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[Off-topic] newuser888:
One in three Australian families are still in trouble in the last 6 months.

Australia is supposed to be the least affected developed country. But read this report here to see the actual situation:

This is reported in http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...-hit-one-in-three-families-20091012-gtlv.html

QUOTE

One in three Australian families have had bills they couldn't pay, pawned goods or went without meals in the past six months, new government research shows.

A survey of 1,650 families across Australia aiming to measure the impact of the global financial crisis showed that 34 per cent of families reported having at least one financial hardship in the past six months.

Hardships included being unable to pay gas, electricity and water bills on time (21 per cent), seeking financial assistance from friends or family (15 per cent), pawning or selling goods (10 per cent), being unable to pay rent or mortgage on time (8 per cent), seeking help from community centres (5 per cent), going without meals (4 per cent) and being unable to heat their home (4 per cent).

Speaking after Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin announced $12 million for emergency relief centres, Melbourne's Prahran Mission chief executive Quinn Pawson said his centre saw 50 per cent more people seeking emergency relief in the past year than in previous years.

Many were people who had previously been employed but were laid off in the crisis.

"What we're seeing now is people who have been in the workforce, successfully been in the workforce, and now they are not," Mr Pawson told reporters.

"And we see that with people in the hospitality industry, people from the manufacturing industry and they are incredibly vulnerable in the current circumstances."

The survey, conducted by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, was conducted in May and June 2009.

Those surveyed had an average annual household income of between $50,000 to $80,000.

The survey found more than 15 per cent of families experienced multiple financial hardships and for most, it was the first time they had experienced them.

For 77 per cent of those who could not pay their rent or mortgage on time, it was the first time they had not made their payments.

Of those who went without meals, pawned something or were unable to heat their homes, about 70 per cent had never done so before.

Mr Pawson believed it would be another 12 to 18 months before things picked up for people in the casual workforce, because employers were "still being careful about how many new people they put on".

He said it would be a positive if the government could contain unemployment, which dropped in September from 5.8 per cent to 5.7 per cent.

"We see the reality of unemployment every day, we see the devastating effect on individuals and on families and on communities," he said.

"So anything to reduce that, I think is a very, very good thing.

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[Off-topic] leobox1:
i think the economy is still bad.. the only reason why things seem good is the government's $$$
[Off-topic] leobox1:
and US unemployment is at decades HIGH !
[Off-topic] Ed Zachary:
To answer the question in the topic title: it depends upon your definition of the term "the economy".

If by "the economy" you mean the flow of money from the perspective of millionaires, Wall Street mavens, and other people who do not rely upon the well-being of the everyday man in the street, the answer is a resounding, "Oh, YES! The recession is OVER! Things are improving on a daily basis."

If, however, by "the economy" you mean the flow of money and goods among everyday people worldwide, you just need to look around and see that a record number of people are without income, housing, food, and clothing and say, "Nope. Still on a downward spiral."
[Off-topic] Bulldog:
Now most of us find out that we were living in a beautiful bubble which has been blown for years bigger and bigger!

As for all the bubbles time came and it has exploded. One year ago I believe most of us did not know/recognize how bad was and especially how bad going to be! Not only Economy but as well the Bank system has collapsed.

Only because of the huge Money spending of many governments we luckily just broke our backbone. Obviously the FAT Years gone and it will take many years to bring them back. Even though unemployment is increasing (which will continue) it is still much less then what would have been when the governments did not act fast and spend money. In fact we are again in a bubble that will be generated with the money that countries now spending domestically. That is a temporary solution but I believe it has save us to face the 3rd world war.

Nevertheless I hate to say that now but; we might still see couple of small wars in next few years.
[Off-topic] Limlin:
If you want the economy becoming better and better, the only thing you have to do is consumption, consumption and consumption. Millionaires are consuming and the consumption plays an important role in driving economic growth.
[Off-topic] leobox1:
how does it save 3rd world war? this is interesting..
[Off-topic] newuser888:
Well, only if there is stupid nations of slaves prepared to lend you the money to buy their product. This can't just go on forever.

I'll like to just consume without working hard for my entire life. Anybody wants to lend me the money to do that? :D
[Off-topic] Bulldog:
History shows us starting point and main reason of the first and Second World War was great recession and Great depression.!!!

In such Economic disaster situation people tent to protect domestic interest. That of course leads to increased political and national extremism. When unemployment increases in such that peopled can’t feed them self and wealth is melting away, Governments running out of funds will naturally lead to instability of the entire system. Result of such situation is almost natural in human nature which is to go to war.
[Off-topic] leobox1:
ah i see.. interesting... sorry not to argue just for discussion.. isnt ww2 started because hilter was not happy about Germany defeat in ww1?
[Off-topic] Limlin:
Get job and earn mony then you can comsume. That's a circle. But it seems that most people can't play that cause they cna't even start-unemployed.....We have borrowed much money from other countries, aren't we?
[Off-topic] leobox1:
EUR/USD is close to 1.5 today.

What a ride since last year.. down hit bottom and almost recovered now...
[Off-topic] Bulldog:
No it is fine, I just worried we might bore few people. Anyhow Well Hitler has been elected by the German people. Even though many disagree with his opinion and many fear his thoughts. The catastrophic economical situation has lead people to think and behave more in national extremism. Millions of Millions people were unemployed! People really did not have any food!! I mean people were so desperate that they had to boil the potatoes skins for hours to make kind of soup and it was not the worse they had. Anyhow People that support him to be elected were not only working class people but as well upper classes!!

He has promised to people food, work and back to golden age of Arier /Aryan (Pure blood)!! At the beginning he has hold really his Promises!!! He build roads, he build bridges, He build up the heavy Industry. He has build up high-tech Engineering! With that he has put back again millions of people back to work!! In fact Germany was booming! Now we know what was his plan doing those and how he financed all the things even the German Government was bankrupt. Anyhow most German people did not care (look away) as they had a Job and food on the table!!
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hmmm gives me an idea
[Off-topic] leobox1:
ah ok .. now i understand.. thank you..

anyway friday's round of profit taking was crazy! like on the euro/usd

From bloomberg:

"The dollar’s “trough” will be “slightly deeper” than previously estimated, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a research report this week, forecasting it will depreciate to $1.55 versus the euro in three and six months before recovering to $1.35 in a year. That compares with previous forecasts of $1.45 in three and six months. "

seems like the worldwide rally on the equities are still moving along.. wow.. look at oil.. gold..
[Off-topic] leobox1:
oh well USD is fighting back... risk aversion.. falling stocks.. correction is here i guess
[Off-topic] leobox1:
looking at this thread, we are almost one year on from the one year on thread and guess what...

IT IS STILL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ... lol deficits deficits deficits

just that the limelight is now EURO
[Off-topic] galaxys:
And if you would have taken the advice to buy low & sell high, then you would be rich! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
I have been dual booting my Kaiser as of the last couple weeks, and have fallen in love with Android. When it works, which it does about 90% of the time, it is 100x better than WM. All I find myself longing for is the stabilty of an actual Android specific phone.

I have a couple questions for those of you that have experience with the Hero, as well the G1...

Hero questions (And please forgive me if search would answer some of these, my google search didn't net any direct comparisons of the Hero and G1 in a true personal use sense, just passing in reviews, and I didn't find much on XDA other than hardware comparisons):

1. How well does the onscreen keyboard work? Are there apps out there that give a bigger better keyboard, or is the pre-installed already as good as it gets? I do a decent amount of typing, from couple paragraph work emails to IM with the lady.

2. How would you rate the screen image quality in person? I am not a snob when it comes to 'spec' numbers, what I care about is how it actually looks, ie clear and crisp.

3. How is the video playback?

If you have owned/ used a G1, could you compare the Hero directly with the G1 as well.

Basically, I am trying to decide between the two, or possibly the Samsung Galaxy. I do like a physical keyboard, so i have been leaning towards the G1 because of that, but the spec sheets on the Hero are far superior. So if the onscreen keyboard flies well, I will likely take that route then.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystaka:
strange that you totally don't care about/aware of the voice quality of a phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
Pretty much every review out there already covers call quality, and it isn't at the top of my list, to say the least. I type much more than I actually talk on my phone. The only time I make phone calls is to my dad to let him know I am on my way, and to my manager for imediete approval of an exception for a customer. And I have to use my BB at work (I sell cell phones, and they gave us one for free, but we have to use them at work).

This is mostly a treat for myself, and will be used mainly for web browsing, IM with the lady, video playback, and messing around with android in general.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmadmz3:
The on screen keyboard is actually good and its so forgiving , also I think you can install other keyboard from the android market , the screen is ok ( I had an iphone before and the iphone's one is better ) also the samsung has a better screen ( samsung!! ) , the hero is my first android phone so really I can't compare it for you , but I will say go for the better hardware (magic ,hero) so you make sure if there are updates you will get them .
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elcom:
The keyboard is superb! By far the best on screen keyboard I have ever used.

It fixes most typos or mis-presses. very impressive.

The screen quality isn't groundbreaking, but is very nice. Personally I don't need anything better.

The Oleophobic coating (anti fingerprint) on the screen works as advertised.

I barely have the need to wipe the screen. It's actually very cool.

I haven't tried video playback yet, but I heard that it's not that good.

All I can tell you is the Hero plays the Intro video that it comes with perfectly.

All in all a very good/impressive phone.

The user experience is very good.

HTC have earned some extra credit points with me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] makross:
I was watching this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI6w-H-kY3A&feature=related

Don't need to root? I don't want to screw up my phone if I just drag the update into my sd card.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] WH0A:
How can I change the shortcuts that appear on the TouchFlo 3D Settings tab?

Endless searching on xda-developers and I can't find it, except for hints that it's hidden in some Diamond cab files people have created.

I want to remove some infrequently used settings (eg. "Mail Setup") and add others (eg. Power).

I've seen threads on how to add/change the Programs shortcuts to do this, but not to change the actual Settings tab.

Thanks.

(Reposted from General Discussion Q&A forum http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550183&goto=newpost; realised this was a better forum as it may be Rhodium-/Manila-specific.)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Kloc:
Hmm you'd probably have to find the _manilla file that displays the settings tab and edit it. This may be a difficult task because there is a ton of _manilla files in the windows folder!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Mesquire:
I have managed to remove Mail Setup by editing the registry

\HKCU\Software\Htc\Manila\

"IsShowEmailSetup" = 0
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] WH0A:
Thanks. Works nicely for that silly Email shortcut, but there are several others I'd like to kill (I really don't change my wallpaper, tabs, 'My Contact Card', or G-Sensor that much HTC!) and more I'd like to add in from the "All Settings" list.

It's a start though, appreciate the tweak.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pistone:
i just decided to hide the settings tab altogether! totally a waste of space.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] tonefour:
How did you hide the settings tab completely? I've been looking to try and do this. it is locked and not editable in my customize tabs. Also I've looked through the manila reg edit and still can't find a binary value that hides settings tab
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] karandras24:
Simple, install advanced config 3.3 and you can add or remove items from the settings tab.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] tonefour:
is it possible to just do a reg edit of this. I hate installing programs I will only use for one purpose and uninstalling them.

in addition, to that ,advance config requires newer framenet which I don't want to install either. (also working off vista, which does not support activesync).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] tonefour:
nevermind, I figured it out... but hiding the settings tab renders the whole thing unusable. I just wanted to hide the tab, but not hide the functionality (through start menu).

for those who want to know its as follows:

HKCU\software\htc\manila\

"Manila://settings.page.hidden" = 1
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Maric:
Hey just wanted to share my theme since it took a while to modify everything to make it look like the hero theme.

:)

On the last screen shot it has all the cabs that I have in my tmobile rhodium in order for it to look like this.

HTC Radio

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=521356&highlight=htc+radio

Black Numbers Clock

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2712354&postcount=302

G-Sensor program list in cab file.

For people without Resco Registry or Total Commander (Thanks Joseng)

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=200116&d=1246211866

Light up the screen when you get a new textmessage:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=200116&d=1246211866

HD Wallhero

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=212218&d=1249349913

Smaberg TP2 Powerbutton 12 icons actionscreen v 1.1.cab

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=479206

m6 Taskbar WM6.1 Color V11c Vista

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=520132

HTCPEDIA HTC Manilla 2.5 UI Icons

http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225

ohyeahar@xda stock clock

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4103380&postcount=41
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] nrains:
dang! i'm super jealous! i went to the link on your pics but they never loaded. so i've got to ask how did you do it?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] birchboi96:
yea can u post links to those cabs thanks for sharing
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] arasarn:
wow that's outstanding.

I really like how you skinned the touchflo buttons on every tab (music, settings, mail, sms, people, camera and start menu) to be transparent. makes things much nicer showing the BG.

Have you got the manila files in a zip? or a cab for this?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] matmaneyre:
Glad to see you are using my HDWallHero.cab. I've gone off that theme somewhat myself but it still looks pretty good. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] hviviers75:
Will this work on topaz?:D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] mikkelnl:
The programs tab isn't skinned, any idea how to get this done? :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] arasarn:
I really like how you skinned the touchflo buttons on every tab (music, settings, mail, sms, people, camera and start menu) to be transparent. makes things much nicer showing the BG.

I'm still trying to find somewhere in this forum (I've been looking in like all the htc winmo device forums) all of those transparent tab function buttons (like call, email send sms in the people tab)

Does anyone know where I can find these?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jeremy.chan:
hi...i'm not very familiar with winmo just yet...

i tried to install the HTCHero wall cab, but the progress bar just stays there and does not progress...am i doing something wrong?

edit: fixed it by removing some programs
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] kindya:
cant find cabs anywhere
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] samarrai:
how can u have the wallpaper as backround in ur start menu list ?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mantrajt:
Hi, is there any software that provides changing phone profiles (mute, vibrate, ring, vibrate-ring) while pressing the power button...just like shutxp but with these options...or all of the options?

Could someone do this...I thing it´s kind of a must...

Bye
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ZaxXx:
:-D reminds me old Nokia 3310 which also used the power off button for profile switching :-D

Well, I don't know about such software, but I've noticed you can map the power off button to some action in Mobile Magic, so you may need to find some app for changing profiles and map the app to the button in Mobile Magic. It should work.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ClydeB1:
G-Profile does this I believe.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pjmurphy77:
I am using the HTC email client for 2 IMAP accts

I have the refresh rate set at 15 minutes but consistently, it will not refresh on its own.. I have to manually refresh.

Can anyone confirm this behavior and if I am missing something here ?

thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sphinxy:
Hmm, mine is updating fine and I have it set like yours - to update automatically every 15 minutes. Cant help you there sorry!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pjmurphy77:
Mail size limit

Quick question... what do you have your Mail Size Limit set to? Mine is unlimited.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dane2009:
I had the same problem - my task manager killed the email program.

If you try to put it on ignore list i will maybe help - it did for me.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pjmurphy77:
thanks for the reply... is task manager a program i need to download?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] frymaster.127:
yes

so if you don't have any kind of task manager / task killer app on your phone, this cannot be the source of your problems
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tj2009:
not worth exploring per senior members
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] r0sh:
any screenshots?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] magicalan:
do we really need another thread for this? i mean i tried doing it on here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=527970

and hopefully you can work ovethere :D just a though
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] slovoflud:
probably the most productive first three posts I've ever seen, but I do agree with Magicalan ::)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MTom:
[SKIN] Hero theme for S2U2 v1.2 - /W/VGA-/W/QVGA (updated:'09aug14))

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547103
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] holdemdogg:
Posting other members work without permission

My question is who gave you the right to upload other members work?????? The gears theme is mine I can speak for it and I would Imagine the other artist are not to happy either. Why dont you post links to the work instead of uploading theme to rapidshare?? I'm asking you now to remove the gears theme and show a little respect for the ones that spent countless hours on these themes. I mean you don't even give credit to the artist at all. Try to be respectfull.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eMpTy3000:
I understand and agree. I have been looking for the single file theme solution files that he talks about. It would be nice if this thread was dedicated completely to single theme files because it is impossible to find those in the massive threads (if they are even there). It would be much easier to use these instead of having to move multiple files and what not.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] holdemdogg:
I understand your intent and I agree with you on the fact that it needs to be explained how to arrange the files. But there are other ways to do this.

You got the gears theme from www.skinzone.org if you read the first page it states any thing you download is for your personal use only not for redistribution. Again I ask please remove my theme.

Here it is from the first page copied and pasted:

Welcome to Skin Zone

To enter this site you must agree to the following:

You may not post or publish anything that is not owned by you, your company, or represented by you.

You may not sell, or distribute anything from this site without the owners consent.

Finally, you may use anything posted in this site for your own personal use only.

Feel free to donate, as it helps with the time spent in the creations published.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nhvoltagenh:
i would like to add something to this.

first, as a part of skinzone.org myself there are a ton of posts there on a program called s2u2c which allows you to download numerous parts, and creat one theme.

secondly i can vouche for holdem when i say he will gladly make a cab file for quick and easy install.

the biggest complain we have (where holdem is coming from) is our work is all over without credits given. and thats where all of us get ticked.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nhvoltagenh:
actually, it wasnt made wrong.. it was made for an older version of s2u2.

and you need not agree with me. u just simply need to realize you dont own it therefore its immoral to post it under a rapidshare link.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] volumnus:
I have seen several posts about pocket sports center, but I do not my leave phone connected to the internet all the time, so a sports ticker wouldn't really work for me. There are tons of sports news apps for iphone but few that I've seen for winmo. I just want a program I can tap once that will connect to the internet and provide up-to-date college football scores.

Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Green45:
with pocket sports center you can keep it from constantly updating and then just tap on the college football link and it will open up an up to date internet page where you can look at stats etc...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] volumnus:
Thanks.

Thanks.

Does it work as a today plugin? I don't see how that would work with M2D.