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Hi P3300 owners,
After having my P3300 for about 7 months i'm still satisfied, it's more compact than my previous Eten G500 and is exactly the size of a phone.
I use it mainly as a phone, to take quick notes, calculator, gps. First I planned to use it as mp3 player also, but not too much at a time, to save some battery
I saw there is a P3350 allready with added 3G function,but don't need it for the moment. Glad to see this summer WM6 Crossbow will be available for our device (after it wasn't the case firstly) but our P3300 is award-winning, so it deserves the 'vista' for our pocketpc
Now i'd like to discuss some thoughts about new software / hardware :
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1. ROM
I still have the orginal rom 1.12.0.0 and GSM 02.67.90
is it worth upgrading, what is the best rom at the moment + advantages ?
In past I upgraded roms for my xda2i but now i don't seem to bother
2. GPS
I work with tomtom, satisfied, but could be better.
Free TMC instead of paid tomtom plus gprs services + more maps (Greece,Turkey,Thailand) for travelling is what i want.
I tested route 66 & destinator 6 in past but still looking...
Tried to install IGO 2006 and ViaMichelin but both said 'not a valid win 32 application'. I guess it's because I work with Vista 64, but same error on pc of collegue (XP 32bit).
The new Igo8 looks great in 3D : http://www.i-go.com/en/news/index.php?aid=110
What is your favorite GPS program? Your TMC works fine over radio without issues?
4. FREE GPS PROGRAMS
I guess this won't be as nice like paid programs.
Do you know any free gps tools with maps for travelling countries like greece,turkey,thailand for example ? Tried googlemaps and some other but did't get any images.
5. UNMISSABLE SOFTWARE
What are your favorite toolz at the moment ?
For me it's :
- SPB Pocketplus & SPB Backup
- Hitchhiker (still the old 2006 beta, no updates comming
- SkypeLowCpuBeta (free calls when travelling)
In past i tried mobimate world (nice for flight hours updating), Weatherstuff, and RSS News feeds.
6. EXTRA HARDWARE / ACCESSORIES
Checked Ebay for some very cheap usefull accessoires and I found :
- A silicone case + screen protectors
- A Motorola H300 bluetooth headset with 30 hours talktime + 30 days standby due to 1 AAA battery, that's a lot without recharging
- A dual sim adaptor (have 2 simcards, one with free sms after 16hrs+weekend, the other free talktime after 16hrs+weekend talk is cheap
So if you have tips / remarks on these topics, share your thoughts!
Ciao!
Innovator
1. ROM
I have the same ROM. It s stable though so no upgrade needed (unless crossbow of course)
2. GPS
I use MioMap. I had the problem of 'not a valid win 32 application' when running the setup.exe from my pc... then, as suprising as it is, i understood that in fact i had to run the setup.exe from the PPC ! Maybe you should try that too...
3. ???
no 3
4. FREE GPS SOFTWARE
hmm nope i don't have any free one
5. UNMISSABLE SOFTWARES
- SPb Diary
-Spb Mobile Shell
-Citytime (as usefull as worldmate, but lighter and faster.
-Spb Brain Evolution (when i'm bored, it s good to train the brain
-Resco Explorer 2006 (it's a MUST. Comes with Resco Registry)
-MioMap 3.2 - GPS software, imho better than tomtom route66 or any other soft. Not sure what are the exact difference between IGo and MioMap, i just know they are almost identical and same manufacturer, but MioMap is stable on my p3300, Igo wasn't...
- PocketStars : If you like watching stars and want to have all the details of what u r looking at... it's the best. (includes gps function to give your exact realtime sky chart at your position!).
-Metro : all bus & metro of thousands of cities in your p3300 good for travellers.
- SKTools : to optimize the P3300 (free back the ram, deletes invalid notifications queues, etc...).
6. EXTRA HARDWARE / ACCESSORIES
no idea yet, just got my HTC for 2 weeks now, but that dual card sim holder u talk about interest me...
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5. UNMISSABLE SOFTWARE
What are your favorite toolz at the moment ?
For me it's :
- SPB Pocketplus & SPB Backup
- Hitchhiker (still the old 2006 beta, no updates comming
- SkypeLowCpuBeta (free calls when travelling)
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Hi, glad to hear that u are satisfied with the P3300. I would like to ask you about skype. I use also the low cpu version (which hasn't been updated for some time now). The problem is that audio is terrible, i can't hear anything useful only a low pitch sound (although sometimes and for a second or two the voice is ok). Text chatting works very well. I believe that maybe is the slow CPU of the P3300 (and there was no improvement with Overclocking)
Have you noticed similar issues while using skype for voice calls?
Thx
Innovator said:
Free TMC instead of paid tomtom plus gprs services + more maps (Greece,Turkey,Thailand) for travelling is what i want.
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There is no way that TMC will ever be possible on the Artemis, for free that is. Yes, I know that some users disagree, after all, when the radio can handle RDS, why cannot it handle TMC?
According to HTC however it is just not possible and I think they should know best.
Having said that, I do think TMC is not that great. It isn't where I live anyway, with lots of delays. TMC will inform me that there is a traffic jam on the A28, as if I didn't know allready, looking at the 300+ cars in front of me.
Thanks for the heads up on Igo 8, that looks pretty cool. Wonder how well it actually functions in practice. Anyone know if it's released to the public yet?
I know there are some ROMs out there optimized for AT&T, etc. What do you guys recommend for us Canadians using Rogers? Anyone else on here on the Rogers network? And what ROM are you using? I also need BBConnect to be functional too. I'm so undecided on which to use... I'm still on WM5 at the moment. Thanks.
I use Black Majik (bbconnect version) with Radio 1.43 on Rogers with no problems.
Hi.
I live in Austin. I have both ROGERS and T-mobile. I use, on my TyTN, Elf Mobile 6 Edition. I just switch out the SIM cards. When I visited Vancouver in March, it worked great (I am not Canadian but I have a Canadian number since I normally spend 3 to 6 months a year in Vancouver).
Custel also works well.
ThaiM said:
I know there are some ROMs out there optimized for AT&T, etc. What do you guys recommend for us Canadians using Rogers? Anyone else on here on the Rogers network? And what ROM are you using? I also need BBConnect to be functional too. I'm so undecided on which to use... I'm still on WM5 at the moment. Thanks.
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Yes, I'm using Elf 2.1 as well, in Toronto. So far so good
Try them all.
Use the one that fit your needs best!!!
If you are undecided, then you are not ready and I would suggest that you do not bother.
In any case, make sure your pda is CID and provider unlocked. Good Luck when you are ready to jump in!
ThaiM said:
I know there are some ROMs out there optimized for AT&T, etc. What do you guys recommend for us Canadians using Rogers? Anyone else on here on the Rogers network? And what ROM are you using? I also need BBConnect to be functional too. I'm so undecided on which to use... I'm still on WM5 at the moment. Thanks.
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i am a noob so don't flame me for asking this but how do you know which radio version you are using
Start->Settings->System Tab->Device Information.
I'm currently using Sleuth's v3.1 Crackberry ROM and am extremely happy with it!
Lurch has created a cab file with all of the Rogers settings in it which you can run after flashing your ROM.
Cingular 8525 on Rogers north of Toronto
VP3G V3 ROM
1.48 radio
Resco Explorer
TomTom 6
Mortplayer
Cyberon Voice Speed Dial 1.2
SK Tools
PockeTTY
ListPro
Coreplayer 1.1.1
PocketIRC
Astraware Solitaire
Agile Messanger
PocketRAR
Remote Desktop
Adobe Flash Lite 2.1
Adobe Reader LE 2.0
vp3G PTT Reassign
WebIS Flexmail
WebIS Flexwallet
Landware Movie Guide
Sprite Backup
WebIS Pocket Informant 2007
Jawbone BT Headset
Logitech Bluetooth stereo headset
Motorola DC800 Bluetooth stereo gateway
2GB MicroSD card (4GB on order)
fast, reliable, best combination of ROM and Radio yet.
Started with the official AT&T 2.15 radio 1.40.30 (WM5... yuck)
Tried a couple of versions of Black, got bored with the number of resets and the number of programs that it didnt like. Very slick look, but very experimental.
The elf did a great job for a while
LVSW was my choice till the official AT&T WM6 ROM came out and VP3G put it on a diet and killed off all that useless junk.
It finally works the way I expect it to, the first Windows Mobile (CE) device I have ever owned that does so.
One trick.... I have consistently noticed that, with all my various Windows Mobile devices I have owned, the stability is better with less junk on the today screen. I now run just the date, Live Search and Pocket Informant plug-ins.
Also, dont forget to do the activesync fake server fix and kill off the nasty activesync whenever it starts up unwanted.
Radio Change:
Droped calls with the 1.48 radio and it wouldnt find service for over 5 minutes. I've just flashed to the 1.43 radio and will report
New to the site and i'm looking for games for my dash, one question i have is i just updated to 6.1 and will games designed for 6.0 work?
yep. they will work
anyone knew a site where i can get them from?
For more game's you need go to http://mobile.surrealnetworks.com/DashApps.htm and download Pocket nester plus
once you download the cab file and install it on the dash
then download the ROM games.. and install on dash as well.. u shold be all set
I have super mario 3, paperboy.. and a few others..
anyone know of a good, possibly free, sudoku game for winmo 6.0 and up?
JamiroCB said:
For more game's you need go to http://mobile.surrealnetworks.com/DashApps.htm and download Pocket nester plus
once you download the cab file and install it on the dash
then download the ROM games.. and install on dash as well.. u shold be all set
I have super mario 3, paperboy.. and a few others..
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thanks man!!!
gameboy emulator
i have pocketnesterplus and was looking for a free gameboy emulator... i dont want to have to pay for smartgear, even though its worth it... but iono, if anyone has any suggestions for a working gb emulator, please let me know. also i am running rickwyatts newest rom... if that makes a difference. so basically a gb emulator for windows mobile 6.1.... thanks
Try this link
This place below has tons of apps. Try it out.
I am in no way endorsing this site, so don't think I'm spamming. I hate that crap, but to honestly answer your question about the emulator, this place has almost any smartphone software and all you hav to do is give them your email and setup a password, and you are a member. That simple, they have hundreds of pages of apps. Check it out.
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=218112
slater87 said:
i have pocketnesterplus and was looking for a free gameboy emulator... i dont want to have to pay for smartgear, even though its worth it... but iono, if anyone has any suggestions for a working gb emulator, please let me know. also i am running rickwyatts newest rom... if that makes a difference. so basically a gb emulator for windows mobile 6.1.... thanks
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Zedge Free Games, Wallpapers, Ringtones and More
Seriously.....That its totally brilliant!
Mario 3 on my phone! Ace!
slater87 said:
i have pocketnesterplus and was looking for a free gameboy emulator... i dont want to have to pay for smartgear, even though its worth it... but iono, if anyone has any suggestions for a working gb emulator, please let me know. also i am running rickwyatts newest rom... if that makes a difference. so basically a gb emulator for windows mobile 6.1.... thanks
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i found a keygen for SMARTGEAR.....just by accident...hihihi.....
NO! they don't!
for example NFS Undercover was working perfectly on my moto q9h with wm6.0.
now after upgrading to 6.1 the game crashes on the "EA logo" screen..
tzaq93 said:
NO! they don't!
for example NFS Undercover was working perfectly on my moto q9h with wm6.0.
now after upgrading to 6.1 the game crashes on the "EA logo" screen..
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Actually, they work.
I have a SPV M3000 (HTC Wiza200, Qtek 9100 whatever) with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and I played (finished) NFS Undercover. No crash, perfectly working.
So, they work !
Just to let you know that for a number of regions new Tomtom v825 maps are available for our HD. The map with the endings v825.2158 and 2159 work on the HD and PDAs, the 2157 are for PNA.
However, some users i.e. for the 2157-version of the new DE map report that street changes that were included in the previous v815 are now again gone in v825. But 2157 does not run on the HD anyway, so hopefully upcoming PDA-version is better.
TomTom Map United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland v825.2159
TomTom Map Scandinavia v825.2159
TomTom Map Iberia v825.2159
TomTom Map Western Europe (1GB) v825.2159
TomTom Map Benelux v825.2159
Hi,you can't buy these maps because your device is not recognized by tomtom home for the download . Only devices mentionned by tomtom can download new maps .
Compatible Devices , Touch HD doesn't appear ...
Latest TT Home will recognise HD as valid device.
Latest is 2.5 ( 2.6 is beta version ) and if you buy a map you could not download it , even if your pda is recongnised , the device ID is not in Tomtom database . We do a try with a Diamond,and a Touch HD no listed in Tomtom, we could buy a new map,we saw it in Tomtom home but we've got the following red message : This device is not compatible with Tomtom navigator 7 and just an old V675 could be downloaded . Tomtom confirm that by phone ...
there is a workaround to get the new maps and get TThome to work with your HD, it isnt illegal although isnt official or supported.
its contained in the main TT thread if you want to go and look for it, search iberia
Sorry,but Tomtom doesn't tolerate this method ... ( modify or hacking to make compatible ) . You can contact support for more infos .... You can find this on the forums devoted to Tomtom ...
Tomtom has decided not to market Tomtom Navigator 7, which we regret, we are forced to conclude that its users have in their possession an unofficial version therefore pirated.
Tomtomax will not give technical support or equipment of any kind on this version . (See our rules) .
In addition, we give the right to remove Tomtom Navigator 7 profile or signature of the poster, and to suspend the Poster's Tomtomax account Tomtomax .
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Sorry,but Tomtom doesn't tolerate this method ... ( modify or hacking to make compatible ) . You can contact support for more infos .... You can find this on the forums devoted to Tomtom ...
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Don't assume that what has happened in France is equally applicable around the globe. In the UK, I've found Tomtom to be more forward thinking.
A month ago I loaded ttn7.910.9185 then installed Tomtom 2.5. This recognised my Touch HD (Dutty 1.7 ROM) and I was able to purchase and download West Eu map 815.2024. I have since purchased and used TT traffic. I am still able to get map share info when I connect to TT home 2.5.
I queried TT UK on another matter and they were interested on how I had got my Touch HD working. Their reply regarding TT7 Nav being pirated or not was:
"Thank you for contacting TomTom Customer Support
Navigator 7 has been released preinstalled on certain PDA's in just a few countries in Europe, including the Vodafone HTC Touch Diamond in the Netherlands.
This product has not been released in and is not supported in UK. Any PDA's or mobiles with this product preinstalled are either cracked versions or have been imported from abroad. As in your case - it was imported from abroad.
The screen size issue you mentioned is one of the examples why Navigator 7 is not yet compatible with the HTC Touch HD. Some people have experienced that the size of the navigation screen is way smaller than the actual size of your HTC screen. We thank you for offering in testing navigator 7 however we already have our R&D department working with compatibility".
I suspect the issue over an imported phone to the UK is actually the cooked ROM source that I am using.
I presume from their reply that If I had imported a Dutch THD for use in the UK then there would be no issues?
nick
Thanks for your input, Marcdu81 just tries to be helpful and steer people away from using TT on their HD. Well, I, like thousands of other community members here, use it on our HD, in fullscreen, and TT knows that in some countries Navigator 7 was bundled with the HD and other HTC devices. As long as they can sell the maps they are happy, but dont expect support for a TT version on an imported device. TT support in my country will also let you port your maps purchased for another PDA device to the HD, given that they have been bought six months ago, under warranty.
Chance for you but in France using Tomtom 7 is not recommanded . They contact us to delete the cab application in our forum ... No problem we'll use an other navigation software ... Each country is different,i don't know why,I think Europe is not the same for everybody ...
So im getting my Touch HD hopefully today or tomorrow and i was looking at putting some GPS software on it (TomTom) and i was wondering how i go about doing that? i mean i know that the actual software can be downloaded free just not the maps (as far as im aware) but i havent found any that say they work on the Touch HD - i read that "ttn7.910.9185 vga black" works but i cant find a download link for it anywhere that i have looked, also once done how do i buy the maps as i looked on the TomTom site but couldnt find the Touch HD as an option - i am missing something?
any help would be grateful
thanx
Currently you cant seem to buy it anywhere which is annoying. I would contact TOMTOM or search the forum for a Cab file. However people have reported that when this Cab is used to buy maps tomtom will not accept it as valid.
okay thanx. are there any GPS software that works with Touch HD that does NOT require that it stay on a specific memory card - i have seen some for sale at reasonable prices that come on 2gb memory cards but it seems that they cant be moved over and i would prefer not to have to shutdown phone, take memory card out and put new one in just so i can use GPS
Should be no problem to make a backup copy once you own the original. In fact many manufacturers recommend it.
Of the HD-compatible navigation solutions you might wanna look at Route 66 for compatibility with the TMC driver for HD available from this forum, useful depending on where you live, or the navigation solutions from Sygic and Ndrive, optimized for touch control.
Tomtom 7.9, Igo 8.3 and Navigon 7.4 are other great solutions, I use them, but they do not support the HD officially, if my knowledge is up to date.
i live in the UK, which one would be best / most easy to use.
so if i get say this one : http://www.tomtom.com/products/product.php?ID=898&Lid=1&Category=2
it comes on 2gb memory card, so i could make a copy of that to put onto my 8gb memory card? would i still be able to buy maps for it - though most likley wouldnt need any yet as i dont plan on going to USA, Canada ect any time soon
as looking at the buy maps option it doesnt show Touch HD as an option but in the product details it says that its compatible with Touch HD ???
ttn7.915.9196.cab
This is the installation pack that I use.
I had my own tt 520 unit destroyed so decided to use the maps I had bought from TomTom on the HD... it's complicated but there are solutions on dodgy sites that allow a users to register a map with a device... Thank heavens for that!!!
Works well and has no issues with any of the Miri Builds of WM6.5 or Stock 6.1 (Orange UK).
RIP MJ.
Gav
iF YOU WANT TO USE TT/ with legally bought maps on the HD, here is a solution how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3638460#post3638460