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Here's a company, that releases a product last year full of bugs. They get a ton of feedback on their internal support forum as to the problems. Initially, they try to work with the users, and are fairly responsive and acknowledge many of the problems.
Over the next 6 months, they relase version after version in an effort to squelch some of the turmoil on their forum, which meanwhile grows louder and louder.
Then, late this month, they release what they refer to as Rev 2 which is supposed to be a stable product. Only problem is that it is not a stable product - after just one day of casual use, it deleted 2 of my 3 email accounts!
Meanwhile, to sell more product and hush their users, they shut down their support forum, and now moderate the posts. What a scam!
So I post this here in an effort to warn as many as I can about making the same mistake I had made when I sent them my hard earned money expecting a working product...
I didn't like the product from day 1!! I used the latest version and still sucks. The built in PIM is good enough for me.
fone_fanatic said:
I didn't like the product from day 1!! I used the latest version and still sucks. The built in PIM is good enough for me.
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I've used both their products "Pocket Informant" & "Flexmail" from latest releases to the Betas. From my personal experience and preference, I've always installed Flexmail, tried it out to see if the bugs were fixed, then uninstalled it again at the end. Pocket Informant really never gave me any problems and its definately a great program if you have to manage your tasks daily or have many appointments and schedules to keep up with. If you dont then the normal default PIM will do for basice scheduling.
Hhhhmmmm interesting, contradicts completely what they say at Mobility Today...
http://mobilitytoday.com/articles/000221/windows_mobile_6_part_2
What other HTML email programs are out there?
I can't jump to Wm6 for it lol (X51v user )...
StellaDel said:
Hhhhmmmm interesting, contradicts completely what they say at Mobility Today...
http://mobilitytoday.com/articles/000221/windows_mobile_6_part_2
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That's one of my reasons for posting my experience.
I read a couple of positive reviews of FlexMail, and based on those purchased the product without doing a thorough evaluation myself, only to find the software very unstable, and a plethora of unhappy customers...
flexmail is just a piece of junk. Installed and uninstalled for more than 10 times. Nowdays I finally give it up completely.
Discarding the source code and writing from the scratch is the only way to make this program USABLE.
Anyone knows how is Profimail in comparison to Flexmail?
http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=profimail
I would like to be able to read HTML mails on my WM2003SE
So, i decided to give flexmail a 4th try and still... do not like it!
i moved 3 emails to a different folder, opened that folder and it crashed!
Also i tried to send an email with multiple pictures attached, sent it. and guess what. none of the pictures were actually attached!
I need an email app that allows you to easily attach multiple pictures. With the built in one its a pain in the ass!
esackbauer said:
Anyone knows how is Profimail in comparison to Flexmail?
http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=profimail
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I used profimail when i had a nokia s60 device and was pretty happy with it. Wasn't aware they had a Windows Mobile version. I'll check it out now
http://www.azol.ru/texts/QMail3_eng_FAQ.htm
Qmail: best email client for ppc, and free.
I don't really know what email setups you guys have or what you are using it on but I have installed the version from http://download.pocketinformant.com/FTF/FM2007R2_1601/ and don't any problems with Flexmail at all.
demps said:
http://www.azol.ru/texts/QMail3_eng_FAQ.htm
Qmail: best email client for ppc, and free.
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I thought QMail was extinct/not supported anymore?
I agree...it's junk
The author of this post is completely right. FlexMail is junk. Yes, the UI is beautiful, features are abound, and configuration is extremely flexible. Everything about it seems great...until you use it.
It crashes regularly, or hangs for more than a minute. Worse yet, it DELETES your accounts every time you restart your device. How this product ever made it to the public with such an enormous fault is almost unfathomable. Who wants to setup their accounts every time they use the program?
It seems to work for some people, but trust me - it's not worth the risk and frustration if you're one of the many people that it doesn't work for. Keep away.
Hmm....I haven't had such problems with the smartphone version on my 3125.
I've been using it for a long time and it seems to work great! Sure it takes a bit to load up, but it's not all that bad.
I took the liberty of installing the latest Flexmail (again lol) on my HTC P4350 (wm5) several days ago. So far so good. I also have the profimail installed as well. Although the flexmail's UI is very nice, Profimail loads quick (for me). For some reason, Profimail struggles to download my gmail, whereas Flexmail downloads my gmail with no problems.
I use Flexmail on my WM5 HTC P4000 and it works very well with my IMAP mail. I get actual push emails to my phone.
I m also using Flexmail 2007 3.1 build 1834 for about 3 days now and I thought it very good.
It certainly still has some bugs like my account settings that misteriously get modified: SOCKS proxy enabled, outgoing server deleted... but so far it really much much better than pocket outlook. at least I can:
- Have push with gmail (using IMAP IDLE)
- Have HTML mails with picture without the need to click twice on "load pictures"/display pictures
- be able to get a large chuck of each email (ie like 50ko or even the whole mail if I want)
- a lot of conf settings
the only way to get push email with PO is with a hotmail account and windows live. I ve tried this solution first (with auto forward from gmail to hotmail) but:
- impossible to load more than 30000 characters (actually the amount of text i get in each email is much lower.. and really too low.. never was able to get more). so I always ends up requesting the emails (one by one) to be downloaded completely and this is really annoying I can't just sync once and then read whatever email i get
- really annoying to have to click twice on that bar to get the pictures and more over it means you need to mark the mail to be downloaded, so you don't have the pictures from first sync
the pros for PO is that it is integrated to the OS and as such HTC home will display the number of unread mails. -> you can't do this with flexmail for now.
voila voila
Ka
This is the complaint (with details of the problems I encountered) I just sent to Flexmail
Version recently tested: Flexmail 2007 Build 1864
Device: Fujitsu-Siemens N560 (original WM5)
I have tried numerous builds of Flexmail 2007 and have yet to find one that works reliably. A trend that I notice which in the two most recent build is that upon installation to device (not to SD card), Flexmail will create files under the SD-MMCCard folder (with more subfolders and files) regardless of whether I have my SD card in my device (in which case there should be no SD-MMCCard folder to begin with). This causes the issue that upon inserting my SD card, my SD card will be recognised as SD-MMCCard2 and causes problems with ALL the links referring to programs and files normally associated with the SD-MMCCard folder.
In a separate attempt to fix this problem, I tried to install Flexmail to my SD Card so that the files and folder installed to SD-MMCCard will not conflict with my SD card. This helps for a very short period, but would eventually cause the same problem and sometimes corrupting my SD card data.
I hard reset my device and tried to install Flexmail on multiple occasions with different builds, but the problem still persits.
The directry path it creates regardless of whether my SD Card is in or not is:
SD-MMCCard\Program Files\WebIS\Mail\Data
The files created are:
Settings.ini
Settings.ini.bak
WebISMail.log
{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.vol
On the brief initial occasion when Flexmail worked, it is an excellent program. However, this critical problem affecting the functioning of my entire device has prevented me from purchasing your program. Hopefully WebIS will sort this out soon.
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If they iron out all these bugs, then it's a respectable email program. Otherwise i'm left to check my mail via web browsers
Here is the response WebIS gave me
Greetings and thank you for contacting us.
Well that is unfortunately a design defect in Windows Mobile, that it renames the card when you reinsert it. There is really nothing we can do about that.
We appreciate having the opportunity to help and service you. Please let us know if there is anything more we can do.
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WebIS Customer Care
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They simply tried to brush off the problem as a Windows Mobile defect. it makes me really question their work ethics as a company. Makes me hope someone will come out with a fantastic alternative and put WebIS out of business.
OK, I usually read a lot and rarely post, but I had to be the first to bring you Mac fanboys the good news!!!
After several tries, I couldn't make PocketMac and/or The Missing Sync do ANYTHING AT ALL to sync with my WM5/WM6 Hermes on my OS X. I couldn't uninstall them properly, couldn't get TRIALS without already having a $erial number, and experienced USB problems with these things!!! I have no problem with paying for good software, but I was determined to get something to WORK before I paid, due to so many terrible reviews I've read of these two products mentioned above.
I finally found software to SYNC in OS X 10.4.x...
http://www.eltima.com/products/syncmate/
It's called SyncMate, and so far it's free (for a while?) Now, if only I can settle on a nice ROM (if I could stop flashing), I'll have absolutely no use for Windows!
So far, SyncMate looks good... It successfully imported my Traditional Chinese contacts into the address book, but I haven't played with it much yet...
Mac users, please try it and we can use this Thread to post our experiences!!!
Keep in mind, you need to properly uninstall the OLD SYNC GARBAGE leftover from PocketMac and/or Missing Sync before it will begin to sync.
-J Cat
Hermes on OS X 10.4.9 Hackintosh
I actually tried it yesterday but couldn't get it to work. It couldn't connect to my Touch. It does look promising though. I paid for Missing Sync which has always worked well for me. The problem with this app might be that I'm on 10.5.1. I've read something about Leopard not working well for some people, a problem with a network connection. I'll try it again if people can get it to work on Leopard properly, I don't mind switching if it's better.
Just one question though. It seemed like you can only sync one calendar, is that the case? That would make it pretty much useless to me since I use 5 differen iCal calendars.
Does it work with OSX 10.3.9??? God Please!!
Downloaded the program, but couldn't get it to work with my O2 Zinc, don't understand why, it does have the sync sign, but couldn't get a establishment between the 2 and i simply can't click the sync button on the Syncmate program. Can someone please enlighten. Cheers!
OasisG
Hermes Forum has info
Someone wrote about this in the Hermes Forum, and I've been replying to that. Someone ought to try and move it to the General Forum, but for now, here's its URL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346608
Sync over Bluetooth?
Hi,
There is a way for use it over Bluetooth?
Regards,
Taguapire.
Works perfectly. Love it. The only thing I wish it had was Bluetooth, as taguapire mentioned.
*sigh* Why do we always have to be called fanboys?
Nice software though.
Oh, and new version out, as of Jan 3rd.
I am using missingsync with leopard and my hermes without a hitch. great application, all the others I have tried have been flaky.
I have tried a bunch of times to connect to syncmate and it simply won't. Any advice? I am on 10.4.1 and using an XV6800. It just won't connect.
somebody knows some program to use in mac os to edit the ppc registry
Hello!
I just installed TouchTwit 1.6 via Marketplace. I added my account, but when i want to 'activate' my account i get the following error:
AccountTestError:
System.Net.WebException
Contaxt error by (and then 3 squares)
I really don't know what to do. I also mailed TouchTwit(.net) but i dont get an awnser.
Manila: 2.5.20121412.2
ROM: 2.13.531.1 Artemis 15.0 NLD
Radio: 2.06.51.07
Thanks!
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Hello!
I just installed TouchTwit 1.6 via Marketplace. I added my account, but when i want to 'activate' my account i get the following error:
AccountTestError:
System.Net.WebException
Contaxt error by (and then 3 squares)
I really don't know what to do. I also mailed TouchTwit(.net) but i dont get an awnser.
Manila: 2.5.20121412.2
ROM: 2.13.531.1 Artemis 15.0 NLD
Radio: 2.06.51.07
Thanks!
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The web exception most likely indicates a problem communicating with a web server (not definitely - just most likely). This problem may just disappear after a while, but it may not. I'm afraid getting in touch with the devs is the only thing you can really do, since this problem is specific to the software.
Just make sure that you can browse the internet okay before trying it again, then be 100% sure that you're using the correct username and password (try logging into the twitter site first, to be sure). Other than that, there really isn't anything you can do.
Although, saying that, since you've only spent £1.69 (or there-abouts), I'd recommend getting Panoramic moTweets instead. It's much better
Found the solution
I from the Netherlands and there was a change in the Internet settings. I need to remove the portal.mmm and now it works good again!
Can i intall TT 1.6 again after a hard reset? I heard something about that Marketplace removes the .cab after install. But there was a solution for that. But prob it's too late now. Or not?
dj-jan said:
Found the solution
I from the Netherlands and there was a change in the Internet settings. I need to remove the portal.mmm and now it works good again!
Can i intall TT 1.6 again after a hard reset? I heard something about that Marketplace removes the .cab after install. But there was a solution for that. But prob it's too late now. Or not?
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Despite the many knocks that marketplace gets, when it does something right, it really does do it right. You just go back to marketplace and you can reinstall any previously purchased apps from the front page. I have to do it quite regularly. Just 1 click and it installs all the crap I've bought from them lol.
Haha ok thank u very much!
I have the same problem
Where are the file that you have removed?
A new problem.
TouchTwit is not working anymore because of an update of Twitter wich was better for some security parts or someting.
Code:
The email from Twitter:
Over the coming weeks, we will be making two important updates that will impact how you interact with Twitter applications. We are sending this notice to all Twitter users to make sure you are aware of these changes.
What are applications?
There are over 250,000 applications built using the Twitter API. To use most applications, you first authorize the application to access your Twitter account, after which you can use it to read and post Tweets, discover new users and more. Applications come in many varieties, including desktop applications like TweetDeck, Seesmic, or EchoFon, websites such as TweetMeme, fflick, or Topsy, or mobile applications such as Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for Blackberry, or Foursquare.
Update 1: New authorization rules for applications
Starting August 31, all applications will be required to use “OAuth” to access your Twitter account.
What's OAuth?
• OAuth is a technology that enables applications to access Twitter on your behalf with your approval without asking you directly for your password.
• Desktop and mobile applications may still ask for your password once, but after that request, they are required to use OAuth in order to access your timeline or allow you to tweet.
What does this mean for me?
• Applications are no longer allowed to store your password.
• If you change your password, the applications will continue to work.
• Some applications you have been using may require you to reauthorize them or may stop functioning at the time of this change.
• All applications you have authorized will be listed at http://twitter.com/settings/connections.
• You can revoke access to any application at any time from the list.
But TouchTwit has not done an update. I have already e-mailed to them but i dont get any awnser. Anybody knows if there comes an update for TouchTwit? I payed for it...
same goes for me... I'm using v1.7...
Touch Twit have announced a while back to stop supporting wm 6.5 (they consider it a dead OS) and looking forward to WP 7 (bah!). While Twitter changed the way you login, TT didn.t (and probably will not) release an update to fix this. So the chances to see TT work again on wm 6.5 platform are pretty slim.(you can always bug the developers to fix it...who knows). I suggest you switch over to Panoramic moTweets (they still support the app currently 1.8.5) - payed app or PocketTwit (i.m not sure about this one if it still works) or just use HTC Peep (although it kind of slows down the whole system)
Cheers!
Edit: In my opinion, if you paid the app you should get support for it ( i mean it.s not that hard to change the login procedure on the current version)
Well, still no reply from touchtwit devs, after lots of mails.
I can accept a "we will not support blah blah" answer from them, but I absolutely won't accept no answer.
And to think that I recently bought this app... and it stopped working less than two weeks afterwards. Really feel stupid for something I paid which I could use for free. Pun intended. That's why I'm so damn furious.
I gotta rethink my "try & buy" policy really hard I suppose...
I also bought it a few months ago but still have no awnser to my emails. I don't think that there is comming an update or something.
Using the free version of MoTweets now.
So, we are going to ask the developers or not? There just 2 members in this topic who have the problem
I asked the developers to resolve this issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793754
touchtwit market place cab removal
kinda new at this ,but i thought that if you have sktools there is an option were you can create a cab file from a program installed on your phone. so if someone were to purchase this tt1.8 you can recreate it using sktools. anyone can correct me if i am wrong
For almost 2 years I used a Touch Diamond. While WiMo is far from perfect in todays world with a bit of tweaking and some extra software I had a device that did what I wanted it to do. Sure, WiMo isnt what you´d call fast but as said, it did what it had to do.
For the past few days I´ve been using android with my new htc legend. I heard a lot of good things about android and that is why I decided to switch. But even after a few days I´m already having a feeling of regret. While android is very fast and finger friendly the OS/apps itself just don't cut it compared to WiMo. About 75% of the things I did on a daily basis with my phone just don't work (properly) on android.
Syncing mail with hotmail is a *****. It for example does not sync read messages so everytime I login with my pc I still have to click all new messages while I already read them on my phone. This worked perfectly with WiMo.
No automatic 3g disconnect. Now this isnt default on WiMo either but there are apps that just disconnect a idle data connection. Now android has a whole bunch of apps like juicedefender but they just dont work properly and are overcomplicated. Just disconnect if I don't use it. Thats all I want. Let apps and whatever connect when they want to and kill the connection when they are done. Simple you'd think but impossible on android it seems.
Youtube is a epic fail. In the exact same place, with the exact same simcard I just can't load a movie. They all stop after 3 seconds and don't load further. Also there is no option for always having HQ. The WiMo app had this and I could always load HQ movies without trouble.
But it gets even worse when it comes to much more practical things. The browser won't save exchange webmail login info. So now I'm expected to loging like 5 times a day to my uni mail by typing my info every time? Not nice.
And what about displaying agenda items? can't do that on the lockscreen. There are apps to do this but not on the htc sense one as far as I've seen. So I have to manually check my agenda which is just a ***** because I'm just to seeing things come up on the homescreen.
Also I can't login to the uni website. You should get a login popup but the android browser doesnt seem to be capable of this. Ofcourse this was no problem at all with a 2 year old browser... So now I can't check schedules and all.
Also there is no way to stream my favorite internet radio station.
Basically I pay 10 euro's a month for internet on my phone but all apps I regulairy use with internet don't work or only work a bit on android.
Don't get me wrong, I love the speed and all but what good is speed to me if I can't use most of the functions that are important to me? What is even more disturbing is that non of the things I want to do are very special. This should all just work but it seems to be far above what android is capable of.
Basically to me android is a disfunctional OS. If the above things would work, I'd love it but now all I got is speed, but no way of doing the things I want.
Nice try, but not quite it.
sjaak1234 said:
Syncing mail with hotmail is a *****. It for example does not sync read messages so everytime I login with my pc I still have to click all new messages while I already read them on my phone. This worked perfectly with WiMo.
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That's hardly Android error - it just seems to be a bug in the mail client app. Maybe yry another one?
No automatic 3g disconnect. Now this isnt default on WiMo either but there are apps that just disconnect a idle data connection. Now android has a whole bunch of apps like juicedefender but they just dont work properly and are overcomplicated. Just disconnect if I don't use it. Thats all I want. Let apps and whatever connect when they want to and kill the connection when they are done. Simple you'd think but impossible on android it seems.
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It's not as simple as it sounds - android has to have an active data connection to enable IM messages as well as gmail imap notifications. Unlike POP3 e-mail accounts where you have to querry the server for new e-mails once in a while, gmail actually sends information to your phone when you get an email. And this wouldn't be possible if the connection was turned off.
And if you don't want to use gmail or gtalk, just disable background data in android's data sync settings and the 3g module won't eat your battery when unneeded. Don't worry, android is much smarter with power management than winMo and the fact that you didn't disable something by hand doesn't mean that it's eating your battery.
It's like GPS - even if it;s turned on in options/on power control wigdet the module isn't physically powered up until an app requests to use it. And when it's done the module powers down again. But still you see people disabling gps support in options after exiting maps believing that it will save some battery, or even requesting an app that would disable the switch on power control wigdet.
So just remember - it's a different OS, it has different rules and the fact that you did something by hand in winMo doesn't mean you have to do it here.
Youtube is a epic fail. In the exact same place, with the exact same simcard I just can't load a movie. They all stop after 3 seconds and don't load further. Also there is no option for always having HQ. The WiMo app had this and I could always load HQ movies without trouble.
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Again, this seems to be a problem with your rom/app version. I (and many other people) don't have any trouble with YT on android.
As for the HQ, it's turned on automatically when you're on wifi, on a gsm connection it defaults to standard quality. Personally i like this behavior but i agree that there should be an option to change that for people with huge/unlimited data plans.
But it gets even worse when it comes to much more practical things. The browser won't save exchange webmail login info. So now I'm expected to loging like 5 times a day to my uni mail by typing my info every time? Not nice.
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Weird, but also not android bug, just the browser. You might want to try some alternatives (like dolphin, skyfire, opera mini)
And what about displaying agenda items? can't do that on the lockscreen. There are apps to do this but not on the htc sense one as far as I've seen. So I have to manually check my agenda which is just a ***** because I'm just to seeing things come up on the homescreen.
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Okay, and since when does WinMo display the agenda without any additional software? But i agree, htc really should make some "upcomming events" widget, and default android could use one as well. For now i use "CalWidget" and i know of "pure calendar widget" (paid). I don't know it they're compatible with sense but it may be worth a try
Also I can't login to the uni website. You should get a login popup but the android browser doesnt seem to be capable of this. Ofcourse this was no problem at all with a 2 year old browser... So now I can't check schedules and all.
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Again, hard to blame android for that. Some alternative browser might help (maybe opera mini?).
Also there is no way to stream my favorite internet radio station.
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There is no way to do that or maybe you just don't know a way to do it? Try DroidLive (it might even have this station in its database) or StreamFurious. Both have usable free versions.
Don't get me wrong, I love the speed and all but what good is speed to me if I can't use most of the functions that are important to me? What is even more disturbing is that non of the things I want to do are very special. This should all just work but it seems to be far above what android is capable of.
Basically to me android is a disfunctional OS. If the above things would work, I'd love it but now all I got is speed, but no way of doing the things I want.
Nice try, but not quite it.
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Well, seems to me that you don't really have a problem with android but you just got screwed by HTC and their customized version of android
If i were you, i'd just look for an unofficial rom. It might actually fix all your problems.
Also, part of your woes seems to be the fact that you knew winMo, knew the tweaks and apps you needed to make the device do what you want. Going over to android is a fresh start where you have to find out everything again. I know, i had similar feelings on a stock rom on my G1 after being a hardcore winMo user But after some research and grabbing a new rom and few extra apps android is way more functional than winMo for me and i don't feel like ever going back.
Just give it a chance and do some research.
Android platform has to mature a lot.
WM without xda is a hell.
You really need to find a new ROM. I've never had one single issue you're talking about.
Edit: And I'm using a myTouch running 1.6.
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That's hardly Android error - it just seems to be a bug in the mail client app. Maybe yry another one?
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Could be, though I doubt that. But I might try a different one.
It's not as simple as it sounds
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I know all that. But for me it does not seem to work perfectly. If I disable data connection always on (I never actually completely disable it), it still leaves it open. I checked overnight compared with just totally disabling it and it made a clear difference in the battery charge left. Its not like GPS where the icon actally dissapears when you don't use it but this doesnt happen with 3g so far as I can see it, it still uses more power than when disabling it.
I understand all the google stuff needs it, but I don't use any of it so for me its rather useless.
Again, this seems to be a problem with your rom/app version. I (and many other people) don't have any trouble with YT on android.
As for the HQ, it's turned on automatically when you're on wifi, on a gsm connection it defaults to standard quality. Personally i like this behavior but i agree that there should be an option to change that for people with huge/unlimited data plans.
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I did some more reachers on this and the problems seems to exist on a lot of different models/rom versions. I got the latest 2.1 rom for legend so I should have the latest (v1.5 I believe).
Weird, but also not android bug, just the browser. You might want to try some alternatives (like dolphin, skyfire, opera mini)
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I reacherd a bit more and it seems to be a IIS and android problem. Wm and Iphone have the same problem but they just ignore the IIS message and continue. I tried Opera and it has the same problem. Btw, I think Opera on android is a long way off from Opera on WM. Still missing lots of functions I think.
IIS problem for the website login btw. Not sure why the exchange site doesnt save credentials but that seems to be misconfiguration. For example it wont even work on most desktop browsers either.
Okay, and since when does WinMo display the agenda without any additional software? But i agree, htc really should make some "upcomming events" widget, and default android could use one as well. For now i use "CalWidget" and i know of "pure calendar widget" (paid). I don't know it they're compatible with sense but it may be worth a try
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Yes ofcourse with extra software I will try the apps you posted. Thanks.
There is no way to do that or maybe you just don't know a way to do it? Try DroidLive (it might even have this station in its database) or StreamFurious. Both have usable free versions.
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Thats the problem. They work with their own databases. I just want to load a .pls or m3u file in a player and have it connect.
Well, seems to me that you don't really have a problem with android but you just got screwed by HTC and their customized version of android
If i were you, i'd just look for an unofficial rom. It might actually fix all your problems.
Also, part of your woes seems to be the fact that you knew winMo, knew the tweaks and apps you needed to make the device do what you want. Going over to android is a fresh start where you have to find out everything again. I know, i had similar feelings on a stock rom on my G1 after being a hardcore winMo user But after some research and grabbing a new rom and few extra apps android is way more functional than winMo for me and i don't feel like ever going back.
Just give it a chance and do some research.
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Maybe you are right. I know everything about WM and for me android still has a lot of things beneath its skin I don't know. If the apps I want exist I could fix some of my problems.
But some problems are just android related. The whole website thing is a combination of android and IIS configuration that don't play nice. Nothing HTC can do about this, nor can any custom rom. Its something google needs to fix. Ofcourse, if my uni would change their IIS settings it could also fix the problem but I don't think I can get them to change settings just for me.
For me that really needs to work because its a daily function for me.
Also I wonder if some things can be done. For example in WM you can just select to only use your provider. I still havn't found a way to completely disable roaming on android. Fortunatly its easy to prevent data roaming.
Sort of getting forced into an upgrade, as need to get it sorted before 1st feb ( as with T-mobile UK that means 500mb vs 3GB )
Currently got a touch pro2 , had windows phones for over 5 years now. But not really liking win 7 phones, seem very restrictive, and theres not that many good deals about.
But on with my Questions.
1. Does Hotmail sync, so i get instant notifications as new emails arrive?
2. Can i back up all my calander entries and transfer them across?
3. I use opera mobile 10, can i copy my favorites across?
4. Is it possible to copy over my texts and contacts as these are all backup and saved via microsoft myphone
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5. sat nav, a biggy, i have used TomTom since my ipaq ppc days, and nothing else, is there something compareable on android? not a data based one , needs to have maps on the SD card, for the UK & cover the rest of europe.
6. an equiverlent free app to midomi ( ie record a 10 second clip of a tune, and display the details of the tune ) that works well.
7. A radio station streamer app, that allows you to enter your own urls, as in .pls links.
fil said:
Sort of getting forced into an upgrade, as need to get it sorted before 1st feb ( as with T-mobile UK that means 500mb vs 3GB )
Currently got a touch pro2 , had windows phones for over 5 years now. But not really liking win 7 phones, seem very restrictive, and theres not that many good deals about.
But on with my Questions.
1. Does Hotmail sync, so i get instant notifications as new emails arrive?
2. Can i back up all my calander entries and transfer them across?
3. I use opera mobile 10, can i copy my favorites across?
4. Is it possible to copy over my texts and contacts as these are all backup and saved via microsoft myphone
Apps & software
5. sat nav, a biggy, i have used TomTom since my ipaq ppc days, and nothing else, is there something compareable on android? not a data based one , needs to have maps on the SD card, for the UK & cover the rest of europe.
6. an equiverlent free app to midom i ( ie record a 10 second clip of a tune, and display the details of the tune ) that works well.
7. A radio station streamer app, that allows you to enter your own urls, as in .pls links.
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I was in the same dilemma as you a few months back. i was a hardcore WM fan, but decided to make the switch to Android. i never looked back. Once you experience android it is like a completely experience. i got a galaxy tab, and kept my tg01 just incase i didn't like android, but now i would definetely let android be my next primary phone. if you want to experience android yourself, try out a ROM for your tp2.
like you, i dislike wp7, it is so restricted. Android is open source there is so much you can do for it.
My next phone will be a android, no doubt, possibly those dual core ones . i suggest waiting till after march when the dual cores are released.
Hope this helps mate
fil said:
Sort of getting forced into an upgrade, as need to get it sorted before 1st feb ( as with T-mobile UK that means 500mb vs 3GB )
Currently got a touch pro2 , had windows phones for over 5 years now. But not really liking win 7 phones, seem very restrictive, and theres not that many good deals about.
But on with my Questions.
1. Does Hotmail sync, so i get instant notifications as new emails arrive?
2. Can i back up all my calander entries and transfer them across?
3. I use opera mobile 10, can i copy my favorites across?
4. Is it possible to copy over my texts and contacts as these are all backup and saved via microsoft myphone
Apps & software
5. sat nav, a biggy, i have used TomTom since my ipaq ppc days, and nothing else, is there something compareable on android? not a data based one , needs to have maps on the SD card, for the UK & cover the rest of europe.
6. an equiverlent free app to midomi ( ie record a 10 second clip of a tune, and display the details of the tune ) that works well.
7. A radio station streamer app, that allows you to enter your own urls, as in .pls links.
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1. Yes you can configure Hotmail with Exchange to have push mail. I've only tried it for a short time and received several times the same message so can't tell you if that was a one-time bug or if it is usual. Anyway you can still configure a reception in POP every 5 minutes.
But you'll have the best of Android experience if you use a Gmail account instead. The push works really nice.
2. You can use Google Sync to transfer all your calendar from WM to Android.
3. Sprite Migrate allows the transfer of bookmarks but I don't remember which browser favorites it transfers.
4. For contacts you can use either Google Sync or Sprite Migrate. For your texts do you mean .doc? Maybe you could transfer them to your PC then to Google Documents and you'll have access to them via GDocs on your phone?
The real bad point in Android is that there is no real Office application like in WM. Documents to Go and Quick Office are either paid applications or not as good as in WM IMO.
5. There are several applications: Google Maps Navigation, Navigon for example. On HTC Desire Z and HD they have included offline maps on the SD card. I don't know for other brands devices.
6. Soundhound is the equivalent. It's free and you can now search for an unimited amount of songs
7. I don't use the radio feature so can't give you much information but I'd be surprised that it doesn't exist. Other people will probably give your more information about that
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1. Yes you can configure Hotmail with Exchange to have push mail. I've only tried it for a short time and received several times the same message so can't tell you if that was a one-time bug or if it is usual. Anyway you can still configure a reception in POP every 5 minutes.
But you'll have the best of Android experience if you use a Gmail account instead. The push works really nice.
2. You can use Google Sync to transfer all your calendar from WM to Android.
3. Sprite Migrate allows the transfer of bookmarks but I don't remember which browser favorites it transfers.
4. For contacts you can use either Google Sync or Sprite Migrate. For your texts do you mean .doc? Maybe you could transfer them to your PC then to Google Documents and you'll have access to them via GDocs on your phone?
The real bad point in Android is that there is no real Office application like in WM. Documents to Go and Quick Office are either paid applications or not as good as in WM IMO.
5. There are several applications: Google Maps Navigation, Navigon for example. On HTC Desire Z and HD they have included offline maps on the SD card. I don't know for other brands devices.
6. Soundhound is the equivalent. It's free and you can now search for an unimited amount of songs
7. I don't use the radio feature so can't give you much information but I'd be surprised that it doesn't exist. Other people will probably give your more information about that
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There's a great radio app called tune.fm. its free and i use it a lot on my tab.. works a treat
olyloh6696 said:
if you want to experience android yourself, try out a ROM for your tp2.
i suggest waiting till after march when the dual cores are released.
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tried, but wasnt great on the tp2, so didnt go intall installing apps and stuff.
Would like to wait, but with t-mobile changing there term from the 1st feb, that would only leave me with 3 as a network with a decent data package
missparker76 said:
The real bad point in Android is that there is no real Office application like in WM. Documents to Go and Quick Office are either paid applications or not as good as in WM IMO.
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Hmmm kind of took that for granted, so word and excel are not avalable then? Or there replacements are poor?
Thanks for the other answers tho, clears up alot.
fil said:
tried, but wasnt great on the tp2, so didnt go intall installing apps and stuff.
Would like to wait, but with t-mobile changing there term from the 1st feb, that would only leave me with 3 as a network with a decent data package
Hmmm kind of took that for granted, so word and excel are not avalable then? Or there replacements are poor?
Thanks for the other answers tho, clears up alot.
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No, you CAN get Microsoft office apps on the tab. its just they are not 'official' microsoft branded but they still work. its just that in WM, you get the official mobile version.
ahh thats ok then,
looks like its DHD time
fil said:
ahh thats ok then,
looks like its DHD time
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Yeh! you could try searching up that new LG Optimus 2X... DUAL CORE , got announced in December. But not sure if the release date is before Feb.
olyloh6696 said:
Yeh! you could try searching up that new LG Optimus 2X... DUAL CORE , got announced in December. But not sure if the release date is before Feb.
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not only am i a windows phone fan boy, im a HTC one too,
seriously tho im really forced, as my contracts up on the 24th jan, and im out of the country on the 29th, so got 4/5 days to sort it, or wait and get the latest dual core job, but unuseable to me as 500mbs dont take long to use up
fil said:
not only am i a windows phone fan boy, im a HTC one too,
seriously tho im really forced, as my contracts up on the 24th jan, and im out of the country on the 29th, so got 4/5 days to sort it, or wait and get the latest dual core job, but unuseable to me as 500mbs dont take long to use up
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Personally, im on a network called GiffGaff. It is the sister network of O2.
I pay £10 a month, and i get
250 UK Minutes
Unlimited UK texts
Unlimited Internet
Unlimited Calls and texts to GiffGaff
It's so good, i signed my whole family up! You might wanna check it out
olyloh6696 said:
No, you CAN get Microsoft office apps on the tab. its just they are not 'official' microsoft branded but they still work. its just that in WM, you get the official mobile version.
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No what I meant is that I've tried both Documents To Go and Quick Office and they are less complete than the Office application in WM.
For example in Excel, it doesn't even display graphs. You only have spreadsheets. It's a real lack for me.
Anyother ways of copying my calander entries from win 6.5 to android, other than google sync as i cant get that to do it at all?
Dont think my active sync was ever setup or used, as it wont let me select anything, as no outlook is used??
I'm in that stage right now where my contract expires 2/20 and I'll probably wait a bit for the Atrix. However, I've been searching for these things in Android:
1. Pocket Dictionary / Japanese Language Input - I'm taking Japanese classes, so I use the Japanese SIP where you can use the stylus to draw the furigana characters, etc.
2. Cash Organizer - Apparently they're not releasing an Android version. Any financial software as good as CO?
3. Pocket Player - Anything even close to this? Random visualizations, skinning, library manager?
4. Outlook Tasks APP & SYNC - I use tasks to document everything, whether in the phone, or in the PC, and then just sync everything together with Outlook. Is there a standard task app that could sync with Outlook in the PC? With the categories?
5. G-Alarm - is there an equivalent? random mazes and math problems for snooze?
And let's not forget Spacetime, the HP48GX Emulator, and Pocket Stars!? Maybe it would just be better to start working on WINE for Android
Hey. i've been looking for an android phone that fits my budget right now, wich btw, it's not very high hahaha. i've been offered this HTC touch pro 2 in a really chep price, new and in it's CDMA version. I know i'ts a bit old but it fits my needs. BUT as i said before, i'm looking for an android phone. surfing around the web i've seen a few videos and sites talking about these "ports" that enabale you to have even Android 2.3 on this cellphone.
so, my question is, and i would really apreciate to be answered with simplle words (yes, i'm kind of noob with these smartphones, in fact this would be my first one), Is this possible? after getting my HTC TP2 will i be able to enjoy at least of android 2.2?
thanks in advance
greetings from venezuela ^^
I apologize for any misspelling
HTC HD2! I have a lot of Android SD Builds (Desire HD, Gingerbread,...).All of them work fine on the HD2.
Febo00 said:
Hey. i've been looking for an android phone that fits my budget right now, wich btw, it's not very high hahaha. i've been offered this HTC touch pro 2 in a really chep price, new and in it's CDMA version. I know i'ts a bit old but it fits my needs. BUT as i said before, i'm looking for an android phone. surfing around the web i've seen a few videos and sites talking about these "ports" that enabale you to have even Android 2.3 on this cellphone.
so, my question is, and i would really apreciate to be answered with simplle words (yes, i'm kind of noob with these smartphones, in fact this would be my first one), Is this possible? after getting my HTC TP2 will i be able to enjoy at least of android 2.2?
thanks in advance
greetings from venezuela ^^
I apologize for any misspelling
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Look around the rhodium forum and there is a sub section dedicated for android development
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fil said:
Anyother ways of copying my calander entries from win 6.5 to android, other than google sync as i cant get that to do it at all?
Dont think my active sync was ever setup or used, as it wont let me select anything, as no outlook is used??
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Not without ActiveSync AFAIK... there might be, but I don't know it, and ActiveSync is free and very easy to set up! Set up Activesync, sync your WinMo phone to Outlook, and then either sync your new Android phone to Outlook OR use Google Calendar Sync to sync Outlook to GMail and then sync the Android phone to GMail's calendar. (Don't do both or you'll get duplicate entries!)
Personally I prefer Outlook's calendar (more feature-complete and can handle recurring events better), but I can't deny that it's much easier having your calendar in the cloud, letting the phone sync with it from anywhere, and being able to log in from any PC to check it even if your phone has run out of battery!
dgaud007 said:
4. Outlook Tasks APP & SYNC - I use tasks to document everything, whether in the phone, or in the PC, and then just sync everything together with Outlook. Is there a standard task app that could sync with Outlook in the PC? With the categories?
Android doesn't have a Tasks (or Notes) function, which is a bit strange seeing as GMail has a Notes applet built in (!), but there's a few apps that add that functionality (some free, some paid-for) and support syncing with Outlook. Have a look on http://www.syncdroid.net/
5. G-Alarm - is there an equivalent? random mazes and math problems for snooze?
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Don't know but that sounds cool, I want one too!
And let's not forget Spacetime, the HP48GX Emulator, and Pocket Stars!? Maybe it would just be better to start working on WINE for Android
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Please do, and port over SCUMMvm and Nethack!
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