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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Bulldog:
if some one seriously looking for a REPLACEMENT for Universal that means looking for a work horse. That means again the Device should be good as PDA and as well as a PHONE. I call it "communicator"

We have enough devices on the market which are smaller then Universal and sure still few will be released with different specs in the future. Anyhow all of them have about 2.8-3 inch screen.

We have one device which is bigger then UNiversal it is the HTC advantage. Definitely fine device but it is more like a Large PDA or like smaller UMPC. as phone and as a all day long device it is less usable.

Until know I have use the XDA II; Universal; HTC Hermes; and HTC kaiser. According my opinion the best Device size and usability wise it was the XDA II. it was light, the size was just right and it had a 3,5 inch screen. although it was no VGA but display quality was just nice.

I just simply can not understand why one of the manufacturer can Not combine the best of XDA II and Universal in to one single DEVICE. It cant be that difficult???

I have no objection at all for devices coming out with new OS. Iphone has shown to many a revolutionary control interface. Completely out of the box and awaken a lot competition. Indeed as consumers we just gain on such competition. However although new OS may show things out of box but it is less competitive if it comes to functionality or technology for the first few years.

So we can just pray that one of the manufacturing Guys have look in to the Customer comment here, collect feedback and design devices on what the Customers wants and not WHAT the Production Backend says it will be produced.

I have to just shake my head to see Devices coming out like toshiba 910 or Asus P930 which could have been really good devices but if you look in to device designs and usability then some one needs to wonder WHO and WHY the Hell has design those devices. Are those guys manufacturing something just seek of manufacturing ?? Why not design/manufacture something GOOD and get market share from HTC and earn some money???

I mean I still can understand that HTC release Devices that have almost the same spec and look as they are the market leader. even though they screw up one two devices ( sales numbers) they have the money or reputation to go away with blue eye on those. For me as now all the new Device releases from HTC look like my grandmother with different clothing and different makeup but it is still the same "Grandmother"
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
well said Bulldog!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
T-Mobile UMTS Deployement

Hello Christian, I am not sure if you are aware that T-Mobile launched 3G UMTS in New York City last week on Monday, May 5th. I don't know how far you are from New York City but when I spoke to T-Mobile about this they told me you do not need a 3G sim card for 3G to work on the Univerisal. UMTS Bands will be 1700 & 2100 Frequency. If you have any friends in that area and could try this out and post on the forum that would be greatly appreciated if Univerisal works or not on 3G?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
right now i am at Farmington, CT, but i'll try and inquire about this. thanks for letting me know.

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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
Cooked Rom

Hello Christian, Also to mention I would 100% recommend trying Ranju's latest rom v.7.6 highly recommended with the Radio v1.15 most stable. I would say it is the best cooked rom on the forum for the Univerisal at this time because I have read all the other features and comments of the other rom cookers and what the feedback is. I had Jason's latest rom and thought it was the best but not so. I was waiting for Jason's latest rom to support the 128mb of ram which I had PocketPCTechs out of California do the upgrade from 64mb to 128mb of ram back in January of 2008 which they did a great job which was worth it. According to what I have heard Jason is too busy with his job to build another rom so I had to take a chance to try another cooked rom that supports 128mb of ram. I will keep my device and wait for the HTC Dream predessor of the Univerisal to then purchase once available. So long as the new cooked roms for the Univerisal keep coming I will be 100% satisfied with my "Qtek 9000" which I use for my company needs.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
I fell in love with the Universal because of the screen and keyboard, so does the the 5" screen of the Advantage.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] myname70:
HTC Touch DIAMOND

What about HTC Touch Diamond http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46286 ?

There is no keyboard, but taking account all other specs .. I think it worths to think about it. Any comments?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DJ Palmis:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Are you kidding me??

What's that? A Nokia Phone???
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gquipster:
Personally I'm tempted by either the XDA Stellar or the XDA Atmos.

Fed up of carrying around 2 phones - XDA Exec for Blackberry and Internet and Nokia N70 for voice/sms so seriously tempted by Atmos and using Push Mail instead of Blackberry.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] leoni1980:
I bought a Universal a few days ago for less than 80gbp, and I think it's great: I've owned/own a Nokia E90, N95, N95 8gb HTC Advantage, HTC Kaiser in the past year. I think overall the Universal is a better device than the Advantage: I certainly find it more practical.

I never use the cameras on Windows Mobile devices, if I'm going anywhere special I take my Nokia but for emergencies the Universal is fine.

There's no GPS but an external one is no great burden. I've got Garmin XT on my Nokia Anyway.

There's no HSDPA, sure: but UMTS is fast enough to stream full Youtube videos etc anyway and if I want I can tether the Universal to my N95 via wifi for full category 6 HSDPA AND you bluetooth to share the N95's A-GPS capability via a small program called 'ExtGPS;

The thing that really makes the Universal shine for me though is the keyboard: it's simply a joy to use and makes every other device with a QWERTY keyboard seem joyless and clickety-clackety. The fact that the keyboard and screen are both protected by the form factor is also brilliant.

And last but not least: the Universal takes full-size SDHC cards! The cheapest means of sticking 8gb of storage into your device, and the ONLY means of getting 16gb in there at the moment.

I bought another 8gb SDHC from Play.com with a voucher code for just 12.99 including postage and it works flawlessly.

No device is ever perfect, but for me it is more important to have a great keyboard and a practical form-factor than a lot of other fancy extras.

God bless the Universal
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] enigma1nz:
There is

an Iphone clone on the market, looks and acts like an Iphone, yet has WM6 loaded, which, of course, is the way Apple should've gone, if they were smart about it. If I am not mistaken it's called Boxu T32 or Daxian X999. Not swapping my O2 Exec/JasJar/Uni any time soon, just showing off my knowledge of aftermarket copies mass-produced in China these days :) :rolleyes:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] myname70:
Except the keyboard is missing, the Diamond looks very good (very fast, high memory available, WM6.1 etc..) And its weight is only 110 g!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DJ Palmis:
I'm sorry.. In MY OPINION (sorry if I disagree) thats only a mobile phone.. I can't use like i use Universal.. I mean: i use my Qtek like an AUSUS EEEPC.

Herein Italy there was an advertising from Pirelli.

The slogan was:‘Power is nothing without control’.

So.. In my opinion that is only a toy.. A POWERFUL toy!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] youmeus:
Hands down the Uni...is still the best...only because of the devs

I think the Uni...has another 2yrs on top the pack. Once Ranju keeps pushing out his roms and the rest of cooks keep the pot tasting different ever so often the Uni is going to stay on top. The manufactures are lazy and greedy...I think they can do better and give us the ultimate device in terms of functionality, form factor, performance and beauty but it will eat into their profits. It's like they are on a never ending quest to steal our cash...they sell you a car with only two full wheels and two trainer-wheels and every other year they tease you with the idea of upgrading to have four wheels but it never happens....a bunch of arse-wipes if you ask me!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] enigma1nz:
I agree!

One of the selling points of Uni for me was the fact it looked like a mini-laptop with swivel screen and a keyboard. Plenty of beautiful phones out there and Diamond is sure beautiful and powerful, but... as Palmis pointed out, it is still only a mobile phone. Iphone looks lovely and I still have my Uni... LG Prada is nice... you get the point :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] leffetripel:
The Diamond has no SD slot and only has a 2.8" VGA screen which is simply not effective. it seems that HTC (and other manufacturers) is selling us short, there is no real innovation in new products just a repack of the same (sometimes worse, like screens) components. :mad:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] leoni1980:
the manufacturers always sell us short - its a marketing strategy to keep us content but never quiet fulfil all our expectations. HTC perhaps made a mistake with the Universal as even now it holds up well against the competion. as far as I'm concerned it's the best windows mobile device available, mainly thanks to the developers on these forums. It might not have HSDPA or a decent camera, or even GPS but neither of these are important to me as I have an N95 for these functions,and I can share its HSDPA or GPS to the Universal if need be.

Whats important is that I can happily type out replies, email, and browse at perfectly acceptable speeds (As I am now) and can answer calls without the need for a bluetooth headset. The Athena was just too much hassle for me and I found HSDPA drained my battery so quickly that i had it turned off almost all the time.

I can fit a mammoth extended life battery in my Universal too: not much use in having everything on your device if your battery is flat all the time.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Bulldog:
Asus p550

Has anyone seen the new Asus P550, the specs are not to bad and the form factor comes very close to my old favorite Device XDA II. I think I am in love again :D

Below Specs:

ASUS has officially announced the P550 communicator. This is a candy bar model without a keyboard and a big 3.5” display. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional. According to the manufacturer, ASUS P550 is good for mobile professionals, users who need to work in move. They can be always connected and the big display enables convenient document handling.

The specs of ASUS P550:

Standards - GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz

OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional

Display – 3.5” touchscreen (240×320 pixels, 65K colros)

CPU - Marvel PXA270M, 520 MHz

256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM

miniSD-slot (SDHC)

Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), USB 1.1, Bluetooth 2.0

Built-in GPS-receiver (SiRF Star III), (TMC-module, optional)

2-mehgapixel camera

Battery – Li-Ion 1530 mAh

Standby time – up to 350 hours

Talk time – up to 5 hours

Dimensions – 121×70x16.5 mm

Weight - 188 g

Colors - silver
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Win_XP:
Sharp makes me happy :D:D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] myname70:
Yes, you are right. The screen is only 2.8" (with VGA resolution). So, it has two main disanvantages:

* the smaller screen

* and no QWERT keyboard

But talking about the "power" I think Diamond has much more of it.. better CPU, much more RAM and ROM, special memory dedicated for SnapView only.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Charms:
HTC Raphael - Finally a worthy Universal Successor?

http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_mda_compact_iv_mda_vario_iv-review-252p3.php

http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/en/read.php?id=2921&ch=1

Okay so it only has a 2.8" Screen - but it is in VGA resolution.

Unlike the diamond it also has a keyboard and microSD expansion.

Definitely worth a look in my humble opinion........

Would have bben nice if HTC had included an FM tuner (like the diamond) and the tilt mechanism from the kaiser - but CLEARLY

I expect too much lol
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dianotea:
Worth a look for me, too.....at least the raphael has an half decent battery at 1350mah.....
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Verbato:
M-mm... Been looking for the Raphael for some time me as well.

This is definitively the next phone I'm getting. And it's about time ;-)

I would have liked it though if they would have used regular SD rather than mini-SD. (So I'd still be able to use my 16GB SDHC, I'd hate to have to throw it away ;-))
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DJ Palmis:
I agree with you.

A clamshell wold be better.. but CLEARLY WE expect too much!!!

lol

Anyway it's price is quite expensive..

May i share with you an idea?

I'm thinking about selling my super HTC Universal..

And then i could buy a Nokia-ugly-phone, such as an N70, or other toys (LG, samsung and so on).. IN ADDITION..

An asus eee pc!

Am i wrong?

An asus eee 701 costs (herein Italy) 299 €.

An N70 i could find at less than 130€.

How much will be an HTC Raphael?

Not less than 800€.

Do you think it's better an expensive PDA.. Or a UMPC+mobile?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gary.lavin:
We should not have to accept something less than the Uni, there has got to be a product about to come out that does everything and more.. Full screen, qwerty keyboard, clamshell, etc
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Tahmaseeb:
alternative to uni..id go for UMPC + mobile
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] tjewell:
Hi all.

I thought the perfect machine would be one of the new WVGA phones based on the Qualcomm MSM7201A platform - the Xperia X1, the Toshiba G910/G920 and the rumoured HTC Omni (http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7201a). HSDPA, 800x480 display, GPS, keyboard. Sound too good to be true.

But now that they're just starting to become available, I'm hearing about problems. That the 800x480 display is seriously slow to refresh and makes the machine sluggish. That battery life with HSDPA is poor.

See http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2008/Toshiba_Portege_G910_review.htm for an example.

Anyone else back this up? Slower than the Universal, worse battery life. Is this a compromise too far?

Tony.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SPVlover:
Imate Ultimate

Yea Now thats exactly what id like to see.

Post number 23 on this thread.

To bad this is not a released model, id get it immediately!!

Exactly what would replace my beloved uni. Simply wow :-)

Why dont the just get this thing released ASAP ?

the other examples ( xperia x1 and so .. ) lack:

clamshell ( important )

Micro notebook look :-)

swivel screen....

Imate Ultimate all the way :-)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] shambolic:
I have swapped to a Daxian x99+ and it's a breath of fresh air after my lumpy old XDA exec. It astonishes me how a phone that marketed for £600+ could be sold with so many quirks and problems. Having a phone without such niggles has made me appreciate just how bad the exec is.!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Moandal:
More info on the Raphael/HTC Touch Pro:

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=49518

This looks like the device I will replace my beloved Universal/O2 XDA Exec with.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Screen too small mate, I´m sure you will mis our nice 3.5" screen, my personal opinion is that touch pro won´t really replace our UNI´s, ok it´s very nice and beautyfull and new! but on the daily usage it won´t be better

That´s only my opinion, hope it helps

Cheers
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Moandal:
Hmmmm, having seen the HTC Touch Diamond in the flesh, I think I agree. Oh well, the search continues...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
What you think about this?

http://e-global.es/b2b-blog/2008/02/18/toshiba-portege-g910/

coul be a possible succesor.....?

Cheers
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] leoni1980:
having owned a g900 only a matter of weeks ago I seriously wouldn't touch toshiba phones with a bargepole. by all accounts the g910 is pretty ill conceived anyway . despite its smaller screen I'd take the touch pro anyway as I know there's a great xda modding scene to support it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] manveruppd:
Perhaps you'd be willing to take a step sideways to a Symbian device (or Android when they become available)? That new Nokia Navigator (E92 I think) is supposedly a decent-enough phone though I've never actually held one in my hand. Having both a keypad and a QWERTY keyboard seems attractive: my one gripe with the Universal has always been that I can't use it one-handed! (OK, apart from the abysmal battery life, the problems we had with 3G for ages, the so-so camera and the fact that if I dropped it on my foot I'd get fractured toes!:p) The Touch Pro seems to be designed to allow one-handed use but I can't abide touch screens.

Any link to this device? The Google does nothing! :eek:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Moandal:
You'll find the Daxian by doing a search on google for Daxian X999 - I presume it's the same thing
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Daxian is a bad fake chinese copy of iphone, and iphone will never be a replacement of UNI!! never!!!!!!!!!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] manveruppd:
I'd say it's rather a good copy of the lookatmyPhone, but I agree that it doesn't hold a candle to the Uni. The Nokia E92 is the closest I've seen - it doesn't have a touchscreen, but it has a qwerty keyboard and a keypad so you can hold it both in "laptop" and "phone" mode like the Uni.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
HTC Dream (Omni)

According to the reports that I have read on the internet on different forums which I believe are 100% accurate on the HTC Dream (Omni) which will be the replacement for the Univerisal will be released the 4th quarter of 2008 most likely in December of 2008. T-Mobile will be selling the device. So if you buy the device directly from T-Mobile it will be alot cheaper than buying device unlocked. I have a "Qtek 9000' and will wait it out. All good things come to those that wait. My recommendation is to wait it out because there is no other device at this time that would replace the Univerisal. The Univerisal has been one of the top 5 devices for 3 years in a row.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
More than agree mate!

I´ll wait for OMNI

I´ll buy it unlocked to be able to use it in my country, even if it´s a little more expensive

Cheers
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
This this out which i do not believe. One of the reasons is that it will have windows mobile 6.1

http://www.superetrader.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=2857
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Aparently it´s going to be available in september 08, hope it´s true!! but here it says it will have wm6.0, but that is not important as we always can upgrade form a ROM form this fantastic site!

Check here the info:

http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=790
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
Updated Information on HTC Dream

Here is the latest updated information on the "HTC Dream" http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C15935/
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Thanks for sharing this!

Aparently HTC Omnia and Dream would be good options to have in mind! and both in Sepetember! I can´t wait...

Cheers
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DJ Palmis:
Fujitsu Lifebook U2010

http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/portatili/fujitsu-lifebook-u2010-solo-680-grammi_26142.html

Well, i know it's not in english.. But you can look at the picture...

Do you know something similar to that UMPC?

It's quite ugly.. Expansive (1,300$ USA)...

But it reminds me our Universal! :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
It´s very nice, but is this has a phone included? or it´s just a mini laptop?

Sorry my Italian is not good

Gracias
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gary.lavin:
Seems to be just a Laptop
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Nice characters...

In english please
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] DJ Palmis:
That's right, it's not a phone.. But you can use its HSDPA!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gary.lavin:
Dream G1

So I've been waiting for what seems like years for the Omni/Dream/G1 and now it's here. Is it time to pack up the Uni? PreOrder with T Mobile September 17th. Anyone going to get one? What does Android give us out of the box?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Park:
Updated Information On The HTC Dream With Pictures

Here is the link to the latest up to date HTC Dream with pictures. http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/30/htcs-android-driven-dream-revealed-in-glorious-spy-photos/
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] serjay:
This damn thing is butt ugly! and it's barely a 3.2" LCD!!! NONONONO! I say no to this; it looks like one of those phones you see on eBay from China for $68.54

Its a horrible "Dream"!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kub11:
I think for now there are no replacement for Universal. Athena is too big, iPaq 214 doesn't have GSM and QWERTY, Touch Pro - too little screen. I think the only possible device to replace Universal is Xda Flame, which doesn't have QWERTY, but has a lot of other things. HTC some time ago announced that they were going to release HTC Omni, which would be perfect Universal's succesor, but there are no informations about it for now. I think they rejected it for PDA from Touch-series.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] serjay:
you've just ruined my day!!:(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-professional-news/272214/introducing-the-htc-touch-hd/

If this one has a keyboard will be a perfect succesor for UNI.........

Really nice screen!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] serjay:
Holly!!! I'm sold!!

I've been trying to find a bit more info on this phone but came short.. if anyone has any info please share!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Just google it mate, there are a lot of info... a few examples:

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=941

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/10/htc-touch-hd-takes-480-x-800-pixels-fullscreen/

Also on this forum there is thread with more info

Good luck
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] d2ey:
something like this???
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Rapax:
Nah. I tried the Touch Pro in the shop last week. Way too small, and this thing has the same dimensions except for thickness. Uni is just about perfect in terms of size/thickness.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dianotea:
wow....I'm sold! That is the best universal missed successor so far.......I'd miss only the tilt and swiwel design...but nothing is perfect ;) ehehhe ;)

Hope someone at htc is looking at this thread and that what you've done is just doable in terms of engineering. If we look at htc past history, a successor with qwerty makes perfect sense....

Rapax, the touch hd dimensions are different from the touch pro. They are (115mm) halfway between uni (128mm) and touch pro (102mm), and that IMHO would be the perfect size, as in the uni there is a lot of "wasted" bezel space.

The uni keyboard is (about) 105mm, so a keyboard like in d2ey photoshop "HD PRO" ;) would be really confortable and could be "larger" than the real uni keyboard.....just my .02
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Please read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=437646

It´s a PS great mounted by tazbo28

And now this pictures has entered in a lot of places around the net

Hopefully this can become true!!!

Cheers,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Check here: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_hd-2525.php

it has not the same dimensions of a touch pro

And this video: http://vimeo.com/1938435?pg=embed&sec=1938435&hd=1

I am agree the Uni is the perfect one till now, but hopefully this wonderfull PS mounted can become true!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] d2ey:
Just add the jog dial (replacement for the missing Dpad), tilt function , and flash for the camera. This will be a perfect device for me right now.