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[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
Well, thanks once again Guys for all your input.... It has been most welcome and truly appreciated.

I've 'briefly' tried all the Apps you can install and can see both positives & negatives on all but admit these are based solely on my own personal requirements as one App may well suit one user very well whereas with another user it limits the usefulness.

Financisto ~ I found limiting to my requirements.

I was surprised there is no recurring payments or split transaction to name but two.

It was easy to navigate and in no time I was up and running with several accounts.

Location was different and useful. Definitely see a use for this.

Firewallet ~ I found the Bill Reminder (Planner) but it was limiting in the choices given.

Again I could not see any way to split a transaction and worse I could not find a category list.... Please update me if I got that wrong as again I only managed to test it out briefly.

EasyMoney ~ was by far the most professional App, both in it's design and operation of use.

There is so much you can play with this App and love.

Granted I personally would like more control over say individual category expense lists (ability to see at a glance how much each category has spent over a period of time) but of the three I tried EasyMoney held me captive longer.

With more time it could well be my choice... Next step is to purchase an Android and investigate it further myself.

ClearCheckbook.com ~ being an online accounts manager looks promising purely for the fact I can manage the accounts either on the Laptop or on the Android.

I did not get a chance to try this out; namely due to the fact I first need to create an account with ClearCheckbook and then see exactly what is transferred to the Android device.

It is one which I will investigate after I purchase my Android Phone so again my thanks Sjengie in bringing it to my attention.

Once again thank you all.

Without your input I would not have covered the ground I wish to undertake prior to my Phone purchase. :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Raul Duke:
Cheers for the quick review. I'm after a finance app so I'll give some of these a try.
[Desire Themes and Apps] ansiacer:
hi beards et al

I'm very much in the same boat as you & it is great to see I'm not the only one in this dilemma.

I will try easymoney again as I did not find it to be that good when I first looked into this a few months back.

I installed firewallet & got a quick response to a query from the developer re importing data so will try playing a bit more with that. (he advised me to create the accounts I want with a zero initial balance and then import transactions for each account one at a time. will definitely make living year to date transactions easier although I guess I'll have to add in all the categories too).

if you guys could share your methods of migrating your data across into yr new apps & any other tips & tricks that would be great!

also if there are enough of us cdnt we try lobbying a developer to tweak their app to our requirements or even get a WinMo dev to release an Android version of their app?

regards

Ansi

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire Themes and Apps] unclesomebody:
Thanks for the feedback Beards. Hope you get your Desire soon... ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] popkid:
I'm also a SPB finance user on WM and I haven't found anything yet that does nearly such a good job for me on Android, (I've tried all those listed here and more) But another one to try is "Loot" it is free, there is a "pro" bolt on that costs money and adds a few extra features, for me it is one of the closest to SPB finance but still not close enough!

I'm currently still using my Touch Diamond 2 winmo phone for finance tracking (you'd be astounded how long the battery lasts if you leave it permanently in flight mode btw!)

P.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
Thanks... I'll mention this one to my Brother.

I know what you mean in not finding that perfect title.

Maybe it's because we are so much used to the WM application that we can only see what that particular title can give us.

I've loved using Cash Organizer for many years and I know no matter which Android application I find and use it's not going to give me the same as CO.

Having said this, I am sure there will be areas in Android where I did not realize I needed which I'll find and love.

As such I'm going to go in openly and receptive, to look only for the good in the program.

If I can't find the good then there's no point in afterward searching for the bad....

Now I need to focus my attention on getting my Android phone.

It's going to be difficult as my HD2 has for the past 6 months (or so) given me great service and I've been happy with the WM software.

But as we know, it's no point staying with a 'safe' product, you have to look outside the box to better your aims.

HTC Desire or Samsung i9000 Galaxy S

Don't you just love technology. ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Raul Duke:
I don't know anything about this software, I just read a blog post about it...

http://www.mint.com/

Apparently its something from the iPhone that has just been brought to Android.

EDIT: Hmm...just been reading through and everything seems to be in dollars and how it "connects securely to nearly all US banking financial institutions". Could just be an American app.

EDIT 2: Just found this...

Does Mint.com support international banks?

Not yet. Currently Mint only supports US-based financial institutions. We hope to support financial institutions based outside of the US in the future.

Shame, looks pretty good.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
Many thanks for the info and edited updates.... appreciated. :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
Well I took the plunge and 'Pre-Ordered' my first Android.

After a lot of deliberation I altered my choice in getting the Desire to now opt for the soon to be released Samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S.

The problem is I will have to wait until the end of the month when shipment is expected.

So, to all who participated I won't be able to make any follow-up on the software titles until after this date, sorry.:(

Beards
[Desire Themes and Apps] chaos42:
easymoney is capable of showing up an expens list for a specifc category an time period.

i am using easymoney on a daly basis to keep track of all my expenses and incomes for over 5 months now. i have tried a lot of those finance apps available and i am happy i have choosed easymoney. you can export all your data to csv and have some pretty nice analysis in a spreadsheet aplication, although you have decente reports in the application itself. the support is very helpful and fast. bugs were fixed fast and there are new features added on a regular basis.

I really love it!

just my 2cents. Good luck with your new phone!

Cheers,

Chaos42
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
Thanks Chaos42, will check this feature out after I get the phone (expected date at Clove end of May).
[Desire Themes and Apps] stortinget:
Is there any finance app that you can have your main bank account set to one currency, and withdraw cash in a different currency (for example if you use an ATM abroad) ?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
That's an interesting point.... does anyone have any input on this?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Elemetrix:
Personal Assistant app looks sooo good: pageonce.com

But the support outside the US is awful like most of the others out there :-(

It has several UK banks but not Natwest, so that rules out all of my accounts.

Can't get it to login to my T-mobile, Paypal, Amazon, eBay..

Need a UK version!
[Desire Themes and Apps] Beards:
...and that would also rule out my UK banking.

Although I have not personally checked, why on earth Nat West which is one of the largest UK banking arms is not included is confusing.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Scann69:
Very informative thread :)

Tested some of the mentioned titles and decided to stick to easymoney. It's the closest to SPB Finance :) I've been using SPB Finance for 4 years.....changing is hard :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sjengie:
When I try to import a csv into easymoney on my Desire the app stalls and forces a close down

anybody else same experience ?

edit: i got a reply from the supplier how to do it and now it works (http://www.handy-apps.com/main/CSVFileFormatforEasyMoney.aspx)
[Desire Themes and Apps] zomig:
Anybody know how to switch the currency to UK (£) rather than USA ($), my bank is on there Nationwide but my balance shows as $ rather than £. Checked settings and there does not appear to be away of changing this.

Now getting there is a problem with your account, please dont delete this account etc etc, this product is just not ready for the UK, shame as it had good potential. Any other program that supports UK banks / Credit Cards ?
[Legend General] muks11:
As the title says. Is there any way to change to default camera directory to SD card?
[Legend General] ohyeahar:
The default location that your camera saves photos is this:"/sdcard/DCIM/100MEDIA"

You mean you want it to save photos at the root directory of your sdcard?
[Nexus One General] lance713:
Sorry for seeming like such a newb, I just received my N1 today. But I was in on the G1 scene and the Cliq scene as well.

I unlocked my bootloader and loaded on the new recovery no problem.

I flashed the radio in fastboot, the passion one on Cyanogen's forum.

send and writing both went OKAY.

Rebooted, and it's been stuck on the nexus logo with the padlock for about 5-10 minutes... I'm scared to pull out the battery to try again.
[Nexus One General] prettyboy85712:
If it's been that long you don't have a choice. It's hung.
[Nexus One General] lance713:
Just checking if it was safe-- on my cliq the actual radio flashing process if I'm not mistaken didn't occur until a reboot.

and I remember when upgrading my G1 from Android 1.5 to 1.6 took FOREVER to reboot... so yeah just checking if this was normal and expected.

Thanks.

=========

pulled the battery and it rebooted just fine.

Now it's time to flash some Cyanogen. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] touchprotouch:
Hello,

I want to konw if is there any possibility to show quick lunch on today screnn to sms/mms.

Now ther is a link to message but is linked to mail account and not for sms/mms.

please help me.

sorry for my bad english!

PLEASE HELP ME... no body answer me!!!
[Hero CDMA General] ThaLuser:
Because I am on a limited budget and I need to cut costs, will I be able to use my Hero as a PDA after I activate a basic phone and switch to a lower plan?
[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
EDIT: Never Mind I can't read.......
[Hero CDMA General] ThaLuser:
I already have the appropriate plan for the Hero. Will the phone work with Wi-Fi only after I switch to a basic phone and plan?
[Hero CDMA General] riggsandroid:
Good Question

Good Question,

I was wondering this myself. For future use of the phone after I move on to bigger and better ones (EVO4G).

At least get some use, or allow someone else to get use, as a PDA. Hell if google voice works, you still get a phone. Just need to be near wi-fi.
[Hero CDMA General] ThaLuser:
I switched to a basic phone and I was able to use my Hero as a PDA. The obvious stuff like calling, SMS, and MMS won't work. In order to get rid of the voicemail texts I received on my basic phone, I had to delete Visual Voicemail (Sprint_Core.apk) with adb. Otherwise the Hero without cellular service is great! The reason I switched to a basic phone is so that I can save up for the EVO 4G (or its successor) on my limited budget.
[Hero CDMA General] abcdfv:
yeah, i just downgraded to the everything data plan to save cash. sipdroid+wifi ftw.

Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero CDMA General] Jwahlg:
Went Five months without sprint service on my hero,

It's kinda irrating sometimes but the phone still works as a pretty deccent pda. Left on the contract loophole back in dec, but it feels good to be back amazingly enough boost and tmobile pretty much suck or maybe it's just the cheap phones they had. Possibly look into getting a employee discount though, I'm paying around 65 a month with my 25 percent ups discount even though I don't work there anymore. But I do believe all folks with a credit union get a 10 percent discount on sprint also.

Also, be very careful of your minutes after you switch, everything mobile has kind of spoiled me for the most part be surprised how quickly minutes can add up
[Hero CDMA General] jlem26:
Yep, have a Samsung Behold 2, rooted and works on wifi for PDA, internet, music, movies.... Pretty much everything. Even used Google Voice with Sipdroid and my gizmo5 number in the past.
[Touch HD General] Mikey4:
Hello,

I will try to give maximum info because this is a big problem for me right now. My contract lasts for a while longer but my guarantee has expired a few months ago so I often get stuck when I need to make a call, or worse, when I am relying on the satnav on a motorway.

Sometimes (about 30% of the time), when I press the top button the screen turns off, but will not turn on again when I press the button again. The phone is still on- pressing the "home" button will still cause a vibration, and I can still answer calls on it.

This was before I did anything to the phone. Now my friend has helped me flash the phone with windows 6.5 (it says "energy" on start up if that helps you identify the version), and it is still doing the same thing, except now the colours are warped like when a computer goes into 256 mode when playing an old game.

Sometimes, the screen is upside-down, and mirror-flipped in the horizontal axis. This part really confuses me, because the touch screen response is not similarly affected. Hence pressing in one area shows up as a different area on the screen. (this happens on start up before the flash, and seems to happen randomly afterwards)

This also happened DURING the flashing process, which made things a little harder.

My current only known cure is to remove the battery, wait 30+ seconds and start it again. Sometimes when I do this I get an error message which looks like

"MicroSD mismatch"

or something similar. I cannot remember exactly because I cannot reproduce the message when I need to.

Is there anyone familiar with this issue, or anyone that can point me in the right direction?

Thanks very much,

Mike
[Touch HD General] Chris Cross:
It sounds like a ROM instability issue along with possible improper ROM upgrade flashing.

The whole thing with the colors as in 256 mode etc, could be due to not properly upgrading your ROM. The old ROM might have been a version 1.54 and the new ROM a version 1.56. If that is the case, you need to read this tutorial thread to take the proper steps in flashing. The extra steps are only needed once. After that, you can flash any 1.56 roms as much as you want without the "extra steps".

In the process of upgrading to a 1.56 ROM, I would recommend using a stock 1.56 ROM. After you are done, you can quickly flash the 1.56 ROM of your choice (from Energy, Dutty, MaryOne etc).

There have been extensive chats about that, so just trust me when I say that first flashing a stock ROM appears to properly clear all early data on the phone so that none of it is carried over to the next ROM flashed. In my opinion it is worth taking the extra 10 minutes to avoid possible annoyances later. Your problem with the phone screen staying black has been discussed in connection with several ROMs out there.

I personally use Dutty's Holy Grail R2 ROM with Cookie Monster Home Tab installed and I am very pleased with it.

That in no way means that other ROMs are bad. There are many talented ROM cooks out there and the Energy ROM is well-liked by many many people. I have simply been a Dutty fan for over a year.
[Hero CDMA General] ElAguila:
I have a question about cleaning the screen on the hero. I have a cleaning kit I bought for cleaning my glasses. It has some of the pre-moistened towelettes. It says it is safe to use on pda's, mp3 players, and gps displays. Would it be okay to use it on the hero?
[Hero CDMA General] VirusZer0:
Yes

I honestly do not see why it wouldn't be okay. Just try to avoid any of the hardware keys or the microphone/speaker holes and you should be okay.

-Tee Jay
[Hero CDMA General] Jus10o:
I thought you were trying to make a joke like.. "spring cleaning" "screen cleaning".
[Droid Incredible General] fryjr82:
I got the TP2 a couple months ago for work and was told by my supervisor that I could get the Droid Incredible when it comes out. When I told him it was $500, now they won't buy it. So I am going to spend the cash and keep both. I was on Sprint before so the TP2 is my first phone with a SIM Card. Can I use both my TP2 and the Droid Incredible by just swapping the SIM Card back and forth or does the Droid need to be activated by Verizon?
[Droid Incredible General] elbebo:
The Droid Incredible is a CDMA phone and does not use a SIM card. It needs to be activated through Verizon Wireless.
[Droid Incredible General] fryjr82:
Doh that makes sense. My TP2 has a SIM Card...so that confused me.
[Droid Incredible General] nemanracing:
thats because the tp2 is a global capable phone the incredible is cdma only...
[HD2 General] goldt:
Is there any way to back images from SD card to microsoft myphone from just one specific folder. Every time it searches for images in Garmin and iGo8 folders
[Desire General] sooteee:
I have been looking to replace my iPhone 32GB 3GS with a Desire but the more I read about the Desire on this and other forums the more it looks like a bad idea due to some very iffy limitations / flaws / bugs.

So has any one made this particular leap and if so how do you find the Desire compares to the iPhone and will I find I can be disappointed for a lot less than £400!

All comments welcome.

Cheers

S
[Desire General] Aitese:
Nah...it's rubbish. Don't bother...

But really...what did you think you would read in a forum? Here's one for you, go check out the iPhone help and support forum and come let me know how many postal are morning but praise and support.

Which particular "limitations" are putting you off, and if you've invested money on apps and media, why don't you just wait in the 4th iPhone?
[Desire General] cgrec92:
I have just come from the HTC HD2 (very popular/top of the range etc) to the HTC Desire and must say the Desire is 1000x better.

Not one flaw at all, I come to this website as a matter of habbit as I actually have no issues whatsoever, in fact is surprises me how many problems people here are experiencing.

10/10 from me, I can see why this has been voted the number one phone in the world.\

I agree though if you can wait, it is very likely that the new iPhone will be the No.1 phone on the market, again.
[Desire General] andycted:
can't compare most forums with one as xda which is a tad more technical and nitpicking. Regarding limitations you surely have a lot less than the iPhone. at the moment I can't say I find any major flaws and very few minor ones
[Desire General] bbuhac:
My wife is having Iphone and this is my first android phone. I had more than 10 different WM phones. Never wanted to have anything else. Now I have Desire, and to be honest this phone is 10 light years ahead of any wm phone.

Closest thing to it is Iphone, but number of apps available for Desire is amazing.

Biggest selling point is of course social network integration, similar to Palm's Pre phone.

Also from me 10/10

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] Quist:
The Desire is the best phone I've owned (comparing it to the Nokia E61, HTC TyTN, HTC Touch HD, Samsung Omnia i900, Samsung Omnia HD i8910, SE Satio and some others I've forgotten).

The fact that you see so many comments here complaining about this and that is evidence to the fact that this phone has experienced massive sales and there's a good mix of experienced and unexperienced smartphone (and Android) users. It also means that people are being honest about their experiences by not sticking their heads in the sand, and the critical approach will lead to improvements, both from HTC and from the user community.

Look at the pace of posts here, too. Compare it with the pace in the X10 section. The sheer activity here is in itself one of the huge advantages of the phone.

For me, the biggest upsides of the Desire are the speed and Sense. The only things I'm reserving judgement for is the quality of the photos (after all, I'm coming from the Samsung i8910 with an excellent camera) and the lack of call recording (which is an Android 2.1 issue not limited to the Desire, but also hopefully something that will be sorted either in future Android versions or beforehand). Otherwise, this thing is the closest I've ever seen to an all-around excellent smartphone.
[Desire General] AMoosa:
I have owned tens of devices, a lot of htc, nokia, blackberry, motorola (including milestone), couldn't bear to be an iphone owner but the Desire is pretty awesome. Best phone i've had to date bar none.
[Desire General] potter1984:
This very informative reply has defiently made me have the desire next. :)

After watching all the comparason vids on YouTube, ie - HD2 vs htc desire, and others.

Reading all the tech specs on both devices, Reading all the topics on the subforums here and over on the HD2 threads.

I can now see the desire is a very cool piece of kit.

I look forward to owning one. :)
[Desire General] LenMackin:
I think it is excellent

I have my desire for 3 days now and it is excellent however...... mine came on Orange contract and it was crippled with Orange junk from the start. After a complete weekend of fiddling about and altering settings I still couldn't get onto my wifi router. Google Talk was missing and other Orange imposed glitched. I have now installed a different unbranded rom (details elsewhere in this forum) and everything is working exeptionally well, smooth, fast, brilliant.

No stylus required and no more little X's to click.
[Desire General] sooteee:
Thanks guys,

I've bitten the bullet and ordered it today seeing as it's payday.

Will be back for more info soon no doubt!

Thanks

S
[Desire General] boge:
I have also iPhone 3GS, and what I can say is generally Desire is better than iPhone 3GS, at least for me.

iPhone is still better for multimedia player, mostly due to the quality of the speaker. Also, in term of stability, iPhone is a little bit better than Desire with stock ROM. But for other things, I prefer Desire, and I'll be patiently waiting for the "better" ROM for this pretty thing.

btw... if you came from 3GS, you might be a little disappointed with Desire's speaker quality.
[Desire General] Mokurex:
You have understand that most people come to the forum and post are usually the one that has the problem. The one that has no problem using the device doesn't even bother coming on.