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[Touch CDMA General] etx:
I believe sprint recently removed the touch from their site. Hope you can find one locally!
[Touch CDMA General] Bogy54:
I just got my Vogue from US Cellular in December. I'm located in a rural part of Iowa. I have activated the GPS, and it normally connects very quickly. I bought it knowing the GPS was not activated, and was not sure if it would be possible, so this was a definite bonus for me.

Battery life is generally pretty good, about what manifest said, although steady web surfing will drain it pretty quickly. I drained the battery in a couple of hours one day when I was with family members who were shopping and I was accessing information on the web and writing a sermon and a newsletter column. (I'm a minister.)

I've been very pleased with the call reception. I'm not on the Sprint system, but the call quality is very good. USC is supposed to be rolling out evdo in my area later this year (fingers crossed), and even without it most web sites load pretty quickly, and when I am in ev areas it loads like my broadband at home.

The vogue seems to be very solid. I've dropped it a few times, and I didn't even have to put the battery back in. Soon after I got it, I bought an aluminum case for it. Black. Until I open it up, people think its just the black phone. My wife has picked it up and wondered why tapping on the screen doesn't do anything, until she realizes its the window on the case. It's the least bulky option for a case I have seen, it protects the phone well, and it keeps buttons and the screen from being pushed when I don't intend to. The downside is that it drops reception by a bar when the cover is closed. I still seldom miss a call.
[Touch CDMA General] ajbopp:
GPS is activated on the phone with WM 6.1, so that should not be an issue for you.

Battery life will vary wildly depending on your location. At home my reception is 1xRTT and battery will drian pretty fast. At work I have EvDO and battery life will nearly double. I can web surf, email, listen 8 hours to music over bluetooth stereo all at work, and make a call or two at home in the evening with no problem. However, I did invest in a larger battery from Seidio. Yes it makes the phone 4 mm thicker, but I've actually come to like the slightly thicker size. Seems a bit easier to handle and to finger touch the screen more accurately.

Call reception has been great in both the city and at home. There is one dead spot on the way to work, but I car pool with two others who each have different carriers, and it appears to be a dead spot for everyone. If you need to call customer support, it's generally a pleasure. I've yet to reach someone whose first language is not English. Yes, they have to go through their standard troubleshooting script, but if you are pleasant to them they are pleasant back, and they do seem knowledgeable. I tend to call support on the weekends or early mornings, and have never waited more than 3 minutes to get a live person on the phone.

The phone is sturdy, feels solid, even with my new battery cover, which leaves a slightly hollow space in much of the back. Dropped it a few times with no ill effects.

I would say take advantage of the deal.
[Touch CDMA General] ETPhHm:
I actually bought two new Vogues from from RadioTrash, upgrading from a couple of 3 year old Sanyo MM-8300 flip phones. At first, I was a little worried about some things on the Vogues:

The reception in my rural area of Missouri was horrible compared to the older Sanyo phones; 0-1 bar compared to 3-4 bars.

My battery life wasn't anywhere near what the earlier poster said. After multiple charges, I was lucky to get 6 hours of standby time on a full charge (and thats with screen off most of the time).

I wasn't really figuring out the purpose of the big silver button at the bottom with the square four-direction action ring. I am still not sure of the best way to use this, yet it looks very important being so big and obvious on the front of the phone.

Right before I was about ready to take the phones back, I received some expert help from some of the users here and loaded the same PRL that I had on my Sanyo phone into the Vogue phone and Wow! Now the Vogue is getting 3-4 bars in the basement of my rural home.

Next, I bought a Mugen Power 2400 mAh extended battery on-line for 70 bucks (shipped) from nakedcellphones.com and Wow again! Now I get over a week in standby or at least 8 hours talk time. The battery came with a new back cover (humpless type) to accomodate the thicker battery which was very well mathed to the original. The increased thickness of the phone is actually a better feel in my hands and I prefer it over the thinner OEM.

Next I went to a local Verizon store to get a new leather case to accomodate the thicker phone. This was at the recommendation of another user here, and even though this is a Sprint phone, they assisted me in finding the coolest case that I'm very happy with (26 bucks out the door)

Finally, I ordered a fantastic screen protector which is probably the best you can buy in terms of feel, durability, scratch resistance, viewability, and touch screen sensitivity. Paid 15 bucks (shipped), enough to do four phones at photodon.com

Then I loaded the coolest ROM called DHarvey's Black Vista and I couldn't be happier with the way everything works (free).

Overall, I have to say that I am impressed with the build quality of these phones. Nothing really to break. But in all my wild on-line searches, I came across this Chinese site that sells all the OEM parts for this phone cheap should I need to replace something like a screen, a switch, a button, etc.

So in all here is the tally:

Phone: ........ $20

Battery: ........ 70

Case: ............ 26

Screen Film: ... 4

ROM .............. -0-

Total ........... $120

I am not at all dissapointed in what I have spent considering the performance, style, and quality that I now have. And its still less than I paid for the Sanyo phones when they were new ($149).
[General Questions and Answers] @LPHAR56:
What a week, Ok new to this forum loving the site.. I got a htc fuze but things got heated with my girl and the she crack the screen:eek:... NP!!!! i got the replacement coming, and i begain taking it apart and when taking off the mini usb/flex-ribbon cable it rip:( ... this seems to be the main power for the phone. Part no.50h10078 do anyone have or know of a diamond/fuze part site i can order this power board from?

Its located in the base of the phone and the flex/ribbon cable runs under the battery to the connect to the top of the phone threw th back

thank you in advance

@lphar56
[General Questions and Answers] gbb4uss:
Same here, but I still can charge the battery (not fully ripped off). Lost vibration and USB-connectivity. It sucks big time.

Found any solution to this?
[General Questions and Answers] mattdehat:
try asking here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=585196
[Touch HD General] Cheeze[iT]:
Ok guys just trying to get opinions out there. Currently using the Touch HD. Came from a Nokia device so I love the speed of symbian compared to Windows. It seems like the time has come for me to figure out if I want to keep the Touch HD or not.

Pro:

I love the big screen.

It looks sleek.

Easy to flashfirmware and tweaking performance is fun.

Con:

Incoming calls is a little laggy. Sometimes calls come in as unknown.

Phone feels a slower than ones I've used before.

No TV-Out.

*Having a keyboard would be a plus. But without it is not a Con*

I'm actually debating getting rid of the Touch HD for either the Xperia X1i/X1a so I would gain a keyboard and overall use would stay the same.

Or I thought about getting the Nokia 5800 tube, so that I gain the TV-Out feature to display gps on my indash and have the feel of symbian again.

Or ultimate would be to get the new n97 which has a large screen and keyboard.

What do you guys think? I think the biggest thing bothering me is the phone feelings a bit laggy compared to my previous nokia phones.
[Touch HD General] mitut:
try keyboard in landscape mode man it works very well.

incomoingcall work well to me too.

after using it i dont wanna come back with symbyan anymore
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
Sorry but you knew it had no keyboard when you got it so if it is a "con" and not a "pro", why did you get it in the first place? :)
[Touch HD General] Cheeze[iT]:
well then I guess I should list it as a neutral thing. I would like a full keyboard, but I'm satisfied with the compact querty at the moment. So good call tboy.
[Touch HD General] MomijiTMO:
I dunno, going to the X1 isn't going to do much for you other than the physical keyboard. It sounds like love Symbian so maybe just wait for the N97.
[Touch HD General] auss81:
I have both Nokia n95 an htc HD, HD is much better! 1 thing above all: HD is fully customizable, and you can improve it with new official roms or with a lot of cooked roms.......
[Touch HD General] 69reichertm:
Hello

I have the HD and the Nokia Tube.

The Nokia Tube is crap.

Slow as hell, and the worst GUI i have ever seen.
[Touch HD General] unwired4:
Flash a few cooked roms first... see if that makes your HD the device you always wanted...
[Touch HD General] MrAce87:
do you recomend any?
[Touch HD General] twocandles:
I also own a n95 and the hd, and the nokia is no match for the hd in any aspect. Once you get used to the hd big screen and lots of features, you wonder how you could waste your money in the nokia set.

The hd is fairly fast for me, the gps works much better than the n95's. It fully customizable, the battery lasts longer, the rds radio of the hd is much better that the visual radio of the n95 (in Spain the rds system is spread all around the country while the visual radio is scarcely used), there's a lot of sotware available for the hd... in summary, i would't change it.

But each user asks for different features so...that's just my opinion.
[Touch HD General] DigiTuur:
You could try SPB Full Keyboard
[Touch HD General] shruff:
Symbian UI sux the biggest time ever!!!!

There is no Symbian or Nokia I have ever tried that is nice or fast, the N96 is a piece of s..t! I stompted on the damn thing into pieces, seriously, kept freezing and the menu's are a nightmare, menu's within menus within more menus.... The "cons" you mentioned are nothing compared to any Symbian.

"TV Out" its a gimic function of Samsung and Nokia, the quality of TV Out function is way way below VHS quality making it a whole waste of time IMHO, anyway just my 2 cents in a useless topic.

Perhaps Symbian seems more suited to your needs:D
[Touch HD General] Biomehanika:
I went shopping for a new HTC device yesterday.

I looked at the Diamond, Touch Pro, Xperia X1, G1 and the Touch HD.

I found the Diamond's screen size to adequate, but the lack of storage card baffles me.

The Touch Pro was just to heavy but the keyboard was very useable + storage card.

The Xperia's keyboard felt better, but the weight killed it for me. The screen is also far too small to handle WVGA.

The G1's 16million colurs makes the same difference with the screen as an iPod. HTC really should move to 16M colours asap. The interface was great, but you can tell it is in its infancy. I will be watching Android keenly over the next year.

Then we have the HD :

The screen size makes a huge difference - 3.8" WVGA is the perfect size for this res (2.8" is borderline too small).

The device is the exact same size as the iPhone (I think the box matches Apple's packaging as well...) This fits nicely in the hand and feels very light.

The screen size also helps with finger inputs, even on the standard keyboard!

The device is fast. I found no lag running through the programs, even while leaving 10 open. The 512Mb RAM certainly helps there.

A hardware keyboard for me is a con. When I moved to one (XDA Mini S), I found it strange to get used, but percivered, when I moved back to an onscreen keyboard, I certainly did not miss the physical kb.

After playing with all 5 devices, I have payed up for the HD.

It'll be delivered on Tuesday.
[Touch HD General] pzucchel:
davideuck, believe me!
[Touch HD General] Cheeze[iT]:
Thanks for input guys,

I do like the ability to flash new roms as I am trying to keep up with Laurentius26 and the L26 roms. It seems the V7 seems to be pretty responsive. As far as the tube VS touch HD Speed comparison, thanks for the info.

On the TV-Out feature, I would only use it to display GPS on my indash so I can easily get around by getting a decent car mount I guess. I've been keeping up with that thead and haven't found one I liked yet.

Bringing up the point that symbian isn't as customizable friendly I guess it would advantage me to stay with the touch so that I can always flash different roms and see which I like better. And between the Xperia and the Touch HD, thats going to be a hard button keyboard VS big screen.

Now to go read up on some more interesting apps/games to install. Thanks again guys! Keep the input coming if you like! I appreciate it.
[Touch HD General] lindarne:
My first post here at xda, so forgive me while i get used to it ;-)

the touch hd is quite impressive as allrounder. i'm more than a little jealous of the screen compared to my own omnia.

but omnia is till my personal choise of today; huge internal memore (i currently use 16 gig + 16 gig sdhc) although it's 3.5mm jack is indirect, if does come as adapter in the sales box. it is a bit fatter than the hd though but not too much- 12.5mm. and it has the tv out u mentioned. anyway it is to my taste right now.

if u have the patience for future model i found some interresting ones here:

http://www.gsmarena.com/the_8_megapixel_samsung_i8910_records_hd_video_ready_to_roll-news-776.php

it seems the next generation of omnia. though rumor has it that it'll be running symbian instaid of wm... and by now i have gotten stuck on wm and its flexibillity. i'm not sure that i can go back. still if u look at its specks they doo make my mouth water- heh he.

http://www.gsmarena.com/toshiba_unleashes_the_tg01__the_ubersmartphone_to_rule_them_all-news-768.php

this one is a pure wm platform wich seems to leave even hd trailiang in the dust. but remember that with a screen as big as 4.1 inches u may need to resow your pockets in all shirts and pants. still size matters when using gui's and you hd is already a good example there.

none of them packs a built-in thumpboard though. for that u may need to to go n97, touch pro, xperia, HTC dream or G1. i've no experience with android yet. but as for wm's i hear experia is annoyingly slow, and if u already have trouble with the speed of the HD u may need to stay far away from this one. all of them packs better screenresolutions than omnia, but the benefits of higher resolution without bigger screen on these devices is argueable. on 3.2 inches i don't miss the extra pixels on windows mobile.

a good thing might be if others told about their experiences with various models. my dad for one would never trade in his HD for my omnia. but if i had to buy a new one today i'd still choose it over the others out there.

needs and tastes differ.
[Touch HD General] lindarne:
a little off toppic- sorry.

does anyone know if if it possible to mod s60-5th the same way as SPB and PointUI does it for wm? my only experience with it is n93 wich i kept as my primary for one and a half years. never thought of costumizing it though. and i've fallen in love with it on wm.
[Touch HD General] nickyv:
Cheeze,

I have the same problem.

X1 will have the same problem in terms of the lag.

keyboards are good, but you dont need them as much, you need to get use to the touch screen... give it more time...

If you want something just as good as the HD with no Lag, go iphone, but then you drop alot of good things with the HD.

i did at first contemplate selling off the HD and going in for the iphone, but i have used the iphone, and liked it for the whole 2 months i had it before i went to a smaller phone... and then to the HD...

the iphone was basic to what i needed it for, the hd works perfectly...

let me tell you, after 3 months, you will be fine with the hd, but the lag will increase... especially in calls... and if you are like me.. with an ever increaseing phone book addess list.. it doesnt help... due to work, my phone book is now at 500+, and that was after cutting it down due to the financial crises...

in all likelyhood i will go back to the iphone depending on what the next update is in July.. then in august will truely decide....
[Touch HD General] Turb0wned:
I to went from the HD to the iphone. I do miss the big screen and badass resolution but after a few weeks and jail breaking i dont even think about the hd or windows mobile for that matter.
[Touch HD General] ceanth:
Im currently looking to move from my Nokia E90 to The HD. I have never used a HD before so i cannot comment on it, but the Symbian email system is awful which is one of the reasons that im looking to move away from Symbian.

I have looked at the 5800 but it will be a "downgrade" from my E90. Also the N97 does look good but it only has 3 rows with the numbers intergrated into the top "qwerty" row.

That totally puts me off it :(
[Touch HD General] tsaojam:
I'd like to offer a slightly alternative opinion in that I personally really like the Symbian OS and was extremely frustrated with WM. The Touch HD has been a huge improvement in terms of stability and usability, but it's definitely not as user-friendly and quick as Symbian, at least in my opinion. Having said that, I currently own both the HD and S60 phone (Samsung Innov8 and E71)...to be quite honest, I would prefer Symbian if it had a screen with the resolution of the HD...and yet again I'm very pleased with my HD right now. Played with the tube and decent but more of a prototype at this point...the N97 I'm sure will be very nice.

I would say it comes down to individual components...the e-mail system for Symbian is weak, and that's a big minus for me. The camera function is much better in Symbian, good for when I travel. Data connection is much more intuitive in Symbian...again a big plus for those who use a lot of wifi and data. The phone function is much better in Symbian...and lastly WM is more configurable and customizable.

My suggestion...hold on to the HD (since upgrades may be coming with 6.5 and stuff) until the N97 comes out. The N97 will be a much better indicator of the new Symbian touch-screen OS and you can make a decision at that time (and the Toshiba WM monster may be out by then too to compare). Otherwise determine which aspects of a phone are most important to you and decide which one you want to go with.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] chadster214:
can someone please help me change the color of my task manager? it doesnt match my TF3D Black Theme. it uses my AT&T Fuze color. how can I change that?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] chadster214:
can please someone help me with this?? when I have TF3D off the HTC Black theme works fine. when I enable TF3D that gray/orange colors from the stock AT&T Fuze shows up! :mad:
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
You heard it folks. The next BIG thing out there should be the N97. Let's make an early discussion about it and how it compares to the x1. I found this little comparison of the two:

http://www.phonegg.com/compare/24/Nokia-N97-vs-Sony-Ericsson-XPERIA-X1.html
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
Well, what can be observed from N97 interface - and it's almost identical to 5800,

it's sh**t. I would not even consider this one...
[XPERIA X1 General] gtrab:
No windows ? (no cooking, no apps, no tweaking...)

No thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
winmo > symbian ?

It looks like the x1 will win in the battery power detail too.
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
specs wise N97 is just awesome. but i nvr liked symbian...
[XPERIA X1 General] colourblind:
Palm's new interface PRE is the next big thing
[XPERIA X1 General] msalmank:
I do not agree with the first statemnet... N97 won't offer anything special over the current symbian devices other than possible high-resolution video recording capabilities. The real challenge would be Xperia Vs. Palm Pre!

I now own an iPhone 2G and an Xperia. When a better looking Google Phone hits the market, i'm going to go after that as well - or maybe if i find a cheaper G1 on sale then that. And in the future... Palm Pre of course!

Anyways... any Microsoft Devices comparisons with other devices should be put on hold. Microsoft is announcing 6.5... lets see what they offer in that - i don't care much about the beta or leaked images and videos out there, but am more waiting for the final version or Microsoft's official screenshots etc.
[XPERIA X1 General] fatso485:
opps wrong thread.....mods please delete
[XPERIA X1 General] Karadenizli:
N97 look good, but i think it cant top thee xperia...
[XPERIA X1 General] memtronic:
Dumb comparation. Let's compare what we have now with what will be after 2 years :))

Nokia are way behind competition regarding hi-tech devices. They recently launched their first touchscreen device, so, please, don't compare them.

Nokia is making devices for the masses, not for power-users. N97 will be a failure.

I wouldn't consider anything except WinMo or Linux. Symbian is sh-t.
[XPERIA X1 General] XperiaX1a:
Well I've had Nokia's for the past 4 years and know how it works, now that I purchased an X1a. Man I gotta tell you there's so many retrictions for Symbian users, WinMo is the clear winner over Symbian. Its week 2 for my 1st WinMo device and I still have a lot to learn, so many possibilities with WinMo and on other forums like HoFo, all they can say is WinMo sucks because its too complicatied. Everytime I see that I think to myself too complicated for their caveman brain(me make call, me no use WinMo).
[XPERIA X1 General] George Knighton:
:-)

I understand exactly what you mean, but I'm not as prepared as you are to jump on the bandwagon.

Yesterday, for example, I popped my SIM in an E71-2 just because I was going to have a fairly active schedule and simply did not want the bulkier Xperia bouncing around and clicking its buttons when it accidentally took itself off hibernation while in my pocket.

And comparing the Xperia and the E71 next to each other, I come away with the feeling that the Xperia asks for too much attention in its operations and management. I keep thinking, "fiddly" as an adjective to describe the combination of Xperia and Windows Mobile.

It might appear to a potential power user that Symbian is not as customisable as Windows Mobile...but IMHO that is because it doesn't need to be. :-) It's already customised to what a power user [sic] would want.

Don't kill me.

It's just one old man's opinion.

I confess that it's entirely possible that I'm getting used to the Xperia, which is my first touch screen device. It's not my first Windows Mobile device, however, and I was delighted with how easy it was to modify the Symbian phone and find programmes for it when compared to my previous device, a Q9h Global on WinMo 6.1.

Having said all that, I understand why somebody would have posted a thread asking about a comparison of the N97 vs the Xperia, because I've found myself wondering exactly the same thing. I think that the majority of users who really

have

to

use

and rely on their devices really might be tempted by the N97 simply because it provides the power of a good, solid PDA design with the inherent easy usability of Symbian.

But even if you buy into the Symbian idea, you will notice things about the Xperia that might cause you to hang onto the Xperia instead of running for the N97 when it first shows up. It's pretty clear, for example, that the Xperia's screen will be superior to the N97's, despite the better colour depth of the N97 screen.

I think we're going to have to hold the N97 and see it next to our Xperias before we could say for a definite certainty that we'd prefer one to the other.
[XPERIA X1 General] MykCer™:
c'mon guys...there's nothing to compare obiously...:rolleyes: