What better forum to get advice about the hermes and its clones than xda so here goes.
I currently have VZ and under contract until july 31. I have a friend that can get me a new htc tytn for about 630. I don't plan on canceling my contract with VZ because of the $175 ETF. I'll just get a cingular number and transfer my old number around the time my vz contract ends. Here is the question. Actually I have a couple of questions.
1. When do you think the kaiser will be available in the US? or a better question would be when can someone in the US get their hands on a kaiser?
2. Should I go ahead and get the TYTN or save about 200-300 by getting an 8525?
3. Since my VZ contract isnt up till July, should I just wait until then to get a TYTN, 8525, or possibly a kaiser (if its out. see #1)?
4. Anyone know the street price on a kaiser? Is it worth it over what the tytn offers?
I guess I need to make a decision within a week. Too many unknowns at this point, and it would be harder for me to get the answers by myself. Thats why I am asking here.
Thanks.
There was some talk about it a little while back, check out this thread. Might give you some more info on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303569&highlight=kaiser
That thread did not help. Thanks though. I could also buy one and then sell it when the kaiser comes out. You think there will be a market to buy a tytn even though the kaiser will be out?
any updates? Thanks guys
I would like to know how many users upgraded to the tilt from the 8525 (i'm not asking for the 8125 because obviously there's a huge difference). I'm asking this because i have an 8525 and i am getting a great deal on a tilt. But i don't know whether to wait for the next att phone (whenever that is) or just get the tilt. i've read a lot of reviews here and there, but have found this forum to be the best. so is there a huge substantial difference between the 2 that i should consider taking this offer? thanks
p.s. anybody know when att will prlly launch another htc device? what better specs might it have?
could be out in a few weeks or not until the end of the year (FCC hold up). $200 - $400 and current T-mobile customers will get a "substantial" discount, probably to get more people to buy it instead of an iphone.
also, the phone will be made by HTC, have a 3x5in screen and full QWERTY keyboard.
Why is this in the Herald section :O?
kareem9nba said:
Why is this in the Herald section :O?
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Dunno, but if this is true, this will be great!
the tmobile wing (another herald variation) is tmobile USA's only wm pro device at the moment.
Wish we knew when the htc diamond and touch pro might be coming to tmo....they have them as the compact 4 and mda vario 4 over in europe. I havent seen much on the htc dream with android. I wonder if there will be many apps for it by then.
i posted this here because we obviously like powerful phones and are on tmobile, and a lot of us are probably looking for something new and faster. plus it is being made by HTC, which makes herald/wing.
i didn't think i'd have to explain myself on why i posted it here.
Can we move this thread somewhere else? This has nothing to do with the Herald.
wyldstallyns2589 said:
could be out in a few weeks or not until the end of the year (FCC hold up). $200 - $400 and current T-mobile customers will get a "substantial" discount, probably to get more people to buy it instead of an iphone.
also, the phone will be made by HTC, have a 3x5in screen and full QWERTY keyboard.
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Where did you get the info? Is there a link?
Nevermind.....Google.
http://www.google.com/search?q=htc ...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
it was on Attack of the Shows on G4. i'm glad i actually watched that episode, good news about android. i hate like 95% of that show so i never watch it
So I Wanted people with wizards to answer this so its not posted elsewhere..
I Currently have a Wizard that I have only had for a couple months & I Came across a kaiser for 100 bucks last night. Spec wise it seems to obliterate the wizard with 2x the processor speed & heaps more memory for both ram & rom.. But is it worth it..
Also if anyone has owned both how is the feel of a kaiser in your pocket compared to a wizard as I think the wiz is very bulky..
If it's only 100 bucks, why can't you have both?
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If it's only 100 bucks, why can't you have both?
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cause I am married & my wife says so...
Maybe she needs a Wizard for her phone!
Kaiser is a better device hands down. If you can, i'd really keep both, but if you can't, definitely go for the Kaiser. You're getting a very nice price (considering it's in good condition) so go for it.
Well its official I am the proud owner of a Very Slightly used kaiser.. & yes I Do believe I Jsut about stole it at this price..
In fact I just got finished changing to my 1st non oem rom on it & its definitely the snappier device..
Also what would I Do with the wizard aside from let it sit as a backup phone? My wife doesn't want it because she prefers her much thinner Excalibur so its now for sale to recover what I paid for the kaiser.. Aside from that I Plan to get a G2 when they come out later this year so I Get some T-Mo 3g action here that is supposed to be being installed this month so the Kaider will be our backup device shortly anyway..
So if anyone wants to pay 100 bucks for a Wizard (t-mo usa flavor) let me know..
i assume everyone here on XDA is a gadget freak who constantly upgrades over and over again and again.
Hermes should be fairly "old" by cellphone standards and as the current batch of cooked ROMs mature w/6.5 kernel coming into play it should be more stable and even more mature. winmo 7.0 is a maybe at this time, or it might require all new hardware.
how long do u plan to keep it. i expect most answers to be:
-until XYZ model/gadget comes out.
as for myself, i'm either;
-waiting for my contract to expire end of this summer and replcacing it w/the June iPhone
or
-waiting for NVidia's Tegra-enabled smartphone to debut. it will finally match my expectations of speed for a mobile device. hermes is really slow =( even if i use a bare/naked no app build.
Waiting till it breaks i guess. I have nothing against the phone.. Compared to my Co-Workers Phones' Mine is Pretty much a Beast.
Or if i find a good 8925 (Tilt, Kaiser) or Possibly a Sony Ericsson X1 for pretty cheap, I might consider it.
probably as long as it works, I'm saving up for a Kaiser right now but I will still be keeping my 'bankie' even if I get a Kaiser.
Suits my needs... Have a 2nd Jasjam spare for when my current one dies...
I have five 8525's that I have flashed with WWE ROM. I ll keep them till I can't canibalize them anymore, Then I'll buy somrthing with the current WMo os.
2 weeks or less if im lucky i have the white screen problem and the fix doesnt work with it.
i have a touch pro but the screen wont align due to a dead spot so i am just waiting on the new screen coming from hong kong then bye bye hermes you did me well
Still a strong contender - Like a new phone with 6.5
To be honest, none of the WinMo successors have really wowed me as anything more than small upgrades to this phone , which was an absolute milestone in terms of funtionality when it was launched (just consider that, 2.5 years after launch it still has faster data transfer speeds than the current iPhone).
I was lusting after the Raphael until the 6.5 ROMs came out for Hermes. I had no idea that the TyTn could run a 6.5 ROM so smoothly. It's basically like a new phone. At this stage, I'm no longer considering the Touch Pro and will probably wait for the Touch Pro 2 to come out or for my Hermes to break...
X1i
Though, I already have my X1i (Xperia), I will keep my hermes until ... i dunno as long as it is still working...
I too was wating on the TP2, and saving my pennies....
But, then the Amazon deal for a <$100 Dream showed up, and that went out the window!
I sold my Hermes to my brother, and got a white G1.
I will rock the G1 for a while, and keep an eye on Tegra & used TP2 prices. And watch the WM6.5/7 & Android tango to see what's working well.
-bZj
I keep my Hermes until the end of June, when my contract gets renewed and i own the Touch HD
But i will keep my Hermes further on for testing/development purpose.
And because i got so used to it and love it
for as long as it will run i dont really care if new models are out
Until it dies.
Or Someone gives me a t-mobile g1
i already keep it more than 3years, still like it
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Could anyone help me make an educated decision between the TyTn and the TyTn 2? (Or even a better phone) I've been cruzing ebay for an unlocked or att phone and i came across the TyTn in my searches. It looks like a great phone and HTC makes some of the coolest phones I've seen.
I only want to pay about $100 to $150 (maybe 200 if its worth it). I wont have a data plan but have access to wifi a lot. And I would like to make use of windows mobile. The TyTn is going for about 150 or less on ebay. I'm just worried that its too old of a phone or maybe that the new TyTn 2 is better? I'm leaning towards the old TyTn. Any thoughts would be great. As far as I can see the TyTn 2 is hardly different other than GPS and tilting screen, but you guys are the experts! Any help would be great.
tytn2 is better... but it's still basically tytn1. i, too, was also checking out tytn2 for the longest time... until touchpro 2.
personally, i've been looking at TP2 for longer and longer times and the more i look at it, the more i love it!!! if it ever debuts here in the US on TMobile i'm definitely pulling the trigger on it. my hermes is clanky compared to the thinner TP2. it looks beautiful and has more processing power. and it's time for me to renew anyways and i've wanted to transition to TMobile for the longest time now. so here's a hoping =).
Hey thanks for the reply. Yeah I'm pretty much set on the TyTn 2 now. But people keep saying i should get the Fuze. I dont really like the fuze though. I saw it in an ATT store the other day and it felt flimsy. And for me, the price to performance ratio isnt worth it. The only cool thing i see is its faster, better screen and its slimmer. I think I'll enjoy the TyTn 2 better.
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Well, I just picked up a brand new 8525 from AT&T for $100. I did extend my contract, but I'm not changing as I have been very pleased with their service. If I don't like it, I'll give it to my wife who does and get a Fuze. This thing is very fast. I just don't like the lack of internal memory or GPS. I have a GPS mouse that I've used with my Wizard for 3 years, so there's no need to spend more than that at this point. For kicks and giggles, I tethered it to my iMac this morning and there was no difference in speed between it and my cable modem connection. I'm probably going to do a direct port of the HTC Kaiser official 6.1 ROM if I can get a little spare time, so I'm sure I'll be holding on to it for a while.
Ive had mine for several years now (its been shelved since I got my Kaiser a year ago), finally gave it to my counterpart 3 weeks ago - and now its a brick. lol..
She needs a new phone - im happy with my Kaiser.
I have a Fuze now but am using my 8525 with no sim, a powered mount, i-Blue bluetooth GPS and IGuidance as my motorcycle GPS device and in a pinch could still put the sim back in.