Well, as the title said, should I get the new polaris or should I get the tytn II or perhaps touch/dual touch because of its size?
are you guys happy with the polaris? does it fit your pockets? tell me..
cybertron said:
Well, as the title said, should I get the new polaris or should I get the tytn II or perhaps touch/dual touch because of its size?
are you guys happy with the polaris? does it fit your pockets? tell me..
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Polaris fits my pocket really nicely and I'm 5'8" and pretty slim build so I don't have big pockets! I really like it. I am an ex Palm PDA user for many years though so I am 100% comfortable with, in fact I prefer, not having a keyboard.
- Julian
Yeah the keyboard is a real killer for "cool"ness
And indeed if fits in my pocket, with some spare room. Don't forget the Touch Dual doesn't have GPS and Wi-fi...
SabbeRubbish said:
Yeah the keyboard is a real killer for "cool"ness
And indeed if fits in my pocket, with some spare room. Don't forget the Touch Dual doesn't have GPS and Wi-fi...
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Yeah! Plus spinning wheel and ergonomics
Yeah, as long as you don't want to watch any videoclips...
Your Cruise can't play videoclips?
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Jules Winnfield said:
Your Cruise can't play videoclips?
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Don't have one, but based on HTC Class Action, the HTC TC /Polaris is one of the many HTC models which is not able to stream video at a decent rate, right?
Much depends on the selected codec.
3GP (.mp4) movies at the correct resolution 320x240 run smoothly for example. Don't try running 800x600 or so, that will get you into trouble, like on most cellular phones, don't know about other PDA's, but the Cruise definitely DOESN'T outperform its predecessors.
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Don't have one, but based on HTC Class Action, the HTC TC /Polaris is one of the many HTC models which is not able to stream video at a decent rate, right?
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I disagree
Based on my own experience it's able to play video at decent rate.
Maybe there are devices better for this use but Cruise plays video not bad.
If I can give you an advice: try it!
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evert said:
Don't have one, but based on HTC Class Action, the HTC TC /Polaris is one of the many HTC models which is not able to stream video at a decent rate, right?
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No, not right, wrong! on TC you can watch movies 320x240 coded and youtube video.
stesa said:
No, not right, wrong! on TC you can watch movies 320x240 coded and youtube video.
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Hmm, not interested in YouTube, even though they have some cool video's.
Recoding video's is no problem for me though. You're saying thay any video, even the ones with fast moving action, will play good on a Touch Cruise as long as I recode them to 320x240?
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Hmm, not interested in YouTube, even though they have some cool video's.
Recoding video's is no problem for me though. You're saying thay any video, even the ones with fast moving action, will play good on a Touch Cruise as long as I recode them to 320x240?
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absolutely yes
evert said:
Hmm, not interested in YouTube, even though they have some cool video's.
Recoding video's is no problem for me though. You're saying thay any video, even the ones with fast moving action, will play good on a Touch Cruise as long as I recode them to 320x240?
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I also agree, heavy motion is not an issue, rescaling is.
So you're saying that the problems mentioned with the HTC series basically boil down to people trying to view their 700MB avi movie files without recording?
And that recoding those movies will solve any/all playback problems?
cybertron said:
Well, as the title said, should I get the new polaris or should I get the tytn II or perhaps touch/dual touch because of its size?
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Don't have Polaris yet, but in this moment I don't see any worthy competition...
And for what I need it, I think I'll be more than satisfied.
evert said:
So you're saying that the problems mentioned with the HTC series basically boil down to people trying to view their 700MB avi movie files without recording?
And that recoding those movies will solve any/all playback problems?
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That depends on the encoding format I think. I've tried a rather small H.264 movie, and although the specs say it should play it, it's horribly slow... Lower complexity encodings should be used instead, but of course, transcoding your entire libraby of movies is mostly not an option...
I have probably decided to go for polaris since it seems to be much appreciated!
Like I said before, i have already own a hermes (tytn) and don't use the keyboard, I have grown attached to the touch dual which I have tried for a couple of days.
Since the polaris seems to have nearly the same size I will go for it!
/soon to be polaris owner..
cybertron said:
I have probably decided to go for polaris since it seems to be much appreciated!
Like I said before, i have already own a hermes (tytn) and don't use the keyboard, I have grown attached to the touch dual which I have tried for a couple of days.
Since the polaris seems to have nearly the same specs I will go for it!
/soon to be polaris owner..
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A good choice! Best of luck!
well just gave my order should be here by friday hope you guy's are right gave the OLD artemis loved that phone old banger !!!
macaorentals said:
well just gave my order should be here by friday hope you guy's are right gave the OLD artemis loved that phone old banger !!!
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You won't regret your decision. Good investment
Im currently using an Elfin, which ive used for quite a while and have no plans of giving up just yet.
But...
I have been thinking about the future of mobiles from HTC.
Several of their most recent ones have no directional pad
(the 4 way thing with a button in the middle)
I was wondering (as the title says) if you feel you loose some functionality because you dont have a dpad.
I know they have bigger screens, and UI improvements, but the ability to navigate with a nice and simple up/down/left/right/enter seems too good to loose. Its one of those basics that i fall back to.
One major issue i would have is I like a few games and apps which require the use of a D Pad. On PPCs without D Pads, is there a way around this?
Ive just been wondering about this for a while.
Anyone else had similar thoughts?
Do you have a phone without a DPad?
If yes, please write something. Im intrigued.
Cris
Yeah I have a touch HD which doesnt have a Dpad, but the functionality is absolutely awesome with the virtual keys, no issues at all. and for games there is a dedicated gamepad developed already. look around for that in here...
I have an HD: only for games you could feel the missing of DPad, for all other programs I use fingers or Keyboard virtual DPad.
I think the big display makes the difference.
D'rath
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Yeah I have a touch HD which doesnt have a Dpad, but the functionality is absolutely awesome with the virtual keys, no issues at all. and for games there is a dedicated gamepad developed already. look around for that in here...
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virtual keys?
i was wondering if there was something like that.
Any chance of a link?
no. wait. ill google it
I've seen this for IPhone and Symbian but can't find for HD2. Is there something like that for it or I just have to wait. If HD2 is Multitouch there should be no problem to make program like that. Hope someone do it soon cos it will be a lot of fun.
Guitar Hero is on Marketplace - it is however a paid app.
lol totally not what he was asking for...
unsure whether the guitar type apps would work as they would require more that 2-point multitouch.. if i remember rightly there is a limitation.. so yea it may work just can't hold mutliple strings..
I'm waiting for someone to develop true multi-touch drivers so that I can develop this exact application. I wouldn't hold your breath though mate!
Wait wait wait...
Is the HD2 multitouch or dualtouch ??
Well i thought that was part of the reason why the HD2 couldn't get WP7.. it's not true multitouch.. but again i could be wrong.. read it in multiple parts of the forum.... if i have got the wrong end of the stick then please disregard my post!!!!
There was some kind of hardware limitation on the Capactive Screen.. but can remember where i saw it.... ..
johnc... you are well versed in this forum.. can you remember where it was mentioned
I would like a free app to play bass. You don't need chords for playing bass, and so you don't need multitouch.
Daan0 said:
I would like a free app to play bass. You don't need chords for playing bass, and so you don't need multitouch.
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Lol yea ok...blimey
shall i request a Sitar app and the banjo app as well? heheheh
and anyway.. on a bass you would still need to strum a string at a time and still hold your fingers on the correct part of the fret board .. so it could quite often be more than 2x multitouch..
I'm so hoping you're wrong.
And btw the one app I was waiting for patiently, was a guitar app like the thread starter wanted. And this is the app where the multitouch shine.
EDIT :
OMG you ARE right. the API doesn't support multi-touch, only dual. It should support it when WP7S arrive to HD2 and that will be ... NEVER.
Even so I don't want WP7S just to use MT. I hate the 7 UI.
well i kind of stand corrected...
the Hardware DOES support the multitouch but it does require the correct drivers..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5974306#post5974306
This app by Iperov used to work great on my Touch Pro. I've tried it on my HD2, but it doesn't fill the screen and it seems to be buggy. http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/iperovspocketguitar.shtml
I'd love to see it work on the HD2 as you could map chords to the buttons and strum the large screen. Does anyone have info on an HD2 version?
Check this app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955918
Now that I bought it can someone tell me all the real cool things that I can do with it so that it becomes my best friend. Apart from watching movies and browsing what are the coolest things you can do on it that will make anyone go wow at it. Thanks.
DevilsGrave said:
Now that I bought it can someone tell me all the real cool things that I can do with it so that it becomes my best friend. Apart from watching movies and browsing what are the coolest things you can do on it that will make anyone go wow at it. Thanks.
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Games using wii remote + nunchuck / classic controllers mirrored onto a big screen TV!
Hi all, new here and to all of this, recently rooted so good on the front ! !
since I play allot of GBA games on my travels cause who wants to work ok the go right?!, any one know of any good cases with a build in game pad? I'm not really looking for one you hang on to a game pad like these ones on ebay I was thinking more a slid out one..?
Any ways happy rootin tootin
L0s3c said:
Hi all, new here and to all of this, recently rooted so good on the front ! !
since I play allot of GBA games on my travels cause who wants to work ok the go right?!, any one know of any good cases with a build in game pad? I'm not really looking for one you hang on to a game pad like these ones on ebay I was thinking more a slid out one..?
Any ways happy rootin tootin
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Been on the lookout since last year, nothing of the sort for sale at the moment, been thinking of taking it into my own hands and making one out of an old PS3 controller and plywood. :V
Would be great but I doubt that one day we will see that, phone gamepad ain't mainstream yet and to be effective they'll have to do one gamepad cas for each phones.
MY DREAMPAD :
- nice looking casing
- can reload phone so I can play for a loooong time
- xbox like button mapping
maybe we should launch this on kickstarter !