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if you're considering upgrading to Jasjar, DO IT!

i've had PDA2K for two years and 2 days ago bought a Jasjar. Its great!
1. screen is fantastic (colors/resolution)
2. keyboard is a joy
3. camera better
4. better bluetooth (but still, flaky)
5. More stable WM5
It's only A LITTLE larger than PDA2k, but is quite a bit heavier.
Of course, using the factory I-Mate ROM, the thing is not perfect, but overall this phone is a tremendous improvement over Blueangel in all respects. Highly recommended!

Many thanks for the valuable information. I shall give it a try.
Thanks again for your time!

hi, i have the same thought on first look at JasJar, they are two weeks that i searching on Ebay for the cheaper price to buy one of these and enjoy VGA screen and other improvements
just one thing,please is possible for you to verify the phone antenna if is more efficient compared to the BA ?
if u want with P3Kit you can measure signal strength and compare results
anyway thanks for the info

JasJar is gr8, It is even more desirable due to WM6 compatibility.

help me choose 3300 or 3600

hi guys. need some help!! time to upgrade frm mda vario. looking at 3600 aka orange m700 and 3300 aka tmobile compact 3/ o2 orbit. if we leave out the 3g function of the 3600 which would you choose. if the advice is 3300 would it be tmobile without wifi or o2 orbit, although tmobile web and walk tariffs are good. please heeelp. thanks in advance.

The 3600 has a better CPU and a much worse casing. The question is: Do you really need the fast CPU? If you want to play a lot of games (mainly 3D or action), go for the 3600. Otherwise the 3300 is the better choice!

I'd get the 3600. It now also has GPS, is only slightly more expensive and has 3G which might make it easier to sell in a year or so.

I use both the HTC P3300 and the T-Mobile MDA-C-III and to be honest I cannot remember when I last bothered using the WiFi on the P3300 - the T-Mobile GPRS is great (even better at the price when compared to O2 tariffis).
OK 3G would be a bonus, but in my experiance it hammers the battery so as yet I still don't like it as a useable asset, valid point about future value but I don't sell my units after replacement so not relevant. With HTC announcing WM2006 for the Artemis perhaps this is the way forwards (not sure about the 3600 as I have yet to see anything about WM2006) - Mke

Think you should go with the 3300. I've had the M700 (3 times actually) and even though its a beautiful machine,the casing put me off.Looks and feels so fragile. The GPS is good but the 3300 has it as well in a much smaller package.Speed on the 3300 (mine is the xda Orbit version) is pretty good especially for everyday use.I use mine for watching medical lecture video's constantly and have had no need to overclock it (poss if you wanted to but not a necessity) so the 400 cpu of the 3600 is not that necessary - good but not necessary. Also with all my 3600 I had the ring delay issue where someone would call you and it would ring over their side about 5X before ringing on the actual phone.Missed calls a lot because of that . Also not that its restricted to the 3600,but I had my first ever total SD card corruption with a ppc on it. I know its also been documented in the 3300 (there seems to be some fixes eg sentry) but that really biased me against the 3600 variants. As for the type of 3300 you should go for,I reckon the Xda Orbit is the better one. Xda O2 phones come regularly unlocked and the Orbit so far has not been an exception.Hence you can use a T-mobile sim on it. Have your cake and eat it too. In the UK, data usage is generally expensive or not as good as what you get in the states so its always good to have your WIFI options open and use if YOU want and not if your service provider wants you to!

Who has upgraded from s620 and what do you think ?

Just sold my s620.
Am deciding between s630, asus m530w and hp 914
what do you guys think of the s630 ?

Hello,
i have the S620, think to buy an S630 ... (UMTS) .. but i want Windows Mobile 6.1 and i have no found this os for the s630
The asus are nice, but the same as the s620/s630: no gps
The ipaq 914 are my very big favorit, but i think it takes 6-8 month .. hp has problems and i don't think the ipaq 914 comes in 2 month (HP wrotes that to me)
cheers

I was interested in the HP 614, but put off by the depth and the serious bug it has with 3G.
The HP 914 looks nice but very over priced. Maybe I will wait. I don't really need to have GPS, but in some ways would prefer it over 3G which seems to just be a battery drain.
Eten make some lovely devices with GPS, e.g. the x600. unfortunately none have a non-sliding/folding keyboard which I don't like.

I have 'upgraded' from S620 to the S630 and my advice is............don't do it. The only advantage with the S630 is 3G connectivity.....but other than that I have found it to be extremely unstable (reboot once a day), not as well designed as the S620 and currently very poorly supported (not even shown on the HTC website).

lhickin said:
I have 'upgraded' from S620 to the S630 and my advice is............don't do it. The only advantage with the S630 is 3G connectivity.....but other than that I have found it to be extremely unstable (reboot once a day), not as well designed as the S620 and currently very poorly supported (not even shown on the HTC website).
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thx
I might wait for a few firmware versions
what do you think about the weight and size compared to the s620 ?

actually, after thinking about it, I have decided to buy a new s620

Good choice on the S620
HTC seem to have all but abandoned the S630 - there are no updates for it and its not even listed on their website anymore....
Dopod have a couple of newer ROM's for the C730 (same as S630) but until I can find a way to unlock and SuperCID my S630 - I'm stuck on the crappy HTC ROM.

I'm very pleased with the s630, it has been rock solid with not one crash in my first week. I have moved from a treo 750 and prefer the non-touchscreen win mob variant. I've not had any memory issues either, often running 8/9 apps with no apparant slow down. Wifi connects easily, the device is well made and solid feeling. I've turned off 3g and run it on GSM only which helps battery life considerably, I rarely need 3g when out and about, preferring instead to do data downloading via wifi where available. I think it is a great device.

Diamond....Call Quality, Volume, Signal + Battery Life

Hello,
I am seriously looking to go from my Fuze to a Diamond and was wondering the experience of the folks in this forum with the Diamond.
While using my Fuze for about 6 months, I recently tried a LG Incite, mostly because I could get a free phone update and my wife and daughters have the LG Shine / Vu and know LG makes good phones.
I got the Incite and what I learned, in spite of the Incite not being as good an overall phone as the Fuze, the Incite is a little thinner, which I like, it also does have a better signal, in my Raleigh, NC area anyway, the Incite call volume quality was better, and the battery drain was slightly better, but only a little.
While this is true, the Fuze with WM6.5 is quite the smartphone and love the various flashing options it offers. With this , I was looking for a phone with similar overall quality and ROM Chef support as the Fuze, with the same physical size as the Incite with WM6.5 ROM support, so hence my interest in the Diamond.
So with this, and hopefully w/o making any avid HTC and Diamond supporters mad, hope to get y'all thoughts on the Diamond:
- Call Quality
- Volume
- Signal
- Battery Life
- Other?
Now I know that some of the reports you may share will depend on your area, your radio, your ROM, and other, but just the same, if you can, share anyway.
Thanks in advance to all and truly and appreciate all of the great work, chef efforts and overall helpfulness from the members of XDA.
m0

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robinbb
Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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Yes, sorry, I figured that this would likely be the best location to get feedback given the ROMs and Radios effect all of the questions I asked.
So, seemed to be the best location for this Q on the Diamond?
If not the right forum, I can scrub and re-post in a more appropriate location, just seems like this is the most likely spot.

malloy0 said:
Hello,
I am seriously looking to go from my Fuze to a Diamond and was wondering the experience of the folks in this forum with the Diamond.
While using my Fuze for about 6 months, I recently tried a LG Incite, mostly because I could get a free phone update and my wife and daughters have the LG Shine / Vu and know LG makes good phones.
I got the Incite and what I learned, in spite of the Incite not being as good an overall phone as the Fuze, the Incite is a little thinner, which I like, it also does have a better signal, in my Raleigh, NC area anyway, the Incite call volume quality was better, and the battery drain was slightly better, but only a little.
While this is true, the Fuze with WM6.5 is quite the smartphone and love the various flashing options it offers. With this , I was looking for a phone with similar overall quality and ROM Chef support as the Fuze, with the same physical size as the Incite with WM6.5 ROM support, so hence my interest in the Diamond.
So with this, and hopefully w/o making any avid HTC and Diamond supporters mad, hope to get y'all thoughts on the Diamond:
- Call Quality
- Volume
- Signal
- Battery Life
- Other?
Now I know that some of the reports you may share will depend on your area, your radio, your ROM, and other, but just the same, if you can, share anyway.
Thanks in advance to all and truly and appreciate all of the great work, chef efforts and overall helpfulness from the members of XDA.
m0
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Call quality and volume are OK as far as I 'm concerned.
Signal is relevant to Carrier, location, ROM version and Radio version. But it's overall OK, too.
Battery life is rather short, but compared to how thin the device is and the fact that it's an all-in-one pda with gps, etc I wouldn't complain. You can also buy an extended 1340 or 1800 mAh battery for more battery life.
In general, it's an honest device, which does it all, and has, like all windows mobile based devs, a very large community behind it who contributes tech- know-how, applications, you name it. I wouldn't exchange mine, maybe only for a newer model?!

Touch Pro 2 or Diamond

Hello all -
I would like to know your option about the Touch Pro 2. Actually I've a Diamond and I really like it, but I'll replace it by Touch Pro 2.
What do you think about it? Is a good change? Have you did it before?
Thank you.

I went from the Diamond to the Touch Pro2. No regrets. The screensize, hardware keyboard, and performance destroys the Diamond.
But at this moment, you really have to consider the HD2. Also, with Windows Mobile 7 right around the corner, should people even still buy Windows Phones right now?

Tks ohyeahar!
When the WM7 will be ready? Will be possible to use the WM7 on the TP2.
I'll take a look the HD2.

Just another quick question:
How about the baterie performance using 3G all time?
Tks.

Go for Rhodium definitely! it´s a great device!
Of course if you are looking for a hardware keyboard upgrade, if not better to go for Diamond 2...

Orb, I'm not even sure the Diamond II is a good option... My dad has got one while I have the Rhodium. I upgraded from the original Diamond, & as someone already mentionned it, both the Diamond II & TP II blow the Diamond away.
Now, having played with the HD2 already, and being impressed by its speed, I would recommend that on too. But only if you got a pocket large enough for tht 4.3' screen, and if no keyboard suites you well.
If you want a keyboard, TP II, hands down. Hell, I wouldn't hesitate bying it full price again if god forbid, it was stolen. If you don't want a keyboard, HD2. Don't even bother with the Diamond II.

Fabio Gamer said:
Tks ohyeahar!
When the WM7 will be ready? Will be possible to use the WM7 on the TP2.
I'll take a look the HD2.
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Nobody outside of Microsoft or HTC knows the answers to your questions. Target date according to leaked info points to sometime in 2010.
Fabio Gamer said:
Just another quick question:
How about the baterie performance using 3G all time?
Tks.
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Battery performance is better than the Diamond. It's probably on bar with the official extended battery of the Diamond.