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Magician 2 ... rumours rumours!!

Don't know if this old news for some ...
http://www.theunwired.net/./?itemid=2696
An identical device to the Magican with WM5, WiFI, 128MB and 2 replaced buttons!

I spoke to our logistics manager today (TMUK) and he confirmed that the Compact II looks the same as the original with Windows 5 OS. Didn't have anymore tech specs to hand although don't be surprised if some more case colours appear. If I get anymore info I'll update.

BulletTime,
many thanks for your reply. Looks like we might get the long awaited WM5 through "official" channels then!
Hence my excitement!

Athena anyone?

I'm not entirely sure if this is the Athena or not. I heard rumours that this could be the athena but I also heard rumours of an athena that has a different shape than the Magician altogether. I think we'll have to wait and see ...

Could be the HTC Prophet

German tmobile also claims a new release of our mdacompact should appear before christmas. And "yes" they say its planned to be equipped with WM2005 wlan and 128mb.
Greetings

T-mobile compact II (HTC - ???)
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4493.html
Pro: shaped as magician but with windows and OK buttons; wifi; wm 5.0
Cons: no hardware buttons for wm 5.0 softbuttons.
XDA Atom (Quanta - Athena)
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4453.html
HTC Prophet
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4436.html
Pro: wm 5.0; 2MP camera; fm radio; softbuttons; wifi
Cons: only MiniSD!!!
Obviously, images and specs may change before release. We have only rumors.
Bye bye
Isidoro

No more a rumour!!!!
The word is out!!! :
German tmobile is offering the mdacompact 2 around middle of novembert2005.
Specs:
128mb
Windows mobile 2005!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seemingly NO wlan!!!!
See photo from official catalogue:

Are u sure the photo is not a fake? Compact II should have Start and OK hardware buttons instead of contacts and agenda. See
this link.
Isidoro

risidoro said:
Are u sure the photo is not a fake? Compact II should have Start and OK hardware buttons instead of contacts and agenda. See
this link.
Isidoro
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Definately not a fake!!!!!
Picked up the new catalogue for november just an hour ago!
Greetings

So Compact II will be a S110 with windows mobile 5.0? Nothing more, nothing less? Well, at least i think we'll be able to install its rom in our magician in short times!!!
Oh Prophet, we are u???
Bye

Could you please scan page 12 and link it for us?
Or at least tell us what further information about the MDAcII is given on page 12?
Edit:
It seems that the missing page/information is given here.

That's great, because we could use the firmware and have wm5 on our magican i suppose... If anyone have the solution for that please provide us with it.thx

Done for prophet
succesfully done the upgrade from german rom to wwe rom
grazie isidoro

elconte said:
succesfully done the upgrade from german rom to wwe rom
grazie isidoro
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I don't see the relationship of this post with respect to the main topic.

HTC Diamond

Damn that new HTC Diamond looks impressive (http://www.htc.com/europe/product.aspx?id=46654). Anyone know if it will be possible to rip the software/rom out of it and install on our Polaris'es?

"Nothing is impossible, what's impossible just takes longer time."

normally htc should put this diamond in new rom wm.6.1 if they will do it, I ask them but they answer (we are working hard....)

More info from London:
http://www.phonemag.com/htc-touch-diamond-is-announced-demoed-052686.php

It looks damm good indeed.
Hope the firmware can be used for the Polaris..only the camera is a 3.2mp..that's a bit low for a new model if u ask me..other gsm's work with 5mp at this moment.
And also the polaris has a 3.2 mp already.

It WILL have WM6.1 but... it is too soon to talk about software for this upcoming device.

http://www.theunwired.net/?item=vid...ser-interface-for-windows-mobile-professional

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=y26btrJAy54

Photo Gallery:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-touchdiamond-launch/790665/
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=193&p=291&g=279&h=9480

Damn impressive handset. I was wondering how much of native WinMo interface available to end user? The less is better, I suppose

Here you can see better :
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=H5fetcaQIaA

A lot of videos : http://it.youtube.com/user/HTC

Diamond is VGA device, so i'm not sure that it will be possible to use GUI from it on Cruise which is QVGA.
Also question is about acceleration and drivers, cause this features would be really slow on Cruise.

DD_ said:
Also question is about acceleration and drivers, cause this features would be really slow on Cruise.
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Touch Cruise has 4 times less pixels than Diamond.
Processing power shouldn't be the limiting factor.
Sascha

The manila interface was out for a couple of months ago, but nobody was able to port it into a Kaiser:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363500
I think it was time to release a new designed model, the formers models were not so beauty, finally an answer from HTC to the new requirements of the market.
Good Luck HTC....!!!

HTC Diamond will be shipped as O2 xda Diamond in june 2008.
100 € for the unit, 20 €/month with 100 minutes to all national networks.
Preinstalled are TomTom 7 (maps have to be purchased at TomTom) and Opera Mobile 9.5
teltarif.de News
Pretty awesome device and much cheaper as iPhone
Sascha

I was just about to buy a touch cruise.

Damn it beats the crap out of iPhone!
Does anyone remember we all said we won't be buying another HTC product?
We are suckers (well, at least I am) really.

ok selling a polaris then, wtb diamond

I'll wait someone will sell his Diamond

Htc Touch Cruise, Touch Flo 3D?

Hey, everybody.
I have seen on the internet that some of the HTC phones has Touch Flo 3D. Is it possible to get it to the Cruise?
I got a geniue"?" Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro as ROM installed.(Downloaded from HTC's official homeplage)
Crisytaiser

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Hey, everybody.
I have seen on the internet that some of the HTC phones has Touch Flo 3D. Is it possible to get it to the Cruise?
I got a geniue"?" Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro as ROM installed.(Downloaded from HTC's official homeplage)
Crisytaiser
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Hi Crisytaiser! Welcome to the Forum.
It can be done but it doesn't work especially well. This is due to the Cruise not coming with any 3d video drivers - although some smart members of this forum developed some, however they cause problems with the way the Cruise's backlight works.
If you're interested, take a look at this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=465507&highlight=tf3d
It's in the Kaiser forum, but is relevant to the Cruise as well.
I don't know whether the stock HTC ROM supports the 3d drivers (which can be found here: http://www.htcclassaction.org/driverprogress.php#update_20081009_1 ).
You can get it working and it does look pretty sweet, but it isn't reliable enough (IMHO) for everyday use.
You can get TF2D (called Manilla 2d) that works really well on the Cruise. Read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398173
This works pretty much like TF3D but doesn't have much animation.
Before you do anything though, make sure you have a good read of the stuff in the wiki - it ain't that hard to turn your expensive device into a paperweight if you're not sure what you are doing! Good luck.

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Thanks for the answer! I will check out you'r added links!

How many are we? (Iolite)

I've just seen similar topic in our relative's (Jade) forum, I did like the idea and was curious how many users are there with Iolite.
So, If you own TC09, please write something in this tread .
One user from Czech Republic here .
(Btw, I'm quite happy with the device.
I like Iolite's battery life(!!), good GPS, responsiveness, call quality... and I wouldn't trade those for any other device's features. For me it feels even smaller than Diamond thanks to it's rounded corners and also little more comfy... Love the mechanical navigation ring - probably the best control element possible. The TF2D is fine, in fact I like it little more than the 3D one, it's just faster. When buying, I hesitated for a while because of the QVGA screen and new WM6.5 comming but now I'm happy with the device and I wouldn't go for anything else so far )

Ukraine.
Quite satisfied with the device too

Denmark
Best damn device ever!

France.
Very satisfied with the device. For me it just has the right combination of features (excellent nowhere but bad nowhere unlike other devices). The navpad is just great to use and something other phones don't have.

Ukraine too....
Good device with a few imperfections

Holland..
Good device
with a few things which sould be improved in the future

Netherlands
Waiting for SPL so that development can seriously start

One for me

1 from Malaysia.
It is the BEST phone that i used... The GPS is superb.

Greetings from good old Germany. In our country the device names "XDA Guide". Nice toy!
Mirko

Finland
Iolite is a good second phone for me. It is of small size and nice to use, but there are also many lacks. I miss radio and autofocus camera. I thought it would have been like older Cruise, a newer and better version, because the name is the same. It is worse not better. Iolite is like my two years old Htc Artemis.

Want to put manila 2d
Yeah...i'm having this phone but without manila...i'm not satisfied.. Anyone has updated the rom with manila2d?

...representing germany, too!
i'm from northern germany near bielefeld...

I am from Germany but have a dutch Iolite. First I was not fully sure about it but i started to enjoy it more and more. Of course something could be better like being able to customize more, not having the keyboard cover half the screen...
And i would really like to swap my language and wait for someone to create a working tool for unlocking it.

Indonesia...
I'm sick of TouchFlo&words predict

Hi all. I'm from Russia.
I have Cruise (polaris)
I've bought Cruise2 but i don't like it. Too small. Stick too flexible. I'm always thinking that i can broke it. Reset button not accessible from outside. It is not so fast as i thougth etc...
So my wife's cougth this cruise2 (she had touch/elf before). She likes it very much =)
So htc polaris still the best for me.

Count this dutch guy in.
Am I the only one with navpanel and not starting bleutooth problem ?

Singapore. I'm quite happy with mine. Probably because my last phone was an O2 Atom exec

Luxembourg here. I like the phone and it has some useful features, but I find you have to tweak it a lot. Some programs should be included by default (like the settings you can only set with advanced configurators from this forum).

Basque Country.
I really like my HTC Iolite The best bought i've ever made

Recomendations for Uni Replacement

I really do like my Uni but it is just too big to use as a phone. At present I carry use the Uni purely as an organiser. Can any one recommend a phone that has the following.
Keyboard
2.8" screen or larger.
Windows Mobile OS (but willing to consider others)
Smaller than Universal
The difficult bit is it must have IRDA. So this seems to rules out all the new phones. Any suggestions would be great.

HTC TyTn (Hermes)

Haggis2009 said:
I really do like my Uni but it is just too big to use as a phone. At present I carry use the Uni purely as an organiser. Can any one recommend a phone that has the following.
Keyboard
2.8" screen or larger.
Windows Mobile OS (but willing to consider others)
Smaller than Universal
The difficult bit is it must have IRDA. So this seems to rules out all the new phones. Any suggestions would be great.
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If $ is not a problem: HTC Rhodium
There isn´t really a "Replacement", Universal is considered a piece of art on Mobile World
For having another reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443421&page=3

Thanks for the quick replies guys.
The HTC TyTn (Hermes) would be perfect but they are very difficult to find in the UK. So may need to buy one from the USA.
HTC Rhodium unfortunately has no IRDA.
Totally agree that the universal is one of the best devices ever made. It replaced my aging Psion 5MX which in its day was the best organiser with a fantastic keyboard. It seems strange that such well loved devices are not replaced with newer versions. It has taken 10 years for a serious replacement for the Psion to be made but it costs £500.

Search over ebay.co.uk, theres a lot SPV M3100 devices

I have had a look on pdadb.net and notice that there was a HTC released in the USA by Verizon called the XV6800. It seems to be the same as a Hermes but with built in GPS. Doeas anyone know if this was ever realesed in the UK.

Win_XP said:
HTC TyTn (Hermes)
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Only the Hermes 100 (i-mate JASJAM, Orange SPV M3100, Cingular 8525). The display on the Hermes 200 (TyTN) is garbage - it's a transmissive display and it turns completely black in sunlight. Hermes 100 had a high quality transflective screen.