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[General Topics] Davide-NYC:
Overlooked important feature: Right Shift Key!

Personally I'm very very torn.

I prefer a non-tilting keyboard. But the one thing that has me really considering the M900 is the right SHIFT key. I really want all qwerty devices to have SHIFT keys on both sides of the keyboard.

My two cents...
[General Topics] qazzi76:
Ha Haa!

Now this is the debate I've been waiting for!!

However - gotta throw some wildcards in the Mix - LOL!!

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/04/14/toshibas-leaked-product-roadmap-gets-us-hot-extra-bothered/

Toshiba's K01 looks kinda CRAAAAAZZYYY!!

Snapdragon powered 1GHZ on a 3.5inch WVGA Screen!! LOL!

Ok!!

Royal Rumble time!

FIGHT!!
[General Topics] cktlcmd:
I'm interested more on the clamshell device. :) I hope more details appear.
[General Topics] TheEngineer0815:
After days of comparing and thinking i came to MY CONCLUSION

I must have the Acer M900!

Why?

- The big screen (nearly like my old QTek 900 / HTC Universal)

- The Scroll Wheel

- The ability to use the Fingerprint as Navkey (perfect for switching between Mail accounts)

- The LED for FlashLight use

If i think about my old HTC Universal... where was the HTC support? Couldn't thins Acer could be worse than that.

greetings from Austria
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Of

ALL

(without exception) of the HTC devices I've had, I needed the warranty. (thats four devices - never again)

I'm going to buy the Acer.
[General Topics] orb3000:
I´ll stick to HTC and wait 2010 models

or maybe consider Tosh nice upcomming models

No Acer for me is considered...
[General Topics] FloatingFatMan:
One word of warning about that.

Do NOT look directly into the light. It's REALLY bright and WILL dazzle you! ;)

Makes an awesome flashlight though! :p
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Have to be honest, one of the things I miss the most from my old Toshiba G900 was the finger swipe. I know this seems pointless to a lot of people but its actually awesome once you start using it. The Tosh (and im hoping the Acer will do it as well) had a fingerprint launcher so you could program each finger to launch a diferent app! Gimmicky yes, but also very usefull.

Besides HTC's awefull build quality, I can't consider downgrading from a 5mp camera (which if we are truthfull should be the MINIMUM for a modern phone) to anything less.

I can live without cooked roms from here and I can still get lots of support around the normal applications and O/S.

Its going to be hard dropping from 32gig in my omnia to 16 (is this the biggest miniSD available?) but I can live with it - its not like I need the ENTIRE Igo maps on the phone all the time is it :D
[General Topics] TheEngineer0815:
damned... than its also do bright for taking a photo... dazzled friends after the click...
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
orderd my M900 on Friday from Expansys. Should be delivered on the 26th or 27th.
[General Topics] cocoaju:
But Acer only have 128mb ram. Is that enough? That is the only thing turning me down... I hate running out of memory. Web browsing and listing to music does take a lot memory power...
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
indeed.... a good question.

I've done some googling on this and it appears that this is a major concern for lots of people but, the few people that have this phone already (i.e. evaluation units) don't appear to have any issues with lack of memory.

I think the idea is that you install all your apps to miniSD and if your really struggling, try and change the cache directories to miniSD as well. Once this is done I don't see why you would be low on memory. I'm currently looking at my Omnia (granted, it has a custom rom on it and not factory) and i'm only using some 50meg of ram - thats with MS Voice Command, SPB Shell v3, Exchange/push mail and even Opera loaded plus all the usual MS background services etc. Media Player will use very little ram so I think things are looking good!

I'm getting one the day after the UK launch allowing for post time/bank holidays, so I will update this thread with my experiences.

Fingers crossed!;)
[General Topics] cocoaju:
Yeah that will be great! I would like to know if this Acer can really do with just 128MB RAM.
[General Topics] netnerd:
screw HTC, boycott them!

they are greedy mother$#%$#$!

they just want your money!

Acer M900, Acer F900 got 850/1900/2100 UMTS 3G! works in USA 3G!

Asus p835 with 900/1900/2100 UMTS 3G! works in USA 3G 1900 band!

Touch diamond2 and touch pro2 got no usa 3g!

what is with all the hates?? (no usa 3g for usa users?)
[General Topics] cocoaju:
TP2 is coming to SPRINT in June. So there you go, TP2 for the USA. ;)
[General Topics] galaxys:
Also, the TP2 is coming to T-Mobile USA in July! which I plan on getting one!!
[General Topics] dreamtheater39:
I just used the m900 for a good amount of time. Here are my thoughts -

- feels too clunky

- looks like its quite delicate. one fall, can break it to bits. It looks like a block of glass

- build quality of the slider is quite bad...a device barely a month old has started to shake, twist etc. the slider is quite poor.

- the interface is crappy once u start using it. it feels unnecessarily glorified and loses focus on what its meant to achieve - in terms of usability

- device feels sluggish. feels slow.

- curved edges make it look terrible when extended out.

- typing was not to my taste. the keys felt like they took lil more time to come back when clicked...like sticky keys. also, they were too widely spaced for me. though i liked the texture of the buttons....something like a matt finish!

- lacks dedicated numbers row

- heavy!

the good parts -

- the specs of course

- the screen is gorgeous (didnt try it outdoors though)

- the fingerprint scanner (works as an optical trackpad to scoll around too)

i havent seen the tp2, but i'm sure its way better than the m900. the touch pro 1 itself was wayy wayyyy better in terms of build quality, performance and looks.
[General Topics] bigneeker:
does anyone know where i can purchase an acer m900?

ive been looking online and none of the online stores seem to have it.
[General Topics] ilordvader:
What do u think of the Acer F1 ?

is it better than the Touch pro 2 ?
[General Topics] quarintus:
Ok.............

Well I can tell you one thing. For every acer you buy, you will need their warrenty service multiple times. IF you need the warrenty, then I would choose one with the best warrenty service.

My experience, (my work, friends, school) with acer, 90 % of their product fail. When this happens, their warranty support is terrible. But this experience is all with laptops and desktops. So don't know about the phones.

I do not trust Acer, and won't at least for the upcomming few years. That is the biggest reason why I say Touch pro 2.

next to that: TP2 has more memmory, tilt screen, better speakers, looks are way better, better keyboard (if you believe the reviews), bluetooth 2.1 (instead of 2.0), XDA support, HTC support (with update).

Enough reasons to go for the TP2
[General Topics] ilordvader:
I got the Tilt & now have the Fuze

& they both crash on me changed Tilt 4 times

Fuze once till now

So all phones have problems

I think the Acer have come with good Phones

& like the 3D Desktop

Wow its amazing

but i will get the Acer F1 ;)

F1 will be running the 800MHz ARM chip,

which is a tad slower than the 1000MHz equivalent in the TG01.
[General Topics] galaxys:
^ yeh, the 800MHz ARM chip is sweet! I wish htc would have put it i the TP2 :mad:
[General Topics] doctajay:
My main concern is support for windows mobile 6.5. We can get it easily unofficially here at xda-dev but how would I get wm 6.5 on the m900? I checked out the eten-users.com.eu forum and it seems dead and there is no mention of the m900 on there.
[General Topics] NuShrike:
Well, this is no longer a question since eten-users.eu has a cook or two making 6.5 roms.

Also, the backlight is getting hacked by me, and FPU Enabler is coming online that puts math performance ahead of even the not-FPU-enabled Snapdragon.

The slider is light and works perfectly for me, I don't abuse it like many seem to. Eg Kaiser/TP sliders seems to be broken from some, still mint condition on mine. Rounded corners make this look like a big Kaiser, and I really liked that design and M900 is LIGHTER than Kaiser. Ear speaker is much clearer than TP. Screen is gorgeous if you stay out of the sun.
[General Topics] eljuggy:
I'll add that someone in modaco found a way to overclock Samsung s3c6410 up to 900 Mhz... (search in google : modaco s3c6410 overclock)

Though I'm still concerned about the short 128Mb of ram (I've got a 64mb device and its really a pain)... So what do you think about this memory size ?

Will 128mb be a bottleneck now, in a year or 2 ?
[General Topics] nathanpc:
Of course Touch Pro 2! ;)
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Much as I love my M900 i've now really started using it in anger and the memory is an issue. I'm constantly getting memory issues when in Opera etc.

I wish I could recommend this phone because all the guys I work with here in South Africa are stunned by it but, sadly (and I do mean that), the memory has become an issue for me.

I've tried several roms, combinations of Win65 and 6.1 (6.1 with SPB Shell).

Acer screwed this stunning phone up by limiting its ram. Such a terrible shame.

edit: You'll find Doctajay, myself and NuShrike over on eten-users forums if you need support.
[General Questions and Answers] harish:
HTC touch pro shows only 3 to 4 days call history. Can anybody guide me how to increase Call History length to a month or more days?
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
download and install SKTools

run it and go to Tune Up!

go to Phone Edition and change Call History Length..
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
advanced config has this setting too i think..
[General Questions and Answers] harish:
I have done all this but still problem is not solved. Any one help me.
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
you still get 3-4 days?
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
Are you using stock or cooked rom?
[General Questions and Answers] jorking:
Call history is limited to 300

Cleary it's not an issue linked to cooked rom or registry settings. It's a general issue that the call history is limited to maximum 300 on WM 5/6/6.1. I have searched a lot, still no solution found.

I wonder if anyone can show me a way to increase the call history limit?

Thanks a lot!:(:mad::mad::mad:
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
Ahh,

Clearly theres nothing like bringing an old thread to life again huh!:D

I believe Nir did answer this as above, did you try his method?
[HTC Vox] m32:
I want put my vox into out-call mode for phone calls while it's availabe.

asterisk beeps phone takes connection - but speking is'nt possible

m32
[HTC Vox] m32:
no one is using asterisk ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] eldondiego:
Hi guys, I have a question here.

Is there a way to set my Kaiser to use data connection ONLY if I have 3g/HSPDA coverage?

I don't think it is possible, but you never know.

My problem is that I have a plain data plan but only for 3g coverage, if I use the data connection in areas where only edge or gprs is available, my telcom carrier charge me a lot for this.

So, to solve this, the above setting came into my mind or a sort of "firewall-software" that blocks all app's trying to access data connection if I don't have 3g coverage.

Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks, Diego
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] eldondiego:
no ideas? :(

c'mon, I don't wanna code my own app for this :( :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] syroz:
why not ? you definitely should.:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] kilrah:
Never seen a way to do that - but then, I've never seen a data plan that works only on 3G but not on EDGE, so there's not much chance someone would have needed and thus made such a program...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] eldondiego:
thanks for the reply, it's not that doesn't work on EDGE, but in some way it is not free for me.

I thought that it would be a little difficult to find something like this... so I think I should be opening my Visual Studio again :(

cheers,

Diego
[Touch HD General] sbrundell:
Was using my SanDisk 8GB SDHC card that came with my Touch HD when I noticed I couldn't access the card - I've rebooted and still can't access and tried it in Windows with a SDHC reader - its not recognised. Anyone else's card gone yet and do I try to get a new one off the UK dealer that supplied the Touch HD or SanDisk themselves??
[Touch HD General] SWYRx:
Mine wasnt working from the start, never worked.

If I put it in the HD, it says "Neesds to be formatted" I format it but still isn't working.

Tried it on 3 different pc's with 2 different sd adapters.

I think that Sandisk provides a lifetime warranty m8
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
Try:

StorageTools	from www.softwinter.com

This loads on the internal memory and will verify SD card and then format it if needed.
[Touch HD General] jonajuna:
is it worth the hassle? they are only a tenner, by the time you spend money on phone calls, letters and postage to return the dead card, itll be cheaper just to go buy one new :)
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
Or wait 18 months and they will cost 2 UK pounds ?
[Touch HD General] sbrundell:
I know they're cheap but its the principle of just chucking things away I don't like. Anyway Storagetools has restored it for the time being
[Touch HD General] jonajuna:
i agree that we shouldnt just chuck stuff away, but if you hadnt been able to fix it, then buying a new one wouldve been cheaper (all told) than the hassle/expense of getting it replaced under warranty... if the warranty covers accessories of course (which i would doubt)

glad youve sorted it :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ZeroTolerance1989:
Hi all i just got my O2 XDA TRION off ebay today.. I was woundering if there is a offical windows mobile 6 for it by o2 i can install on it, Thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Frozen-GPU:
Hi guys,

today I talked to an HTC guy on the CeBIT convention in Hannover. I asked him about the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 for the Diamond 1 and he said that he is sure it will come as an update for the Diamond aswell. Diamond 2 will get the update, too. I tested the Diamond 2 today and I must say: AWESOME!!! That thing is so extremely fast in TouchFlo 3D. I had my Diamond 1 in one hand and the Diamond 2 in the other and now I could throw away my Diamond :D The new Menu for programs is nice, too. All together the Diamond 2 is much better than the Diamond and I think I will sell my Diamond 1 and buy the Diamond 2. :cool:

Greetz Frozen-GPU
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Aqrab:
did you tell him about the release date of diamond2 ?

is it on march or april ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Frozen-GPU:
In fact he couldn't give me a final answer on this :D I guess he was not the right one to answer the question :p Only a salesman i think. But in my opinion it's worth waiting for Touch Diamond 2, no matter if it'll be released this or next month. There was another guy buggin' him with stupid questions about connecting HTC devices over bluetooth to his car hands free, so I left without asking more questions...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fabietto2665:
I mean no disrespect to you, but I really hope that you found the only (IMHO) honest and knowledgeable telephone company salesperson.

That in itself would be an awesome discovery, much more incredible than the 6.5 upgrade for the Diamond :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Frozen-GPU:
:D That could be true...

Maybe I better wrote another title for this topic: "Diamond 2 - WOW! Windows Mobile 6.5 on Diamond 1: Very possible!"

Salesmen are really clever, but not in giving technical information ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Prewien:
i hope this is true because there are rumors poping up that wm6.5 will only be avaiable for phones with a hardware windows start button
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fraudulent:
WIMO 6.5 on Diamond 1 not likely

The word from Microsoft is that ONLY the phones with Windows button will ever be supported as a Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. I'd say that minimizes the chance that HTC will take the time and money to develop a 6.5 rom for an old device that will probably be end of life soon.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dunkan008:
yet tested our beloved device with a pre wm6.5 and it's too much sloooow and crappy too

I think wm6.5 needs more ram, perhaps could be sane on diamond2 but right now isn't ready to be used on diamond1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Jazebbi:
Start button?

i don't see why MS is saying it HAS to have a start button. the Diamond had 9 hardware buttons (if the whole pad is broken down into all its functions) i'm sure that one of those buttons could be allocated for that use
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Frozen-GPU:
I totally agree with that ;) Put a Windows Logo sticker over the "Home" Hardwarebutton and voila ^^
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dervish666:
I have to admit I'm a bit puzzled as to why this is a stumbling block. WinMo 6.5 will presumably be a whole new ROM and I imagine would have a few chefs cooking with it. We've seen that it will work on Diamond, it should be simple enough to map a single button to make it work.

Shouldn't it?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mark14:
Winmo 6.5 on Diamond...

not sure if I am toe-stepping, or pointing out what everyone already know, but there's a winmo 6.5 beta for the diamond here ->

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=481896

havent given it a go yet, as my Diamond isn't really expendable (work phone i'd be shot for messing up) but it seems though good progress has been made!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Frozen-GPU:
Yeah Windows Mobile 6.5 BETA has been released from several cookers, but I was talking about native support for WM6.5 on the HTC Touch Diamond. Even if HTC won't update the Diamond, the cookers here will release it for us, that's for sure ;) But it would be nice if HTC gives an official update for the Diamond 1.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] gkai:
I think it is unlikely: no windows start key (which is not needed of course, but it is an advertising trick from microsoft, which imho is fearing the lack of image associated to WinMo compared to the new kids in town (android, OSX, WebOS), and is trying to get smartphone manufacturer to provide some free advertising - equivalent to "Windows Vista compatible" on the PC peripherals for example), so probably HTC will not get the OK from Microsoft on this one. Morerover, it is not sure HTC would do it even if they could (except maybe for the touch HD): Diamond2 and Pro2 will be out before WinMo6.5, so upgrading only the latest model is a way to force the previous ones (TD1/TP1) into obsolescence...especially as the specs are not so different, so any differentiation is good to get...

TouchHD successor seems further away, possibly after the release of the first 6.5 devices, or the 6.5 upgrade for TD2/TP2...so I guess official touch HD upgrade is maybe possible...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] sandeman11:
There's not going to be an update for "old Ht'c like de Touch Diamond, Touch Pro and Touch HD...
[Touch HD General] sschrupp:
I just got a new car that has an auxiliary jack that says I can play my music from MP3/Ipod players. I bought myself a 3.5 mm cord, plugged it into the HD and the Auxiliary port in the car stereo, but there's no sound.

Is there something else I need to do in order to hook my Blackstone up to my car stereo's Auxiliary jack? I figured the 3.5 mm Auxiliary port would just hook up to the HD's headphone jack as if the stereo would act as headphones. Am I wrong?
[Touch HD General] Radeon123:
With mine, I just plugged the 3.5mm jack into the HD and every sound even phone calls automatically came through the cars speakers.

Try plugging another device with a 3.5mm jack into the car, if there is still no sound the theirs either a setting on the head unit or cable may be faulty.

Here is the cable I used, connected directly to the back of the head unit using RCA connectors.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=172348
[Touch HD General] Cheesy Dave:
Hmm, does sound (sorry) like a cable problem. I have plugged the HD into external speakers via the 3.5 socket with no problems.

What you are aiming for should work but the cable needs to be right.
[Touch HD General] Timbojames:
You probably have to go to the option on your car stereo. It's just like changing from the fm receiver to the cd player on your car stereo (except you have to go to aux-in).

Look in the car stereo manual how to activate the aux-in option.

If Headsets work fine on your HD this should work as well.

Then it's not a problem with you phone.
[Touch HD General] sschrupp:
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I did switch it to the "Aux" function as opposed to Radio/Satellite/CD/Etc., so I'll see if my son's iPod Touch works or maybe there's something else I have to do with the stereo in the user manual. Otherwise I'll assume the cable is faulty. Hope my wife didn't throw out the packaging just yet! ;) It was just a cheap $7 retractable one I got from Target. Next option is a 3 foot $15 one. :rolleyes:
[Touch HD General] Timbojames:
Also, make sure you connected the cable to the aux-in on the stereo and not the aux-out. This isn't always indicated in a clear way (I'm just thinking what it could be).
[Touch HD General] sschrupp:
Yep, thanks for the input. Luckily it's pretty idiot-proof. It's the manufacturer installed Bose stereo system in a 2009 Nissan Rogue. There's only one input on the front face of the stereo panel labeled "Aux In". And you press a button labeled "AUX" to use it as far as I know. Pretty handy!
[Touch HD General] bonesy:
i have the same problem with my Alpine stereo,has an AUX Input,Even when i enable aux on the head unit still no sound.Taken it to my local car audio garage and theyre baffled!

Later said to me it could be a faulty HU
[Touch HD General] Timbojames:
Ah, well I am used to after market stereo's with the connections on the back (rca connection).

Sorry that I'm not able to help. Well as long as you get sound through headsets and such it is not a problem with the HD, but I guess you figured that out.
[Touch HD General] bonesy:
Sadly those RCA's are usually outputs for an amp :'(
[Touch HD General] sschrupp:
I'll test my son's iPod Touch today with the cord and see if his works. If his doesn't work also then I'll try a different 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm cord. If THAT doesn't work then I'll have to assume the stereo is malfunctioning.

Another thing that crossed my mind is what if the headphone jack on the HD doesn't produce enough juice to feed into the stereo. Would that be possible? Although it sounds like others are able to get theirs to work, so I'm assuming the HD puts out enough.

Thanks again for the quick input, everybody!
[Touch HD General] jonajuna:
when you plug the lead into the touchHD, you do get the liitle headfones show up on the topbar of the screen?

you havent muted the media player somehow?

you have removed the 100dB eurolimit on the HD output yes?

vol on the HD is around the 80% on both media player and general system sound?

AUX is actually enabled on the headunit in the car? on my factory fitted headunit, the aux button is switchable between the aux line in and an external cd player... if you have the manual for the headunit, have a look to see if there is this option

the headfone jack on the HD pushes out plenty of power, especially if the 100dB limit is removed (hd tweak or advance config... dont forget to disable audio booster and the EQ as that will really mess up the sound)