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[HD7 General] ConayR:
I'm the opposite of mictho100. I mean - I'm geek too, but I hate configuring stuff. Gadgets should work OOTB. And that's pretty much why I like my HD7. With WP7.0 there were some crucial features missing (e.g. connecting to the non-broadcasting WiFi) but now that most of my needs are satisfied, so am I. Calling, messaging, browsing web works. I've got a pretty intuitive access to all of the switches I could potentially need (cellular data, WiFi, battery saver) and I don't have to struggle with dozens of checkboxes to get things done (e.g. contacts from my SIM card worked just fine on HD7; Motorola Defy required me to find some obscure setting somewhere down the list that'd import contacts from SIM). There are still things that could be improved (IE is not as good as it should have been, no Google services integration - I know, I know... - and some weird limitations around the Facebook integration) but overall I'm happy. As for the hardware: camera sucks, picture stand thingie around the cam is pointless but HD7 is pretty durable, which I like a lot since I tend to drop things constantly. ;]
[HD7 General] htchd7_tmob:
Love the phone with the exception of the battery. Love the OS but hate the battery. I switched from iOS because its Apple and I wanted something different. Driod is nice, but nothing great. People whine about the limited number of apps. How many apps on your phone that you really need and actually use? I can understand it if there is some special GPS boating app that must run on iOS or Driod, but get with it. Each day I see more apps being published in the Marketplace and it is looking pretty good.

Hate the battery life on my HD7.
[HD7 General] Double_O_Rizer:
love this device a lot :D specs are very nice but battery drains a lot. Some games are nice but some are not. Same with apps. There are features that are not present to its OS WP7 that are present to other devices. Still needs to be hacked before you can use some features like BT filetransfer, file explorer and etc. Well, I can wait for so long to see its future development.
[HD7 General] menollonem:
The only real gripe i have with WP7 is that it only plays MP4s and WMVs. any home-cinefile knows the best way to organise your movies is to have them on a computer and the most common format for that is AVI. great compression with minimal quality loss. if WP7 could play that, that would be epic! i'm still surprised no one has made an app for it yet (as far as i know). do people not feel like that 4.3 inch screen is going to waste?
[HD7 General] scoderx0e:
Love the OS,metro UI feels amazing,but lacks quality apps and games.Device is Top Notch.
[HD7 General] prettylime:
HTC HD7 in my opinion:

HARDWARE:

Pros:

- screen is great. very big and bright. If you will use the phone under the direct sunlight, make sure you set it to the brightest.

-kickstand is a good feature that takes advantage of the big screen, Since if your watching a video for about 45mins, the phone gets uncomfortably hot. and you can just put it on top of the table.

-Earpiece is clear. no distortions. same goes for the mouthpiece.

-Camera with dual led flash works awesome and takes good pictures.

-fast processor which is useful in multi-tasking

Cons

-Battery: very poor performance for the battery. Runs pretty hot when you are using your phone specially when multitasking

- speakers are below average in terms of quality when playing music. ( it might be because of the surround sound feature)

- The speakerlooking lines on the upper and lower side of the phone attracts dust which is very hard to clean.

-storage is limited to 16GB (asia) (no external storage available)

SOFTWARE

PROs

- Windows phone 7.5 mango in general works great on this phone.

-Works well with the feature of integrating social networking sites

- tiles look and work great

-camera software has a built-in auto fix

-You can share your pictures direct to social networking sites.

-built-in preset equalizer

-marketplace for apps

-zune music software looks great (personal preference)

-internet explorer is very fast and can do multiple tabs ( up to 5 i believe)

-battery saver has detailed information

CONs

-Windows 7 mango still needs alot of apps (games and other stuff)

- Cannot customize ringtones for calls and message ( you need to download an app to customize for the calls only)

-The led notifications cannot be customized

-sometimes the phonebook has problems searching for names.

-Cannot back up contacts and other files (I really dont know how to do it. If somebody can teach me, that would be great)

-cannot put some of the shortcuts on tiles (brightness, etc)

-important informations are very small and you cannot set it to diplay permanently (battery life, time signal, wireless)

-cannot send files using bluetooth.

Conclusion:

I should rate this phone like 7/10. very good specs and I know there is alot of room for improvements in terms of the OS. I chose this over an android or IOS since Android is too common :D and IOS, I dont prefer IOS or apple products. too expensive for a limited budget like me.
[HD7 General] curtlupid:
Thanks
[HD7 General] posancua:
Thanks
[HD7 General] JackFetter:
After using WP7 for a year (yes, I was there during Nodo too) I'm bored of it. I'm going back to Android (A GALAXY Note ;) ). They really needed to offer more on the customisation front, since it gets very boring after a while.
[HD7 General] joe-khalil:
i bought my htc hd7 like 4 month ago! and i love'd it! i flushed the deepshinning rom now and running great! but i would like to dual boot it with android :confused:!!!

so can anyone help me with that????????
[HD7 General] Prerna:
Hi there,

How would you rate the responsivness of the screen. My main concern is about the quality of text writing without mistakes.

I got an HD2, with which I'm very happy except the point mentioned above. I also use a Desire; the touch screen is better, yet I still mistype quite often.

My conclusion is I should wait for the Pro 7, as it will include a physical keyboard. But, the HD7 is surely tempting, especially the screen size.

Can someone tell how it compares to the HD2/Desire in terms of quality of typing?

Thanks
[HD7 General] Mahknottnee:
I just got my HD7 yesterday. Before this I had a HD2 using Kumar and Android. I am kinda disappointed in the HD7 and Windows Mobile 7 bc I thought it too be a much better OS.

My first dislike is playing youtube videos. The HD2 mastered this greatly by giving full screen video playback with good quality even over a regular network. The HD7 gives a midsize screen and quality is lacking.

I am also disappointed in the lack of any messenger apps with the Windows Mobile 7. No Yahoo or Aim applications for the people who use them frequently. I also hate the lack of led notifications for new emails and text.

The lack of the ability to have a created ringtone or purchased ringtone sucks as well. The standard ringtones suck but you are confined to using them!

There are alot of good things about the phone and windows 7 but not enough to make this worth the cost with me already owning a hd2. I will be returning my HD7 and going back to my HD2 until Windows Mobile 7 shows me a few new things!!
[HD7 General] maxawesome:
The HD7 is leftover HD2 parts.

I'm waiting for the next gen HTC phone to come to T-Mobile before I ride the WP7 train.

The HD7 is lame enough to make me look twice at that chicklet keyboard Dell POS.

Chicklet keyboards? What is this, 2001?
[HD7 General] yly3:
PROs which I posted in other threads

Audio Quality - on default it might be average but with SRS enabled is excellent !

Browser - Hands-down the fastest (at least zooming in/out) browser out there. iPhone/Android might the load the page faster but I love the layout on the 4.3 screen.

The possibility the decrease/increase volume from the rocker even when the phone is locked. Very nice ! Works great while listening to music.
[HD7 General] blackofe:
i like my HD7. it fits perfect to me. i'm really impressed with its screen. when i've seen it for the first time, it looked like a piece of paper covered with glass. it was miracle, when i touched it, and it reacted!

so i'm totally satisfied with this device. looks just perfect. gorgeous and giantic display - bigger than any mobile phone i've ever seen. and in the same time it perfectly fits in my hand. the display is not too bright, it's rather soft, but sharp - this is just what i want from such a device. i'm not gonna watch tv or movies (probably samsung galaxy s is better for this purpose), but i need to read large texts and browse the internet without offending my eyes. and HD7's display is just right for it.

its battery life is not good, is not bad - it's as exactly as my previous handheld's - HTC mytouch. for the last year i got into the strong habbit to charge a phone every day.

the only complaint - WP7. first, it's fresh new and thus it's experiencing lack of applications and features (even very simple like windows messenger or icq). second, i don't like.. no - i hate MS politics to prohibit everything, and, alas - to follow apple. i hate apple, but i hate MS, when it copies apple! no memory card, no multitasking, zune software (i'm totally stuffed with itunes, that my wife needs to have a deal with because of her ipod!). restrictions from any side.

you may say, that it might be better, but android works with memory cards, multitasking, does not force us to use any special soft to transfer files to/from a device, and feels pretty well. i don't understand, why MS is following apple like a blind kitty.
[HD7 General] Fabri181818:
I always used device with qwerty like hermes kaiser and rhodium, my big preoccupation was for writing woth hd7 but with great surprise the quality of writing is very very precise and it is (for me) more speed like rhodium...

for the rest i like: home screen, speed, buttons, for me battery is ok, i don't use many games but I used internet for 30/40 min/day and 3 g, 2 account mail in push and when I'm at home i use wifi and battery was at 50/60% after a day of use... HTC hub and marketplace work fine
[HD7 General] rysky007:
I hated they typing on the HD2, even after the touch response fixes i put on from this site it always gave me trouble, the last update we had on the HD2 a few weeks back finally made it manageable.

So far the only two things I LIKE about HD7's OS, i should clarify the phone its self is slick, the OS i have no words for. but what I do like is the touch responsiveness on typing and scrolling, that is is. for my fat fingers its pretty sweet. Spell check on sms and correction features helps my bi lingual idiot mind to sound like i can actually spell
[HD7 General] brian leach:
I agree with the typing. I could never get on with the HD2 but the HD7 is miles better and the predictive is very good indeed coming up with words I recognise and use.

The big downside for me is the lack of syncronisation with Outlook. This needs to be fixed by Microsoft pdq. It can be got round by using eg Google but its not as good.
[HD7 General] biker74:
I'm a bit of a champion of this phone, however. Yesterday, had to reboot back to factory settings; thinking this will be safe and that will be safe - anything on the memory card. LOL, nope, if you do a reset/reboot it bloody scrubs the memory card - never, have I heard of that before on a phone.

Love the phone and eagerly await updates, but this one has really pissed me off. How stupid.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Exactly my point simple things which should work proper are missing
[HD7 General] fulat:
been having this HD7 for 3 days without hand and slow down issue. gotta say this is real good for me as i have droid before and still facing the slow down and hand issue after too much apps opened.

having not much issue as i knew this new platform is lack of apps support and i can bare it.

my few concern would like to hightlight.

1. external speaker volume are soft.

2. would like to see extended battery at least 1500mAh

3. use HD7 as a dialup modem.

4. IE rotating could have been better if the option is added when on landscape mode.

5. videp play back could have let us forward/backward by sliding the bar rather than keep pressing the button.

i guess that's it for now.
[HD7 General] Big Foot:
Just an idea

For the notification bar:

Tap once to bring up the normal info panel.

Tap twice to bring up the Zune song/ringer info panel
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
landscape keyboard is very nice and easy to type...
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
siload ringtone Mgr is out with the unlocking software...

http://www.chevronwp7.com/
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
thats the beauty os cloud computing... everything is saved on the skydrive and once u format/hard reset the phone it gets all the data from skydrive and windows live..

guys it feels funny for ppl who use memory card to keep data safe... but it loads all the marketplace apps after u hardreset...
[HD7 General] efjay:
If you reset back to FACTORY settings why would you expect your custom settings to bre retained? Would you format your pc and expect your programs to be there when you reinstall the OS?
[HD7 General] -WP7User-:
That's a point, efjay. To me, the idea of cloud computing sounds great. I'm using Dropbox since the beginning of the year, but never wanted to pay for more than 2Gigs. And now, I made a Windows Live Account and Skydrive lets me have 25Gigs! That's just great! Some people don't feel safe, if their data is stored on a Server somewhere in the world. But I haven't got any problem with that. And because I like SkyDrive (Cloud), most of my files will be on there. That means, that the 8GB local storage isn't a problem for me. I'm going to put some music and some vids on it and the rest (like documents and other things I want to have on my phone) are going to be on the SkyDrive. For me, it's like the phone had 33GB Storage :D

Does the phone automatically synchronise with SkyDrive or do I have to do it manually? And can I save documents, which I made on my phone with the office hub directly on my SkyDrive?
[HD7 General] nrfitchett4:
the only documents that autosync to skydrive are one note documents and photos. There is talk that the jan. update will allow all office docs to sync.
[HD7 General] dotcompt:
Bad news. Chevronwp7 has been discontinued and Microsoft is already revoking apps installed in our devices.

However Brandon Watson from Microsoft has agreed to engage in futher discussions about officially facilitating homebrew development on WP7. I wonder what this means!!!
[HD7 General] nrfitchett4:
What apps is microsoft revoking???
[HD7 General] dotcompt:
All apps installed in your device using ChevronWP7 unlock tool that are outside Marketplace. I have installed a test app in my device using the unlock tool that was not working in the next day and got a message in my screen that the application was revoked.

Microsoft has the ability to read your device and revoke all apps tha are not downloaded or bought from Marketplace.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Does the software installed scan for codes and revoke? or is there a way for microsoft to view what is going on with our individual phones? kind scary if they can.
[HD7 General] dotcompt:
Microsoft scans your device like desktop pc updates, they run a code to check if your desktop is up to date. In this case it "scans" your device for apps outside marketplace and revoke them.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
not cool, to much control, once we buy a device we deserve the right to do with it what we wish.
[HD7 General] yly3:
^ Fully agree with the last post. But c'mon, people are going bananas for a "tight control" which has been in PCs for the past decade. The cloud issue I may understand but phones have ALWAYS been tracked/listened/registered/whatever-you-want-to-call-it way before mobile ones were even created.

Voice tracking and location tracking can be done with just an IMEI, you don't even need a smartphone. Personally I like the idea that if my phone is stolen or lost I can wipe out everything via wireless or trace it or etc. And besides, I am not doing anything ilegal with my phone or in real life so why should I bother.
[HD7 General] nrfitchett4:
can anyone else confirm this? Seems that if all the chevron tool does is make your phone a developer phone, how would microsoft be able to tell one dev phone from another???
[HD7 General] jasonsharp:
I am so exited to get it, a T mobile HD7 Schubert. I

I am a Chinese student and bought it in USA, but i dont know how to unlock the SIM for use it in China. Is there any free unlock code i can get? thanks for ur help
[HD7 General] alesscam:
could also make a separate management for the alarm volume

it's really annoying having to turn down the volume before going to sleep and

turn up the volume after waking up
[HD7 General] antoniomistretta:
Still bitter! But stable, fast and very elegant! Especially Very serious!
[HD7 General] NinjaBlack:
so I have a question, where is micrsoft myphone? Does microsoft really expect me to import over 600 contacts? myphone would sync my text, pics, contacts, music and even my entire memory card if I specified... I need that asap!
[HD7 General] antoniomistretta:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860458
[HD7 General] estranged_inc:
You can fix the sound issues by installing the HTC apps from the marketplace, one of then is the Sound Enhancer. I like this model, as I can choose which apps are installed rather than having a bloated OS.

Also, my battery life in the HD7 is far superior to the HD2. I use it all day, play music over bluetooth in the car, txt, sync, use Facebook, Seesmic etc. Still easily get 12 hours which on a device like this is a fair expectation.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Saw what others replied to you, a link to a similar but not good answer thread is not the way.

I agree with you on this, that since they had myphone on WM6.5 then they should have it here as well.

Accept they expect us to use our windows live account or google for contacts, then use Zune for pictures and vids, but sms no clue.

My thoughts, is that there should be a standardized system which works on every phone, which backs up your contact, pictures, videos, sms, email accounts and other options, so no matter what phone you get u can always transfer it.

Then each one can have their own email account to sync with.

Sorry for the long answer, in a nut shell, no they dont have it, and from what it sounds like they not planing on it. Their going for the facebook ppl who have their contacts and pictures there.
[HD7 General] hardlyboyz4:
The battery hasn't been that bad for me. I set my exchange to sync every hour and then when I go into the mailbox. I end up using it a moderate amount (checking mail pretty regularly, using apps lightly and about 1.5 hours of zune usage a day) - I end up with out about half the battery left at the end of day. On the weekends when I'm not at work or getting as much email, I end up with about 90% of battery.

Can't complain battery wise yet, especially when compared to the HTC Evo 4G, had to charge that bad boy every night no matter what.
[HD7 General] hardlyboyz4:
One other thing that sucks but is controlled by T-Mobile.

If you hit the search button (phyiscal button) it brings up Bing app.

If you are in IE and hit the search button (phyiscal button) OR just type a search term in the address bar, it goes to google.

This is due to the arrangement between Google and T-mobile, similar to Bing and Verizon so I get it but there is no way to change that preference which does suck.
[HD7 General] HD7Sol:
I own both the HD2 and HD7. I very much like the versatility and functionality of the HD2 better but the HD7 is very easy to use if a bit limited. The battery definitely lasts longer on the HD2. I am dissappointed in the inability to quickly and easily handle files, pics, etc.. on the HD7. The HD2 is very much like a computer in it's file handling and you can manage stuff many different ways. I dislike the requirement of using Zune for everything. I am reluctant to give up my HD2 but find myself using the HD7 on a daily basis none the less. Quandry?! :(
[HD7 General] carmeng4evr:
My experiences with phones

are

Droid

Droid Eris

Palm Pre Plus

Droid Incredible

Microsoft Kin two

Sprint Hero

HTC EVO

Droid X

Samsung Captivate

Sony Xperia X10

HTC ARIA

Iphone 3g...then iphone 4

Motorola Backflip

HTC HD2

Now a HTC HD7 and i own a mytouch 4g as well

Personally, as on OS...Hands down I prefer Wp7 over Android and even over Webos and definitely over IOS...

Just a great software...Everything meshes well together...Beautiful eye candy and it just is a great experiences

As a phone, the HD7 is probably my 3rd favorite with Xperia X10 and Mytouch 4g being 1st and 2nd...

I love it's size...and I love the kickstand

I do hate that the camera is VERY WEAK though...VERY WEAK

takes horrible pictures in my opinion

Overall, I have owned quite a bit of phones but this a phone i can actually see myself keeping for longer than a week or two before i sell trade or buy another...

Although, I am considering the Dell Venue Pro
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
sorry but i was using Outlook to sync my Phone, and when i got HD7 i used Outlook connector and added all my Outlook contacts on my Hotmail account which is on my outlook as well, now when i add a contact on my outlook i copy it to my hotmail contact as well... its very simple and easy...

i never backed up my sms ever, i dont need it... but i know there is no way u can move sms over at this point of time...
[HD7 General] nrfitchett4:
www.soocial.com will take care of all your contacts across all your emails and devices.
[HD7 General] vHatch:
I just noticed this today. It kinda shocked me.

****

Does voice command not work for media yet?? On wm6.5 i'd say "play XXX" and it would play my songs but now that command only brings up a bing search.
[HD7 General] piziyu2005:
how could you sync your outlook with HD7? my point is how to set up a outlook account on HD7? cause i need to enter domain and server every time when i setting my oulook account. thanks a lot
[HD7 General] Jim Coleman:
You do it by syncing via Hotmail. You need the hotmail connector for Outlook which is part of Windows Live Essentials. Sync Outlook to hotmail and set up the hotmail account on your phone. Outlook accounts on your phone are, IIRC, for exchange servers.
[HD7 General] likeitnot:
I have a MyTouch 4G now and I adore the phone but I am really really curious and find the HD7 (WP7) really enticing! So I think I am going to purchase one today and test it out and then make the change if I am satisfied!

I have done lots of research and minus the few things it is missing that should have came standard (no sense in kicking a dead dog here tho) I can live with it. To be honest my only real concern is being able to sync my google (yahoo too?) account to it and that's about it lol...oh well I am an avid Twitter user so does twitter work well on this phone too? Is it set up so you can receive notifications (twitter and facebook)??? Thx. Well custom ringtones but I will live ;)

I guess I'll go ahead and make a hotmail account today so I'll be ready to set the phone up when I get it!
[HD7 General] Jim Coleman:
Yes just install the Beezz twitter app, add it's live tile to your start screen and turn on all the notifications.
[HD7 General] likeitnot:
Sweet. So this Beezz twitter app actually has a live tile? That is amazing news as I didn't think any of the tiles for market apps yet integrated live tiles. & the fact that I can receive notifications makes me super super happy too. Thanks for your response (I gave you a thx on your post too).

*edit* probably a stupid question but it will also make a notification sound as well correct? Thx