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MDA 4

http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/2823.html
T-Mobile MDA IV alias XDA 4 : processor XScale 624 MHz, UMTS (3G) + 4-band GSM, VGA display (not 320x240 as before but 640x480 as in current top models of non-phone Pocket PC devices), release date: first half of 2005.
would like to see a picture to see how they handled the being able to rotate the camera or if they have 2 cameras so you can make video phoning

LOL
That has been there even before the MDA III shipped
I dont think that the info there is accurate, but we'll see

Whatt????

t-mobile germany has made today a pressrelease:
both links are german but three photos
http://www.t-mobile.de/presse/ipk/mdaiv/1,8228,11677-_,00.html
http://www.pocketland.de/shownews.php?news_id=664
so, no 624MHz instead 520 ....
but the rest sounds interesting!

You can visit this site to see the new device.
(it is in english)
http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000090030074

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wow, that was fast! I did not expect an MDA 4 photo out so soon!

Hi one and all,
It's a nice pic of the unit, but it looks like hybrid of the Sony clie PEG-UX50 and a Danger Hiptop Sidekick. Since I have gotten used to my MDA III, I would'nt want to upgrade to PDA phone with something slightly bulkier and a unit that might not be that durable with all the swivels and hindges over a constant peroid of use. They should keep it pocket size, yet powerful with a faster processor and of course more memory and the most important thing...... Better and stable Bluetooth, Wifi and cell Radio. Anybody want to add to this? Cheers!
Shane

I just read about this. Wow factor aside, I don't think I shall be changing from my Magician any time soon. That thing has to be huge.

only 1 company yet here who offer utms
and thats 3 and their cover is poor when it comes to
utms and most people seem to spend most their time
on gsm
if i were to get a new device then i would get it to get utms mainly to get
faster internet since gprs is too slow for my patience

Why does our 6.1 have a different Today screen?

Hi, just wondering why all the ROMs on here for WM 6.1 don't use the new WM 6.1 Today screen seen elsewhere?
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See http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=225995&pg=0&s=1647&a=225987,00.asp for more.

This is just a guess, but the link you provided said that the device they were using was a "Samsung Blackjack II" which is a smartphone (non-touchscreen).

xanth said:
This is just a guess, but the link you provided said that the device they were using was a "Samsung Blackjack II" which is a smartphone (non-touchscreen).
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You are perfectly right.

Thats for Smartphone, not PocketPc.

Why not Pro? This looks pretty good!
Why wouldn't they make this available for Professional? This looks pretty good to me...just my opinion. Why would they make the smartphone version have functionality that the Pro. version can't have?

spizzo03 said:
Why wouldn't they make this available for Professional? This looks pretty good to me...just my opinion. Why would they make the smartphone version have functionality that the Pro. version can't have?
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Smartphone's handle Today screens very differently to PPCs. With a PPC, you have a theme that controls the background image and colours, then you have individual Today plug-ins that you can move and control independently.
With a Smartphone, you install the theme and that determines the background image, colour, and EVERYTHING that is displayed on the front screen - it sets where your unread messages notification goes, where your missed calls display, etc. You cannot install anything else onto your front screen, you'd have to make and install a different theme. This makes an integrated, attractive front screen easier to make on a Smartphone, but makes personalising yours a lot harder.
I think what MS is trying to do with this aspect of WM6.1 is make the Smartphone front end more user-friendly and, crucially, useful so you don't have to go delving into the menus to do things (that we can already do on PPCs by downloading a plug-in). I've reading this as MS's attempt to bring the Smartphone's front screen closer to the usablility of the PPC's, rather than it moving ahead.
[disclaimer] I haven't looked at a Smartphone since I moved from my Typhoon to my Magician, so it might've all changed since my day! [/disclaimer]

Here you can see the different devices thats running mobile 6.1
You see the TyTn II at 5 minutes

New Wikipedia mobile feature

Many of you probably use oldish Wapedia or awful mobile.wikipedia.org, but Wikipedia recently silently released new, improved mobile rendering - using it is simple, just insert "m" after the language, e.g.:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ - note the "m" added
(this will give you mobile version of today's English http://en.wikipedia.org/)
you can Google any wikipedia article and just add "m" to make it mobile, pics inside, but rendering is compatible to small screens.
Good luck saving that bandwidth!

oooooooooooo thanks
I actually use wikipedia all day long.

Cool
I was useing wikipedia today and like that site a lot!

Thx a lot! Great!

Have you guys checked out vtap? Go to m.vtap.com on your device and download the app.. It allows you to search and play videos from several different sites (not only youtube) and also has a wikipedia search that splits the wikipedia artictle into sections.
Very useful.

Thanks. Very nice find indeed. I'm a big wikipedia user.

wikipedia is one of my favourite one so good to hear about wikipedia.i am frequently used wikipedia ..thanks

it is strange how good this solution is, but I do not know how the feature is named, it is not advertised anywhere and only few people know about it - sad, as it works great!

Great this new mobile wikipedia version is really great and i was not knowing that about this before.
I am definitely going to try it...
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jsp_m said:
Wikipedia recently silently released new, improved mobile rendering - using it is simple, just insert "m" after the language, e.g.:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ - note the "m" added
(this will give you mobile version of today's English http://en.wikipedia.org/)
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This silent Wikipedia rendering enhancement targets a particular phone (guess which, it's name starts with i). If you change your browser user agent to the one of this particular phone, that is "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543 Safari/419.3", the "m" rendering kicks in automatically.

it is finally official: http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Mobile
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/beta_no_more_wikipedia_mobile_officially_launches.php
by using links, we re snatching product for iphone/android, but works great on WM

Newest Nokia WP7 leak.

Here is a little snippet from the article that you can find HERE
“Eldar Murtazin, the eternal Nokia antagonist, claims to have the inside scoop on Nokia’s current Windows Phone device plans while getting an early hands-on with a prototype. Besides demonstrating a natural extension of the Nokia naming strategy to accommodate the new Windows Phone devices, Eldar tells us that model W7 is built around an X7 hardware base while the new W8 handset is a variant of Nokia’s N8 cameraphone (conceptualized in the above pic). According to Eldar, all of Nokia’s WP prototypes are built upon Qualcomm chipsets per Microsoft’s requirement (and Nokia’s dismay). The W7 model is currently being used in-house for development purposes and will likely be the first to market, according to Eldar, with an 8 megapixel autofocus camera and flash.”
In the article you can see information about Dual core also, i mean if they dont put out dual core, they are gonna loose it.

I'm waiting for
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let me know when it comes out.

windows 7 on nokia phones is a good thought! But I think they should also have android phones...

I bet enthusiasts will install Android on the WP7 phones once they are out

The touchscreen and 2.X-hype has killed a lot of other features in cellphones. What happened to the real xenon based flash? Today, only Nokia use them in their cellphones and i H-A-T-E slowbian.

OakNinja said:
The touchscreen and 2.X-hype has killed a lot of other features in cellphones. What happened to the real xenon based flash? Today, only Nokia use them in their cellphones and i H-A-T-E slowbian.
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Well kinda agree with you

just say, i love android more.

Nice phones though Look nicer than their Symbian devices

Nokia could well be the solution to embracing the average consumer to WP7!
Still have my 3310 to this very day and it works 100% as well (despite pretty hard abuse - dropped down a full flight of stairs, case broke but easily replaced back in the day with a massive variety of available aftermarket ones)

[ROM] TabTronics FT10 rk3188 - Custom ROM Firmware

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If you have bought one of these tabs and are as unhappy about it as I was then read on.
THESE ARE IN NO WAY 'FLYTOUCH 10' MODELS!
I know what it says in the about page but anyone can spoof a model name in build.prop. These are in fact SuperPad 10s http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10-RK3188-quad-core-android-4_1622115746.html Look familiar?
TabTronics lie about the spec of these devices (NO GPS and only 1.4ghz NOT 1.6)! I got mine for free because they wanted me to keep my mouth shut about their false advertising. Just shows how dodgy some people can be.
Anyway, I now have a FREE rk3188 tab to play with. First off spec. The parts inside this tab seem to be a mix of rk3066 and rk3188 gear (Notice the Flytouch 9 is the same form factor and an rk3066?).
Ive seen 2 versions of this firmware now. the one it came with (which was a mix of an M8Pro and a TV stick firmware) and the one on their site (the better one).
Ive built a basic version of the firmware on the site and it runs well!
spec:
2Gb Internal storage (More games/apps) at the cost of external storage (12Gb Free)
De-Bloated
De-Odexed
init.d support
CWM Touch Recovery v6.0.3
Cant remember if its fully rooted but I can show you how if it isnt
Antutu score is around 18k depending on what im doing. Boot time seems to get longer and longer, not sure if its the apps im running or an issue with the firmware (more testing needed). I usually get above the Samsung S3 so that keeps me happy
I fully intend to develop this rom and maybe at some point expand it to other platforms. If anyone is interested in helping me with this project then please pm me
Anyway, here is the link, use batchtool and do a restore (may need to format the internal card on first boot), takes about 10 mins to do the initial setup so dont worry, it hasnt stalled
DOWNLOAD
I hope this helps someone somewhere get the best out of this device. Feel free to comment, good or bad
Cass