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[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
its a great idea to limit app installation to the market only. AT&T is doing this with their Android phones.

Wondows phone 7 tiles or metro on the other hand is odd, old, and doesnt flow with the rest of the system.

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[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
Just for the record, flat rate is when you pay a fixed tariff. Even if you have a transfer-limitation, the pricing is still flat rate. (Limited transfers is common to keep the price down on mobile broadband)

The alternative is pay-per-use , where you pay a price range on used megabytes (often differentiated on time of the day). This is extremely expensive, but remains common in most of Eastern Europe, and in the UK. (The internet in the UK is amazingly bad).

Icons are old, the Metro design language is amazing and innovative.

Finally someone is trying to design a interface that's not a "pc desktop on a smaller screen".
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ I dont see innovation, all i see is a simple tile that takes pictures and does a simple gif animation. The apps on the other hand are beautiful, look at office mobile and its menus. metro sucks and the arrow scroll list sucks. They would have did better with Titanium.

Can we remove all of the tiles?

Wow we get three colors to choose from for the tiles! that sucks.

The lock screen is nice. The only problem i have with 7 is Metro. I think they may have done everything else good.

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[Windows Phone 7 General] :
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nevermind
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
It doesn't just take pictures and do a random animation genius. It takes the contacts that have been recently updated whether it be that they were added, or have a new post on a social networking website, and uses them on the people tile. These live tiles also serve as a new notification system. Some may also serve as widget types of tiles. All of the apps are built into the style of Metro UI so i don't really see your point there.

No one knows for sure if those are the only colors that we can use, and from now on, it seems Microsoft is going with Metro UI in all of its products. Everyone I've shown my Zune HD to love the Metro UI so I guess it's working for MS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
In the most recent emulator there's magenta, purple, teal, lime, brown, pink, orange, blue, red, and green. You can also switch the background between light and dark background styles.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
So..... yeah, it takes those pictures and do a simple gif animation. Nothing random about it, just simple gif animation that doesn't change. The picture may change but the same simple gif animation doesn't. Look at the videos and you will see what I mean.

Can we turn it off?

Do we have to go back to the home screen to see a new notification?

Again, can we remove all those tiles? They suck. (personal opinion, maybe someone from the 70s love it)

All of the Apps look a lot better than metro, I haven't seen one that resemble metro with a bunch of tiles.

I haven't seen Metro on the Zune, just Pins and History, NOT Metro.

They should of just added the phone part to the Zune.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
:confused:

Whoever said anything about iPhone icons? Whoever said anything about an iPhone?

I mean I'm a Microsoft fan, but I'm at a lost with your post.
[Windows Phone 7 General] the-hq:
Dude, learn the basics first PLEASE.

There is absolutely NO GIF animation there. First read about what a GIF animation is. Thanks.

Everything is running through Silverlight which enables streaming information and dynamic content (similar to Adobe's Flash). It may also change the pictures based on what's happening (for example one of your contacts changes his picture on Facebook => Picture of user on tile changes too)

No, I guess they will notify you thru the auto-hidden top-bar.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
It's more than a simple gif animation but whatever.

No you can't turn it off.

It depends on the notification. When you have a new notification, generally it will pop up on the top of the screen and you can act on them. Once that goes away, you will have to go to the home screen or application/hub that generated the notification to act on it.

Yes, you can remove them all. If you do, it just shows you the application list.

"Metro" is much more than just the home screen. it's the overall unifying design. The pivot interface seen in other areas and the text-based design are both core characteristics of metro.

So yes, the Zune HD is "metro" as well. It's a much more simplified and earlier version but it is metro. The quickplay "pins" is basically the same thing as the WP7 home screen. I'm not sure how you could not see the similarities...

Could you imagine the outcries and *****ing if they "just added the phone part to the Zune"? But really, that's almost what they did. They added all the stuff that a phone needs and tweaked the interface to be more phone centric. But it's still a very similar UI. I'm sure they've learned a few things about the usability of metro since he ZuneHD launched and incorporated that into WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
It may not be literal gif, but that's exactly what it looks like. The Pictures may be dynamic but the animation isn't; that's all Im saying. Boring and it sucks. I'm already tired of it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
I'm not sure what you're expecting. Do you really want stuff flying all around dynamically on your home screen? It's not meant to entertain you, it's there to give you "hints" that new stuff is going on in the app and show you updated info. How much animating can you really do in a little square?
[Windows Phone 7 General] nizzon:
*facepalm*

Yeah, just as boring as flash, or any other "picture" showing moving content. '

Its so much more inovating and interesting with a dead icon.[/sarcasm]
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
*Face palm*

It's not entertaining at all, it's pointless. So I have to wait on this cheesy and cheap animation to get a 'hint' of something new?

It's so much more interesting and INNOVATING with a square, with cheesy animations that took maybe 10 minutes to code.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nizzon:
No you dont have to wait, press it and there you go.

I think its far from pointless to have the calendar tile showing my next appointments.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
You don't have to wait for it at all. But if you're looking at your home screen and your icon updates with new stuff, it's a good indication that there's new stuff in the hub/app. It's subtle yet intuitive.

Saying something isn't hard enough to code is like saying a song sucks because it's technically easy to play. So what? Does that also mean that most WP7 apps will suck because they've made them easy to write?

So would you rather them be static? Or the new stuff just abruptly appear? Or do you want more dramatic animations that are harder to code? It's clear that you don't like the current way but what do you want?
[Windows Phone 7 General] nizzon:
He doesnt know "but the tiles suck"!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Nothing personal, I'm just having fun arguing.

I would rather have the update on the tile showing only, instead of a pointless animation that I have to wait on.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
The animations are super quick and repeat/cycle a good amount. There's really not much waiting at all. And if they were just there, it would be really hard to tell if something is new.
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
err... It's just there to see who has recently been updated. It's just something that you can see if you're on the home screen and don't wish to go into the app.

Why would you want to turn it off? It's not that big a deal. All notifications such as text messages or whatever slide down from the top of the screen.

Remove the tiles? Why would you do that? They're quick shortcuts to your favorite apps. I would guess that you can remove them though. And really? 70's? Metro UI in no way resembles 70's design. Minimalism is in fact, very modern.

As many others have pointed out, you have no idea on what metro UI is. It's the ENTIRE interface. Not just the home screen, but the pivots and panoramic views. This includes all apps we've seen and the Zune HD. The Zune HD even had tiles under a different name. WP7 is a ZuneHD phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
Also if people actually does some history reading on smartphones, you'll find that they been designed with "icons" like on a PC Desktop, since day one.

Windows Phone 7 is the most innovative layout for a phone ever made. While I personally think Nokia's N900 with Maemo had a super cool layout as well, I think WP7 is more finished in terms of using the design language on not just the homescreen, but also all applications.
[Windows Phone 7 General] the-hq:
Pretty much agree with you.

I think my personal OS favorites will be like this:

PC: Windows 7

Phone: Windows Phone 7

Tablet: WebOS or Maemo (I think those two have a huge potential on tablets)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
Maemo don't have potential. Nokia ditched the project, and is now working on a new version of Symbian.

So our trust have to be in Microsoft, once again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cPT.cAPSLOCK:
There are more - Right now, the unlocked ROM only contains Orange, Red, Blue and Green (that's four already) - and there are screenshots showing Pink too, so I bet there'll be plenty.

Also, you can have different background colours, so with the current knowledge there are at least 10 different combinations - there should be at least ONE fitting your style.

The idea of the tiles is not to be looking at them for several minutes to get to know things - the tiles should give you the some basic info in a quick glance. Tapping the tile should give you the full overview.

For example, the phone tile immediatly shows the number of missed calls, and if you tap it you get to see which calls you missed, at what time, etc.

The people tile, which you're whining about, has to show hundreds of updates at the same time. Therefore it would never fit on the tile. The design team has chosen to put all updates in the hub itself (makes sense) and show images of the people who updated their facebook statusses or whatever on the tile.

It's elegant, looks interesting and serves a purpose:

You can take your phone out, take a quick glance and if you see the image of a good friend you know you can check out what he or she updated.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
PC: Windows 7

Phone: Windows Mobile 6.5(Can't judge WP7 because its not out yet)\Android

Tablet: Windows 7 (It can't be beat right now, productivity wise)

So what if I I had hundreds of people update their FB status, would the tile scroll through all of their photos? Obviously not, my point is the animation is point less.

I can't be the only one who thinks the home screen sucks(well maybe I am in here).

I give up, maybe I will like it once I actually use it.

I still would like to turn some of the tiles off, specifically the People tile, Xbox tile, and Pictures tile. Why, I don't care for Xbox, and I would rather swipe or slide my way to my People and Pictures.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
It's a visual hint. It's subtle. Yes, you can't really see WHICH people updated but you can see that there's new stuff.

Yup, you're the only one :P

You can add/remove whatever you want. Like I said earlier, if you want nothing on the home screen you can remove them all and it will just stay on the app/hub list.
[Windows Phone 7 General] the-hq:
Sorry I meant MEEGO of course not Maemo!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Ok so I got it now.

It's not ugly but it's not beautiful, it's ok.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=647539
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
Linking a old thread with little amount of votes is hardly relevant.

But I'm sure you all think Android looks oh-so-awesome , right?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Talk about Irony...;)

That's old
[Windows Phone 7 General] lordcanti86:
It's not like 2.1 or 2.2 look worlds different (3.0 might, though)
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
The good thing is you can customize it to make it beautiful, and you get more than just colors to choose from.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Windcape:
No, it's the OS that's distributed on 50% of all Android devices.

It means 50% of all Android users think that's nice looking... or something.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewilley:
I guess to make it actualy usable.

When desktop PCs have on-screen keyboards that finally allow you to work as quickly as with a physical keyboard, I'll agree with you.

Oh, and when listening to music on my device I often turn the screen off - both to save power and also because it illuminates the whole goddamn bedroom at night! Please tell me how else I can control audio playback (skip, track advance, etc) with the screen off?

Andre
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Who says you can't turn it on, do what you need to do and turn it off?

Apart from that, I control playback using the buttons on the remote with the microphone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewilley:
My wife. LOL.

That, and I'd need to put my glasses on, pick up the phone, stare at the bright screen in a darkened room, etc.

At present I use the D-pad by feel rather than ever picking up the phone. I use PocketMusic player, and I've set the Up/Down directions on the D-pad for track advance/track back, and left/right are set to skip forward/backward by 15 seconds per press. Middle button is pause/play.

Basically, I dislike the idea of being told that an 'upgrade' will actually remove functionality that I already have.

However if there are any wired earbud headsets that support that kind of functionality on the cable that'd be great, but the one I've got only has a single button on it.

Andre
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
Do you want the phone to only be pink because your wife says so as well?

Sounds like you just need to man up and tell your wife to STFU. If you care that much, just keep your current device around to play music in that very odd and unique scenario.

But for the normal folks, I believe WP7 has quick playback control onscreen like the Zune HD does.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cervtel:
Have you actually used it? Cant even view a bloody spreadsheet without opening each cell, Word is as useful as note pad with the office logo. Whats the point of a office suite if you cant import/export databases/files.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
The main thing with WP7 is its quality. It exudes real and genuine quality from every circuit. It works fantastically well and is the smoothest mobile OS yet. Then there are the games, which I am getting more and more into. I have yet to have as much fun and enjoyment on any other system that I do with WP7...the iPhone is up there too, though. Just that the games are better on WP7.

If you are into a mobile system that is pure quality and locked down in order to keep it that way, WP7 is for you. If you prefer to customize aspects of the system, Android is your best bet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
Have you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XTYKUkMDO4
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Wow, a real life Forever Alone Guy
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewilley:
LOL, still at least he's got his brightly glowing phone to keep him company in bed at night.

Andre
[Windows Phone 7 General] jabtano:
I wish that device you have up there.was a PHONE! Speaking for me only WP7 should not have been called WP7 or anything to do with Windows. Rather it should have been called the ZunePhone and they could have kept the Zune logo which rocks.I think it would have been much better received by the public Everything MS does has to have the name Windows. aside from XBox and Zune. The ZunePhone with XBox live. or better yet keeping on the Path of the XBox they could have named it Xphone with Zune. anything but WP7

So what do I dislike about the OS not a thing. Just the name.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Yeah, I agree. I also with they had kept the Zune connector for these WP7 devices. A Zune phone, though, does sound outstanding. It actually is a Zune phone, in reality. But it is called WP7 and doesn't have the Zune dock connector.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jabtano:
Not that MS would, but. MS could always re-brand it.After all didn't apple re-brand there OS. I wouldn't see anything wrong with it, if MS did that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
They could have called it the zPhone :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] schooley:
Has anyone just wanted a W7P OS device without the phone functionality? I think it would make a sweet media and gaming device (like the iTouch)...I just wish I could play Ilomilo on my phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] biernes_atrece:
Yup. I have to agree with re-branding. The first time I heard WP7 my initial reaction was like, "Do they have to copy Apple's iPhone (replacing i with Windows)?" They couldn't make it wPhone because that would be too obvious. :D

I must admit, Apple really hit it with the iPhone brand name. It's something simple and easily recognizable. Kinda sticks to your mind.

Anyhow, I love the OS & the UI. IMO, MS raised the bar in the mobile OS development by the integration of social & media data all through out the applications. If somebody gives me an iPhone for free, I'd willingly accept it. Otherwise, it'll be WP7 for me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cervtel:
Its called a Zune!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ not really. The two don't don't know each other besides the Zune software on the PC. No sharing of games apps etc...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
To be honest, no it doesn't.

The first thing most people will think after theyve used the phone for a week is looks aren't everything and it is missing a retarded amount of basic settings that makes it feel like you don't een own the phone. The basic user experience is dcent but that is quickly killed by the inability to change even the most basic settings.

That's just my opinion. I'll continue to use both phones on a daily basis because there are too many gaping holes in WP7 ATM. It does feel a bit like a glorified feature phone, tbh...

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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leseesel:
Has anyone developed Win 6.1 for the LEO/HD2 ???? I got some issues with the new "user-friendly" 6.5 Not all programs are compatible yet :(

And YES! I've searched the forum as well as the internet (google).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paling1:
Look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=684907
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aqrab:
you searched ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=684907

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656803&page=4
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leseesel:
Thanks a lot for the help. Can't understand that I miss that post anyway :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] matrixskills:
hi guys

Im new to this site and i am an complete newbie to rooting. I decided to root my x10 the other day, but this rooting is to complex for me. I was only good with jail breaking my iPhone (which sucks compared to my x10). I would like to know how to restore my x10 to the way it was to factory default because Im having problems with it now after rooting.

How do i unroot my x10?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] chowdarygm:
simple.....

install an unrooted / original ROM from decrypted roms thread using Omnius or Flash method...... so simple
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Evostance:
return to shipped rom

1.download flash tool/unbrick

2.download desired rom

from

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683793
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] matrixskills:
i will give that an try.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] MPodlesnik:
1.I need Calandar widget, like HTC have.

Something like this :

2. Need a photo image widget ? When I select the widget Picture Frame, they just open the galary, but i dont know how to post all the album to the one layer of my home screen.

For example :

I went from HTC Tattoo, to Motorola Milestone, and i Really miss this cookies :)

Thanks for helping me!

Greetings from Slovenija :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] A-HWH:
For the calendar you can try Pure Grid Calendar Widget. For the photo image widget, I afraid there is no proper replacement for it though. You can try searching around the Market under the search terms "Photo Frame". The first one on my search list seems to be quite popular and nice.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] MPodlesnik:
Thanks alot! First I know that is something like pure calendar, but i find pure calendar widget, the grid is right!

Thanks !

But photo frame, first called photoframe free, dont supp. widget :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angasreid:
I have a G1 that was unlocked. I tried to install a newer custom ROM and all locked up. So I recently restored to the RC29 ROM, which I learned reflashed everything.

I have an AT&T and this thing wants me to activate the phone. I've tried plugging in my APN settings for AT&T, but it just won't go. It keeps telling me could not connect to Google etc. There is no option for wifi, so I can't activate it that way.

I feel that if I could fastboot it, I could flash it to bypass the bs activation screen. Someone please hook me up. I'd make a donation to you via paypal. I do know that there is a website to unlock it for $25. But I know there's a better way to do this.

Please assist, and I promise a donation. Thanks tons and help would be greatly appreciated as I have no means of a telephone at this point. Seriously, thanks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RodrigoKim:
Do you mean the "touch the android to begin" wizard? if so, you can bypass that by touching the four corners of the screen clockwise

Source:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=588017&page=2
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkdruggler:
That doesn't work on any g1 start up wizard much less a stock cupcake one...

so I'm guessing you don't any a recovery? That you downgraded using fastboot? If so I think your only option is adb... just download amon_ra recovery for 32b dream... push it with adb

if you do have a recovery just flash a newer rom, one that gives you the option to skip the sync at setup

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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angasreid:
That's exactly what I was thinking. I'm new to this stuff, so I may need a slight walkthrough. I have mac, so last time I did it, I just dragged and dropped the SDK tools to the terminal and was able to adb through there.

But if it's easier to do it through a PC, I'd rather do that. Anyone have a few min of time to explain? Mac or PC is good. By the way the four corner thing didn't work. ::sigh::
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1ckr0th:
i believe this link should be of some help

wiki(DOT)cyanogenmod(DOT)com/index.php/G1_logon_to_google_via_wifi

Replace the (DOT)'s with .'s of course haha.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angasreid:
Dude. You totally made my day. After getting yelled at by a T-Mobile rep who thought he was hot ****, this really made my weekend.

The process worked great, thank you n1ckr0th.

Cheers. Happy 4th.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1ckr0th:
i can't believe i never saw this post, but i'm glad to be of assistance :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bob2300nx:
I thought this was not possible over cdma because the app does not split texts? So im kind of confused. I am running the latest darchdroid.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bob2300nx:
Does anyone use this app? I am using it and there seems to be a noticeable increase in my battery life. Is anyone else using it? How are your results?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bob2300nx:
No one has tried this? I notice a significant difference. I hope someone else tries this since it has added 30%ish to my battery life.