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[HTC Titan] fleik:
I switched from HTC Desire to Titan yesterday. So far so good :) Everything looks and feels nice and fancy :)
[HTC Titan] dragonide:
1) and 2)

HTC Titan is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast !! ^_____^

I understand what you are saying. I had doubts too ...

1.5 Ghz and 512Mb of Ram grants on titan the faster smartphone I experienced so far.

3) Here you have a point. I would have appreciated an SD slot too. I didn't see any Windows Phone 7 with SD card so far. Could this be a way to fight piracy ? (to force people using zune to trasfer files? really dunno).

4) Trust me, the screen is amazing, you won't argue about resolution or anything else :) every time I turn up my Titan all that I think is "WoW!!"

5) There are several alternatives to Tom Tom. Some are free, some are not, some are 'hidden' ... I hear strange voices in the wind whispering " ... use nokia drive ... "

Microsoft of nowdays keeps on giving us high quality products ...

So : YES, buy a Titan over any Android and enjoy the experience ;)
[HTC Titan] rvbarton:
I used a Samsung focus. You could add a MicroSD to it. We were effectively able to upgrade both of our Samsung Focus' with a 32gb MicroSD card. The phones had 40gb of memory. Very nice. Be warned though, that when you try to remove the card and reset the phone, the MicroSD card is locked and cannot be used by anything else, EXCEPT your Windows phone. Yes, it locks the MicroSD card so that it cannot be read by any other device.
[HTC Titan] O_G:
Firstly apology accepted, no hard feelings and thanks for the positive feedback:)

On the first part of your question, i do agree with you the forums are not up when the phones are available. I have had many problems in other forums because of this (Focus S being one of them). But with the sheer number of devices that get released at one time, its hard to keep up and know which ones will be popular. There is a thread somewhere explaining it, but i cant remember where i read it now, sorry!

The second point is a difficult one, i do tend to agree with you. But what about the other builds of android? They could be thought of as different OS, So we get a Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich (not counting the ones before that) So the OS list might get a little complicated. And before you shoot me down saying there not different OS's. Other Android users might totally disagree. Its all a balance of keeping everybody Happy. As i said i personally agree with you, but not so sure others would.

What i will do is post your comment in the MOD section. See what sort of comeback i get and let you know.

Thanks for your feedback and if you have any more questions/issues, please feel free to ask i will do my best to sort them.

Glad you are enjoying the HTC Titan Forum

PEACE!!
[HTC Titan] O_G:
I did read about the locked SD card. Sounds like locking you down to zune is what microsoft wants. Not a massive issue, i would assume its still easy to use zune to transfer your music/video?
[HTC Titan] antaed:
transferring through zune is very easy and i love the interface, i wish it would be faster though...

there are solutions for unlocking the sd card. the most common one is to format it using a nokia symbian phone. there is also an app made by xbmod which unlocks the sd card but i don't know if it works on any device. i used it on my htc hd2 running yukixda & xbmod's "back to the future" wp7 rom.

however, unlocking the card won't give the ability to transfer usable files to the phone. the wp7 partition has a special format type which cannot be read (yet). unlocking the sd card is necessary if you want to:

- partition your sd card and use part of it as removable storage space. again, this was made possible by xbmod on the hd2.

or

- replace it with another one and transfer the wp7 partition to the new card. also, you will be able to delete the wp7 partition from the old card and format it to be usable again on another device.
[HTC Titan] malickie:
Ok so I should be getting my Titan by the End of Next Week and am curious about the Navigation on the phone. With my Android phone all I have to do is cache some of the maps zones using google maps than I can turn off data completely and just have the GPS chip work it's magic. So I guess the question is does the built in maps do this on WP7 and is there a way to completely turn off Data and only have Wi-Fi running so I don't run into overages as I cannot afford a higher tiered plan than the 200mb one. If not I will most likely wind up selling the phone or returning it as I cannot have my Data running my bill through the roof.
[HTC Titan] Sihaz:
try turn by turn nav. You can cache your route at home over WiFi before you set off :-)
[HTC Titan] GekkoAce:
Titan! Way better than Android!
[HTC Titan] soullinker20:
i was thinkin about titan for about a month now... i end up with the gs2 and i don't have regrets on it... i came from ip4 but got bored to it and decided to upgrade to have faster web page loads.. the gs2 delivered. it's been 1 week now and i'm still thinkin about the titan, i almost pull the trigger on it but upon browsing forums there lot of issues with the titan mainly with the call quality.. my question is should i wait for a month or few months before i switch?

i got a chance to test a WP 7.0 LG but i felt that something was lacking (i don't know what).. i hope it won't happen when i switch to titan.

i felt that the android was just too complicated to me because i wasn't really an APPS guy and just get the apps that are essential to me (sms tones and some), and wanted things to be more simpler and i'm a mac user so the android phone was really hard to use on a mac.. i hope the WP titan can deliver to this and satisfy me..

i only use my phone for some web browsing, check facebook sometimes and email when necessary, and texting was my only heavy usage though not that heavy about 30-40sms a day.. and lastly.. the BATTERY! on my gs2 it lasts almost 2 days if used lightly.. how about the titan...

your comments and advises will be very much appreciated thank you!
[HTC Titan] rvbarton:
Just got my Titan today. I'm liking it, but I am torn as to whether I will use it as my primary (work/personal) and give up my Motorola Atrix. Both have pluses that I really like, and both have negatives that I'm torn over...

Motorola Atrix:

Pros:

fastest android phone I've ever used

open source gives me unlimited apps

convenience, as I've already bought a kick-a$$ holder (Seidio with belt clip)

Bought the Atrix dock/computer for $50 (still on back order from THAT company)

just used to the Android OS

Cons:

too open source. apps aren't totally tested

I'm a tech hound and love the "new" items

screen is just too small for things I enjoy.. web browsing. games... Netflix...

HTC Titan

Pros:

Only cost me $.01!!!!

Beautful phone! Fast!

Buttery smooth OS! Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) is just a superb OS

Screen size rivals that of my Dell Streak (My favorite phone ever!)

Camera rocks!

Form Factor Rocks!

Cons:

Apps are limited

As robust as the OS is, there are still things I like to do it cannot do efficiently, or I just haven't learned how to do them yet...

no Seidio case with belt clip available for the phone.

Bought one for my wife as well. She specifically told me NOT to buy her another phone, but FFS... it was only a penny, and it's significantly better than her Samsung Focus.

I'll probably switch back and forth between phones, as my mood hits me. :)
[HTC Titan] berrywr:
For "drupad2drupad" - It is extremely rare that I say this; but you're dead on and 100% right! I like to think I've done my homework on buying my next device, the HTC Titan (Eternity)...I thought about a dual core but for the moment single cores are holding their own and faster with the hardware in these devices and the Titan booted 4 times faster than the Thunderbolt and I completely understand the popularity of Android and iOS but I don't want anybody to be offended when I say this; I want a device that is an extension of my personal computer and a device I don't have to buy with every new...faster...more this, more that device that is made available to us all, oh, say, everyday and my device becomes an instant relic! If y'all can afford the next great really, really cool smart phone, God bless ya, but some of us prefer two years before we have to make this decision again, and a true story; my new device is more powerful than my home PC! I need a big screen because I'm blind; I have a 46 inch HDTV for football, not a subscription and a 4 inch screen and my magnifying glass in the other room. This damn device for all its pros and cons isn't a toy, it's my communication lifeline; so congratulations Android; y'all passed the half-million apps; I need none of them...zero; what I need is the common sense to be able to type a URL, save it as a favorite/bookmark and it's all good in my universe; do I need an app to logon to my bank account; my newspaper, Angry Birds...no; a favorite will suffice. A little common sense goes a long way...a damn good, long ways.

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For "rvbarton" - You're absolutely right too! I love my Rhodium and that keyboard and I have mine currently dual booting both WinMo 6.5 (NRGZ28's July 4 EnergyROM) and XDAndroid's Froyo 7.1 and I'm keeping it...it doubles for my GPS...CoPilot Live 8. I'm awaiting in the mail my Titan from Amazon Wireless. Having a Rhodium for a good backup in my world isn't a bad thing...I really repected your point of view despite the two of us using different devices, but I suppose when you think about it, that's why there are how many different model of devices out there and yet, still to come?
[HTC Titan] HopelesRomantc91:
I'm kind of torn...I've had an iPod touch for 2 years now, and I just got the HTC Vivid (I'm even writing this reply on it), but I loved the Titan. I just got used to HTC Trace (like Swype) Sense UI, widgets, Android as a whole, but WP7 felt SO nice and smooth. The biggest thing is those widgets though...I kind of need the Mobile Networks, Wi-Fi, and brightness settings to be easy access...oh and the Shopkick app, I get like $20 a month from that. But even literally now there are jittery UI elements (copy/paste/select window movements) that have no need to be with my dual core 1.2 GHz processor...

I may get the Titan just because Shopkick is available on my iPod and I can use that, but man I want a WP7 phone now...
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
Hopeles

for the settings, hold the windows key and say, open settings, choose brightness, wifi, whatever. how much easer can it be? (doesn't use data also to open apps)

or something like this...

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/44438c2c-cfad-4cfd-8152-e2ed54847aad

has all the connection settings but wireless.
[HTC Titan] O_G:
Have you seen supreme shortcuts, looks like it will sort your issue.

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1343993
[HTC Titan] enyaj:
Dude you know where to get a titan in the philippines? I've been waiting for so long damn!
[HTC Titan] HopelesRomantc91:
K, I think I'll be alright without the super fast widgets, but now it's Titan and iPod touch, or just my Android phone, because I really want Shopkick. Plus I'm a little spoiled with high res on this Vivid and my 4th gen iPod, which makes the Titan hard to choose. Also is there location spoofing software on WP7?

EDIT:

It could be, you know, just push a button to turn on or off Wi-Fi...
[HTC Titan] MaziarAmiri:
There's an app that puts the wifi/bluetooth/airplane mode in to live tiles so you can add them to the home screen and change the them without going in to the settings.

I don't know about you but I had an iPhone 4 for around 1.5 years and I have no problem whatsoever using Titan because only browsing pages with small texts(maxed out) shows jagged pixels, in which I either zoom in or work in landscape.

I'm really enjoying the 4.7" screen and can't stand the iPhone's screen now ! :D
[HTC Titan] cohowap:
I am suprised no one has mentioned this.

While the lack of an SD card can be an issue (extra features are always welcome), the fact is most of the people who expand thier SD card do it for thier music. There's a simple resolution. One that enables a whole new section to the phone, and one ups anything out there.

It's called Zune! There's no need to waste your storage on music. Simply download the music you like and listen to often, the other stuff you can just stream off zune when you feel like it. It's all seemless and for 9 bucks a month, it's the Netflix of music. I keep roughly 200 songs on my phone, I don't manage my library a whole lot, and when I do, Zune makes it easy.

16GB is plenty with a Zune account.

BTW, I gave 2 android users and 3 iphone users a demo of my phone today. 4/5 said thier next phone will be a Windows Phone, the one who didn't had just bought an iPhone 4S and felt salty, he didn't break it out even once as I was showing everything off. He did however play with my Titan in the corner thinking we didn't notice for a good 30 mins.

You won't regret it.
[HTC Titan] mo3ulla:
biggest device problem - BOOTLOADER . while Generation 1 devices got bottloader from HD2 .. and could be relatively easy cracked . bootloaders beyond 2.0 version - is HELL .
[HTC Titan] ClassickWORLD:
Like it... I want to love it.

The HTC Titan is thee most gorgeous device that I have ever owned. The screen size makes people look in awe. Wp7 is thee most fluid and smooth OS there is... yes even smoother than iOS 5. The app UI is the "prettiest" out of a the OS's (MetroTube, Wp7 news, Prime TV, etc.). With that being said... my old Nexus S still gets waaay more use. I still feel like WP7 is missing way too many features that I like.

-No Universal search: I should be able to press the search button, and search the web, apps, contacts, etc. When i wanna call someone, there is just too many extra steps.

- No alternate keyboard: The WP7 keyboard is "OK". Why won't they let us change it? Is it because of security issues? I don't care. It should be my decision. On my Nexus I use SWYPE when typing with onefinger, and Swiftkey when typing with 2 fingers.

- No alternate browser: IE just plain sucks next to my Nexus S webkit browser. Don't believe me? Go to m.twitter.com or m.facebook.com from an Android browser and you will see a BIG difference. Why doesn't Microsoft allow any worthy alternatives? Are they trying to build a walled garden like that fruit logo?

-No unified notification: Once my toast notifications disappear where does it go? A number on a Live Tile? Nah. I'd rather have ONE place where I can check ALL of my notifications... and then open the app from there. Or Microsoft could at least release api's for a 3rd party developer to make one.

-No external storage/Zune: The biggest reason that I will NEVER own an iPhone because I hate depending on other software (iTunes) to sync music/pics/videos/. I like to pull music off of my brother's laptop... and no he doesn't wanna download zune. I also like to pull movies off of my playstation 3. Copy and paste on my Nexus S... Simple.

-Lack of Apps: My biggest gripe is the lack of apps. Yes I know that WP7 is still in it's infant state, and it got to 45,000 apps the fastest, but I don't want to wait months to a year for developers to recognize the hidden gem that is WP7. As a 27 year old male, I have many friends on Voxer, Path, Google+, etc apps. That has me constantly going back to my Nexus.

With that said, WP7 is easily the most beautiful (Besides those god-awful ugly tiles), smoothest, and might be the best OS a year from now. I like the Titan, but I should have got the SG2 Skyrocket.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I just added them in blue under your points, thought it would be easier ;)
[HTC Titan] ClassickWORLD:
No Universal Search: Yea but I would still like to just hit the search button while on the homescreen and search for ANYTHING. I loved this about WebOS... and later on Android when they stole it. It just makes sense and is a whole lot easier. The quick dial app i use "True Dialer" is not a good replacement app. I still have to keep my "Phone" tile right next to it. Recent calls wont show up in my call history unless their in my address book first!

No alternate browser: Have u seen any of the websites optimized for HTML5? They look TERRIBLE on IE. Facebook and Twitter are perfect examples.

No Unified Notifications: Notifications at the top of the screen never annoyed me. If so, then they should just give you the OPTION to turn it off. Problem soolved. Everyone is HAPPY.

Lack of Apps: I have 1,000 people on my G+ and I love it. The WP7 alternative is just terrible.

WP7... I love it and hate it at the SAME time.
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
No universal search -

EVERYONE FORGETS VOICE!!!!

- Hold the voice key (aka windows)

For the web say whatever like "how much wood could a wood chuck chuck"

For the weather say what your looking for. "Weather in Sanfransico?" just like the iphone commercial

For Maps say the address (it will bing search and put the map at the top) Press the map and you have local scout and directions

For contact says "Call contact name" or "Text Contact name"

What more do you want?
[HTC Titan] HopelesRomantc91:
Whoops never mind...
[HTC Titan] zepretender:
Ho ! It's the same for me. I love Android... But I really prefer WP7 for these reasons.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
That works sooooo perfectly for me now!

Only thing is: Apps! It most of the time won't recognise my apps. How do you say Facebook? Face..book? Facebook? Facebuk? Face...book? facebook? How? Tried so many accents, so many ways, nothing! However it does everything to do with BING, calls and texts - so perfectly well! I wish next update brings the features from voice commands in winmo 6.5 where we were able to even arrange appointments in outlook calenders using voice command.

What I've realised is - TellMe needs training like Siri. Once you know what it gets and what not, it works fluidly. But I think these days even human beings dont understand different accents, so I won't blame a mere software for it!
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
Oh and for those that complain about the dialpad not showing immediately. (instead recent calls)

Press and hold windows key for voice, say call 5709322322 or whatever number (i just made the number up) and it will call it.

And to think, we had all this before Siri, MS really needs to tell us more things we can do with Tell me.

For apps, make sure you say open before the app name and also wait for the mic level to come up (sometimes i say it to fast)

Also i find it works better if i am not really close to the phone (like have it to my ear) and it works better if i talk naturally as opposed to try to announiate it... except my hometown. Williamsport comes up as waynesboro unless i say WilliamSPort. (i have to make sure it catches the SP part.

Today i used local scout to find a new pizza joint. I just said, Long Island Pizza. (note you don't have to say find), local scout came right up after a 2 second web search. When i click on it, i get directions, phone number (which calls if you press it) and hours they are open. How sweet is that?
[HTC Titan] drokkon:
After you said this, I started a few apps with voice without problems. I just used the word "start" before the app name and it worked perfectly every time! I think I found my new preferred method for opening apps!
[HTC Titan] macjr82:
The memory is still an issue for me even after eliminating music on the device. Due to the number of podcasts I subscribe to, and the number of video podcasts as well. I do like the titan overall. The only thing I miss from y Dell Venue Pro are the keyboard (rarely) and the 32gb capacity I had. The Titan has me cionsidering finding a Zune HD on the cheap. I had one but gifted it when I went WP7.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I bought Zune subscription! £90 per year is nothing for all the free space you can enjoy on the phone plus all the latest music whenever you want! ;)
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
I never thought of using start... good one. We should start a thread on tell me commands in the main windows phone area.
[HTC Titan] soullinker20:
does the Windows Phone 7 connector software on Mac works fluently?

coz this is the main reason why I sold my GS2 for a Titan coming this January
[HTC Titan] antaed:
You can easily enable it using a cool javascript hack: ;)

http://www.liveside.net/2011/10/21/...page-back-in-ie9-mobile-on-windows-phone-7-5/
[HTC Titan] soullinker20:
is there any significant difference between an HTC titan UK and an asian version?
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Not hardware wise, may be OS features might be different?
[HTC Titan] revoltech:
Hello HTC Titan 2011 forum. I am coming from an old HTC Eris/Hero and the difference is night and day. No more force closes or 10 seconds to open the android web browser. Of course I had mine rooted and overclocked which made a difference but it's nothing like the speed of the HTC Titan. Things I wish they improved on is the GPS navigation and an addition of a usable seekbar in the Zune music player. I don't mind the Bing maps but the navigation is stuck on portrait and I have to touch to get directions after each waypoint. Also I don't understand why the non-functional seekbar in the Zune music player? I have podcasts and music radio streams that are hours long which I want to skip around in the file. I already found most of the google apps that I use on android from a 3rd party developer on the market place so the transition was smooth for the most part. I love the my new HTC and hope that windows will continue to improve on it's os.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Very pleased to hear this from fellow old androidian. I am glad you've found it all a pleasant experience. For spot on navigation there are few paid softwares, but they are well worth it! One-off payment is all negated if you use GPS navigation a lot. I've never faced the issue with tapping after each turn on Bing Maps but try GMaps if you find them better. There are a few more maps/navigation apps for free. The reason I love bing maps is because they are spot on in London!
[HTC Titan] mgmchan:
I've been using Android for 2 years and just bought my Mango Titan past week. Having read many positive reviews, I had high hopes.

There are things that I had expected a normal user would expect to have. Things that really disappoints (or is there any app to solve these?):

1.No smart dialing. I found apps on Market to complement that but then those apps does smart dialing and nothing more. To see phone history, missed calls etc, I have to go back to the original phone app. Kind of strange to put two phone app tiles on main screen.

2. How to turn off notification sound at night automatically? My phone charges on my night desk and keeps beeping when emails come in in the the middle of the night. In Android we have the SoundManager app that can set daily time zones to turn on/off various rings/notifications.

3. Pressing on the live tiles will launch a program (say Facebook app). That's fine, but having pressed the Win button to go back to main screen and launch the same app again seems to launch the program from scratch (i.e. slow). It's very often that we hop among a few apps to do things. Long press on the "back" button could bring things back much more quickly.

4. Calendar. The calendar is the weakest thing I've used in the past few years (WM6, Android 1.5-2.3, iOS) It's basically useless in the month-view as I cannot read anything on it and there is no week-week. Calens\dar tile seems to only show tomorrow's events and nothing beyond een when the tile has lots of space left to show more stuff.

5. On-line status. Is there any way I don't sync status with all accounts? Right now when I say I'm on-line for MSN chat, it'll also show me on-line in Facebook...

6. No folder to aggregate various tiles/apps. My tile and app list is already growing so long that I find it cumbersome to scroll through it.

7. Hand writing Chinese recognition is so slow. Basically the stroke lags.

8. WhatsApp problem. Very often it says I have received new msg and the tile says so too. Yet when I go inside, nothing. May be this is WhatsApp only?

Am I the only one that is disappointed? Sadly the list seems to be growing...

Michael