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[XPERIA X1 General] Hannigan174:
Xperia is a good MP3 player

I use my Xperia to play music and podcasts (which I direct download to the device) I generally play back through bluetooth to Stereo headset or my Bluetooth car deck. I increased bitpool to increase bluetooth audio quality.

The audio is good, you can plug in headphones for better sound, and being able to have it magically play from my pocket while I drive beats having to plug-in to any peripheral. Plus, when I am on headphones or in car, if I get a call I just press a button instead of fussing with seperate device.

This is also not Xperia specific, other WinMo devices can do this. I seriously can't imagine buying a seperate audio player when my device does audio so much better, AND does everything else.
[XPERIA X1 General] banzaiboy:
I usually wear out the battery on my phone by the end of the day. There are times when I wear out the battery on my iPod as well so if I were to only have one device to do everything, it wouldn't last the day. That and the fact that I run my earphones up my back and have my iPod on my belt. I usually just blindly skip tracks and play with the volume blindly and by feel so I can't use a touchscreen to really choose my music.

As for sound quality, unless I'm sitting down someplace to actually try and enjoy my music, I only have one ear bud in so I can hear what is going on around me. Soundtrack of my life LOL...:D
[XPERIA X1 General] Yatmund:
I use to always miss phone calls when I had a separate music player...

Never anymore when I use my phone as a music player as well!!

I just wish battery life was longer though :(
[XPERIA X1 General] dwd:
i used to love my koss portapro headphones(and sennheiser etc at the same pricetag), connected them to everything, ipod/computer etc, listening to 128kbps and sometime 192 and above. never thought it could sound better, my little world was perfect!

then i got stupid, and bought a pair of Shure SE530(500) and now i can't listen to mp3s at 192 and below, they sound awful, really really bad, but at 320/lossless they sound _amazing_

and when you hear that amazing sound you start to check on what you can to do to make it sound even better, change ipod,amplifier etc etc.

nowadays i have the ****ty headphones like the portapro for checking youtube movies, sound clip etc at work,and everything sounds lifeless,compression artifacts etc.

to summarize, if you cant hear the difference between low bit rate and high bit rate sound files, then be happy, be really happy about it, and don't even start to think that the grass might just be greener on the other side, because when you do, and look at the greener grass, its going to be an very expensive sight. if you venture down the "audiophile" road as some of us have done, be prepared to lay out a lot of $$$.

its like everything else, if you don't know what you are missing, then you are not missing it, but when you do, your are longing for it all the time.
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
**** that! I have Pocket Player and I can play "flac" files and I tell you humans can not hear frequencies that are too good for our ears. When people claim to have super ears it's a lie. Even studio producers with "amazing ears" have been proven false that they could tell difference between and MP3 at low bit rate and an MP3 at high bit rate (I saw some sort of short documentary). It is truly BS.

Why don't you try a blind test before you even claim to have good enough ears.

And sound enhancement softwares don't count.
[XPERIA X1 General] alabij:
Huh? I swear I didn't understand your point if there was one. Sorry!
[XPERIA X1 General] alabij:
You hit the nail on the head. Ignorance is bliss. Ever since I got my Zune 120 and discovered true high quality 320Kb/s music, I've $$$ trying to get the perfect sounding phones. I finally settled on the Philips SHE9800 In-Ear Headphones with Advanced Acoustics.
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
I can agree to that, but I don't have any issues with X1 sound quality. Even of there are problems with it, I prefer to carry 1 device instead of 2.
[XPERIA X1 General] alabij:
Good and honest response.

It's always hard in tech forums to do polls about devices as fanboyism erupts since no geek wants their device to get a bad rap.

A lot of people have turned this thread into a SEX1 is a great device thread. I wouldn't be in this forum if I didn't care about my X1. I still play music with my X1, in fact as far as I know right from the very first XDA all PPCPE devices have been able to play music and quite well at that.

I was just curious whether other people carried alternate media players.

For me sound quality was just 1 factor; battery life was another, space was critical. 120GB compared to a shared 16GB mSDHC is night and day. I commute about 4hrs each day and get to listen to music at work so not having to listen to the same song without PC syncing is a good deal for me.

Functionality and ease of use was also critical, I don't really care about looks or album arts or even touch functionality.

This poll is in no way intended to bash the X1, its a great device with comparable sound quality, it is also a WinMo device with flaws pertinent to the OS.

The question still remains and is simple: Do you carry an alternate media player? What device is it and what factors have led you to prefer this option.
[XPERIA X1 General] Nocturnal310:
ipod 5.5G 30 GB with iBasso D2 Boa amp > Silver core interconnects and Sennheiser IE7 in-ears.

i use x1 for videos only..no music
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
I give up arguing about sound fidelity. I give up.
[XPERIA X1 General] Scott Whitmore:
The new Media Panel has just saved me from buying the new zune HD which I was planning to get on release. I love how finger friendly it is, and all my album art is working perfectly! The sound from the X1 has never bothered me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Ninetenseven:
Hi there. I'm new to this forum and i would like to learn how to upgrade my qtek... i have WM5 in spanish, and i want to put it WM6 in Portuguese, otherwise English. Can someone explain me how to do it? and where do i download the new rom? :confused: please help
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] orb3000:
Welcome to the forum

Here the instruction on how to flash a new ROM:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_ROM_Upgrade

It´s easier than it looks!

And here you can download one of the best ROM´s for Universal in english (At least for me):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=507620

Good luck and don´t forget to vote!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] Sil3ncer:
Hey, is anyone using the bluetooth headset Jabra BT8040, When I first bought the headset, I had no problems using it. But I've noticed a few months ago, that whenever I use the device, the person I'm calling wont be able to hear me but I can hear them. Anyone have any ideas to solve this problem?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] BPB21:
Similar problems

I've got the same earpiece and I've had some problems with it, including: unable to pair (or saying it's paired when it really isn't), unable to connect the BT on a call, and sometimes the earpiece will just disconnect from the phone (but the call will still remain active).

That last one is the closest I've come to your issue. I usually have to put the phone in discovery mode (and the earpiece) and try repairing them from scratch.

I've heard from others with this earpiece that they haven't had problems, but I don't know anyone who has this earpiece and the Raphael. Also, I've got the Motorola S9 bt headphones and I haven't had any problems with them. So, I'm not 100% it's the earpiece but then again it could be.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] Deiota:
i have this jabra for about 6 months and had no problem at all with Raphael!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] BPB21:
Changed ROM

I've just changed the ROM on my phone (as in signature line) so that may change things for me with the Jabra BT.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] Black C5:
Please post your results with your new ROM...David.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] BPB21:
Updated ROM & BT

I'm using the updated ROM and radio in my signature line with the Jabra BT8060 (wasn't it? whatever the one we were talking about in this post is) as well as a Motorola S9 and I pair it with my laptop for internet access that way. So far I have not had the same troubles with the Jabra BT as I used to. It could be due to updated drivers for the BT or the fact that I'm not using TF3D (just the new WM6.5 interface).

Either way, I'm having good results so far.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] BPB21:
I spoke too soon on BT...

I've spoken too soon on BT. I was trying to get my Motorola S9 working so I could listen to music from my phone. No luck at all - it shows the S9 connected for both the calls and the the music, but it only works on calls and the music plays on the device with the speaker. And it was working just fine this morning. Bluetooth in general is so frustrating to me that I would literally remove it from every costom ROM I use EXCEPT for "Internet Sharing" (on an Acer laptop and netbook) over bluetooth and activesync with a PC. Not just with this phone, but seriously, with BT 2.0 it should work A LOT BETTER than it does.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] ntron1:
I have similar issues with several different Moto H700's. I can hear them but they can not hear me. Possibly the BT drivers from HTC need a fix????
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] sixtus:
i have searched the forum to find out how to unlock

treo 650.... but couldnt find any. all i saw is 750

unlocker.. pls can someone verify if 750 unlocker can

unlock 650. if no. pls tell me how to unlock this

stuff... treo 650 locked to cingular network.
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] tramuyo:
Of course Treo 750 WONT WORK bcoz Treo 650 is not windows mobile !!
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] libal:
try to fing your answer

here :

http://mytreo.net/forum/index.php?board=4.0
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] sixtus:
treo 650

the above link u gave doesnt have anything for it, the guy is just talking how he called customer service brabrabra.... i need solutin to unlock the phone without consulting customer service.

N.B i have the code from allgsmunlock online, but the code doesnnt work. so i need someome to help me with any programme i can use to unlock it.
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] sixtus:
so no free unlocker for treo 650???????????????
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
i would love to see a website specifically for g1 themes. with images of all themes, all linking back to the developer. as well as all themes and other downloads being hosted on local server, instead of having to use FTP services like megashares etc.

if anyone with web development/programming experience would be interested in assisting me it would be appreciated, and i think a site of this nature would benefit the android global community as a whole.

may i also state that i have a server with enough bandwidth and server space to handle the high traffic volume that follows a site like this.

i see some great possibilities with this, but in order to get it off the ground i will need some help.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] AGx-07_162:
I would love to say yes but my web dev skills have never been used in a real environment.

I would like to see something like this get off the ground. Its such a great idea.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] angryspoon:
although i do not have a crazy lot of time i do have an extra website that i currently do not use. Its good for a little less than a year and i "could" use iWeb or something to put a site together since it would take crazy less time. Its unlimited everything so i could host the .zip files right on it and just have people download from there. If enough people would use it though. I would def have to have everyone's permission though as i am not getting in trouble with people over something like this. if its something some of these Theme devs would enjoy i could use my current site on DreamHost and allow the download straight from the site with Pictures. Could have a page for each one of them too. Let me know as i would be willing to do this so it would be 100% easier to find things.

Email me at alitke15@gmail.com

I would be willing to put the time in too since i could add an Ad at the top for some income towards the renew cost if necessary. And i do know what i am doing but it would def have to be a use site not just something 10 people use. www.edgewoodcma.org is my newest site i got up and running for a church.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
thats pretty much the idea, it doenst really matter which server is used, however i do have a little over 2 years on mine, but it is unlimited just as yours is. however i do not think a page made in iWeb or something will work quite as nicely as something designed for dynamic updating by many devs.

im looking into a PHP CMS engine that will allow devs to name their .zip files and upload with a thumbnail of the theme. and have the site automatically post the new theme with the naming convention used in the .zip and show the thumbnail as a link to the direct download from the server.

i wanted to try and stay away from another forum site, as well. this is the forum site for android pretty much, we may have a discussion area in the theme site, however the downloads and updates will be on another portion of the page as to eliminate the need to sift through threads to find the themes you want.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] angryspoon:
The reason i posted that i would be willing to make and update the site is so that useless things will be kept out. I would be willing to accept all photos and .zip files in my email then post onto the site so that duplicates and useless things are kept to a minimum. I would also make multiple sections showing what update you are running (i.e. RC33, ADP 1.5, Dude, ect) and a complete breakdown so that it is as easily as possible to do things. The reason i would use iWeb is because of its simplicity. You could update a site within 2minutes for whatever is needed. I could update anywhere in a matter of minutes which would mean more thing up and running. Just an idea though as i too am wishing it was far easier to locate things instead of sifting through hundreds of posts to find the one decent theme out off 100.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
that sounds great, will iWeb allow you to create dynamic websites for the dev to upload his work? or will you manage the whole thing as a static database (updated when devs send you their work)?

if you wish to create this, then please do. i shall continue to look for a permanent, maintenance free*, catalogue of themes. but until an engine is created for that purpose your offer sounds perfect. the android community desperately needs someplace organized to find these themes.

thank you for your offer, if you would like any sort of graphic help just let me know and ill do my best. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] punkweakling:
Dynamic sounds best, you could accept members (ie theme creators) and only have have control over posting themes and updates to their own themes?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
We are actually working on this right now. Just purchased themesdroid.com a couple days ago.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
We have a dedicated server we are going to be running it on. We are actively developing the site now. Perhaps we should combine our efforts.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
awesome, let me know if you need any help, or any server space etc.

id love to help in any way i can.

--peace
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] theslam08:
It does seem like a good idea, although I have read in the past something about "why have many resources in many places"...one central location for it all is great, so it would have to have many advantages for it to work. I know instant thumbnails would be 1 (forums it doesnt work like that). Local files is another. Purchasable is probably something considerable.

Ive built for big corps before, and know a lot about that stuff. If you guys need help with doing anything I know almost any solution. Something like "if you donate you get extras" or something, and only those that did donate can get certain things. Helps the developers for their time and effort (like the apps, makes sense).
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
We are currently investigating a couple options for ThemesDroid.com. We have started working on a download site from the ground up, but we are also looking for possible alternatives. Does anyone know of any decent open source CMS/DMS systems? We have not seen anything that was worth a darn, but if anyone knows of a good one then there is no sense in reinventing the wheel.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kdf2883:
What are you looking for in this CMS/DMS system?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
well php-fusion is always a safe choice, there was something new... what was it.. http://expressionengine.com/
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] theslam08:
Ive always found Joomla to be the most flexible system to date, complicated but it will do 'everything' your looking it to do. It has great theme support as well (great flexibility for customizablity). Very secure too.

@malaeus, sorry to say but php-anything is almost always a bad choice, they have many loops/hackable holes.

Xoops is good too. Drupal is good. Or if you have a M$ server (asp), dot net nuke is good, has many add-ons for great flexibility.

Just some suggestions for you guys :) (btw, all those are free [opensource like android :)]
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] akagoffer:
I've been building Drupal sites for years now... if you guys need help, let me know.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] theslam08:
;)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6613/demo1z.png

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3173/demo2.jpg

Started it 3 hours ago, thats how quick and easy it is. Its just a demo to show you what you can do with it. If you like cool, if not I at least recommend you check out joomla, thats what I created that with (there is no "starting from ground up" with it, its just there to "put the stuff in"). That template is free too (there are plenty out there, I also make my own which takes time). Just threw it together because I had the last three hours off from work and wanted to play with it again.

Drupals good, but I just dont think it has the best of plugins, they are ....awkward or something I dont know.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
@kdf2883: Something geared towards downloads. Something preferably lightweight compared to Joomla/Drupal etc

@theslam08: I currently have a test of Joomla + DocMan I have been playing with, but Joomla seems like overkill for what we are doing. It doesn't all our needs so we would still have to modify it yet it does a bunch of junk we don't need. Then there's the usual update every week or get hacked bit...

We are leaning towards just doing everything from scratch. I could have a Joomla site up in a day or two or we can give it a couple weeks to build our own system from the ground up. What do you guys think?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
for something like this, we may want to try something as simple as wordpress. each post would be a new theme, images and text would include server direct download link. its at least one of the most compatible backbones i can think of.

i have little to no experience in drupal and joomla etc. however when it comes to the design aspect of the website, thats closing in on my specialty.

@slam nice job on that layout btw. especially considering time spent. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
Look at the Lock 2.0 themes site. They use WordPress and in my opinion it's a mess.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kronarq:
@theslam08: What theme are you using? That looks pretty good. Also looks like you are using DocMon. Is the DocMon theme "mjaztools_blogtheme"?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] grokdesigns:
When/if this gets off the ground, I would consider pointing themedroid.com to it. I've got nothing going on there at the moment, as my other websites require too much of my storage/bandwidth.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] theslam08:
Over here: http://joomla15.siteground.com/?template=123wd-j15-4

Have to use your email to get it, but it is free. There are plenty of themes out there, I just chose that one because I thought it was pretty cool and seemed sorta calm. Though it might be too dark, but again it was just something I did in like 3 hours maybe a little less. Thats why the banner looks kinda bad too, I just rushed it to get it up before I left for class.

(It doesn't all our needs so we would still have to modify it yet it does a bunch of junk we don't need. Then there's the usual update every week or get hacked bit...)

I agree, it is overkill. But...ive used it many many times where it can be 'dumbed' down, so no one even knows its 'overkill'. Like what I have there, its very simple (only added docman and its near complete heh), has some information spots, and very easily accessible downloads. And yes its docman, with the defualt template. Ive tried messing with the docman templates before but they seem tricky. But the joomla templates I can do almost anything with. I could take this current template and design it like 90% different.

If you guys want to 'test' run it, I could do some more stuff and put it on my buddies company site (where we actually advertise for this stuff) so you could check it out (dry run).

As for simplicity as wordpress, I personally think it might be 'too' simple. I used to run MotoModders (if anyone heard of it) and they had it setup exactly like how I have it (although they used crappy DNN and had over 1m members so it was like death browsing), but it was very useful how everything was separated. I think maybe it could grow if it got popular, and this setup (docman) is so extremely easy to add stuff (categories, files, etc.).

Really, android is new and there isnt a 'central' point for anything but the market place. If we got all this stuff together it would be fantastic.

Its just my 2cents. Let me know though, I have more time right now. (BTW, its not that I am biased, its that I have personally tried like every opensource cms and they dont seem to be as feature complete as this is. Overkill yes, but you can be sure nothing is missing.)

/Yikes if you couldnt tell ive done this before ...:rolleyes:. Sorry about blabber...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kdf2883:
This site has a decent download cms page and its free:

http://www.sebrac.webcindario.com/cms/index.php?mode=welcome

*edit* imo i would attempt to make your own or modify a decent one because most of the free cms's dont have anything that fancy for downloads~
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] punkweakling:
No, they use wordpress.net. There's a difference. And that's just a blog, all the content and discussion is done on Google Groups.

Here's an example of what wordpress can do:

http://www.mammothguide.net/

And a selection of templates which could be good to build on?

http://www.briangardner.com/themes

Whatever you decide a CMS is definitely required and the ability to let author register and manage their own content is a must!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
i wish i had more of a retention of programming knowledge, and i could write up a php list, just upload your files with a proper naming convention and the site puts it in its place. but i think wordpress should work, at least until we find a better one, or make one.

we can turn on register as contributor and have the ability to post new items right? just making sure.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
had something like this before

http://www.androidevolve.com/

afoulke made it, but it hasn't been updated since jan
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] theslam08:
Yeh thats my idea as well. Thats using joomla as well. That sites pretty good too, just needs updating really.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] malaeus:
just checked it out, phpfusion has a downloads module that would work perfectly for this. and you can simply turn off the forum etc in the CMS and just use the downloads and possibly news modules.