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[HD7 General] TommyGun:
Do you also see SIM card through the back cover? There is at least 1mm gap there :(

I must agree about v.1.0 being acceptable as it is, but really - if OneNote syncs, why could not docs sync as well.. Sometimes it is difficult to fathom MS decisions.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Omg, finally some one who gets it speaks, in tech language and gets the fact that we were given an decent hardware, with major problems and a half ass OS with major problems.

But you cannot compare HTC to Nokia that's like comparing a Honda to a BMW, and Nokias OS to WM is like comparing KIA to Ferrari,

My brick is laying around, waiting, and waiting, been waiting for 4 months now..
[HD7 General] TommyGun:
:D Same here. It's a waiting game now.
[HD7 General] ckd_snitch:
Hi everyone i must say a big thank you to the hard working staff at XDAdevelopers.As it relates to the HTC HD7 i have never been so disappointed in an HTC product in my life and i have owned and used several of these lovely phones so far.The phone is very light weight slim and sleek which is lovely.Processing power is awesome but the win7 OS sucks big time. I know it's in the developing stages but i was expecting a lot more applications geared towards the business class/professionals and new functions as we move into an new era of mobile communications.:mad:
[HD7 General] rysky007:
amen .......
[HD7 General] evereste:
I traded my HD2 running winoh7 and absolutely regret it.

The HD7 feels really cheap after the HD2, the os does not run as well as it does on the hd2.

The screen is far brighter on the hd2

The speaker in infinitely superior on the HD2

If you plug the HD7 in, you cant power it off

I would not recommend this piece of garbage to aanyone.

Fortunately for me, I won't have a problem selling or trading

it.

B E W A R E HD7 is C R A P!
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Glad to see I am not the only one who sees the down falls of this phone, even with the nice hardware, there are many draw backs, the speaker is weaker seems like, the camera button is just terrible, doing the lock key on top like Iphone does is just being a copy cat and uncomfortable. The OS needs many necessary upgrades to it.

But hey, Nokia now doing phones with MS, so hopefully in the future well see decent phones.
[HD7 General] R1ryda14:
Newbie Here

I have just recently purchased MY HD7.

I had been searching for this phone for some time and finally got my hands on it. I have had it for just under 3 weeks now.

Being not a sophisticated as some of you all. I must say that I am impressed with the knowledge base here.

I am coming from a HTC 3G Dash. Loved that phone.

I love the HD7. I will admit that there are a few draw backs.

1. Not being able to personalize the home screen.

2. Not being able to set ringtones(I have read through this entire post and saw the post by others for the Chev updates)

3. I am not a gamer but I want my daughter to be able to play something as simple as tictactoe. But I have to have a WinLive acct for me to download anything.

4. I really don't like(more of a peave, than anything) I want the tiles to rotate when the screen rotates. That bugs me!!!!!

5. I am really pissed that I can not TEATHER!!!!! I cut out Inet at home to just have inet thru my phone. That is BS. I didn't read this forum before my purchase or I might not have bought it. :mad:

6. The HTC Hub tile that gives location and temp doesn't have the time in it.(PEAVE). Plus the location doesn't update fast enough or in some cases ever!!!

:confused:

I am still a huge fan of this phone. :D

But as my friend capped on me today. "Like the commercial where the 1 guys doesn't get the email about lunch and wants to be invited. But then gets the email and has kinda an embarrasing moment....Yeah that's what owning this phone is like.

I admit that I have some hesitation about sideloading my phone....

I have some hesitation about doing the custom ringer. I just don't want my phone to be a brick...

K, I guess that's enuff of my gripes.

Will anyone have a few minutes later tonight to walk me thru the custom ringer set up. I know the directions are pretty good, just a bit scared.

PM me and I will give my number out.
[HD7 General] rysky007:
Your not alone, mine is a brick for now, using my HD2,

Tethering is very important for me as I see clients on a daily basis and need access to the web.

No select all in sms or email is a pain

the list goes on.

i wont get into it
[HD7 General] R1ryda14:
Yeah, I know there are some issues...but here we can fix them.:D
[HD7 General] ClifSwin:
Mixed bag

Overall, mostly happy. Great display, quick in operation, WP7 is about as good as it gets for a new system. That said, when I compare it to my HD2 (previous phone)...

Camera Sucks. Colors are all off, focus options are clumsy, button is nearly impossible to push without shaking the camera. As a camera, this phone is a 2 out of 10, and if the display weren't so good it'd be a 1.

The total lack of support for the digital compass feature puzzles me. I mean, not even HTC has a program out for it, and they're the ones who built the feature into the phone. I have an almost daily need for a non-GPS compass in my job, and really loved this feature on my HD2. What gives?

Power button is hard to hit by accident. Or on purpose, for that matter.

Speakerphone sound quality is terrible, though headphone sound is tremendous.

Case is, IMHO, a step backward from the HD7. Feels flimsy by comparison.

I'm particularly happy with the display on this phone; seems even a touch brighter and clearer than my HD2, and that's going some. This phone makes a great ebook reader, or WOULD if more ebook platforms would support it. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS, Barnes & Noble!
[HD7 General] MAGPC:
I like the WP7 except for the part that if you want to develop for it then you are controlled by Microsoft's tools.

but I don't feel that there's a huge difference between those WP7 devices, until Nokia plays the contender, no WP7 will be significant.
[HD7 General] mezo9090:
Its a very helpful thread, interesting to read too, i watched many reviews but you guys are the best, the question here.. i am about to sell my xperia x10 to get hd7, is it worth it ? Or should i wait ?
[HD7 General] Windows7sucks:
I am so upset that I bought this HTC HD7. I had a Blackberry for years with no issues, then an iPhone for 6 months, no issues syncing with Outlook or anything MSN.

Now the Windows mobile has the most issues syncing! Who would've thought? It has trouble syncing with it's own technology!

I followed directions to a "T" to sync with exchange and it worked for 2 months after much trouble. Then it stopped syncing. It's going to take a scientist to figure out what's the problem. My entire company's IT department can't figure it out.

It's supposed to be simple, go to settings, then add email, choose advanced, and do the following.

Username: email address

Password: password

Domain: leave blank

Server: red001.mail.microsoftonline.com

Check box for SSL

I've given up, I'm going back to Blackberry!! No thank you for all the trouble Windows/Microsoft.
[HD7 General] geox01:
+ Look and feel, excellent design in general, both h/w and s/w

+ Speed

- Non-existent Outlook synchronization (standalone version); it's simply outrageous!

- MicroSD slot access

- Localization (only 5 languages)

- Battery life

- Tethering

- The feeling of the physical buttons

- The three WP7 buttons should be physical - they're way too sensitive

- Maps app with no localization; google's one way better

- No way to see MAC address of WiFi and Bluetooth devices (waiting for NoDo)
[HD7 General] shinygerbil:
So I've recently bought an HD7 to replace my iPhone 3G, and my emotions are very mixed. Obviously I'm leaping up in terms of hardware specs so I'm blown away by a lot of things, but I have a few issues...

-The camera. In addition to the points mentioned above (terrible colours and a very unresponsive button) I have to say I was expecting the quality of the video recording to be much better. Any slight shaking of my hand, or any quick movements, and it very quickly descends into a blurry mess. Is this normal? I genuinely don't know. But I'm pretty sure I've seen a certain iCompetitor with *much* smoother recording capabilities...

-The volume. I am aware from some threads in the WP7 General section that there are issues with the volume, but really, I am baffled. Just playing music through my headphones is so ridiculously loud that I generally have to have the volume set to 1 or 2 out of the available 30 - and even then, I have to resort to the separate volume control available on my 'phones. Yet, the speakers are really tinny...if I'm a little distance away from my phone, or in a loud environment, I won't even hear it ring on max volume. It would be nice if we could at least get SRS-enabled ringtones ;) (assuming they're not already - doesn't sound like they are?)

So, what I want to know is: is there any workaround for the awful speakers? Any registry fiddling that can be done to increase the speaker volume? Or possibly decrease the headphone volume?

And is the camera really that bad? :o

Erm, that's about it. I do have other issues but these are either software issues which I'm aware of (whether or not they're going to be fixed is a different matter!) or just matters of opinion really.
[HD7 General] Loosenuts:
After coming from Android OS phones for the past 2 years, I am now so glad I now own a WP7. The OS just seems more professional and not so "kiddy-like" like the Android OS's but that's just my opinion. Also the OS is very responsive to commands and I have found no "lag" whatsoever throughout the OS. Also loving the 720p video recording.

Only issues I really see is the green flicker while the lockscreen timesout. T-Mobile HD7. Other than that I'm super pleased.
[HD7 General] 433Mhz:
The best part about the HD7 is the price:

260€ compared to Desire HD's 438€

It would be awesome to have Android on the HD7 some day.
[HD7 General] Prerna:
Yeah, prices fell since hardly anyone buying it
[HD7 General] sutt359:
I got the HD7 on the day of release in the UK back in October.

6 months on im finding myself tired of this device, ok it does do a good job at what it does but it has no sparkel or pazaz. Same old views lack of customization makes the device feel tired, also the lack of some of the features most phones have makes it very dissapointing.

I must admit i had ORD :) with my HD2 which i sadly sold :( ok ive updated the roms on the HD7 but i miss new os builds that you could tinker with.

I just wish Micosoft would push out new fectures quicker, and in the UK Bing maps is a joke with lack of real time nav. The Market place is ok, there are afew good things but most things are utter junk and no real Devs are touching this os.

Things i would like to see

More customization within WP7

RDC (Remote Desktop client)

VPN (Virtual Private Networking)

Intergrated Navigation (other than Navigon Hack)

Flash suppot (Not gonna happen with silver light coming)

Faster updates (That bring more than just copy & paste and speed improvments after 6 months)

MMS where you can send Video

Bluetooth file transfure
[HD7 General] BlitterTwisted:
Surprised at that, I still think my HD7 is eye catching and really good fun to use.

I've just written my full review here if anyone wants a look, comments welcome

http://www.blitterandtwisted.com/2011/04/htc-hd7-windows-phone-7-handset-review.html
[HD7 General] MrLeche:
Had my HD7 for some months now.

Pros:

1. BLAZING FAST the Hd7 is so fast, that it makes other fast phones... not so fast! :p

2. SMOOTH it's smoothness is awesome even when rotating the phone 90 degrees CW and then back, or 90 degrees CW and then another 90 degrees clockwise. the animations is fast and smooth as well.

3. NoDo made it much better. If MS keeps this updates coming, some more minor flaws would be taken cared of.

4. Better Keyboard. the on screen keyboard as compared to other phones' on screen keyboard has better sensitivity and accuracy.

Cons:

1. No Flash Player Support. Just bought the Arc for my wife last night. And I was able to watch the recap when the Spurs won 124 over 92 of Sacramento and then I looked at my HD7 and said: Damn! I just had to imagine everything that happened if I was going to browse thru you.
[HD7 General] htc fan89:
It's good but only con is no flash support.
[HD7 General] djlowballer:
I picked mine up to play with XNA development and put WP7 through its paces. I purchased it new about 2 months ago from my guy for 250$.

Pros:

+large screen is a joy to use.

+wp7 is actually more pleasing to use than iOS

+ zine integration is outstanding for those who buy music

+ Great build and high quality kickstand

Cons:

-feels like a step back from my nexus one in terms of features

- walled garden ecosystem

-stock ringtones are awful and too quiet

- soso battery life

- big size limits it to backpack.

Overall:

I enjoy the phone but I am holding judgement until I see how wp7 pans out.
[HD7 General] DAz999:
Love the idea of HTC HD7, but as usual Microsoft love to mess things up. Can t install your own apps, can t install GPS Software. No good Jailbreak around, as MS seems to have paid off the earlier developer for Jailbreak. Custom ROMs? can they be done, seems very sketchy at the moment. Also reports that the camera is bad, when will HTC learn

MS seem to have gone the Apple route, not a good idea for people who like to tweak their OS s and Apps

Was thinking of getting one, but after all this stuff, I think I will get a used HD2 instead :(
[HD7 General] AndyFZ1S:
My thoughts on the HD7

Owned a HD2 since Jan 2010 and loved it, Picked up a HD7 Last week as free upgrade on O2, To be honest I like the HD7 but the HD2 feels alot more solid with the metal battery cover etc and I like the Hardware buttons, The HD7 doesn't allow any tinkering of any sort, With win mo 6.5 I could spend hours changing reg settings and adding cab files and really customising it to be my individual phone, I can't really do this with the HD7, I miss having my own music ringtone and custom alarm melodies and msg alerts etc and not being able to use the device as a usb drive when attached to the PC, I miss Resco file manager and Task manager sad eh lol, The HD7 performs flawlessly within its own spectrum and it's quite a pleasant interface with win mo 7, Zune works very well once set up and I have already purchased several albums and instaled a few pointless apps :rolleyes: However I am already bored with it and await eagerly some more useful updates and poss customisation options before i decide to give up the HD2, It seems windows phone 7 has done away with the old smart phone stereotype and made things too easy for perhaps the less techy users, That said in general most people are very happy with win mo7 and their HD7s, I wish I were too.
[HD7 General] lay_forat:
really what is so great about wp7 as compare to ios and android ?

wp7 is completely failure for me i dont know what the hell MS developer doing Metro tiles is it best interface they have given to wp7

i think ms has destroyed the evolution of windows for phones

wp7 looks like a beta os to me

iphone, android now hd7 user

going back to iphone
[HD7 General] light-blue:
i think it is worth to buy if you consider performance/price

isn't ? yes it is.
[HD7 General] ST13Hogan:
Get NoDo... they did improve the search for apps in nodo...

For the rest for this post.... see my sig ;)

(Ok.... i definatley want a good [TomTom or Navigon] turn-by-turn solution on WP7)
[HD7 General] jwing:
WP7 is a nice easy to use intuitive phone OS. Love the Zune integration as that's the main reason for the purchase. Can't wait to see what is on the horizon. The HD7 size is a bit much, liked the size of my Nexus One and would like to see a unit that size with a WP7 OS.

I give the whole package a 7 out of 10 mainly due to the lack of storage space. Workaround by adding a 32GB Micro SD worked great but its a lot for the normal every day user to figure out. I would think a 32GB music player would entice a lot of phone users but heck, what do I know!
[HD7 General] ariel123:
I love my hd7 but I'm getting quite bored of wp7. Due to the lack of features I'm tired of having to go to the home screen to check a text if I don't respond to it right away on the notification bar. Or having to press the back button four times just to get to one app yo then have to reopen what I was doing. I been really considering the HTC sensation. I miss htc sense and being able to have open source. But then again I can't complain because wp7 doesn't lagg or get sluggish. I just wished mango was here already
[HD7 General] Epsylon:
Unusable as a smartphone. I couldn't figure it out that what is this os is good for. 16GB, but for what? I can't download a simple mp3 (and nothing else as well.. Only pictures.. Pfff...) to my HD7, then what is it good for? If i want to put something on it i have to connect it to pc. But if i'm at the pc, why would i use the HD7?? Without pc it's useless. I can't download a game without pc????? Who was that idiot, who made this os? I'm really waiting for an other os port to this device.. I don't care if it's Bada, WM6, Android, LiMo, Maemo or whatever, just want be able to USE my device as a Smartphone, not a dumb beautyful digital picture frame with phone call support.
[HD7 General] drky:
I feel your frustration Epsylon, but mines is just the opposite I love the OS and hate the hardware, the phone has 3 hardware button and none work as it should, I got one of the early hd7 with the rebooting issues I can't even look at a video on line it will reboot, my latest issues the volume button I have to press up before I could lower the volume, the power button takes a lot more press to power the device, this is not a phone I will recommend.
[HD7 General] PoisonOmnia:
Pro:

Lovely looking phone, Nice big screen, I like the volume buttons on the right instead of the left like on the HD2, oh and the dedicated camera button is nice to have, but I do have a gripe with it.

Also the touch sensitive buttons feel good, and ofcourse the 4 point pinch to zoom and the amazing OS for me is a big plus, having Zune integration and with Mango coming im extrememly excited about WP7's future.

Cons:

Battery life, I am able to strech it out to about 34/36 hours before I need to charge it, but thats only if I turn functions off.

The power button, I can never tell if ive pressed it correctly, same with the other physical buttons, maybe its just me though.

Lastly the battery cover, its abit plasticy and I would have expected better from HTC.

Great phone, but slighly falwed.

8/10
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
I was eager to get the HTC HD7 phone (windows phone 7) i thought that it was something unique and even better... and now i damn realise that the marketplace is a lack and not much stuff there that i enjoy.

The marketplace APPS on the WP7 is 99% useless.... i try search 10 big important things and it doesnt exsist on there.. but sure on android and itunes.

Hopwever the best thing im expeirence is that this phone is 100% kick-ass product it is very fast very smooth and very relevant respondive....

However the marketplace is 100% useless.. It needs alot and alot of concentration work there. Not just the pretty phone interface...

However most of us can't wait to shove android on the wp7 phone aniways...

But again however... WP7 has a new big file to download very very sopon call MANGO its all about new interface... the way you want to see your phone to look and many new things new turn by turn voice installment rather then these apps and such... Though not sure how improvement the marketplace will be with mango... maybe no differents.

Oneday very soon now... there will be a phone where it lets you switch auto to android... to wp7 and itunes or more the way you wish and the way you want. However these phones will require extra more GB ram. So expect to see phones like that very soon... these future phones will be your god phone where it lets you peace of mind switch from android to wp7 to more.... Without the need to be a fuzz on trying to hack the phone with files from the internet. Howver this will be a phone that has nothing to do with android and wp7 sticking together as agreements... the computers will just buy all of them and then shove them on the future phones without the agreements by individual android vs wp7 because you know each of them dont like sticking together unless they can negoticate some things 50/50 percent.

Remember your radio might only have am and fm levels... Good radios know have long distance radio levels and WA levels inclusive am and fm... Instead of AM and FM. so its an example how new fduture phones be like with android/wp7/itunes and more sticking together. But there will be good phones where only it contains one of these... You choose and you deside.
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
you are a funny guy... dont have a clue what you are saying, and wanting from the marketplace....

but one thing i know will not be as easy as you want it will be duel booting Mobile devices... as any good OS will not allow it...
[HD7 General] 5waltersm:
i have had this phone for a good few months now and i agree with most of your points especially the battery drain, it is a nightmare but i feel that it deserves more than 7/10 as it is a great phone which just needs some lumps sorted out, in my opinion it is 8.5/10
[HD7 General] Hamsn:
Battery life has always been a problem with me. When I planned on buying a Desire HD, even that had battery issues, we need something better. Its like having all the features but not able to use it to its potential. This is where iPhone's battery rocks.
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
NEGATIVE:

- The Marketplace wp7

- The drift battery that ends under 24hour

POSITIVE:

- Digital camera with 8megapixels (better then the actual boring 2megapixel phones)

- The beautiful fast interface files. But it needs more to do then just the next page scroll of small tiles.

Over all that bugs me is the marketplace there is hardly anything i enjoy there. And most of the apps are dodgy made.

The battery is quite annoying because i all i was doing is taking beauiful photos of my family 20 of them and suddently the battery is half dead instantly.

I rekond HTC shop online has a better battery for the HTC HD7 that might be durable. Has anyone brought one of these batterys from HTC online store ?

Also when exactly is MANGO comming is there an actual date and month ?

I had a search on the marketplace they have mango version 8 there. So im quite confused if mango is allready out.

Is it worth downloading mango know ? the app is call PHONE 8 But its not free.
[HD7 General] Dr.8820:
...your hd7 has a 8 megapixel camera...interesting...
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
I install a special app that makes 3x focus zoom into it from normal 8x to 11x zoom. The app was given by a friend which im not aloud to give that sort of information but if your interested and think i know you better i might share the app. Remember there is 15,000 apps but you do realise there is 80% useless apps on wp7 by all means. Most are just dodgy design and or not really interesting app because most of the apps are focus on other countries... nothing is really design to share the world because the app will be pretty much useless to use it in your country aniways. However you can still use it any apps you see on wp7 but its really not going to do much help with it because its not design to do anything for you if your in another different country.

However ones i thought wp7 apps would be better graphics.. Most of them are useless.
[HD7 General] rollyblu:
No phone keypad on messages!