[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] ajvdn:
Why I love my TP

Dear Ducklord and other readers of this thread,

I want to tell you why I love my Touch Pro.

short version:

It meets my needs (see point 13)

Long version:

For me it has all it needs and more.

1. Phone

This works very well, and it should do it's a PHONE!. I have a Jabra stereo headset so I can take calls while cycling (when it's not to windy but that is a jabra problem not the TP's and it will be replaced with the new Nokia headphone with noisecancelation)

I have several programs that allowe me to record the calls that are made on my phone, very easy if I want to listen back to the appointments I made.

The second program adds a calander entry, and I use that as my call history.

2. MP3

I'm an amateur singer, and I record my singing, (Not with the TP btw. but with a iRiver that I bought 6 years ago. Still works like a charm.) And I playback the recordings on my TP. Remember my Jabra headphones? This works very well.

3. Also MP3 (Podcast)

I like listening to the dawn and drewshow, Nerdmoment (a lot about the new iPhone) 100 word stories and the undemocratic hitlist). My TP downloads them through the rss feed and at the end of the day I listen to my podcast.

4. MP3 again...

Offcourse I also listen to normal MP3. I always have my favorite music with me.

5. Mobile Internet.

The TP (but also the new iPhone) let's you connect it to a pc and you have an internet connection. Here in Holland T-mobile works perfectly. One day my ADSL connection failed and I used my T-mobile internet to make connection. I didn't notice a lot of difference with my ADSL (well offcourse you do but youtube and watching the Dutch "www.uitzendinggemist.nl" did work very well).

6. Backup

I use SyncBack (http://www.2brightsparks.com) to make backups. My TP contains all my important files. And my computers contain backups of the TP. I also use SyncBack as a synchronisation between my recorded music and the TP. I remove the recordings I don't need anymore from my pc and add the new recordings. I make a backup to my "practice" folder and I'm ready to go... BTW When or where can I by the 32 GB Micro SD card?

7. GPS.

OMG I almost forgot the GPS. Ok I have seen a lot of complaints about this one. And either I'm very easily satisfied or I have the one TP that GPS works on...

I did however notice differences between programs that use GPS. I now use "Where is..." and that works great but everytime my GPS doesn't seem to work I start Google Maps and in several seconds I have a position.

I hope AmazeGPS will work again soon on the TP. Version 4.5 doesn't disconnect the GPS anymore. Up to the version befor 4.5 AmazeGPS worked great.

8. I love the stylus.

Oke, love might be to strong, but the device I had before this one, was the Mio A701 and before that one I had the XDA... The Mio really sucked. It looked promissing but it didn't work for me. To me it was the same as the XDA with GPS. I didn't had a working navigation software. And NO bluetooth stereo audio... and you now know how important that is to me.

Anyway, the stylus; I really don't need any Touch thingies. I can type really fast with the onscreen keyboard. I amaze myself sometimes. Also the hardware keyboard is oke for me and I have big fingers.

9. E-mail

I use a Gmail account to collect all my other accounts and every 2 hours I get all my e-mails. The most important ones I can reply at once.

10. Internet

I use the mobile version of IE. I do this because a lot of websites automaticly go to their mobile version. I have tried the others but always return to this one. I use it to get information. Sometimes the weather sometimes about Public Transport. And just sometimes to see the most important news.

11. Hyves

Here in the Netherlands we use Hyves. Hyves is almost the same as facebook. And i can use the mobile website of Hyves to make new entries.

12. Twitter.

I mostly make short video's and use twiddeo to post them on twitter. I also make pictures or make normal entries. I use the program PockeTwit to post pictures and normal entries. I use my E-mail to post the vids.

13. TO iPhone or not iPhone

First of all I don't own a iPhone but I did had a iPod and see lot of friends around me with an iPhone.

Say what you want, but the iPhone is finaly a match to the Windows Mobile devices. Especially with the NEW feature: copy paste...

13.a Apps Store

But I really do envy the apps-store. I think XDA-developers could be very big if they (we) would do a simular thing. I wouldn't mind paying a few euro's for a program, especially when I can use the Dutch "iDeal" that would help a lot for me.

Offcourse the appstore is run by Apple. That also means that all the apps work. And they do look great. A lot of programs I find here work, but sometimes are very ugly. Offcourse most of them are work in progress. I really do appreciate all the software that I'm using for free. THNX.

14 reaction on a few of Ducklord's rants.

["my iPhone is better" and the answer always seems to be something along the lines of "ah, it sucks, our Touch Pro is way better, you'll be coming back crying", yadda-yadda-yadda. ]

The iPhone is realy good, but so are the WM devices. But they are two different devices or lifestyles.

I always notice the following:

APPLE USER:

It doesn't work yet but when it does it rules and for now it looks great.

WM USER:

It works but it is WM... What it looks like? I dunno...

[iPhone is better. A heck of a lot better. ]

The iPhone is different and/but/or the user experience is a lot better.

[The friendly guys and gals in this site managed to squeeze every ounce of life, speed, features and durability from it, making me totally love it.]

When something is wrong with the iPhone you need to wait untill apple consider fixing it. And sometimes the "fix" is a new device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jgrljTrQM8

[I splashed the cash and bought a brand new, shiny Touch Pro. More memory. More speed. Better screen. Better graphics. Better sound. Better GPS... NOT.]

The problem with Windows Mobile and normal is that every new version needs a lot more memory and stuff. Better graphics need more speed and memory... So even though the hardware is better (I'm not toutching the GPS problem) the new features need more so the device might be even slower.

[Even with custom ROMs, my Touch Pro crawls like a snail when compared with my Tytn.]

I never used new roms except the offical HTC ones, so my knowledge about this is very limited. However if it is software or OS related you might consider putting Linux? Again I don't know much about this one. I did notice however if you remove all the Touchflo ****. the device is very fast and stable.

[Opera seems to totally suck compared to the iPhones Safari]

I do my real browsing on a PC. The screen on mobile devices are just to small. Also again I use IE and use mobile websites.

[The slow-as-hell problem applies to every single function or application in my Touch Pro. ]

you can use speedialer to activate programs. You can just say "Twitter" and it will start your twitter progam. It also works with all the other programs but YOU have to sit down and make the connections.

Being slow, try living without the Touchflo. Ok, you need to learn to live with the Stylus.

[And the apps! Oh, those glorious apps!]

Yes, I also want more apps!

[We have ten unusable RSS readers]

I don't read text but I use the build in RSS reader to download all my podcast and that works fantastic.

[Sorry for this, and sorry for coming out as an angry SOB]

Hey, if you aren't saticefied with a product that costs as much as you make, you are allowed to be angry.

[there's no touch-friendly software]

Yeah, this is trough, but again for me I don't mind using the stylus. I mean if I use paper I also have to use a pen. Seeing how long the stylus has been around, why should i have to change, just because there are some brainwashed people that are so postive about a device without a stylus?

We still have the possibilty to use our own handwriting to write a letter. Remember the Palm devices? Those things worked great without using your fingers right?

[I'm all ears people. Anyone wanting to tell me how they actually use their pricey device? ]

Consider the things YOU want to do with it. If you really want to use it as a touch device. sell it and or trade it for a iPhone.

Do you want to use this device. Go use the stylus. Consider removing the Touchflo (I didn't do that yet and have to do a hard reset every 24 hours or so).

Think about what YOU want to do with this device and find the applications that can help you. BUT remember that you have to take action on this. BUT also remember that here at XDA we are here for you. :-)

Best regards,

AJ