it loads the ps startup screen then it just exits the app. Could someone please let me know how to get this working?
The emulator is install on my device, I put the SCPH1001.BIN file in the BIOS directory and I'm trying to run the games off my SD card. I have to view all files when opening the games mind. I don't know why because they are .bin files.
What the hell is the special HD2 support the OP is mentioning?
not sure, its definetly hard to use on the HD2 the buttons are all tiny, and the screen taps on register if you swipe
Could someone please right up a step by step on how they got it to work on their phone. I'm having trouble starting it up.
Thanks for the tip on swiping accross the virtual buttons, I couldn't get it to work at first...
and I can't map hardware keys...
Okay, one of the developers of fpsece bought one week ago a htc leo, to fit fpsce to this device. Multitouch isn't implemented yet, but will come. G-Sensor support will come too.
Download the manual, read the manual and then plz ask specific questions. On my leo fpsece is running like hell.
Maybe i can help a little bit.
nice release, but the wiping issue makes it quite unusable. can't get any virtual analogsticks to run either, and the individual direction buttons are too unpractical without multitouch :-/
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Okay, one of the developers of fpsece bought one week ago a htc leo, to fit fpsce to this device. Multitouch isn't implemented yet, but will come. G-Sensor support will come too.
Download the manual, read the manual and then plz ask specific questions. On my leo fpsece is running like hell.
Maybe i can help a little bit.
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mind posting your fpse.ini?
I use the standard fpse.ini. In the fpsece forum there is a optimized fpse.ini, so fas as i understood. So no magic. Use the bios version 1001.
U get used to the buttons. U can also use the multikey option. Mutikey means, that if you press your screen two buttons will react.
Configuring the keys needs a litte bit of your time. So u can adjust what will happen if u touch your screen. Wether one touch one hit or one touch enables the key until another one is touched. Final fantasy 7 is a joy with the new emu
hmmm... i noticed pinch to zoom is on in FPSE and I do have BsB tweaks installed, but I can't find the FPSE name under the pinch to zoom list in order to disable it.
Could this be causing the swiping issue for virtual buttons? Can anyone that doesn't have pinch to zoom activated confirm this?
anybody has onscreen button reacting lag?
yep, just played a little more with it and the wiping issue and button lag is the same. takes ~1 second for any onscreen button to react.
tried deactivating the pinch to zoom through the blacklist key in the registry, but didn't work - its still active.
tried FF7, but cant get past the introscreen ... start button isn't working.
hope it will be fixed soon... and with multitouch, i will be so happy, that i will jump 3 meters high it is running great on HD2, just few more things
It is very very strange that we are having these issues, because the developer himself has one so surely he can't be having a fun time with it with all the issues?
The buttons actually seem to work as long as you set them to toggle on when you press.
I was on Twitter, and people were discussing some of the biggies of Windows Mobile 7, with some rumors and all.
One of the things mentioned was hand gestures. I was curious about this, and thought about my Fuze's ambient light sensor, so I thought I'd give this a shot
It's proof of concept, but what do you guys think?
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_JAFskYwME
Nice work!!!
Impressive! I see you're using only vertical gestures in the video but I suppose horizontal gestures would be possible too?
It looks like this is running on Windows Mobile 6.5 with TF3D2? I don't know if that effects things - I'm on stock WinMo 6.1 with TF3D1 but would be interested in trying out something like this. I'm a noob at serious development but I'd be happy to help test if at all needed.
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Impressive! I see you're using only vertical gestures in the video but I suppose horizontal gestures would be possible too?
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Well, it's complicated. I'm going to work on designing some more gestures, but all the device can see is that SOMETHING went over it, it can't tell direction, size, etc. So really it's a pattern issue.
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It looks like this is running on Windows Mobile 6.5 with TF3D2? I don't know if that effects things - I'm on stock WinMo 6.1 with TF3D1 but would be interested in trying out something like this. I'm a noob at serious development but I'd be happy to help test if at all needed.
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Windows Mobile 6.5.3, using HTC Sense. However, none of that really matters, because it is simply simulating key press's.
I'll work on it a bit today, and hopefully release a build with more than one gesture, for people to play with.
Cheers!
Here's a zip file with the EXE and DLL in it, copy them onto your device and run them.
It's glitchy, and BY NO MEANS ready for normal use, but it's a pretty good Proof of Concept.
http://windowsphonehacker.jaxbot.com/files/Gestures.zip
I gave this a try but didn't have much success. A few times (maybe 4 or 5) it did move as though up/down were pressed but I wasn't able to find a way to duplicate it. I tried different lighting, speeds, and directions but to no effect. I've tinkered with the sensitivity too.
Is there any particular place to which these 2 files should be copied? I had them in a folder in \Program Files\ and also \Windows\
I do have the KforTouchPro_v1.0.0.3 driver installed so I can make the hard keys. (showthread.php?p=2791652). I don't know if this would make a difference.
My Touch Pro is a CDMA phone with Telus up in Canada, FYI.
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I gave this a try but didn't have much success. A few times (maybe 4 or 5) it did move as though up/down were pressed but I wasn't able to find a way to duplicate it. I tried different lighting, speeds, and directions but to no effect. I've tinkered with the sensitivity too.
Is there any particular place to which these 2 files should be copied? I had them in a folder in \Program Files\ and also \Windows\
I do have the KforTouchPro_v1.0.0.3 driver installed so I can make the hard keys. (showthread.php?p=2791652). I don't know if this would make a difference.
My Touch Pro is a CDMA phone with Telus up in Canada, FYI.
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As I said, it's highly proof of concept and extremely hard to use. I have a higher success rate, simply because I know all the timings.
Where you copy doesn't matter, I like mid-sensitivity and a wave that allows my arm to fully block out light for a one-half to one-fourth of a second.
I'll try some more with it then. Actually, it was a bit annoying because my mom saw me waving my hands over the phone and when she tried it responded right away! But she wasn't able to get it to work a second time...
As I understand, I just run gesture.exe then I can open another program (like TouchFlo or the program folder) and then your program will emulate key presses as it detects the correct shadow patterns.
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I'll try some more with it then. Actually, it was a bit annoying because my mom saw me waving my hands over the phone and when she tried it responded right away! But she wasn't able to get it to work a second time...
As I understand, I just run gesture.exe then I can open another program (like TouchFlo or the program folder) and then your program will emulate key presses as it detects the correct shadow patterns.
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Yes, that is how it works. On the screen (after opening Gesture.exe), there's some numbers, Cur and Avg. What range are they in? It might be too dark where you are for it to see a difference.
Any update on this?
Ty
madsurfer1 said:
Any update on this?
Ty
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I've been a little preoccupied lately (school...), but so far it seems it's a bit too unpredictable. Not to mention it requires a lot of light.
I'll mess around with it and see if I can't get some better results.
Anyone else got the ChaCha yet?
Picked one up for my wife yesterday and I have to say I'm quite impressed. Solid build, nice weight, quite speedy too.
Has the Sense 3.0 lockscreen with shortcuts. No Weather\Stocks\Friendstream on the lockscreen though, just a background.
Also comes with a HTC version of Facebook chat, seems ok but can just use the inbuilt chat in the facebook app if you prefer.
Facebook integration is pretty tight, the same as with the other HTC Sense handsets. The Facebook button is quite handy and cool for uploading photos to facebook.
Will update further once we've played with it a bit more
yes
just bought one for myself as I need a keyboard (white/silver)
basically screen looks like wildfire S. very sharp
keyboard is excellent
and surprised there is forward facing camera and radio
signal quality is good and phone quality is good
even the charger is white
very nice so far
please keep updates coming
Thanks both - please keep updating us on your experiences
can't wait to play with my htc chacha..i do expecte to have it delivered by royal mail in 1 week.
ChaCha is nice!
I had same feeling. ChaCha is nice. I did not expect the keyboard is so good.
I installed Morelocale2 for Japanese use.
Japanese font is installed, and Open Wnn worked smoothly with the hardware keyboard.
It may replace my Blackberry Torch.
Further usage continues positive impressions.
Personally I wouldn't have bothered with the camber in the middle for aesthetic reasons. However for ergonomic purposes it is positive, in that it puts the screen at a better viewing angle when holding it and also wraps to your ear more nicely when making calls.
I would also have made the facebook button a more general assignable button, perhaps that will come with software
Its nice to have real "make" and "cancel" call buttons. This is always much better for people using their phones to actually make calls but seems to have been dropped on virtually all new iOS, Android and WP7 touch smartphones now.
For folk who thing this is a generic Android implementation, its not, its been tweaked alot for a landscape screen. HTC have obviously thought about how the device will be used and it has lessons learned from the excellent S620 and SNAP.
As well as sense and the display being optimised for landscape, window 1 is now the furthest left of the horzontal scroll (to go to different windows). I prefer this over the standard Android where extra windows are to the left and the right of the main windows.
Marketplace is also adapted for the size of the screen and landscape.
Note that by default, the web browser and other apps hides the status line on the top. thisis a good thing, as its a waste of space (maybe learnt from WP7 which has the perfect hidding of status symbols from permanent display !!!).
So far can continue to confirm that all radios (bluetooth, wifi and 3G) work well and calls are clear. Data also seems to be fine, marginally ahead of my Desire S in terms of keeping the signal (perhaps this is an illusion).
There IS an accelerometer, but most built-in apps seem to ignore it. e.g. the web browser does not go to portrait if you tilt the screen. It also seems that the orientation for portrait is not currently picked up by most market place apps/games. i.e. install "sky ball". You will see that to control the running ball you need to tilt left and right, but on the ChaCha, you need to tilt back and front. Clearly the game is not playable like this.
On the subject of "auto-rotate" screen, I have just found an option in the display settings called "auto rotate screen - after market downloaded applications"
I can confirm when ticking this box, most of my downloaded applications auto-rotate when I turn the phone. however this does not effect built in applications (e.g. mail, web browser, etc.)
some other things to note:
1. Chacha has 800mhz new design cpu (faster then 600mhz one in salsa and wildfire S)
2. Chacha does have an FM radio (bizzarely many previews on the internet say it hasn't)
3. The camera is 5mp with face detection and flash.
4. Note that with the latest version of Android (on the ChaCha - 2.3.3) you can move most applications you install from the marketplace to the SD card. so internal memory is not really an issue.
Lastly the keyboard is nice to use. Each key is spaced nicely and has a positive click
rgds
colonel said:
Further usage continues positive impressions.
Personally I wouldn't have bothered with the camber in the middle for aesthetic reasons. However for ergonomic purposes it is positive, in that it puts the screen at a better viewing angle when holding it and also wraps to your ear more nicely when making calls.
I would also have made the facebook button a more general assignable button, perhaps that will come with software
Its nice to have real "make" and "cancel" call buttons. This is always much better for people using their phones to actually make calls but seems to have been dropped on virtually all new iOS, Android and WP7 touch smartphones now.
For folk who thing this is a generic Android implementation, its not, its been tweaked alot for a landscape screen. HTC have obviously thought about how the device will be used and it has lessons learned from the excellent S620 and SNAP.
As well as sense and the display being optimised for landscape, window 1 is now the furthest left of the horzontal scroll (to go to different windows). I prefer this over the standard Android where extra windows are to the left and the right of the main windows.
Marketplace is also adapted for the size of the screen and landscape.
Note that by default, the web browser and other apps hides the status line on the top. thisis a good thing, as its a waste of space (maybe learnt from WP7 which has the perfect hidding of status symbols from permanent display !!!).
So far can continue to confirm that all radios (bluetooth, wifi and 3G) work well and calls are clear. Data also seems to be fine, marginally ahead of my Desire S in terms of keeping the signal (perhaps this is an illusion).
There IS an accelerometer, but most built-in apps seem to ignore it. e.g. the web browser does not go to portrait if you tilt the screen. It also seems that the orientation for portrait is not currently picked up by most market place apps/games. i.e. install "sky ball". You will see that to control the running ball you need to tilt left and right, but on the ChaCha, you need to tilt back and front. Clearly the game is not playable like this.
some other things to note:
1. Chacha has 800mhz new design cpu (faster then 600mhz one in salsa and wildfire S)
2. Chacha does have an FM radio (bizzarely many previews on the internet say it hasn't)
3. The camera is 5mp with face detection and flash.
4. Note that with the latest version of Android (on the ChaCha - 2.3.3) you can move most applications you install from the marketplace to the SD card. so internal memory is not really an issue.
Lastly the keyboard is nice to use. Each key is spaced nicely and has a positive click
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MANY thanks my friend - great info!
Where in London did you buy it from? I'm thinking of picking it up at the Carphone Warehouse sim-free today (8 June)
Do you find the screen is too small? The chacha resolution is better than other similar phones such as Samsung Galaxy Pro and Acer Betouch E210 (I returned the Acer cause I found it hard to read web pages etc on its resolution).
How is the battery life? Do you think it'll last a day?
Sorry for all questions!
colonel said:
Further usage continues positive impressions.
Its nice to have real "make" and "cancel" call buttons. This is always much better for people using their phones to actually make calls but seems to have been dropped on virtually all new iOS, Android and WP7 touch smartphones now.
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EDIT - pls ignore I quickly read they weren't used to make calls, but VERY glad they are
Cheers!
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MANY thanks my friend - great info!
Where in London did you buy it from? I'm thinking of picking it up at the Carphone Warehouse sim-free today (8 June)
Do you find the screen is too small? The chacha resolution is better than other similar phones such as Samsung Galaxy Pro and Acer Betouch E210 (I returned the Acer cause I found it hard to read web pages etc on its resolution).
How is the battery life? Do you think it'll last a day?
Sorry for all questions!
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I bought from carphonewarehouse simfree on cheapside it was £229
The battery seems the same as the Desire S. i.e. 2 days if you don't use, 1-1.5 days if you get email & browse
The screen is small (2.6"). I bought this over the samsung galaxy pro due to the 480x320 resolution. Its a sacrifice for this type of device, however the resolution is fine (same as HTC Legend, etc.)
Hi All,
My wife has noticed an annoying bug, can someone check for us to see if it s common bug or just our very own
When typing in Gtalk or SMS and a smiley is used, it can turn blue, enlarge a little and stay on the screen with no way to get it off (reboot phone)
anyone else seen this? I haven't done any of the obvious things yet such as uninstall Gtalk and re-install or do a factory reset
leon5373 said:
I had same feeling. ChaCha is nice. I did not expect the keyboard is so good.
I installed Morelocale2 for Japanese use.
Japanese font is installed, and Open Wnn worked smoothly with the hardware keyboard.
It may replace my Blackberry Torch.
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Wow! It's so nice.
Please tell me how the Japanese font is.
Is it a CJK one?
raikesy said:
Hi All,
My wife has noticed an annoying bug, can someone check for us to see if it s common bug or just our very own
When typing in Gtalk or SMS and a smiley is used, it can turn blue, enlarge a little and stay on the screen with no way to get it off (reboot phone)
anyone else seen this? I haven't done any of the obvious things yet such as uninstall Gtalk and re-install or do a factory reset
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I haven't used gtalk. When you say smiley with SMS, just tried from SYM key. Doesn't seem to do this, but just text, i.e. : )
colonel said:
I haven't used gtalk. When you say smiley with SMS, just tried from SYM key. Doesn't seem to do this, but just text, i.e. : )
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Ah right - Not sure about the SMS just what she told me over the phone. I've walked her through a factory reset and all seems OK at the moment. If it returns I'll uninstall Gtalk and put it back on.
What software version is everyone on? I notice the latest update is 1.18.401.1 but I'm sure my wife's is still on 1.17 I tried to initiate an update last night but was told it's up to date.
raikesy said:
Ah right - Not sure about the SMS just what she told me over the phone. I've walked her through a factory reset and all seems OK at the moment. If it returns I'll uninstall Gtalk and put it back on.
What software version is everyone on? I notice the latest update is 1.18.401.1 but I'm sure my wife's is still on 1.17 I tried to initiate an update last night but was told it's up to date.
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mine is 1.15.401.2
its a generic non-branded one
mine also says up-to-date when I check software
colonel said:
mine is 1.15.401.2
its a generic non-branded one
mine also says up-to-date when I check software
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1.15 - that's the one, ours is on that also.
Can the ChaCha record HD Video?
Nice phone indeed! Good quality.
My call and end buttons dont work! Can anyone help please?
Just picked up mine yesterday and I'm absolutely loving the keyboard!
I came from an HTC Tattoo as I was finding it increasing frustrating to type on a touchscreen. I guess I'm a physical keyboard guy!
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hanybanoub said:
Nice phone indeed! Good quality.
My call and end buttons dont work! Can anyone help please?
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FYI for others: Took it back and they gave me another...apparently the first batch sometimes is buggy.
Buttons now work
Good phone for facebook fan.