[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] JediFonger:
i've been using 13.2 for a few weeks now, it sooooo ROCKS! the device update is so brilliant. i've downloaded so many things that i simply don't have time to go through everything like i used to. it also works pretty much "out of box". i wish there was a thread or some type of document that describes what every little thing does. there's so many applications on device update that i dunno what they all do :D. all in all this is the best ROM ever! i'm a pretty advanced user myself, but i always imagined if i wasn't... would i still be able to use this? and the answer is still yes. i'm upgrading this from 6.0 and the difference is astounding. i really like the intuitive stuff that MS has changed in 6.1 like the conversation threads of SMS similar to gmail. all in all, it's been pretty incredible and this is BEFORE i sit down and go through every little thing. i've already tweaked HTC home to different icons and settings from the device update. that's just so cool.

one thing that i do worry about is... how long will that internet site be maintained? i mean... i imagine it'll be up for as long as hermes is popular... but whatif hermes is no longer popular? whatif people still want to use it long after? i imagine you'd have to make the complete respository ready for download somewhere. and who maintains the site? is it like an open source thing?

would luv to see more games like nes/snes/genesis/n64 emulators ;). but hey, not complaining, just making observations =). this is so cool already.

oh yeah, there was one thing i noticed can be wonky. when the phone 'boots' there is a splash with the nyce audio bootup sound. i know it's under advanced tweaks. after i played around with it and rebooted, the sound seems to have disappeared... is there a way to get it back? all i did was change the volume from 9 to 0 (to make it louder) but changing it back to 9 still didn't get me the sound. i can see the same animation but i lose the sound. i know this is minor, but i really dig the bootup =P.

oh and how do i set it so that the keyboard backlight always comes on when i slide the keyboard out? seems to come on when i press the keys after it detects there is enough light.

oh yeah and i know that in advanced config u can set certain programs to store data on different folder paths (like on SD card). can u cook the winmo rom in a way so that it stores almost EVERYTHING on sd card? when u install certain programs, it is still installing into internal memory, but with 16GB coming down in price, it makes a lot of sense to store things elsewhere especially when program files are so large and take up so much internal memory space.

any thoughts on touchflo 2D or 3D? i know they are both resource hogs. it'd be awesome if som1 made it work on hermes, but i understand there's only so much u can do if u want eye candy. another reason why i want GPU phone (see last paragraph). this is just a wishlist. there are already many apps like the S2U's that make it touchflo-"like". =).

anyways, YOU ROCK!!! looks like u're the 'last cooker standing' almost. seems like a lot of people are moving on to tilt or touch varieties.

personally, i want to wait til nvidia's tegra chipsets or other newer GPU-based phones have come out so i can have a phone that is powerful enough to play 720p/1080p .mkv tv/movie files on. that's not to say i want to, i just want a phone powerful enough to do that so i can make calls faster, do sms faster and so on. any electronic device powerful enough to play HD files can satisfy me. so i'm staying with hermes til HTC or som1 makes that transition =P.