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[XPERIA X1 General] nixx-X1:
This is not a Iphone comparable phone.

it is just a windows phone with some additional touchscreen options.

I've had the iphone and am happier with the X1.

the iphone is great in it's interface but too rigid for me.

the functions are nice but don't go deep enough for me.

every little thing I want to add will cost me 10 bucks and then I can't even make it look like I want.

not to speak about missing a copy-paste function which is just plain sad.

as the option to have a switched keyboard in all apps.

the iphone is a toy, this is a -more- serious phone. I don't mind it misses some of the smoothness of the iphone (sure, ofcourse I wish it had them) I'm just happy I can do everything I want with it.

It's smaller and more solid then the iphone in size and allot better then the last windows mobile phone I had (hermes)

It's the same as comparing a mac os with windows.

you can discuss it all you want.. it's just a matter of which you like best.

and as for the camera.. It's a f**ng phone.. I always have a sony T-200 with me. fast as hell and decent 8mp photo's
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
You have seen the thread full of offical new firmwares haven't you?
[XPERIA X1 General] THESpideyWVU:
Who needs more than 9 panels? They're not meant to operate a different program. It sounds like you just want an updated version of the iPhone and that's not going to come from SE, they don't make paperweights.
[XPERIA X1 General] Rudegar:
imho it's ok

the issues i have once in awhile i had with all

the other wm devices i had
[XPERIA X1 General] Nocturnal310:
no i havent then.

can u post me the link?

i am new here so dont kno the way around pretty well
[XPERIA X1 General] Nocturnal310:
all i am trying to say is the Xperia concept and X1 is awesome..u know..taking advantage of Winmo and adding their own way of navigating around.

but u kno..they didnt dedicate themselves too much and take it to another level which i know they cud have with some more time spent on development.

i understand its the 1st attempt by SE..but they cud have really captured the market and capitalise on it.

instead .. X1 has become one of the competitors..whereas ..it cud have been the market leader in WinMo market.

waht do u think?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] swift0114:
I've searched the forums but couldn't find anyone with the same issue. Just wondering if anyone could help or is experiencing the same thing.

When I have an appointment for the next day in my calendar, it would say on my Today screen for instance:

Tomorrow: Appointment

8am-9am

When the day of the appointment comes, the today screen stays the same stilll indicating that the appointment is:

Tomorrow: Appointment

8am-9am

It would not change to

Today: Appointment

8am-9am

until I either do a soft reset, or add a "test appointment" that day and it will automatically update. Can anyone help or point me to the right person for help? I don't know what I installed to cause this because it use to work fine before.

Here is my Device info:

Locked to Rogers

Rom Version: 1.93.631.8 WWE

Rom Date: 10/30/08

Radio Version: 1.00.25.06
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] swift0114:
anyone?? :confused:
[HTC Vox] Thewizzz:
Hi Guys (and Girls),

I'm using Hubdog as a RSS reader. I wanted this oe because it has a homescreen plugin, but this doesn't work in the sliding panel them.

I know that only two plugins can load within sliding panel. So I could do it by losing the iconbar but this is not an option. What I'm looking for is a way to get the plugin in a sliding panel tab. Is there a way to do this?
[XPERIA X1 General] Gandhi70:
Hello,

I recently installed the HTC album cab from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442154&highlight=album

When I start the album, my whole Xperia freezes.

Pressing the panel button is the only thing that allows me to leave the album.

Does anyone know some kind of solution for this problem?
[XPERIA X1 General] xperian:
Same here, Album is unusable like this. It loads the first 10 pics or so, then just freezes.

I tried softreset, etc. didn't help.
[XPERIA X1 General] Gandhi70:
so, is there anyone who has the HTC album up and running without problems?
[XPERIA X1 General] THESpideyWVU:
I've never used the HTC album but if you have all your cabs in one place, just hard reset and install everything again. Fixed a couple programs for me.
[XPERIA X1 General] Tylwith:
got the solution,

use to have the same problem

i just install the touch it socialnetwork engine and that solve the problem

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442154

i think it add somme libraries or dll that allows album to work properly
[XPERIA X1 General] Juevani:
thx alot Tylwith now the album works like sjarm :)
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
also for watching videos?

thats my main problem. watching videos is sooooo slow. it lags the whole device and u can barely use the movie controls.
[XPERIA X1 General] Gandhi70:
thanks a lot!

i nearly gave up hope :)
[XPERIA X1 General] hypoh:
Yep I think that fixes the album problems once and for all.
[XPERIA X1 General] knudsen81:
i have install tf3d cab on my danish rom and the album still freeze
[XPERIA X1 General] pimpmydragon:
Sounds like "Doctor, it hurts when i do this!" Touch Flo 3D seems to put a serious performance hit on the Xperia, although I don't know if it's better now I flashed my rom to the newest version. Maybe try another viewer?
[XPERIA X1 General] siksik6:
It's not just your Xperia... it does the same on my Touch HD.

Tried the cab file you mentioned *appers* to have fixed it!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fisken:
hey (:

Is it possible to do so when you click all contract in contacts in TF3D then it open funcontact, and not the normal contact list.

and the same in sms when you click the sms then it open sms chat, and not the normal one.?

Plz help if you understand
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] CarpeNoctum:
It is possible only for the contacts (at least for now).

Check this thread out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=407777

Pay special attention to this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2850448&postcount=208

SSMapa does what you need. For the sms' it's not possible yet because if you replace the tmail.exe then when you click on messages you will be able to have vito sms chat, but the same thing will happen if you click on seeing your emails.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sriramkrishnan06:
SSMaPa

Try a search for SSMaPa...this will do the trick...

I have replaced many of my default applications using this

EDIT:

Seems somebody just posted it parallely
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Fisken:
tanks, but what .exe in it is the one for contacts?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Sopis:
Hello People

There was a guy who was asking about changing the battery icon on the status bar (or the top bar - I dont know how you call it).

The reply was Look for Colored tab (or so).

But the real question is, is it possible just to change ONE icon?

For example I only want to change the battery icon - so is there a file for this or something?

I don't own blackstone yet but I am getting one hopefully evry soon....

Thanks :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] harbeep:
search the forum!

Your question has been answered months ago in the following thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=424926
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] palmwangja:
Is there anybody who bought Xperia to replace Universal?

I'd like to hear your experience, I'm seriously considering in buying X1 sooner or later..

but I'm particularly worried about its keyboard.

1) Is keyboard good enough for touch-typing? not thumb-keyboarding?

2) can you type as fast as when you were typing with universal?

Any other perspective from uni users will be appreiciated.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] tharealmb:
1) i'm using the keyboard most, but for shorter messages the on screen keyboard is fine. but hardware keyboard is always faster in my opinion

2) i can type faster with a keyboard then universal. used to a touch pro. but now i have and X1 and can't say more then its just better and faster!

overall i just like the X1
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
I think there is no better keyboard than the Uni one!, at least from all devices in the market today

Check the upcoming HTC Rhodium, this can be the real Uni succesor, but Xperia.... I don´t think so

Good luck,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kareeem:
Couldn't agree more (except on the HTC Rhrodium, saw 0 images of it with Google). The Raphael/X1 could be argued as successors to the Kaiser, however I just can't see the same for the Universal. I thought the Omni was going to be the successor but then they never came out with that :S.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Yep, it was very expected the Omnia, shame...

Here a pic of HTC Rhodium, and think it´s an interesting option

Cheers,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] palmwangja:
Hmm, I can touch-type on Uni, but i don't think I can with Kaiser and even Rhodium.. They are too focused for thumb-type usage.. they can't even adjust the angle of the screen.

How about Xperia?

I think maybe I can, considering its "mushy" feel and wide key pitch... plus its arc shape.
[Touch HD General] Sopis:
Hey guys...

I am to buy a Blackstone and i am really looking forward because I think it is the best device ever.

But I'd like to hear your opinions.

What do you think is the stupidest and best thing about blackstone??

Please name only one thing :)

this may be interesting :)

thanks

(@mods: if you think this thread is stupid feel free to erase it, thanks ;))
[Touch HD General] gidii:
Stupid;

MP3 Ringtone for sms plays until the song is over

TF3D is extremely limited

Agenda is annoying, can I replace it ?

Can't change the clock.. I want it smaller !

( only have the phone for a couple of days now tho ..)
[Touch HD General] Rozenthal:
LOL... Well how long should the phone play a file for SMS? The phone doesn't care that you're using a 3 minute mp3, it sees it as a single file, and plays it fully - just like it would play a 1 second file. The sms is an instant event, it does not have a duration such as incoming call, so it's quite normal that it will play the whole file. In case you want to play short mp3's you can use the mp3 trimmer software that came with your THD, and edit the length of any mp3 file.

About the clock... Just scroll your finger across the clock upwards, and voila!
[Touch HD General] NAVPRO360:
NOT a big deal, but the power button is waay to flush (not tooo bad, but it is sometimes a bother) to wake up the device, and so with the volume rocker buttons.

The LED notification for sms/missed calls, etc. is too tiny to even notice.

These are just some examples...i know you said just one, but hey! Almost the best phone ever; nothing's perfect.
[Touch HD General] Antzor:
Dont you have a program on your blackstone called "mp3 trimmer"? ;)
[Touch HD General] aabye:
(Not really topic-related, but...)

@ Rozenthal:

Nice tip regarding the ability to change the size of the clock; didn't know about that. Perhaps your nugget of information might be best put into the "Hints & Tips" tread.

-thanks
[Touch HD General] gidii:
On my nokia 6300 I installed an MP3 as ringtone.. when I opened the text msg the mp3 stopped playing. Doesnt work on the HD.. =)
[Touch HD General] sschrupp:
Stupidest thing: With no d-pad they didn't build in any features to allow us to use the g-sensor or re-map the volume buttons to aid in list selections and stuff. Luckily there are 3rd party options to allow for that. Would've been nicer if HTC had included that stock though.

Best thing: Giant screen, great performance, sexy form factor. The device itself is it's one best thing. ;)
[Touch HD General] Georgeous2008:
big plus :

- highly customizable. Getting to the point after 1 month of tweaking where I'm really starting to love my touch HD.

to the cons :

hardware-wise

- 5mpx camera : the number is good for advertising but its quality in low light conditions (even inside) is IMO worse than on my old Motorolla Razor V3 (to be fair though: outside quality is surprisingly good) ;

- 65K colors : I'm not asking for 24bit colors as I don't see the sense having so many colors packed on a tiny screen but 256K seems a bit outdated - make it e.g. 256K colors or sth like that.

software-wise

- inappropriate video drivers: old story but with such a high screen resolution, video drivers need to be optimized, given that the CPU is still the same than the one in the Diamond.

- volume increments/decrements are not subtle enough on the TouchFlo 3D player, resulting in a too high volume when using headphones, even when tweaking with Advanced Config (HTC Audio Mgr).

Regarding the remarks made here :

*Agenda: it's absolutely worth spending the 15 bucks for ThumbCal. If you don't want to, then you can still use the old freeware version (search this forum), which is also nice. The paying version gives you the possibility to replace the WM agenda in the today screen, maybe with some registry tweaks this can be done with the freeware version.

* SMS sound : change your SMS sound to sth shorter, why use a whole song ?? :confused: simply cut a portion out of it, either using MP3 trimmer on your HD or a open source software such as Audacity on your PC.
[Touch HD General] kalbit:
Good things:

- great screen, perfect for e-books when you travel

- 3.5mm jack for earphones (but read the bad things to know why it's useless)

- it looks really awsome

- tf3d - it's limited but if the functionality it provides is all you need, then it's really great - I personally like it very much.

Bad things:

- it feels slow (because of the screen res and lack of hardware accel)

- you can't just carry it around in your pocket - the device has slide2answer built in, but the virtual keys below the screen are unlocked (even if you lock the device) during incoming call, so you'll answer / reject every call while taking out hd from your pocket. You have to use s2u2 or buy some hard puch to keep your hd in it

- YOU MUSTN'T BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC ON IT

There is sound stutter problem - it's in Diamond too since the beginning - and there's really small chance HTC will fix it. If music playback is important to you don't, under any circumstances, buy this phone, or you'll be sorry.

- Loudspeaker sound quality is terrible - a lot of ringtones become heavily distorted when ring loudness is set to more than 40%.

My short comment - Considering the price I am VERY DISAPPOINTED and I will never buy HTC phone again, no matter how great it's look and specs are. I learned my lesson. HTC sucks.
[Touch HD General] stm2008:
GOOD:

- Big and clear screen

- Take out stylus will turn on the machine,

call connected; your phone will vibrate,

can choose not to charge when usb connected,

auto backlight (all of these are quite impressive...to me)

- Consider the display size, the battery is quite durable.

BAD:

- Terrible 5MP camera, slow response and nosiy pictures in room.

- Soft keyboard is no good.....need to swap between number/symbol and alphabet frequently.

- TF3D is customizable, but why only can change wall paper on first tab but not the others w/o tricks? (I think this is stupid)

- ***MOST*** need to remove the back cover in order to press the soft-reset button (use HD Reset can help some, but not all).......:mad::mad:
[Touch HD General] zoomee:
bad point: stylus at the bottom of the device makes it impossible to remove it from A)- the case or B)- a holder without dropping the pen - suprised I aint lost it yet!
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
Stupid:

a. The small delay on ringing. Even though I have the ring tone in the \windows directory on the phone there is a one ring delay before the phone actually rings.

b. The phone is actually quite slippery. So far, I've had no accidents but I suspect it will slip out of my hands one day.

c. TF3D is pretty but also pretty limited. It's great eye candy but for any serious function you often will need a full app. One exception is the stock tab which has a great extension. Shame the number of stocks is limited. Weather is very pretty tab but seriously limited in options.

d. The volume buttons are designed for a gorilla - why do they need to be so big?

e. TF3D does not allow any other today plugin to run at the same time. Luckily we have SecondToday - great app. I run it with SBSH PocketBreeze.

Great:

1. Screen, the WVGA is wonderful, the screen is also very good, did I mention the fantastic screen?

2. Battery is good for a full/busy day

3. Memory is good - I never get a memory problem, there's enough !

4. Form factor - big and slim
[Touch HD General] pantyryder69:
Pros:

Big Screen (great for playing encoded videos using the encoder found in this forum and for showing off TomTom 7 to all those iPhone lovers)

Can run Microsoft's Voice Command (which i think is pretty cool)

Not an iPhone

Cons:

Buggy TF3D music player (limits the number of songs that can be shown in the playlist while Windows Media Player shows all)

Some issues with flickering on the grey bar (HTC has come out with a fix)

Sometimes will auto restart when listening to the radio (or maybe its just mine)
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
For this I use Singh's Tings Soft Reset:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=450643&highlight=!SINGH!

Being Microsoft o/s I find this soft reset very helpful. I don't take the back too often now - I'm not sure the plastic could put up with the frequent stresses !!
[Touch HD General] maati:
Stupidest things:

- HTC took the rotate gesture out of the Album!

- TouchFlo 3D only works in portrait mode

Bad thing:

- makes me constantly wait for the next ROM version and WM version (6.5) because there's always a bug

Good things:

- great media device, especcially with Kinoma Player

- great sound from the 3.5mm headphone jack

- huge display

- decent camera

- lots of RAM

- plays high-res .mp4-videos smoothly

- syncs very well with OSX and syncmate

- much more........

Best thing:

- unlimited possibilities of Windows Mobile!
[Touch HD General] pzucchel:
stupidest: the camera :eek:

best: the screen :D
[Touch HD General] crashDebug:
stupid: no flash on camera

bad: mp3 skipping sometimes

smart: windows mobile despite bugs and nonfingerfriendly interface has so many 3rd party apps!

best: screen, for all aspects. brightness, resolution, size and sensitivity...
[Touch HD General] kamilyo:
Best: Screen

Worst: F***en bull***t video recording (virtual 30fps - never got that), it should be called "super finely blurred slideshow capture mode" not video
[Touch HD General] Sir.B:
best thing about the HD is; xdaforums.com

seriously with this site in mind i had no reservations getting the HD

so many smart people making great software, and tweaks, and ROMs, and other cool stuff

most of the annoying things about my HD are gone or a mitigated by things found through out this site

this site is simply amazing

especially if you lurk and search a lot ;)
[Touch HD General] stm2008:
I use HD Reset (comes with HD Tweak) to soft-reset my machine.

However, I experience twice the machine got no response, and I even can't run HD Reset, so the last thing I can do is to open the back cover and reset........(or wait till the battery runs out...:D)
[Touch HD General] xtac:
Pros: Great Screen, Plays videos smoothly, music sounds great, 3.5mm jack, large memory, expandable memory, nice design and form factor.

Cons: BT AD2P no enhancement similar to the headset connection, crappy 5MP camera, no flash, crappy movie recording, when in sms window and a new sms comes in and i've already replied to it TF3D still shows 1 unread sms, cannot be fully customized out of the box TF3D, stocks is limited capability, TF3D does not work in landscape, underused accelerometer.
[Touch HD General] mouki_9:
pro: big screen

con: poor graphics performance, in 2D AND 3D...... lack of drivers?
[Touch HD General] Boinng:
Have to say I'm surprised at the sheer number of "stupid things" and cons being reported. Not all that many pros, beyond the big screen.
[Touch HD General] mouki_9:
this could well be the best device i have used for a long time, but because they wanted to save a few bucks (no drivers or video acceleration), it lacks in the area where it is supposed to shine.... video performance! You don't put a big 3.8 inch screen on the phone to show off it's lack of video performance.... SIGH!
[Touch HD General] Riceburner:
put it in the case upside down?
[Touch HD General] ahmatto:
cons: camera, totally worthless. answering button not locked when receiving call. Build quality could have been better.

Pros: Turn loud speaker on when making a call (before the other part answers). wm6 (lot of 3rdpart apps. and ability to write own apps in vs200x)
[Touch HD General] TP-Power:
The answer is very simple...

I Have this phone for about 3 weeks. At first I thaught it was a cool phone...

Then it became booring. And now come on, I paid alot of bucs for this phone!

After doing some research I found this forum. You can find thousands and thousands of tweaks for your phone. Now I personalized the phone as I want it... The forum offers you almost always a nice solution for your problem. :) (ex: Skins for WM, Manilla Landscape -> somebody made a tool to make it work but it's still in alpha)

Tweaking a device like this (with windows mobile on it) is inevitable...

So you'll have to choose between 2 things: Do I want to put my time in personalizing my phone or do I prefer buying a phone who fits my demands but will not give more than is described on the box. (ex HTC Touch HD vs iPhone)

Positive/Negative:

Camera is indeed not great :) but it's still better than iPhones or Sony Ericsson k750i... If you want a nice camera, buy a samsung phone or a real camera ;)...

(--> There are some tweaks to improve your quality... = right settings)

The phone is indeed slow. (At first)... You can simply speed the whole thing up by installing HD Tweak.

The choice can now be reduced to: Windows Mobile - iPhone like phones (blackberry storm, ....)

Understand me well: I'm not a fan of HTC. In Fact I never heard from HTC till 3 months ago... Every phone has it's PRO AND CONTRA sides.

I hope this can help you making your right choice...

ps:

For those who are very unhappy with this phone:

Why did you bought it in the first place? Did you read many reviews etc...

I spended 1 month reading reviews about HTC Touch HD before I actually decided to buy the phone...
[Touch HD General] tsadek:
You are, of course, aware that there is an accelerometer built in?

Have you tried G-Sen?
[Touch HD General] maati:
"You are, of course, aware that there is an accelerometer built in?"

That's exactly the problem!

If a picture is oriented the wrong way because either the GSensor did not work when taking the picture or the picture comes from another device, you cannot rotate it manually.

This means: If the Album shows the picture in the wrong orientation and you rotate the device, then the GSensor recognises that you turned the device and "boom" - the picture is rotated autamatically, which means it's in the wrong orientation again!

HTC took the rotate gesture out because there's a GSensor - but that's exactly the reason why the rotate gesture is needed more than ever. D'OH.

That's why this is on my "stupidest things" list.