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Yes, ive searhed a bit. Is there anything better than just using the mobile web version of ebay? Something stand alone, maybe something to monitor automaticly and notify you whats ending soon, WITHOUT having to pay ebays text notifacation charges?
I have seen eBay application (java) preinstalled on some headsets... Try looking for J2ME version of eBay Mobile.
i have one.....
but its on the iphone
free and works very well....
here this may help..
http://www.pocketpccentral.net/smartphone/software/shopping.htm
yeah i saw ebay on iphone it works very good. also hope that eay wont forget so large WM users.
Ive been using HTC phones since forever.... Ive had the Canary, Tanager, Voyager, Hurricane, Polaris (Touch Cruise) and am currently using the Touch Diamond. Ive enjoyed Windows Mobile but never really took to TouchFlo3d. I liked Windows Mobile because I have CoPilot and used to do quite a bit of geocaching.
Now im up for contract renewal and soooo much has changed in the last two years.
Im wondering what the score is with windows mobile? Has it been overtaken by Android? What about my CoPilot, geocaching programs and Bejewelled Blitz game?
Im assuming the HTC HD2 is considered the best WM phone at the moment but should I be looking at Android phones.... if so, which one?
And how does the iphone fit in. I dont like the look of all though little boxes of "apps"! Im a minimalist kinda guy! Im considering an iphone because I have been forced into using a mac cos my partner has run off to uni to do a post grad course and taken the family laptop!
Any help of choosing between the HTC HD2, the android phones and the iphone would be great.
Here you can see what is considered the best device by XDA members:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5391877#post5391877
As for Android, I prefer to stay with WM, android is too young and immature for now, I´m sure in the future can be a good OS option, but not by now.
Just my opinion
Good luck,
p.d: Never consider yourself an old!!, as a Mexican saying says: Old? old the mountains and they are still green!
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Im wondering what the score is with windows mobile? Has it been overtaken by Android?
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That depends on whether you are normal, healthy human being or an extreme technology geek. The most important thing to understand about Windows Mobile is that when you first start up a WM phone, it really doesn't work very well. It can be made to work reasonably well, but it takes a great deal of tweaking to do it. If you're the sort of person who actively enjoys tweaking, hunting down applications and .cabs to customise the phone to make it behave in exactly the way you want, then WM is a good choice. If you simply want it to work, it's a terrible choice.
Android is already well ahead of WM in terms of usablity for normal people, but hasn't yet caught up in terms of programmability or customisability.
The iPhone is effectively two completely different devices in one, depending on whether or not you go through the "jail-breaking" procedure. (This is a bit like installing a cooked ROM on a WM phone, only rather less drastic and easier to reverse; like flashing custom ROMs it does void your warranty, though). Without jail-breaking the iPhone is very much a "black box" - you only do what Apple has chosen to let you do. That said, it's the best piece of user-interface design I've ever seen, beautifully intuitive, and it has far more applications than every other smartphone platform put together (and what's more they're all in one place so you can actually find them - WM apps are scattered all over the Internet with no catalogue).
By contrast, a jail-broken iPhone is as flexible as an Android phone, and very close to Windows Mobile.
If you don't want TouchFLO (a.k.a. Sense) then investing in a high-end HTC phone is probably a waste of money. You get the support of this website, and (in the case of the HD2) a capacitive screen, but neither is worth the price premium over rival devices - Sense UI is what you're paying for if you buy an HD2. Obvious WinMo equivalents are the Toshiba TG01, or the Acer NeoTouch. On the Android side you should check out the Google Nexus One, Motorola Droid, and Acer F1.
Many Thanks for the replies. I was worried my question didnt get to the point but the answers covered my confusion.
So windows mobile still has some life left in it yet!
I had no idea about where Android was up to... now I know.
"you only do what Apple has chosen to let you do."
This is what I feared. Despite flashing phones for a large portion of my spare time I dont actually like doing it. I agree with what you said about WM phone not working well out of the box but can be good if you spend a few days googling and messing about. My diamond is a hand me down from my partner cos she hated it... but like the look of my old orbit 2. I spent many weeks tuning that one. Ive just left the diamond as is..... except disabling TF3d (I have actually started to use it for the last 2 days only!)
I find the iPhone appealing, especially after reading that it has more application around for it. Plus I only have a couple of ibooks now. Ive even done away with the pc at work! (only cos I do the bookkeeping at home on the mac, its easier to throw it in the back of the car and take it with me!)
I know the like of high street banks etc are making "apps" for it but ive also waded my through WM Smartphone, 2003SE and WM6 applications for years. It sound iike the iphone has made good ground.
I think its gonna be a HD2. Though ill have a quick look at how people have customised the iphone. Ill bend arms in the call centres to get either one for free!
Once again, thanks for spending the time in answering my questions. You have saved me a long evening in front of the laptop!
Well, make sure you demo an iPhone before buying, and do some serious reading in some of the jail-break community forums. In my experience a good rule of thumb is: if you can't think of any specific reason not to buy an iPhone 3GS, you should buy one. By contrast, anyone who is any doubt about whether they want an HD2 or not should definitely not buy one; and I say that as an HD2 owner who has no intention of selling it. It's a great device for some, but its appeal is deep rather than broad. In my case the things I use it for most are web-browsing and video playback, and a big, hi-res screen helps a lot with both of those. Even there it was a close thing - Apple's "Safari" browser is superior to the HD2's Opera in several ways.
There's a recent survey from Gartner which found that Apple currently controls 99.4% of the smartphone app market.
Demo a couple of the high-end Android phones, too - HTC Hero and Motorola Milestone are good places to start. And try an HD2 before you buy as well - see whether or not the keyboard drives you nuts!
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That depends on whether you are normal, healthy human being or an extreme technology geek. The most important thing to understand about Windows Mobile is that when you first start up a WM phone, it really doesn't work very well. It can be made to work reasonably well, but it takes a great deal of tweaking to do it.
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IMO that's not exactly true. I had bought a Touch Diamond 2 in early 2009 and with the stock ROM it was awesome. I used it for couple months without facing any problems. After few months I switched to custom ROMs but only because I needed to have newer OS builds (6.5, 6.5.x) on my phone.
Android is so superior in few years? You better wait few years and see if Android is still running so smooth when supporting more than 5 different phones.... Probably you'll switch back to WM 8 then because it's supposed to run so stable.
I just went to the Apple Store in town for an iPhone demo only to be told they don't sell them, or have demo versions.
So I asked for the lead to plug my iBook into the telly. He gave me a DVI Macbook one. "no, I have an iBook"
"Sorry mate, you cant get em"
I said "yeah you can, £18.99 + del on the Apple Store website.
He clicked around on his iPhone for 5 mins until I gave up and found one myself in the shop.
I gave him my Visa card only to be told that they dont accept Visa Debit!
Im not surprised Apple stuff is so expensive.... they have to markup to cover the loss of sales for reasons similar to my first ever contact with Apple!
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Android is so superior in few years? You better wait few years and see if Android is still running so smooth when supporting more than 5 different phones.... Probably you'll switch back to WM 8 then because it's supposed to run so stable.
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How exactly is any of this in any way connected to a purchase decision? Are we supposed to say "well, WinMo may not be very good, but there's a good reason why it's not very good (has to support so many different phones) so we should buy it anyway out of sympathy"? Or are we supposed to buy a WM6 phone now on the grounds that in three years time the next-but-one version of WinMo will, in your opinion be superior to the next-but-six version of Android? Even if your prediction turns out to be accurate, nothing you say here can possibly be relevant.
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I just went to the Apple Store in town for an iPhone demo only to be told they don't sell them, or have demo versions.
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Ouch. Well, try a mobile phone shop. Here in London you'll find a demoable iPhone in O2 or Carphone Warehouse stores. Probably Orange and Vodafone too these days.
I would at least consider looking at Android handsets that are currently on the market. Windows Mobile is an alright OS, but Windows Mobile 6.x is on its way out, with WM7 coming in towards the end of this year, so you might not want to buy a WM device until WM7 ships, or you may get stuck with 6.x. I've used Android extensively through ports and emulators, and I can safely say that it's a very good mobile OS. Either a Windows Mobile or Android device would work fine, but I would recommend waiting until the end of the year if you want Windows Mobile. The best Android and Windows Mobile devices on the market are probably the Nexus One and HD2, respectively.
As for the iPhone, I don't really get what's so special about them. I own a first generation iPhone and a first generation iPod Touch, and while they're both nice devices, I wouldn't say they're the Jesusphone that everyone claims them to be. Maybe it's just because I like an open OS like Android (Linux kernel, open source) or WM (proprietary yet infinitely customizable), but the iPhone doesn't seem that great to me. And while Jailbreaking makes things a little more bearable, it still doesn't make the iPhone worth using to me
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How exactly is any of this in any way connected to a purchase decision? Are we supposed to say "well, WinMo may not be very good, but there's a good reason why it's not very good (has to support so many different phones) so we should buy it anyway out of sympathy"? Or are we supposed to buy a WM6 phone now on the grounds that in three years time the next-but-one version of WinMo will, in your opinion be superior to the next-but-six version of Android? Even if your prediction turns out to be accurate, nothing you say here can possibly be relevant.
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I'm not saying "WM may not be very good". I think it kicks ass. Honestly! I already ran Android on the emulator to check it out but I don't see anything special that I don't have with WM. And besides that on Android you can only code applications in Java despite the Linux kernel. I stick to my C/C++ and I see no f'kn reason to downgrade to Java just because of Google.
I think the best way is to go to the store and play a bit (like 15-30min) with the competing phones. I would suggest that you pay a bit more attention to HD2, iPhone 3GS and in march the Bravo will be out, if you can wait that long. I would also suggest the Nexus one, however you can't see before you buy, and people are reporting numerous problems. You can see the nexus in action on youtube.
What works for me, won't necessarily work for you, and vice versa.
Don't let the sales rep tell you that google maps is navigation, it's not.
Have in mind that iphone and some android devices don't support BT file transfer, if you use that.
If you like multitasking don't go for the iphone.Another "glitch" is that its browser doesn't support download.
If you use exchange, it works best on winmo and blackberry
If you use the phone as usb stick go for android or winmo.
There are of course other differences. It all depends on what you use and what you need.
For satnav winmo has the widest range of apps. However there are nice apps for android and iphone.
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Ive been using HTC phones since forever.... Ive had the Canary, Tanager, Voyager, Hurricane, Polaris (Touch Cruise) and am currently using the Touch Diamond. Ive enjoyed Windows Mobile but never really took to TouchFlo3d. I liked Windows Mobile because I have CoPilot and used to do quite a bit of geocaching.
Now im up for contract renewal and soooo much has changed in the last two years.
Im wondering what the score is with windows mobile? Has it been overtaken by Android? What about my CoPilot, geocaching programs and Bejewelled Blitz game?
Im assuming the HTC HD2 is considered the best WM phone at the moment but should I be looking at Android phones.... if so, which one?
And how does the iphone fit in. I dont like the look of all though little boxes of "apps"! Im a minimalist kinda guy! Im considering an iphone because I have been forced into using a mac cos my partner has run off to uni to do a post grad course and taken the family laptop!
Any help of choosing between the HTC HD2, the android phones and the iphone would be great.
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wait for the 4th gen iphone, if you can't, i recommend you jailbroken iphone 3gs.
you'll fly, if you try iphone.
When I went to the Apple store and asked to look at the iPhone the first thing the chap said was "wait til mid 2010"
Thankyou for the great replies.
In the end....!! I got a Sony Ericsson Naite. And a laptop! Samsung N130.
I love my iBook but ive just enrolled with the OU to finish a couple of Uni quals I never actually finished and need windows. Plus I can synch my Diamond properly now. I run a shop on an ind est and have just setup a website and my orders come through to the phone. I need to synch.
Once again, many thanks for the time spent.
Rik
Hey all, I am thinking of getting either the HD2 or a nexus one subsidized, since thats all I can afford. I will decide on the 30th, but I am stuck on which device to get.
HD2- awesome, big screen slick and clean, WM (Yes I like WM )
Price - 100 at amazon
Nexus One - Froyo, small slick and nice in the hands. Android
Price - 180 at Google.
Which one should I get? Would either of these require a credit check with online purchase?
100 on amazon??
100 what? Pounds, Euros?, Dollars?
I imagine with a USA plan...
Place the link!!!
Go for Leo!
I am also a WM lover so no Android for me at least in 2 years...
Its out of stock, but I will provide links when its up, I still have till the 30th, or the 1st. So that's plenty of time. It is $130 on wirefly. These are both T-Mobile USA versions.
The only reason I am second guessing the Leo is because of the splurge of major developer support for the Nexus One. Lots of things are going to it while WM is left in the cold dark. I know I would rather have WM but that's still stuck in my mind.
I see mate, I´ll stick with WM
let us know the links
Thanks,
hd2 is wayyyy funner
i know i don't have one but i've used one
What do you guys think? Shoot. . . .I have to do a credit check, and use my ssn to get either phone.
All I have to do now is wait till the 30th then I'm gonna get it the first so the bill always comes the first.
I think I am going to go with the HD2, is amazon a good 3rd party mobile phone retailer? Meaning do they screw you contractual wise?
I think amazon is pretty reputable. I just got my HD2 YESTERDAY. Awesome device, the screen isn't as big as you think it might be though. It's really very pocketable. No complaints, at all. Make sure the first thing you install is cookies home tab mod though.
Hardware wise, I would prefer the HTC HD2. But, I personally prefer Android over Winmo.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Get with the program...go with the Nexus Android 2.2!
Soo hard to choose!
It´s your call mate
You had some comments from those who are in favor of Android and from those we prefer WM.
Anyway both devices will make you happy
I think I am gonna go with the HD2. Since its cheaper, but idk how I am going to do that credit check thing.
For me it came down to ugly phone vs. Windows Mobile.
Fortunately I like Windows Mobile.
while looking for a gift for my wife, I played with the nexus one, I bought the HD2. Live wallpaper is cool but the HD2 is so much better in terms of being able to customize it and what was a plus for us was that we were already familiar with the user interface.
Does amazon require a deposit, when you do the credit check? What is the maximum amount you will have to pay?
If u use 3g make sure to get the telstra version.
I have mentioned this before. T-Mobile USA version. . . .
yea for me too i like wmo but also like android, iven playing whit a moto dext whit android 1.6 and i like it so far,,,
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If u use 3g make sure to get the telstra version.
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and as far as im aware, thats version goes for a lot more (and can really only find it on ebay)
I just bought a Motorola Atrix and a HTC Freestyle. The Freestyle was only
$20 on Amazon and didn't require a data plan so I figured why not? Free phone basically. I was just curious as to why it's not a smartphone? I mean, I know it runs BREW, but what functions are lacking that kick it out of smartphone territory? At first I thought it might be the lack of wifi, but the original Palm Pixi wasn't released with wifi and it was still considered a smartphone. Then, I thought maybe because of the lack of an app store, but the original iPhone and all of WM 6.1 lacked app stores. So then, I thought maybe the hardware was the problem, but it has hardware comparable to the low end Android devices of last year... It's a great phone for the price. Excellent build quality and great looking as well. Just a little curious about why isn't it a smartphone!?
as you said maybe ths hardware is the reason?
chipset or something else ?it cant be totally same as some low end ANDR devices
if that you can even just cover ROM to get an ANDR device by only $20?
maybe dismounting the phone will takes you the reason
PS:HTC phones sold such cheap in your country?god damn....i haven't get any cheap HTC phone without data plan like that or even close to.....and it is said Freestyle will be sold $99.99 with a 2year plan by AT&T!
The wifi isn't what determines a phone to be a smartphone, or a feature phone. The Freestyle runs Brew, which Brew is mainly used for feature phones. It doesn't need any type of data.
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The wifi isn't what determines a phone to be a smartphone, or a feature phone. The Freestyle runs Brew, which Brew is mainly used for feature phones. It doesn't need any type of data.
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I have used BREW before, and it's 100x better on the Freestyle. Everything runs so smooth, and HTC Sense makes Brew 10000x better looking. To give you an idea of how it would look without sense, take a look at the LG EnV 2.....
I was considering selling the phone, since I honestly don't need two phones and making a profit. But, I can't find any for sale on ebay to base a price off of and sell there. There's also no cases (not even the cheap chinese stuff) either or any accessories and it came out 3 days after the Inspire did.
OK.....am i ignored? well,Freestyle is a good phone,whether it is a smartphone or not....and it has a middle end device hardware just for running BREW....incomprehensible,yes?
OK,dont think about that ,maybe only HTC knows...
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OK.....am i ignored? well,Freestyle is a good phone,whether it is a smartphone or not....and it has a middle end device hardware just for running BREW....incomprehensible,yes?
OK,dont think about that ,maybe only HTC knows...
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Lol, sorry. you weren't ignored. I just wasn't exactly sure what you were asking/ saying.
Zephyrs said:
I have used BREW before, and it's 100x better on the Freestyle. Everything runs so smooth, and HTC Sense makes Brew 10000x better looking. To give you an idea of how it would look without sense, take a look at the LG EnV 2.....
I was considering selling the phone, since I honestly don't need two phones and making a profit. But, I can't find any for sale on ebay to base a price off of and sell there. There's also no cases (not even the cheap chinese stuff) either or any accessories and it came out 3 days after the Inspire did.
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I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but the radioshack I used to work at has it and my buddies there have told me it's a nice little device.
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Lol, sorry. you weren't ignored. I just wasn't exactly sure what you were asking/ saying.
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OK..i mean...just forget it ,smartphone or not,Ah ha...isnt it a good thing what a Non-smart phone do have good hardware?
make it well used~right?
LOL
Don t worry about smartphone or not, is a good mobile phone or not? That is the most important
This is capable of android os
I talked to a HTC customer rep and he told me that this phone had the hardware capable to run android os (with the exception of wifi not existing). I simply don't know what version to install on this. Has anyone tried this? I am tired of seeing posts where people say it is not capable of running droid os.
I'd just be happy and milk it for all its worth.
So I've got the Dell Venue Pro and almost everything about the phone is phone, I have no issues with wi-fi, i do have carrier signal issues but that's not the phones fault. (i don't think)
What i am missing is a Windows Explorer so I can access the internal files. Now i know this exists for other windows 7 phones but every time I try t find information on it, they all say "for HTC phones only".
Does anyone know of a way to get a "windows explorer" so I can access the internal files, add my own ringtones etc. I don know how to access the read only file viewer, but that is pointless.
thx
This is currently not possible. Microsoft has taken a "sandbox" approach to the file system, meaning each Windows Phone 7 program is limited to only it's "space" or "program folder". The file managers that you see use capabilities that come from dll files that the OEM put in there for its own programs (the OEMs get a little more freedom than developers do as far as what they can include in their programs) and only some OEMs have this. So for now, you are out of luck (believe me, I want this too).
Microsoft may add this in the future, but this will not be present in Mango when it comes out. If you are still intent on finding a file manager for your WP7 device, do your homework, but it is likely that you will not find one. As for custom ringtones, Microsoft is going to add this capability with Mango.
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This is currently not possible. Microsoft has taken a "sandbox" approach to the file system, meaning each Windows Phone 7 program is limited to only it's "space" or "program folder". The file managers that you see use capabilities that come from dll files that the OEM put in there for its own programs (the OEMs get a little more freedom than developers do as far as what they can include in their programs) and only some OEMs have this. So for now, you are out of luck (believe me, I want this too).
Microsoft may add this in the future, but this will not be present in Mango when it comes out. If you are still intent on finding a file manager for your WP7 device, do your homework, but it is likely that you will not find one. As for custom ringtones, Microsoft is going to add this capability with Mango.
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not true!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025341
dvp file browser for updated f/w
its slow its klunky and its retarded
but its there
So the a file explorer for Dell Venue Pro does exist. I was not aware that the DVP had the capabilities and said you MIGHT be able to find one. However, what I said is still true: any file managers use capabilities that come from dll files that the OEM puts in there for it's own programs and that not all devices have this capability
Thank you, But are the instructions you described in the link, for a read only viewer not accessible in other fashions?
Any updates on this?
So it's been a few months and mango has give us the ability to give specific ringers to friends.
Well here is the dilema. With the DVP we stall can't upload MP3 files into the neccessary directories because we still can't access the file structure, well i mean we have the idiotic "read only" version but still no way to dump files into the DVP.
Has anyone foud a way around this yet or do I buy and HD7 just so I can do this?
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So it's been a few months and mango has give us the ability to give specific ringers to friends.
Well here is the dilema. With the DVP we stall can't upload MP3 files into the neccessary directories because we still can't access the file structure, well i mean we have the idiotic "read only" version but still no way to dump files into the DVP.
Has anyone foud a way around this yet or do I buy and HD7 just so I can do this?
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To be quite honest, you are always better off buying HTC because there is so much more "hackable" support than on something from Dell. More people are buying HTC products, and because HTC provides nearly unparalleled support for their devices compared to other companies, you get a larger base of people hacking their HTC devices, and in a much faster time frame.
Bottom line is, if you are looking to bring out the best in your phone through a community like XDA, you should look into buying an HTC device.
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To be quite honest, you are always better off buying HTC because there is so much more "hackable" support than on something from Dell. More people are buying HTC products, and because HTC provides nearly unparalleled support for their devices compared to other companies, you get a larger base of people hacking their HTC devices, and in a much faster time frame.
Bottom line is, if you are looking to bring out the best in your phone through a community like XDA, you should look into buying an HTC device.
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To be honest I normally do. I've been buying HTC products since they were still UT Starcom.(still have my 6700 reprogrammed as a remote for a pc connected to my 55" LCD) But they don't currently have a WIN7 phone that has a physical keyboard (except the CDMA one on sprint which is not transferable to different networks) so I decided to go with the DVP.
If HTC would give me a physical keyboard i'd drop the dvp like a bad habit, but as it sits it seems I'm the odd man out in disliking typing on a physical screen and they don't really make products for odd men out.
The reason I originally re-posted on this thread was i was loading up the OS on a BB the other day and even RIM has a "file explorer" now so i thought I would double check on this.
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To be quite honest, you are always better off buying HTC because there is so much more "hackable" support than on something from Dell. More people are buying HTC products, and because HTC provides nearly unparalleled support for their devices compared to other companies, you get a larger base of people hacking their HTC devices, and in a much faster time frame.
Bottom line is, if you are looking to bring out the best in your phone through a community like XDA, you should look into buying an HTC device.
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You're right,
100% hackable
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To be honest I normally do. I've been buying HTC products since they were still UT Starcom.(still have my 6700 reprogrammed as a remote for a pc connected to my 55" LCD) But they don't currently have a WIN7 phone that has a physical keyboard (except the CDMA one on sprint which is not transferable to different networks) so I decided to go with the DVP.
If HTC would give me a physical keyboard i'd drop the dvp like a bad habit, but as it sits it seems I'm the odd man out in disliking typing on a physical screen and they don't really make products for odd men out.
The reason I originally re-posted on this thread was i was loading up the OS on a BB the other day and even RIM has a "file explorer" now so i thought I would double check on this.
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Truth be told, I actually love the DVP hardware. It looks sleek, and after playing with one at a Microsoft Store, I'd love to have one in my hands. The lack of support for the device on places like XDA though (and even from Dell itself) makes me think twice though. Its not a bad phone for someone who doesn't care about hackability though, so I may end up getting it for my other half.
The issue with the file manager is not so much related to hardware as it is Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 7 is not a BlackBerry, nor is it Windows Mobile or Android. Its design is meant to take you out of the whole "file explorer" and "task manager" thing that we're all really used to. You shouldn't need either one, and if you are looking for it, then you aren't using Windows Phone 7 as it was intended, and if you can't get past that, then you would probably be better off on Android (but not BlackBerry, lol).
That being said, have you given yourself time to adjust to the software keyboard on Windows Phone 7? I used to be in the whole "hardware keyboard or nothing" boat, but once I gave the software keyboard on Windows Phone 7 a chance, it very quickly grew on me, and it is by far the best software keyboard I've used (especially coming from Android, blegh).
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Truth be told, I actually love the DVP hardware. It looks sleek, and after playing with one at a Microsoft Store, I'd love to have one in my hands. The lack of support for the device on places like XDA though (and even from Dell itself) makes me think twice though. Its not a bad phone for someone who doesn't care about hackability though, so I may end up getting it for my other half.
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That is part of why i bought it, powerful and sleek, and though i did see that there was little support I was deluding myself into thinking that wouldn't be that big of a deal because in time with how sexy this phone is, people will buy it and support will grow. 2 phones and 4 months later have proven me wrong The phone is not HTC in it's popularity. And actually thats my plan. I'm waiting on the new phones from MS to see what they will be like and upgrade to them. Just wish they would get them out quicker. If they come out any time soon i'll probably do the same and loan my phone to my other half. Better than tossing a beautiful piece of tech in a drawer.
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The issue with the file manager is not so much related to hardware as it is Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 7 is not a BlackBerry, nor is it Windows Mobile or Android. Its design is meant to take you out of the whole "file explorer" and "task manager" thing that we're all really used to. You shouldn't need either one, and if you are looking for it, then you aren't using Windows Phone 7 as it was intended, and if you can't get past that, then you would probably be better off on Android (but not BlackBerry, lol).
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It's not that it's that simple things like using custom ring tones for people and only being allowed to select from the dozen that come with the phone. If i had the file explorer i could put the ringers I personally make into the folder and just go on. I'm an IT geek by trade i've never used a phone as it was intended lol. Like i said my old UTC starcom 6700 is a remote control lol. But seriously I don't have an issue cracking into the software if it gets me what i want. I use to have to delete database files in the Moto razr vc3 before Motorola released the phone tools. I just need the functionality of the file explorer for what i want to do.
prjkthack said:
That being said, have you given yourself time to adjust to the software keyboard on Windows Phone 7? I used to be in the whole "hardware keyboard or nothing" boat, but once I gave the software keyboard on Windows Phone 7 a chance, it very quickly grew on me, and it is by far the best software keyboard I've used (especially coming from Android, blegh).
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I was figuring I was going to have to only because no one was making keyboards anymore, even to the point i was considering android...
Any rumors as to which of the new phones will be leading the pack?
do any of the HTC wp7 have amoled screens?