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New Review

New Review:
There is a new Review out, including allot of pictures. But it is not in english so you will have to use Google Translator to understand a climpse of it
But first of all, here is a unpacking gallery from xonio:
http://www.xonio.com/bildergalerie/Ausgepackt-HTC-Touch-HD-Galerie_33512876.html
(click on "weiter" above to pictures. If you want to se the HD pictures click on the small arrows on the bottom left of the pictures)
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http://translate.google.at/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsmonline.pl%2Fportal%2Fphonetests%2FphoneTests.jsp%3Fe8scrollFromnews_big%3D1%26e8scrollHowManynews_big%3D1%26s0n_id%3D20897&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
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http://translate.google.at/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsmonline.pl%2Fportal%2Fphonetests%2FphoneTests.jsp%3Fe8scrollFromnews_big%3D2%26e8scrollHowManynews_big%3D1%26s0n_id%3D20897&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
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Pictures:
http://www.gsmonline.pl/portal/gallery/gallery.jsp?s1number=24&s0id=320&e1number=1
http://www.gsmonline.pl/portal/gallery/gallery.jsp?s1number=2&s0id=319&e1number=1
http://www.gsmonline.pl/portal/gallery/gallery.jsp?s1number=3&s0id=321&e1number=1

Thank you for the review posted, it's nice hope to see expansys have the phone in stock very soon!
I bit superise seeing the review, the memory card holder beside battery and not under the battery

amireshan said:
Thank you for the review posted, it's nice hope to see expansys have the phone in stock very soon!
I bit superise seeing the review, the memory card holder beside battery and not under the battery
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It's like on Touch Pro

And they posted the IMEI number in full view. Never seen that before. Is it risky to do this?

amireshan said:
Thank you for the review posted, it's nice hope to see expansys have the phone in stock very soon!
I bit superise seeing the review, the memory card holder beside battery and not under the battery
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Actually its better off this way, so that whenever I have to load any media on the card, I dont have to pull out the battery and it would take for ever to reboot.

Thanks for the links, all good it seems!

The only thing they did not realy test is the multimedia performance of the phone

Lord.Bachus said:
The only thing they did not realy test is the multimedia performance of the phone
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It was mentioned somewhere that HTC forbids them to review too deeply about the software, only hardware and superficial stuff. guess they are still working out some kinks.

hmm, fishy... no video playback testing, come on...

I was hoping to take good pictures with 5MP camera. Other review says that the camera performs fast and this one the opposite.

badaas said:
hmm, fishy... no video playback testing, come on...
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Something should pop up soon, if I get time I will post something

buggybug0 said:
It was mentioned somewhere that HTC forbids them to review too deeply about the software, only hardware and superficial stuff. guess they are still working out some kinks.
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Even my old Qtek S200 had better photos than the ones from HD

damn i really just need one single thing to make me sell my almost new diamond to get this HD monster... video perfomance.... diamond video perfomance SUCKS but if HD handles well with it that screen and resolution would be killer....
but seems no one knows about video perfomance so i better dont put my hopes too high....

Go Ahead.. Hate Me baby!

I know you'll hate me.. so hate away!
i bought 2 x X1's A Touch Hd... and an Omnia too...
Trying to get one of the Korean Omnia's at moment too...
So far.. got the TF3d on the x1's.. and managed just to get the Sony Panel kinda running on the Touch HD too.. I will tidy it up.. so i can choose what i want on what.

Well at least you will be able to say which device you like the most and why

They are all yours? How many money did you spend?

harvsingh said:
I know you'll hate me.. so hate away!
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Hold on. You're not through yet: You still need to buy a Asus Galaxy 7, HTC Quartz, Nokia 5800, and while you're at it, a Meizu MiniOne

boba23 said:
So what? My BMW M3 Convertible should arrive in 3 weeks. I'll send you some pics as soon as it's here ;-)
boba
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May I be the first to say: who gives a flying f^&@?
Buying and bragging about a car to make up for lack of something?
harvsingh, how do you intend to get the new Omnia from Korea? Seen it online?

harvsingh said:
I know you'll hate me.. so hate away!
i bought 2 x X1's A Touch Hd... and an Omnia too...
Trying to get one of the Korean Omnia's at moment too...
So far.. got the TF3d on the x1's.. and managed just to get the Sony Panel kinda running on the Touch HD too.. I will tidy it up.. so i can choose what i want on what.
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how is the call loudness and clarity of the HD?

cortez.i said:
how is the call loudness and clarity of the HD?
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Good.
I returned an Omnia because it was too small (easy to drop), too slow, and it had lots of crackling noise during calls.
No such problems on the HD.

Easy guys...
I did spend alot of lolly.. all sim free.. and nearing the 2k mark..
I do have more money than sense... but i got peed off with all the.. coming soon.. nearly.. we are going to stock it.. and no-one could actually answer some really straight questions..
Does it support Line 1 and Line 2
How quick is GPS lock
How usable in the hand is it.
What is lacking...
so on.. so forth
So i bought them ..and i'll pick and keep the best.. and offload the others i don't want
I initially thought.. 2 x1's.. one for me.. one for mrs
then she liked Omnia.. so.. thats that
then the HD... larger screen... blah blah
(i've found the Touch HD is just thin... but.. it lacks a DPAD.. and the size of fonts and menus as default are pretty much for the blind! there seems no point at general use to have all those pixels.. and set it up to use your big stump/club of a finger.)
May aswell just get a 6500 super big stupid thing,, and set the font up.
The X1 is a good phone. easily pees over the Touch Pro i had.
trumps it in every way.. which is really silly considering they could have tweaked it.. re-shaped (like Touch diamond is on T-mobile) and sold it as a Touch HD Pro. job done
I've got Touch Flo 3d on the X1.. and they run sweet!
i've managed to wedge the Sony Panels onto the HD.. but it totally runs first run .. panel view.. jiggling around panels... fish .. google... spb... x1.... sony panel...... but not after a reboot.... needs alot more work to make it solid.
i asked for help... thinking everyone would love to have the X1 front screen running on the HD... but not one person is assiting me.. so i will do it as i can
omnia from Korea.. i/collegue may have a trip due in the next few weeks.. so may just walk in.. and buy one.. and bring it back
Personally...
The X1.. i think takes the cake.. over the HD... but i will say.. i'd be very tempted with the korean omnia.
Touch HD spec... but in a samsung solid case.. and a camera that is better than the turd on the HD. I have managed to get the Sony Xperia cam app working on the HD also... bit better.. but pic is still not brilliant..and don't forget.. no camera
enough rant.

yes.. calls are clear on the x1's and hd...
prefer the shape/hold of the x1 tho

harvsingh said:
Easy guys...
Does it support Line 1 and Line 2
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dunno.
How quick is GPS lock
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In my testing so far it seems to be fast enough. See other threads.
How usable in the hand is it.
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The HD is very usable. The Omnia is for a child's hands, is too slippery, and is easily dropped.
What is lacking...
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HD is lacking a good camera, but I don't buy phones for their cameras.
so on.. so forth
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Maybe you didn't ask it the right way. I'm just guessing
So i bought them ..and i'll pick and keep the best.. and offload the others i don't want
I initially thought.. 2 x1's.. one for me.. one for mrs
then she liked Omnia.. so.. thats that
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Yes, it's good for smaller hands.
then the HD... larger screen... blah blah
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Don't dismiss that too easily. Bigger screen means everything to some of us, even more than GPS, camera, 3G, etc.
(i've found the Touch HD is just thin... but.. it lacks a DPAD.. and the size of fonts and menus as default are pretty much for the blind! there seems no point at general use to have all those pixels.. and set it up to use your big stump/club of a finger.)
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A D-PAD just takes up valuable screen real estate for me. I have no use for a D-PAD. I suppose if you're trying to play shooters that would be a problem
The font sizes are customizable, and should never factor into whether you are going to buy a smaller or larger screen phone.
A stylus is essential for maximum productivity, instead of big stumps. Luckily, the HD stylus doesn't require prying it out with your fingernails to remove it.
May aswell just get a 6500 super big stupid thing,, and set the font up.
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No touch screen.
The X1 is a good phone. easily pees over the Touch Pro i had.
trumps it in every way.. which is really silly considering they could have tweaked it.. re-shaped (like Touch diamond is on T-mobile) and sold it as a Touch HD Pro. job done
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X1 is too small a screen. Needless keyboard. Us stylus writers don't care for that misappropriation
I've got Touch Flo 3d on the X1.. and they run sweet!
i've managed to wedge the Sony Panels onto the HD.. but it totally runs first run .. panel view.. jiggling around panels... fish .. google... spb... x1.... sony panel...... but not after a reboot.... needs alot more work to make it solid.
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I'm a minimalist: I disable TouchFlo, and use Start + Magic Button. No fancy icons or "panels". Today is filled with just a few essential items, such as Mail, Communicator, Calendar, connectivity, and time.
i asked for help... thinking everyone would love to have the X1 front screen running on the HD... but not one person is assiting me.. so i will do it as i can
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I don't know enough about the X1 Today screen, so I don't know whether I'd like it or not. When you have a CAB ready, let us know.
omnia from Korea.. i/collegue may have a trip due in the next few weeks.. so may just walk in.. and buy one.. and bring it back
Personally...
The X1.. i think takes the cake.. over the HD... but i will say.. i'd be very tempted with the korean omnia.
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A minimum screen size of 3.5"is a requirement for me. Small screens strain eyes and make blunt fingers seem even blunter. Low-res but large screens prevent web pages and emails from displaying well.
The HD is the first WinMo GSM phone in 1.5 years to have a 3.5" screen and VGA or higher resolution, without being too thick or large to fit in a small pocket. This is because it uses the space wisely, instead of cramming D-Pads and keyboards onto it.
Touch HD spec... but in a samsung solid case
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Hold on, the X1 does not have HD spec.
HD: 3.8" screen, X1: 3.0" screen
HD: .5" thick, X1: .7" thick
The 3.0" screen pretty much kills the X1 for me.
... and a camera that is better than the turd on the HD. I have managed to get the Sony Xperia cam app working on the HD also... bit better.. but pic is still not brilliant..and don't forget.. no camera
enough rant.
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The HD's camera is worthless, but I don't buy phones to use them as cameras, even occasionally. Only if there was a once-in-a-lifetime chance and I had to capture something or lose it, would I consider using a phone camera. Otherwise I'll use D-SLR.

harvsingh said:
yes.. calls are clear on the x1's and hd...
prefer the shape/hold of the x1 tho
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So overall you prefer the X1 to the HD?

boba23 said:
So what? My BMW M3 Convertible should arrive in 3 weeks. I'll send you some pics as soon as it's here ;-)
boba
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I got the joke, boba.

I've ordered a Touch HD. I've been dealing with GPS lag on my TOuch Pro since day 1...its when you are further ahead than where the gps is reporting you to be by 3-5 seconds.
Can you report if the Touch HD has GPS lag or not..and what gps applications you tested? I've herd Google so far is the only one that lags on the HD.

harvsingh said:
Easy guys...
and no-one could actually answer some really straight questions..
Does it support Line 1 and Line 2
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I answered that in a topic about it... The HD supports Line 1 and 2, the Omnia with Orange software does not. With generic software, it does though. Not too strange, right?

Indeed... I have read the comments...
I like the touch HD.. its a good attempt. Poor is the fact that with a little layout change.. the bottom 4 buttons could easily have had the X1/omnia type optical pad put on aswell.
Therefore.. you;d have a control for volume/up and down.. and skip forward and back when in coreplayer/mediaplayer.. seeing as it is very much penned as a media/internet/3g work/play horse / Iphone direct competitor.
I think the HD would be better if i could get a rom stripped of the large menu's everywhere... and get it to run as a PDA and then add large menu's/enable/disable.. and even better.. if you choose a layout that needs finger use.. or if your current layout warrants stylus
As for the Spec of X1 and HD being same... give or take a bit of ram ..i was on about internal goods.
Keyboard..i'm used to the TYTN II size... so.. moving to a more compact one.. has caught me out a few times...
But.. i for one.. did like the X1 panels.... i think it's thinking out of the box... (SE could easily have taken the TF3d...and re-skinned it.. but didn't)
I have done a proof of concept... that makes the X1 Panels (kinda) work on a HD
Anyways...
I got the panels kinda working...
It's only a proof of concept.. and after a reboot.. i cannot access them.. something freaky going on....
It shows it working. and quicker than the X1... just slightly.. but quicker.. All panels have been tried.. and work.. fish.. google... sony.. live (new panel from SE...)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443723
have a look... I think they look 100 times better than TF3d.

I don't want to make this reply sound as a flame but seriously....
harvsingh said:
then the HD... larger screen... blah blah
(i've found the Touch HD is just thin... but.. it lacks a DPAD.. and the size of fonts and menus as default are pretty much for the blind! there seems no point at general use to have all those pixels.. and set it up to use your big stump/club of a finger.)
May aswell just get a 6500 super big stupid thing,, and set the font up.
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It's a misconception that a phone NEEDS any UI hardware buttons at all. We can pretend that the iPhone is crap all we want but it demonstrates how to make a good interface. Imagine putting a DPad on there... The screen would be little over half the size making it uncontrollable, and yes, then you suddenly would require a DPad or a stylus to navigate it, because your "big stump/club of a finger" certainly wouldn't cut it.
For the blind? On so many winmo phones I need a freaking stylus to find a contact, which is stupid. I've never seen a Blackberry or an iPhone require a stylus to find a contact... or for anything at all for that matter... Thank goodness they now feature devices with huge screens and great UI's so that I can use my big, clumsy stumps of fingers to GET WORK DONE
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Touch HD spec... but in a samsung solid case.. and a camera that is better than the turd on the HD. I have managed to get the Sony Xperia cam app working on the HD also... bit better.. but pic is still not brilliant..and don't forget.. no camera
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What do you mean with a bit better? Is the camera application better, as in does it have better features? Because certainly the camera application does not make your picture any more "brilliant"... The picture is a direct feed from the sensor which you can manipulate but you can't make the quality any better.
"Touch HD spec" is a little more than just hardware, and even that just doesn't match with the samsung... Why would anybody buy a phone because of specs alone? Any good smartphone has GPS, WIFI, fast processor, 3.5G, what not. Care. The silly Omnia interface versus the HD's touch flo for "blind people"? I'd take the HD every time.

HD power consumption
how is the HD's battery holding up? can you get at least one day out of it with decent usage?

mndgz said:
how is the HD's battery holding up? can you get at least one day out of it with decent usage?
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Would love to know this as well. If battery life is good my Xperia may be going back (nothing wrong with the Xperias battery BTW).

nin2thevoid said:
I don't want to make this reply sound as a flame but seriously....
It's a misconception that a phone NEEDS any UI hardware buttons at all. We can pretend that the iPhone is crap all we want but it demonstrates how to make a good interface. Imagine putting a DPad on there... The screen would be little over half the size making it uncontrollable, and yes, then you suddenly would require a DPad or a stylus to navigate it, because your "big stump/club of a finger" certainly wouldn't cut it..
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I totally disagree.. The Pad i am talking about is the 10mm x 8mm high square pad found on the omnia and X1. the simple touch sensative pad... not the rocker around it. Samsung have done it fine.. and if the 4 keys were spaced...this would have been perfect nested inbetween...
just out of interest.. how do you skip forward on a video you are playing in Coreplayer?
oh.. you drop to windowed view.. then skip forward.. and replay.. well.. thats crap. the x1.. i just swipe over the square pad side to side for forward and back.. and up and down for volume. T.I.D.Y!
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For the blind? On so many winmo phones I need a freaking stylus to find a contact, which is stupid. I've never seen a Blackberry or an iPhone require a stylus to find a contact... or for anything at all for that matter... Thank goodness they now feature devices with huge screens and great UI's so that I can use my big, clumsy stumps of fingers to GET WORK DONE.
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I agree.. but this should be a choice!... EVERYONE on here , wants to alter or change the standard form shipped by HTC, To make it more usable for each person.
That is what this whole place is about..
Taking what HTC have.. and make it different for differnt people.
I like the big ease factor buttons..and menus.. but maybe some would like a more tidy.. more informative display and they would rather use a stylus at times.
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What do you mean with a bit better? Is the camera application better, as in does it have better features? Because certainly the camera application does not make your picture any more "brilliant"... The picture is a direct feed from the sensor which you can manipulate but you can't make the quality any better. .
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"The Camera application is better... and has more options..the original has pants all"
"Touch HD spec" is a little more than just hardware, and even that just doesn't match with the samsung... Why would anybody buy a phone because of specs alone? Any good smartphone has GPS, WIFI, fast processor, 3.5G, what not. Care. The silly Omnia interface versus the HD's touch flo for "blind people"? I'd take the HD every time.[/QUOTE]
As i said earlier.. everyone to their own.... The omnia interface... is pants. That was declared as a better frontend. But M2d goes on.. and also the SPB shell.. which is good enough for that phone.
Anyone want to chuck another log on... ? anyone with marshmallows.?

harvsingh, your modesty knows no bounds.
jealous? no. like someone said i couldnt give a flying _ _ _ _.

Got an iPhone 4 because of our shared ATT plan at the office. I want an EVO Now.

Well... I have had my iphone4 for about a day or so.
I am not happy at all. The cons out weigh the pros.
I hold my phone in the bottom left corner alot and low and behold my signal drops like a rock. I have had about 8 dropped calls in the last two days. I plan to return my phone to ATT.
Here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVaUFD5CKo
I can record in 720p video, but can not upload 720p from my iphone4 to youtube directly. I have to sync with my cable and upload videos to youtube from my desktop.
Can someone confirm that you can upload 720p videos to youtube from the HTC EVO4g? If so will it work over 4g, 3g, or wifi only or ALL?
I am just not impressed enough with the iphone4.

yeah you can easily upload720 p video right from the device, and if you use 4g youll be done in no time especially if its a long video. here is one that i uploaded immediately after i finished shooting it...

I recorded a video and uploaded to YouTube but it would only upload over WiFi.
I do not have 4g to test but it seems it would probably upload over 4g
Sent from my Sprint Htc Evo 4g

mhx said:
Well... I have had my iphone4 for about a day or so.
I am not happy at all. The cons out weigh the pros.
I hold my phone in the bottom left corner alot and low and behold my signal drops like a rock. I have had about 8 dropped calls in the last two days. I plan to return my phone to ATT.
Here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVaUFD5CKo
I can record in 720p video, but can not upload 720p from my iphone4 to youtube directly. I have to sync with my cable and upload videos to youtube from my desktop.
Can someone confirm that you can upload 720p videos to youtube from the HTC EVO4g? If so will it work over 4g, 3g, or wifi only or ALL?
I am just not impressed enough with the iphone4.
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If it's an HD video, I think you can upload over 4G or wifi, 3g, 4g and wifi for low rez videos.
Be careful with that iphone, don't put it anywhere besides in a padded gun safe, it might break before you take it back.

Here's a cheap fix to keep your hands off of the iPhone 4... only $10.26 and it doesn't cover the cool looking sides of your phone, but it does take advantage of the glass back! LOL!!!
http://www.thepartsbin.com/cartools/paint_and_body-suction_cup_tool-2003-d.html

jye75 said:
here's a cheap fix to keep your hands off of the iphone 4... Only $10.26 and it doesn't cover the cool looking sides of your phone, but it does take advantage of the glass back! Lol!!!
http://www.thepartsbin.com/cartools/paint_and_body-suction_cup_tool-2003-d.html
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hahahahahaha

Freelancerx said:
yeah you can easily upload720 p video right from the device, and if you use 4g youll be done in no time especially if its a long video. here is one that i uploaded immediately after i finished shooting it...
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Damn, that looks great! Nice music, whats the name of the song?
Jye75 said:
Here's a cheap fix to keep your hands off of the iPhone 4... only $10.26 and it doesn't cover the cool looking sides of your phone, but it does take advantage of the glass back! LOL!!!
http://www.thepartsbin.com/cartools/paint_and_body-suction_cup_tool-2003-d.html
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hahaha, nice!

Jye75 said:
Here's a cheap fix to keep your hands off of the iPhone 4... only $10.26 and it doesn't cover the cool looking sides of your phone, but it does take advantage of the glass back! LOL!!!
http://www.thepartsbin.com/cartools/paint_and_body-suction_cup_tool-2003-d.html
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ROTFL! Their going to run out of these quick when the word gets out.

You'll need one of these.
iPhone 4G Antenna Insulator
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gthing said:
You'll need one of these.
iPhone 4G Antenna Insulator
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Haha, too expensive, that's even more than the iPhone rubber band solution.

Freelancerx said:
here is one that i uploaded immediately after i finished shooting it...
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Something not right here...
Then how did you edit it?

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Something not right here...
Then how did you edit it?
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what do you mean? i went into youtube later and just changed the sound? i didnt do it right this second...lol
i uploaded that video a while ago if you look at the date info if you follow the video through to my youtube vids, i was just pointing out that when i shot it i uploaded it immediately after..

Jye75 said:
Haha, too expensive, that's even more than the iPhone rubber band solution.
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That's good, but not quite polished enough. he still needs to shop out john's amazon.com and put steve's amazon.com above the search menu.

pseudoremora said:
Damn, that looks great! Nice music, whats the name of the song?
it was randomly chosen by google when i decided to replace the audio later.
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I took this video on my evo and uploaded it. Shows facetime failing...

I was going to get the iPhone 4 because of the 30fps cap, touch screen lag and grounding issue.
Well, turns out the amazing devs here at XDA managed to fix all three today. I am no longer returning my Evo.

zeuzinn said:
I was going to get the iPhone 4 because of the 30fps cap, touch screen lag and grounding issue.
Well, turns out the amazing devs here at XDA managed to fix all three today. I am no longer returning my Evo.
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Today? Where? What phone revision you got?

Kykiskly said:
Today? Where? What phone revision you got?
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Yes sir, novatek panel and all. It's still rough around the edges thus not quite ready for the masses yet, but it works.

zeuzinn said:
Yes sir, novatek panel and all. It's still rough around the edges thus not quite ready for the masses yet, but it works.
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Where is the link with the fix for the novatek?
Thanks in advance

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Where is the link with the fix for the novatek?
Thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by AssassinsLament
From a post in the godmode kernel thread:
For all your people not following this thread, realize that this nova cap kernel/fix is just a temporary fix for now, HTC is cutting half our framerate somewhere and the way we overcame it was by forcing the nova panel to 80hz. And with that, we are seeing 40 - 55 fps, again, only half of what we should get. Please be aware that this is experimental, plus any custom kernel right now will not have a working camera. Toast and Maejrep have gotten most of the other sensors working, but again, this is experimental... play at your own risk.
Kykiskly did you see my latest post in your droidx dump thread here in General?

First Look at the Samsung Nexus S "VIDEOS"

Links:
by PCWorldVideos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOxxNS9O1I
by BGR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nK3Q3a6TdQ
EleCtrOx666 said:
Other (short) reviews
Portablegear.nl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDIHHJnlG4
Unboxing from KobeCamp2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAymMzrxTOw
The screen animation ! yay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEzFfJ660g
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ap3604 said:
http://gizmodo.com/5711499/nexus-s-using-the-best-google-android-phone
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ap3604 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/nexus-s-review/
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EleCtrOx666 said:
Some other reviews of Nexus S
phonedog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1N-Pbd1xh0
IntoMobile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJy0-_wayYI
Camera tests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_bok54DDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dou7lse0gfU
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This comment made me lmfao...
"Cool...a plastic iPhone 3g/3gs running a new version of Android...how revolutionary...YAWN..."
Hopefully more sites will get there review phones soon.

Bah, wanted to see some video recording options, some people are stating it actually has 720p despite the TECH SPEC on the web site.

Pretty funny how at the 1:50 mark she thinks the Nexus S can be used to make NFC payments. You'd think they would do their research beforehand

Buying it. Period.

Anderdroid said:
Buying it. Period.
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Glad to see you are Anderdroid since you seem to have a lot of good knowledge you bring to the table
(i.e. letting us know about how bluetooth 2.1 on the Nexus S might not block the wiimote)

ap3604 said:
Pretty funny how at the 1:50 mark she thinks the Nexus S can be used to make NFC payments. You'd think they would do their research beforehand
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Not so? I've been trying to find some definitive info on what this phone's NFC capabilities are (and are not). Can you please point me in the right direction?

frydiggity said:
Not so? I've been trying to find some definitive info on what this phone's NFC capabilities are (and are not). Can you please point me in the right direction?
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Almost positive the NFC chip is read only which means it can't transmit any data of yours to be able to make payments. All it can do is read the tags and give you the information on them? I'll try to find a link...

Google has confirmed the nfc was set to read only right now, but they kinda left it open ended, like it could be enabled to transmit in the future.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

When Google makes public some testing videos high lighting the quality control followed by Sammy during the development of the Nexus S, just like they did with my Nexus One build by HTC...then and ONLY then...I will purchase this plastic crap.
If you want to burn 529$ in a bending=cracked-screen phone...then go for it.

justclimb said:
When Google makes public some testing videos high lighting the quality control followed by Sammy during the development of the Nexus S, just like they did with my Nexus One build by HTC...then and ONLY then...I will purchase this plastic crap.
If you want to burn 529$ in a bending=cracked-screen phone...then go for it.
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Being a Nexus One owner
- How did I end up with such a bad digitizer? Not true multi-touch, where was HTC/google when they decided to go with cheap Clearpad 2000, screwing us with all sorts of screen issues?
- Why is the speaker so effin horrible, worse than my £30 phones?
- The menu keys seem to be mislocated with the screen, hence you have to somewhat press the top half (despite people saying this was fixed via software, it was not)
- Dust behind screen <-- WTF?
- Screen tearing
- Probably more that I missed
To be honest, the best part of HTC on my Nexus One was only the aesthetics look - with the unibody etc. Nothing else was of that great quality.
So please, lets take HTC off this pedestal which they do not deserve.
They even repeated the multi-touch issue on the Desire... I am actually happy they went with someone other than HTC.

Definitely gonna get this phone. It looks awesome.

ZeroSX said:
Google has confirmed the nfc was set to read only right now, but they kinda left it open ended, like it could be enabled to transmit in the future.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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That's the way I interpreted it too, like (for some strange reason) the NFC capabilities were software-crippled. I know there's a LONG way to go in building out the hardware/software to enable some of the more interesting NFC use-cases, but I just want to make sure that if I get this, I'm not immediately limited to only the most lame NFC uses. If all we're going to be able to do with this handset is wave to get an NFC-encoded web URL, this awesome new technology just saved me the 2 seconds necessary to open Barcode Scanner and scan a 2D barcode that translates to a URL. Lame.
I think Google really owes us some more detail on the NFC end of this device.

Other (short) reviews
Portablegear.nl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDIHHJnlG4
Unboxing from KobeCamp2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAymMzrxTOw
The screen animation ! yay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEzFfJ660g

EleCtrOx666 said:
Other (short) reviews
Portablegear.nl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDIHHJnlG4
Unboxing from KobeCamp2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAymMzrxTOw
The screen animation ! yay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEzFfJ660g
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Thanks! I'll add them to the OP.

In the BGR video, "Google Nexus S ultrabrief walkthrough," it's strange the the four capacity buttons on the bottom (Back, menu, search, home) don't light up in general or when you press them. They're barely visible. Is that a feature to turn off those lights, or the angle we're seeing it from?
That's a little bizarre.

http://gizmodo.com/5711499/nexus-s-using-the-best-google-android-phone

would like to know the battery life is like on this phone

I think it might be possible that when the ambient light sensor detects sufficient light to see the buttons without using the LED for them, it just doesn't bother. I don't need them to be lit up on my Vibrant all the time so I kind of see why they did it.
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In the BGR video, "Google Nexus S ultrabrief walkthrough," it's strange the the four capacity buttons on the bottom (Back, menu, search, home) don't light up in general or when you press them. They're barely visible. Is that a feature to turn off those lights, or the angle we're seeing it from?
That's a little bizarre.
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ma2k5 said:
Being a Nexus One owner
- How did I end up with such a bad digitizer? Not true multi-touch, where was HTC/google when they decided to go with cheap Clearpad 2000, screwing us with all sorts of screen issues?
- Why is the speaker so effin horrible, worse than my £30 phones?
- The menu keys seem to be mislocated with the screen, hence you have to somewhat press the top half (despite people saying this was fixed via software, it was not)
- Dust behind screen <-- WTF?
- Screen tearing
- Probably more that I missed
To be honest, the best part of HTC on my Nexus One was only the aesthetics look - with the unibody etc. Nothing else was of that great quality.
So please, lets take HTC off this pedestal which they do not deserve.
They even repeated the multi-touch issue on the Desire... I am actually happy they went with someone other than HTC.
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Ugh.. I tried to quote your post and I "thanked" it...

let me go get the lube
jk

R5 1.54 inch MTK2501 Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Phone Watch for IOS Android

Does anybody have one of these?
http://www.banggood.com/R5-1_54-Blu...Watch-for-IOS-7_0-Above-Andriod-p-957208.html
It looks pretty good value to me.

banggood? or gearbest? I think gearbest is fastest / better service??

I'm waiting for mine to arrive from Banggood.

TylerDurdenK said:
I'm waiting for mine to arrive from Banggood.
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great. just let me know and write a review here in case people want to buy it. thanks in advance. happy holidays!!!!:fingers-crossed:

I am waiting one from Banggood also. Orderes on 11th this month. Shipped only on 19th this month. That's strange or might be not - it is Christmas time. Got tracking number but system not showing it yet. :crying:

Barcors said:
I am waiting one from Banggood also. Orderes on 11th this month. Shipped only on 19th this month. That's strange or might be not - it is Christmas time. Got tracking number but system not showing it yet. :crying:
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Mine apparently shipped from the warehouse on the 14th, and the Post Office dealt with it on the 17th (I only know this after badgering them on LIVE CHAT) but my tracking number is still not working. Apparently it can take a week after the Post Office have dealt with it for the tracking number to start working!

TylerDurdenK said:
Mine apparently shipped from the warehouse on the 14th, and the Post Office dealt with it on the 17th (I only know this after badgering them on LIVE CHAT) but my tracking number is still not working. Apparently it can take a week after the Post Office have dealt with it for the tracking number to start working!
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It can take longer, my tracking did not activate until it arrived at local post office, came from the Netherlands.

Has anybody actually got there hands on one of these yet?

Mine hasn't arrived yet.

Aron_H said:
Has anybody actually got there hands on one of these yet?
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Yes I got it yesterday. And i am so disappointed. Disappointed because there is NO heart rate monitor at all! This option was the main reason why i decided to take it. Bluetooth connection between watch and sgn2 is dropping after few minutes. Both software - on watch and on phone is piece of s...! Only 2 watch faces: analog and digital.
This morning battery is already empty.
Screen looks good enough. Responsive touch. Clock i see is acurate. If it is true - it is sinchronysing with phone. There is simple control of media player: play stop forward backward and volume. It plays music directly on the watch. Sound is... listening at night when you are sleeping is more or less enough. There is no option to play music on phone.
I did not find how to control camera i couldn't take any picture. It looks like they payed attention to design of the watch - it looks good but else is left.

Barcors said:
Yes I got it yesterday. And i am so disappointed. Disappointed because there is NO heart rate monitor at all! This option was the main reason why i decided to take it. Bluetooth connection between watch and sgn2 is dropping after few minutes. Both software - on watch and on phone is piece of s...! Only 2 watch faces: analog and digital.
This morning battery is already empty.
Screen looks good enough. Responsive touch. Clock i see is acurate. If it is true - it is sinchronysing with phone. There is simple control of media player: play stop forward backward and volume. It plays music directly on the watch. Sound is... listening at night when you are sleeping is more or less enough. There is no option to play music on phone.
I did not find how to control camera i couldn't take any picture. It looks like they payed attention to design of the watch - it looks good but else is left.
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very useful review, thanks! So u recommend us not to buy it? And can u maybe take some photos of it [also wearing it] and place on XDA?? that would be great:good:

Rene_ajax said:
very useful review, thanks! So u recommend us not to buy it? And can u maybe take some photos of it [also wearing it] and place on XDA?? that would be great:good:
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No I didn't say like that. It is more or less worth that money. I just bought not that one I wanted. I have read as much as i could find on internet about that watch. And a lot of places i have found info that this watch have heart rate monitor but in reality NOT. I cant figure it out how it happened. On the seller listing there were pictures showing like it is but not mentioned in the specification. So i can blame only myself for not clearing this question before bidding.
Later on i will post a few pics if you want.
And sorry for my English. I am doing my best.

Tell me please if you can see those pictures here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wcpa43ietvredco/AAAGpI1HZKoo6tipl7xEVQgZa?dl=0

Barcors said:
Yes I got it yesterday. And i am so disappointed. Disappointed because there is NO heart rate monitor at all! This option was the main reason why i decided to take it. Bluetooth connection between watch and sgn2 is dropping after few minutes. Both software - on watch and on phone is piece of s...! Only 2 watch faces: analog and digital.
This morning battery is already empty.
Screen looks good enough. Responsive touch. Clock i see is acurate. If it is true - it is sinchronysing with phone. There is simple control of media player: play stop forward backward and volume. It plays music directly on the watch. Sound is... listening at night when you are sleeping is more or less enough. There is no option to play music on phone.
I did not find how to control camera i couldn't take any picture. It looks like they payed attention to design of the watch - it looks good but else is left.
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I am sorry to hear this device is not what we probably all hoped for!! If it had remote camera working it would be worth me buying one. I do thank you for saving me the time,money and disappointment Sir.

Remote camera is working. I found finaly how it works.

I was wondering how can we use this smartwatch. I mean, what are the possibilities for it? Can I read incoming whatsapp on it? Mails?
That should be useful for me. Thanks!

Barcors said:
Remote camera is working. I found finaly how it works.
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Oh well maybe things are looking up for this device after all
Thank you for the pictures!

I found myself started enjoying this smartwatch after these few days using. It is a lot of difficulties to set up this guy but now i believe it cad do his job. Just sad there is no heart rate monitor on it. Let see how it goes further ...

Barcors said:
I found myself started enjoying this smartwatch after these few days using. It is a lot of difficulties to set up this guy but now i believe it cad do his job. Just sad there is no heart rate monitor on it. Let see how it goes further ...
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thaNKS FOR YOUR INPUT. I can see the photos dont delete them cuz I also want to buy this watch.
how does it wear, comfortably or not?
and does it have a camera on the top of the watch, or what is that supposed to be?

Rene_ajax said:
thaNKS FOR YOUR INPUT. I can see the photos dont delete them cuz I also want to buy this watch.
how does it wear, comfortably or not?
and does it have a camera on the top of the watch, or what is that supposed to be?
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It wears comfortably enough. And it is not so big like it looks. Silicon band is somewhere in the middle - not so hard and not so elastic. I have no problems with band. I have ordered gold color but I don't know... it looks for me like bronze, not polished or shiny.
Camera - NO there is NO camera on the board. That small window on the top of the watch is that what have tricked me. I was thinking that there is heart rate monitor but its not. There is NO nothing at all. I disassembled this watch and I am pretty sure.
One more thing. Yesterday I decided to try with another ROM on my SGN2. Installed "Android Revolution HD 31.0". Now I can tell that connection between SGN2 and this watch is much better than it was with Slim Colorz. During this day there were no interruption with watch.