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[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
i currently have a kaiser and have being due an upgrade for my o2 staff account for i dont know how long, soooo should i get the x1 its all they can offer me being staff in the line of harware keyboard win mo devices, the o2 xda serra is not yet available to staff :( i know i can get a better price elsewhere but with my staff account i get cheep bills :)

So whats it like to use?

is the camera anygood?

and do any emulaters work (i.e. snes, nes, megadrive, psx?)

is the keyboard any good?

thanks i know this is subject to your opinions and you will likely say its great as you own them but i will take all answers with a pinch of salt

btw im due an upgrade on wifes orange in a month maybe the Blackstone? or should i wait for (serra) raphael on o2?
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
anyone any advice

?
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
Man read some reviews!

I mean how can I answer??
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
Hi thanks for replying but i have read reviews but just wondered how people were finding the device now the oww look at this shiny new sony erricson phone phase has worn off........

and most reviews at best compare it to other s/e phones and i know its better than there other smart or regular phones, im a big winmo fan and am looking for a new toy but not sure wanted an idea of someone who has had long term experience non of the reviews state if it runs certain emu's and comparing camera to other phones it will lose due to winmo's lack of decent camera software so if anyone would like to contribute anything of value to this thread?
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
the only thing that realy sux is the UI. i'd rather had a builtin Touchflo or similar since the manual installed ones have some issues. panels are useless

hardwarewise, great phone.
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
thanks for the reply

ive done a search about emulators to no success does anyone know which ones work if any?
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
they all work if u use WVGA fix. but u not goign to be happy with a half used WVGA screen.

beside that, the lack of a keypad makes using an Emu pretty usless since we dont have multitouch
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
You see, here we start again.

As achmed20 hates panels, I just love them and IMO Touchflo is a crap compared to SE Panels functionality...
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
i don't hate them! the available panels are all somewhat useless.

media panel and mobileshell are the only useable ones. and i personaly love the media panel. which the whole phone had this UI :)

the SE panels itself are just useless. Today screen gives somewhat more info then those 2 (well its just 1 basicly)

guess i realy have to code my own shell :D
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
but most of the emu's i use auto scale and buttons can be mapped to keyboard (i.e. wasd) thats what i do on my kaiser all the emu's except ps, would display full screen with vga on previous (universal athena) but would not work properly (ie screen rotation, button mapping) so yes the programs will work but if button mapping dosent there is a problem

and as for panels i would probably just disable them if i didnt like them so thats not a problem.
[XPERIA X1 General] mrdo:
in my experience, the x1 is miles better than the kaiser but not in any groundbreaking ways - it's still winmo 6.1 underneath. it feels more like a normal phone rather than the brick i was used to carrying around. also, it's much snappier. menus and changing orientation is much faster.

i've basically set my x1 up so that it works in exactly the same way as my kaiser (htc home, etc) but it is much more responsive.

it's nice to have panels so that i can run tf3d at the weekend when i don't need access to the familiar elements of the today screen.

other big plusses for me are :

the built-in radio. i use this much more than i thought i would.

the standard headphone socket. not having to look for and worry about the adaptor has made a big difference to me. i use my phone for music a lot more than i used to.

so, basically it's a smaller, faster version of the kaiser for me with a few added bells and whistles.
[XPERIA X1 General] Rudegar:
"is the camera anygood?"

i've never found a cmos camera chip (the ones used in all webcams and phones) to be

any good compared to ccd which is the type used in real digi cams

the colours are never real right

the sensitivity to both dim and light is poor

the time from you press to the picture is taken is too long people go home and when it fires

you're alone and the party is finished ...

but thats not an x1 thing

imho it's the case of all cameras in phones

"and do any emulaters work (i.e. snes, nes, megadrive, psx?)"

they would but some may require wvga fix program to get a res they support

"is the keyboard any good?"

well 10 finger is not really an option as it dont react to 2 press's at once

again this goes for all hardware keyboards not just x1

but the keyboard works fine for my needs
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
cool :D well im still not too sure just being looking at the new toshiba winmo phone with a 1GHZ cpu and its so slim and has a nice large screen.. but can i wait for the release in the summer??
[XPERIA X1 General] trice1921:
If you're after even a half decent camera i'd stay away from the X1. I found the camera to be absolutly useless. The 'flash' is more of a light, and picture quality is very poor. I went from an N82 which has a pretty good camera and xenon flash.
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
yeah i realy whisch they included the 3.2 Camer out of the K800i. dam that camera did amazing fotos considering it was just a Phone and 3.2 mp.

the 3.2MP processing unit is part of the qualcomm CPU (might be wrong). but that would explain why realy every winmopho creates such ugly pictures.

but to be fair, under daylight conditions the fotos are realy OK.but fear the darkness :D

my personal reason for teh X1 was the keyboard and the metal look. otherwise i would take the TouchHD (screenwise)
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
Well actually SE Panels contain just anything I want and collect all the needed apps plus calendar etc. They're highly useful... In opposition to other solutions!
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
nope! not realy (for me).

what i realy like about touchflo is:

i can read SMS messages directly on screen without opening something (MUST have for me)

way nicer favourites (people)

easy fav application adding and browsing

the Album (even thought it barely works for me)

teh Web panel

the MP3 panel

its basicly like the Panel idea from SE but way better and easier to access.

1 touch, here we go web browsing

another touch, lets view some pictures

yet another touch, and scroll through your fav apps/people
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
Yeah, exactly great for not-so-heavy usage.

If you really extensivley use some apps it's better to go to them directly.

And ONSCREEN of SE panel you can have just any app with one click, what is easier??

Anyway, always an individual pattern!
[XPERIA X1 General] achmed20:
maybe also a "Function follows style" question :)
[XPERIA X1 General] bluefrog:
careful there - I'm a semi pro photographer and I own two Canon DSLRs (a 20D and a 5D) and they BOTH use CMOS sensors, as do the new top line Nikons. The 5D is right up there near the top of the image quality tree.

It's more a size of sensor / cheap hardware issue than whether it's CCD or CMOS.

regardless of the above, the camera on the Kaiser is truly awful. Really, really bad. The X1 is a lot better (i may actually keep some of the pics I take on this one!) but still not amazing.

back on topic, I've gone from Kaiser to X1 find the X1 much better to use. I like the panels, although they could be a bit quicker, the call quality is really good compared to so-so on the Kaiser I had, GPS works better and the screen is fantastic. Plus it's smaller and lighter - more like a phone to hold. The keyboard is not for the large of finger though which may or may not be an issue for you. Battery life is better than my Kaiser had too, although I'm really comparing an 18 month old battery to a new one there.....

I like the optical pad as well, once you get used to it it's great. Oh and surfing using Opera is much better than it was with the lower res screen of the Kaiser.

One thing that DOES annoy me on the X1 is the slow video playback at full resolution (i've got to try the new converter out yet). AND the device occasionally locks up for no reason, but it's rare.

btw I loved my Kaiser (my wife has it now) but the X1 is newer, higher spec and generally better in most areas (in MY opinion, that is!)

HTH....
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
I too went from a TyTN II and have to say that while I love my TyTN II, I am an absolute X1 convert.. what a piece of kit... I have just upgraded the ROM to the UK generic R2A and its blazing, the camera quality is tbh impressive and unexpected (which I would surmise is the reason its so impressive to me), the speed was quick on R1 but on R2 is much better and very smooth now... internet access is great and I now look for reasons to log on... I am also with O2 and got it as an upgrade, unfortunately I am not a staff member so I just have the normal tariff... :D
[XPERIA X1 General] spzero:
tbh im not a staff member anymore, but dont tell them i still like my discount!
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
:D your secret is safe with me good sir...
[XPERIA X1 General] fards:
the x1 is my favourite winmo so far, it was a toss up between the HD and this and this won, (mainly 'cos the blackstone wasn't available at the time) but I've played with both now and prefer this.

The only thing that I'd like is a bigger screen, so the new tosh immediately appealed to me to! Put I have my Athena still for that and use it as an internet tablet around home, which is where the screen size seems to matter.

I've got big fingers and find the keyboard fine, camera is the best of the HTC winmo (see the snow thread)

And i'm still working on fixing the vid playback (mainly to do with recorded vids through the camcorder)
[Touch Pro CDMA] michaelwood16:
All fixed and good to go
[Touch Pro CDMA] michaelwood16:
w/e

lols all i had to do was hard reset the damn thing. now yall know that oh btw thanx for all the help
[Touch Pro CDMA] djbeames:
Wow.. this one got lost in the shuffle. Next time hard reset.
[Touch HD General] akirax:
Please, can you share the update file provision.zip that are in windows directory?

I need this file for the automatic connection setup for my operator.

Is very urgent!

Thank´s in advance!
[Touch HD General] akirax:
To copy the provision.zip you need resco explorer or similar and view hiden and system files.

Please help me, I need this file!!!

Thank´s in advance!
[Touch HD General] michi123:
There ya go.....:D
[Touch HD General] akirax:
Many many thank´s.

One question...

This is the last update provision.zip? because my operator isn´t in the file.

Regards!
[Touch HD General] michi123:
Neither is mine.....but that´s as good as it gets, I´m afraid......at least on my HD.....
[Off-topic] zathrus1976:
anyone have any stories about the snow in the uk
[Off-topic] -PiLoT-:
we had an hour of snow then nothing but rain
[Off-topic] Cal-El:
Got plenty here, you can have some! ;)
[Off-topic] -PiLoT-:
i really do love the snow too. i just burn in the sun

im 3/8 ths albino on my mams dads cats side

go es you cant choose your family
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sriramkrishnan06:
I have installed iSecretary and recorded my voice for the answering m/c...it does play my recorded voice after few rings...but the issue is even I can hear my recorded sound ...not just the caller

how can i make only the caller hear to my voice?

pls help

SK
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jr_daza:
I have my diamond for almost a year now at first I bought a European diamond that does not work on the 3g network in my country (Colombia) then y had the chance to change it for the us version that support this network and with the help of all of you in xda developers I think that my phone is like a dream.

But in a Spanish forum that I also read (http://www.laneros.com/showthread.php?p=2690580#post2690580) the people say that the diamond is a piece of crap compared to the Samsung omnia or even the htc cruise.

It refer to the gps lag the all we know and is related to the qualcomm cpu. And the ram that is only 192mb that shares 64 mb with the 3d driver so left less that the ram that could have an older phone, and with the TF3D, the phone is too slow…

What do you think is the omnia much better phone that our diamond.

I read that because the screen with 4 times more resolution the diamond makes 4 x more operations or some thing la that. What do you think? I would like to answer this other forum but I have no technical information to contradict his theory.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Pumpiron579:
I think all that matters is if you like it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] liamhere:
i like it :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] omaga:
Dont no if diamond is the best phone, but i just love it. Love the small size and I have everything I want in a phone in my shirt pocket, so from that point of view i love it (dont want huge brick in my pocket).

Must ask how you can have used your diamond for a year? didnt diamond came out in June/2008?;)

My Diamond isnt so slow with the new 2.03 rom. Htc has atleast tried to improve it, that you cant say with Cruise= very nice phone too but when it came out it had a old wm6 rom and from my point of view the wm6.1 update came too late..But im very interested in omnia too:) but I think i wait for the next version with the better screen, should be released later this year or I wait for the phone that should replace diamond, that can be a good one.

Hope htc learn a lession with Diamond and dont release a phone too soon, which was the case with Diamond. For now im satisfide with diamond and its a good phone;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fabius88:
it is a diamond ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] hekenberg:
Test with 2.03

Hi,

I update to 2.03 my mobile from tre.se with some "hacks" because swedish phone.

I think 2.03 is better and now my phone is quicker.

Thx omaga for the tip

B.R

Henrik
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mancsoulja:
one of my mates has an omnia and he always asking to play with my diamond, so i cant be that much better lol :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] hekenberg:
2.03

Hi,

My Diamond is quicker now with 2.03.

If you think that your diamond is to slow try 2.03 ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] usama ali:
omnia : bigger storage , yes . louder sound , yes .better camera and flash , yes . much better battery life , yes .

but when i decided to choose between omnia and diamond , i hold them both in my hands and bought diamond although they both cost the same in that time (now diamond costs more in my country.libya)

so why i chose diamond , i don't know but loved it more :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] xavierdemon:
The Diamond is slow, has rubbish camera, no memory card slot, laggy GPS, sloppy music playback and terrible battery life. It's the best freckin' phone I've owned :) I just love it, with all the great work that everyone does on XDA developers, it's like the phone is constantly evolving. The Diamond I'm using today is nothing like the Diamond that was delivered to me, sure sometimes it makes me mad as hell but then it does make me smile. With every other phone I've owned I was always waiting for the next new model or version, with my Diamond I just wait to see what else it can do :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] band27:
I love how you turned it around regarding your comment here xavierdemon....Yes it does have it's faults but you couldn't have said it better, XDA developers create the essence of why we all truly believe that, "Diamonds are Forever"

At first, my battery seemed crap and the Rom to be luggish but after being exposed to this great community, the Diamond truly shines !!

Disclaimer

Hey it's all about being positive as well. No phone is perfect
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] blake_spector:
xavierdemons post nails it.

isn't it the community around here, that is mostly responsible for the joy with our diamonds? i sure wouldn't have cooked rom of my like (how nice, you can choose of many!), registry-tweaks found by xda-devs, all those tipps and tricks that sum up to MY diamond which is like no other (iphones appear to me like clones - roger roger)...

it's not just the capabilities of pure hardware that make some of those devices kinda special... there were other mp3 players before the ipod, and hardware-wise htc has much more to offer than the iphone. (kinda lame i have to use apple stuff to phrase what i mean ^^)
[Touch HD General] wilf1234:
hi guys

have you lot managed to sort out BBC iplayer on your Touch HD’s - mine worked fantastically well for a few days and then last week (w/c 26th Jan) it started failing. I get the error message in the Streaming Media app which states:

‘’server or data time out: tap play to reconnect”

i’ve tried numerous times without success, wifi connection is perfect (plus i’m in the UK on Virgin ISP)

any ideas!!!!

cheers

Wilf
[General Topics] stefn22:
Just to clarify, the title is not from me :)...

Have you seen the TG01??

I knew Tosh were doing some WM devices, but nothing really fancy so far.

This one sounds like the best ever...

Design wise, it looks quite sexy. 9.9mm thin and 4.1" WVGA screen!!

UI wise, need to see more.... looks a bit weird those stripey stuffs.

There're already a lot of articles on the web, just google "Toshiba TG01".

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/0...led-faster-slimmer-better-screen-than-iphone/

http://www.t3.com/news/toshiba-stuns-with-the-new-tg01-touchscreen-mobile-phone?=38013

It's got Flash support, so I guess it is IEM6... but more, apparently you can watch DivX and play HD games!

With the Qualcomm SnapDragon at 1GHz?

Any of you guys, more specs?
[General Topics] lapinus:
full flash support at last available on a mobile with a decent screen !!!
[General Topics] red_hanks:
Then tomorrow there will be iPhone, Touch HD and Toshiba TG01 killer...:D

ohhh I want this home screen, can anyone make it happen? :D
[General Topics] ZenithUK:
I just saw this on "The Register" and ran here to try and tell everyone.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/03/toshiba_tg01/

Based on the spec, it seems a GORGEOUS phone. :)
[General Topics] cyph3r:
My future phone. I'm still a little disappointed to know that that will come out this summer ...
[General Topics] oic0:
I needs me that phone!

It better come with US 3g support.
[General Topics] stefn22:
http://www.gsmarena.com/toshiba_tg01-2662.php

full specs
[General Topics] Gandhi70:
not nearly enough hardware buttons :(
[General Topics] orb3000:
It´s beautyfull!

Just 3 cons I can see:

1. NO physical keyboard:mad:

2. WM 6.1

3. No support form this site as is not HTC build

Just my opinion...
[General Topics] egzthunder1:
Not exactly, how about the RAM? Other than that, expansion for 32 GB and a 1 Ghz processor... very neat! Maybe the most important spec of all (which is also missing).... how much?!?!?
[General Topics] ZenithUK:
Fair enough on the keyboard and OS as you can't please everyone.

I reckon there would be enough overlap between this Tosh handset and the HTC phones to make it worthwhile. The SE X1 isn't marketed as HTC but we know it's *built* by them... so it's got it's own section at the bottom of the forum. :)
[General Topics] galaxys:
this is one awesome looking & powerful device...

but need to see the full specs and price once released...
[General Topics] zabique:
No one mentioned anything about battery life.
[General Topics] red_hanks:
I wonder if they just made those specs???

See it in action.

So there is no stylus? Not dual SIM? Screen res. 65k only? 512mb onboard memory? But all in all everything is great. Slim, BIG and fast. Monster!

What about sliding keyboard? But I guess it won't be that slim if there's a keyboard. If only I can...I will definitely buy this WinMo device now.
[General Topics] fotoingo:
If only there will ever be a device with a big screen (at least 3,5 inch), a NORMAL D-Pad and a sliding qwerty keyboard which is fast and nice looking...

Something like the HTC Universal (but with a sliding keyboard) with -2009- specs...

I HATE "touchsensitive" keys, trackballs and CRAPPY D-Pads like the one on the Touch Pro/Diamond.

I guess "style" isn´t everything :D

Oh man.... :rolleyes:
[General Topics] ZenithUK:
Oh I LIKE that interface!

HTC has TouchFlo, Xperia has Panels, this Tosh has Stripes.
[General Topics] eljoe:
toshiba

the specs are very intresting but i think touch HD is the tallest phone i will be confortable with....this one is even taller...
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
Add Toshi's record of bad support and buggy OS... That is, I wouldn't hold my breath. Hope they've learnt from their past mistakes.

I haven't readlly checked out the specs, just one q:

- does it have a capacitive screen?

- can it record calls?

- does it have a quality (!) camera?

(-does it have quality stereo speakers with stereo widening?)
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
Even a crappy D-pad is better than nothing at all (see the Touch HD), which, practically, makes gaming / emu running almost impossible.
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
In the past, Toshi's PDA's / phones haven't been manufactured by HTC.
[General Topics] Menneisyys:
Looking forward to give it a try at MWC in Barcelona. I'll give it a ridethorough try and report on how for example the touchscreen behaves, compared to the iPhone.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Yes, something like Universal!

An actual device with 5 years old

Maybe HTC Rhodium can be the ONE!
[General Topics] fotoingo:
Sad, but true.....

That is one of the main reasons I rely on my Xperia X1 (but had to pay a bit more) Using Morphgear etc is really nice with that D-Pad, GPS fix is much faster than on my Touch Pro etc. Now I want a device like that with a bigger screen and a Touch Pro style keyboard... :-)

Yeah, it looks nice BUT....

If those leaked pics are the real thing....

It will have NO D-Pad (and tochsensitive keys) ..... AAAAAARRRGGHH !

:(
[General Topics] kkchan:
I like it for the following factor:

1. Thinner

2. UI is very smooth, not like HTC/WM
[General Topics] spzero:
damn another "i-phone beater" why do people still compare any new touchscreen phone with the i-phone, as if they invented the idea of a touchscreen. i would not have a current i-phone (unless i could resell it to make some cash, i would not keep or use one there is no point) i mean it dosent yet have proper gps (its only a-gps) hence no turn by turn directions.

back to topic .....

this is a killer winmo device and is a omnia/diamond/hd killer etc (but not an i-phone killer was the i-phone ever alive (not in my opinion just a toy for people who dont get technology))

but yeah the tosh needs a keyboard maybe a TG01_pro? until then i think im getting me an x1 and selling my kaiser....
[General Topics] Lokioki:
I raged. Yet another topic titled as "iPhone killer"

But yeah, time will show if this device is as good as it technical aspects are.
[General Topics] carnero:
Noticed the bottom bar with softkeys captions? Icons... same size as Start button, same separator line faded on both sides. It looks like WM-native solution. Anyone knows how to assign icons to sofkey captions? It looks great.

1000 mAh? How long it can run on battery? Half a day? :/
[General Topics] stefn22:
BenefitsDay of the qualcomm snapdragon

http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/chipsets/snapdragon.html

>>> long battery life - i guess more than half a day then... maybe 1 day :) ?

Ubiquitous, real-time connectivity: WWAN , Wi-Fi® and/or Bluetooth® technology

Rich Internet experience with full Web browsing

Access to real-time “personalized” location-aware content with built in GPS

Streaming and playback of locally stored HD video content

High performance 3D UIs, games, maps and more

High-quality still pictures and video clips

Access to social networks through instant messaging, video conferencing and chat

Productivity with third-party applications