I've decided on getting the TP2 tomorrow from Tmobile. However, my concern is that they left out the home screen with the flip clock and opted for the myfavs rotating screen.
Doesn't make any sense. Not everyone uses myfav. I'm on a unlimited voice plan ($50 unlimited voice) and have no plans to configure myfavs. Why couldn't they provide the ability to reset it back to the default home screen like on the unlocked versions. I really wanted to have the ability to look at my upcoming meetings/calendar at one quick glance if possible on the home screen.
From what I've heard, TP2 has minimal tmobile branding. Except for the home screen.
I'm hoping the cooks get a rom or some utility out there to default the TP2 back to the original HTC homescreen. argghhh..such a perfect phone and the carriers f**k it up!!
Enough ranting. I'll posting my initial thoughts when I pick up the device tomorrow morning.
Nice detailed review here with video of the TMO version on engadget.com
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/t-mobile-touch-pro2-review/
agreed. hopefully a solution will arise quickly.
i'll be posting up my thoughts as well coming from a long time IPhone user.
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pg 73 of the TP2 manual (pdf warning), props to skylar 1 from engadget's review comments for finding it.
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pg 73 of the TP2 manual (pdf warning), props to skylar 1 from engadget's review comments for finding it.
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yes, but is there anyway to maintain the benefits of My favs without having to have the tab present after setting it up?
i would assume the My favs are handled on T-mobiles side, not the phones.
Good news for me, I don't have/use My Faves. Nor do I plan on it. So if I'm understanding that right I should see the regular home screen?
If so, awesome.
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Good news for me, I don't have/use My Faves. Nor do I plan on it. So if I'm understanding that right I should see the regular home screen?
If so, awesome.
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Not having it or disabling the software display both work fine.
Crazy talk, I'm not with TMo yet, so I can't say for sure, but I would think disabling myfaves display on the phone would not prevent calls you make to your 5 favorites from getting special benefits.
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pg 73 of the TP2 manual (pdf warning), props to skylar 1 from engadget's review comments for finding it.
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Oh thank you! This must have been posted after I read the review/comments on engadget.com. Will definitely give it try as soon as I power it up.
It's all good.
I can't get over how much better the phone looks in the wild compared to TMobile's publicized shot. The Engadget and pocketnow almost don't look like the same phone. Tmobile's people somehow found a way to accentuate all the wrong stuff.
Who uses default ROM's anyways .. not too mention the silly Five Friends widget. Your five friends are there regardless and can be updated online..
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Who uses default ROM's anyways .. not too mention the silly Five Friends widget. Your five friends are there regardless and can be updated online..
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us. until HSPL is announced
Windows mobile and TOUCH FLO allows you to change what you will have on your tabs in touch flo. Just switch the My Faves tab off and there you go. That should work.
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Windows mobile and TOUCH FLO allows you to change what you will have on your tabs in touch flo. Just switch the My Faves tab off and there you go. That should work.
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Can't. The MyFaves tab is locked to the 1st tab, unless you disable it altogether (and in turn get the regular Home screen back)
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I know this is a new post, and I'll probably get flamed etc...
But, HOW DO YOU DO IT?
You were up before 5am posting a new rom (so no sleep last night).. went to work and still carried on answering questions (good and dumb ones).. then you've got enough sense left to make a good decision NOT to include an embeded radio in WMXL AND close the thread to stop timewasters (like me)...
Go and get some sleep bcos we need you... stop posting for a few days and just watch us get screwed up and sorted out without you - you've already done the hard work, without which there would be no discussion...
Hero worship, hero worship, we're not worthy etc
I'm going to be off the forum for a few days, got to catch up on work and sleep. PM me any fixes. I'm already looking towards v0.30.
Oh yeah, if you're getting more value from your Hermes, send some support first to XDA-Dev (this place is expensive to maintain) then to the guys who came before me and if anything is left for me it's appreciated but make sure XDA and those who built the foundations I based this on get their fair share. See the list in my threads...
Long Live XDA!!!!!!!
i do have to agree!!
how on Earth have Kyphur the XDA-Devs team managed to turn my tytn from a slow WM5 pain to an awesome super speedy WM6 monster!!!
You guys are gods among mortals!
Yes, he is the man and all, don't say it too much or you will wear it off.
You know what I think we should do too? Send them some coin.
Come on guys, for all intensive purposes HTC and Microsoft where planning on screwing us by not giving us an update. Since so far their take is "Hell, you want WM6, then buy a new phone!" Yeah, like as if the TyNT is a $50 dollar candy bar.
Here come these guys and not only set the vanilla but are working on an improved version of WM6.
Even two bucks is better than just words --more is better, $5 perhaps? Show your support. I will.
Thanks for the work XDA!
You don't need to send these guys cash, they're made of money and are actually using multiple clones of themselves to work in parallel. Kyphur Mark I sleeps 20 hours a day, don't pity him. He has lost his looks though.
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Is this the whole developers team? I thought there were more of them. But now I see their photos I think I understand why they don't get out much... Maybe I'll use this as my today screen
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You don't need to send these guys cash, they're made of money and are actually using multiple clones of themselves to work in parallel. Kyphur Mark I sleeps 20 hours a day, don't pity him. He has lost his looks though.
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Sorry for double posting the photo! I SURE didn't want to do that!
Caramba, Vijay! WHERE did you get that photo. Ugh! I think I dated the chick in the background there.
Ben
I think that's from one of the Alien movies.
Alien Resurection
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sleeps 20 hours a day, don't pity him. He has lost his looks though
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I need less and less sleep too ... people noticed I start changing ... I have to stop hanging out on this forum and buy SE or BB pearl instead ...
I don't know if anyone noticed this, but the Dash phone seems to be pretty
popular on the TV series "Leverage" on the TNT network.
The girl of the gang has a Dash and a feature close-up of it is at the 18 minute mark of last weeks episode titled "The Lost Heir Job".
The model she has is not branded (not t-mobile), and has the "HTC" logo on the top left corner on the front and the logo again appears where the silkscreen for "T-Mobile" normally would be in the front center between the display and keyboard.
Just a FYI.
datz phat.
Cool was it pimped?
ha that just made my day HTC for the win
Here's a capture of the close-up shot they did...
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even after all these years, people still recognize it as one of the best phones ever made. Much respect to htc!
Well its not reeeeally a Dash since its not T-mobile, its an excalibur. But good find, I wonder what ROM its running.
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even after all these years, people still recognize it as one of the best phones ever made. Much respect to htc!
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Defo you only need to look @ the smartphones catagory to know the Excalibur is cult and will be for along time
Either they are just running a video in Windows Media on fullscreen (very probable)...
or there may be the insane chance they are using WebCam++ or something similar (I seriously doubt it). However that would be cool if the video was a direct feed of them videotaping another scene! Haha, movie magic
On topic but off is it anygood? as don't get in UK but sounds good from reading TNT weby...
If you look at the old Entourage episodes: Seasons 1-4 , Turtle uses the Dash
Its on HBO
Here's the 30-second video of the shot...
http://www.omnisoft.com/downloads/leverage_portion.avi
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Here's a capture of the close-up shot they did...
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Sweeeet! HTC rocks!
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If you look at the old Entourage episodes: Seasons 1-4 , Turtle uses the Dash
Its on HBO
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Thats pretty cool - I'll have to re-check them out
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Thats pretty cool - I'll have to re-check them out
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Funny how some of us are gonna start watching the show because one of the characters uses a dash.
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On topic but off is it anygood? as don't get in UK but sounds good from reading TNT weby...
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i love the show, its kind of like ocean's 11
A dismantled Dash (the keyboard and PCB, no LCD) was used as the detonator for the sewer bomb that exploded in episode 3 (Day 8: 6:00pm-7:00pm, at the 6:46pm mark) in the new season of "24" that aired this past weekend.
Attached is a capture of it under the sewer drain cover:
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about time the dash get some publicity lol
they found a good use for an excalibur
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about time the dash get some publicity lol
they found a good use for an excalibur
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good finding, hopefully the dash can't do that LoL
so that's what happened to my stolen phone
And I Said..... KaBOOM !!!!!!!!!
Awesome!! Are there any more movies or tv shows, the dash has been shown in?
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Awesome!! Are there any more movies or tv shows, the dash has been shown in?
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Yes, I can't recall what exact movies or series by I read sometime ago a guy from this forum posted some pictures of the series where our beloved dash appeared. Maybe searching in this forum you can find them.
The guy on one of those car shows on HDtheater was using a s620...as a phone!
Lol IDK what the show is just saw a perview and its like....a DASH!
Yes I saw it!
It also showed another HTC device but couldn´t see what model is
XXXX
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I believe... Turtle from the HBO Series.. Entourage, used one once ...
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Yes, I can't recall what exact movies or series by I read sometime ago a guy from this forum posted some pictures of the series where our beloved dash appeared. Maybe searching in this forum you can find them.
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Yeah, I made a post of another searies called "Leverage" (do a search of that word in this forum for the thread) that featured the Dash.
-John Cody
@ Auzern, there are plenty of tv shows mentioned by other members where tha dash has appeared.
Long Lives the dash!
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Awesome!! Are there any more movies or tv shows, the dash has been shown in?
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I now I've seen the main characters in "The Closer" and on the fifth season of "The Wire" use a T-Mobile Dash.
Long Live Zee S62X : )) BooYaaa...
Photo evidence that proves the dash is "the bomb!"
Get On Get On Get on the bomb... get back get back where you belong, The BOMB!!!!!!!!
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Boo...
/10boos
haha yeah I saw it in a CSI episode one time where they used it to do a live video stream of a fight to their laptop. it was cool ahah but I dont think it actually has that capability though I wouldn't be surprised.
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Boo...
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Boo?
How on earth can you fail to be amused by the play on words? That's practically Pulitzer winning stuff right there.
I dunno, it just made me laugh tbh - The idea that there might be a smartphone out there that somehow - I dunno - some feature of it's design or it's manufacture that makes it especially good as a bomb.. and then if it were discovered that this particular phone was the same one we all walk around carrying all day - what nickname do *you* think it would pick up once it became known..?
Yeah, so this thread made the thought pop into my head - but I would deny that XDA is corrupting me..
Slightly more back on topic - one of the characters in the British show Spooks used a dash regularly until he was killed by a baddie - He was probably trying to be ninja & sneak up on them but the ugly stock ROM colours gave him away in the dark.
Not much information at the moment, apart from the standard headphone jack, 5 megapixel camera and the usual three button configuration.
Video from the source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/27/exclusive-lgs-windows-phone-7-series-early-prototype-unveiled/
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The guy from Microsoft refused to answer a direct question: "Is the HD2 getting the upgrade?", his answer was "Come to MIX"
very ugly hd2 is the best
Cool ... but how big is the screen?
3.7" .... ?
It looks smaller ...
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very ugly hd2 is the best
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HD2 MAKES THIS LOOK LIKE A MOUSE... i believe hd2 will get upgrade
From what I see is that LG already has the Software..
and the HD2 looks 1000% times better!!!
The front reminds me of the enV Touch, but it's pretty nice overall. The keyboard is meh, not quite as nice as the TP2's, seems decent.
Nothing amazing design-wise, but we are still questionable with these specs.
What is that screen size though???
Unless my eyes are completely deceiving me, it really doesn't seem that big: 3.2", 3.4" maybe??
I don't recall a physical size minimum, and it is really not necessary.
Yes, the HD2 looks nicer, but it is a different style phone.
Remember we still have hardware choices with WinMo.
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HD2 MAKES THIS LOOK LIKE A MOUSE... i believe hd2 will get upgrade
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Didn't HTC say it was going to get the upgrade?
I love looking at all the new cell phones. I haven't liked LG because the quality hasn't been good in the past. HTC is my favorite and before them, HP.
I don't think I'd ever buy an LG product..it'll have to be HTC or nothing, hopefully I can just upgrade my TP2 (I know, I know, it may be too slow..but we'll see!) I'm surprised this has a keyboard..that is a must have for me and everyone I talk to says they are "out"..guess not!
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Didn't HTC say it was going to get the upgrade?
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Some grunt in their Russia tech support dept "announced" that a while back. HTC head office immediately issued a statement saying this was incorrect.
very simple phone (old styled)
He looks like as LG Monaco but the buttons are new(search,windows flag,back) maybe it is Monaco but created for wp7s?
actually i like the style and especially the keyboatd layout. curious about how the next htc wp7s phone will look like.
I'll be waiting on the Touch Pro3 or whatever they decide to call the next landscape slider.
and where can we download this leaked rom LOL .
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and where can we download this leaked rom LOL .
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Soon my friend, it will leak soon
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He looks like as LG Monaco but the buttons are new(search,windows flag,back) maybe it is Monaco but created for wp7s?
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Its actually interesting you say that, Windows Phone 7 Series may not be possible on the HD2 because of the actual button configuration.
Guys/Gals, please see post #28 via this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=637919&page=3
Let me know your thougts/opinions.
Thank you.
I don't like this phone too. It's typical LG-phone and there is nothing new in the phone.
It's really ugly. Can't wait for the first HTC WP7 phone (with a qwerty)
what is with WP7s and the words coming off the screen???? they are trying to be trend setters but it just looks tacky and unfinished!
Hi guys, I've never posted in this forum, but here's to hoping it doesn't get moved or whatever. This seemed to be the most logical place to ask. I've been google searching for a few days now looking for a good sky/constellation map. I only have to drive about 20 miles out of town to be completely free of light pollution, and my girl and I find it quite relaxing. The last time I was in a planetarium was elementary school, so I don't quite remember where all the different constellations, stars, and planets that are visible with the naked eye are.
I saw some applications purporting to do just what I'm looking for via google, but I'm wary to install jack **** on my phone without reading some feedback from XDA. I've done a lot of cool **** with these phones, and haven't bricked a one of them thanks to y'all. I'm basically looking for an app that saves the star map to microSD (EDGE-only out in the country, sometimes GPRS if you REALLY get out there), and sets the view of the map based on GPS data. Also, it must support a screen resolution of 480 x 800.
Have any of y'all used such software in the past, and if so, what might your favorites be? I didn't even try to XDA-Google this, because I have NO clue as to the proper terminology for such an application.
Have a look at this...
http://www.nomadelectronics.com/PocketPC/PocketStars/default.aspx
You can download a free 15 day trial to see if you like it.
I've used it for years in its various versions.
Sweet action, dude. I'm trying out the trial right now, but we just had some nifty weather so the stars aren't visible. I'll check it out when it clears up. On a scale of 10, how would you rate it? Also, are you using the latest version? Thanks for the feedback.
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Sweet action, dude. I'm trying out the trial right now, but we just had some nifty weather so the stars aren't visible. I'll check it out when it clears up. On a scale of 10, how would you rate it? Also, are you using the latest version? Thanks for the feedback.
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I have used it for years too. On latest version. The GPS facility allows you to see exactly what is above you! 10/10 for me. Had astronomy programs of various sorts on WM devices. This is the best. Worth buying.
I'm on version 6.1.
For what I've used it for it's been fab. I'd give it a 9/10.
Another great one that I use is Astro Navigator 2
It will pick up your location via gps and the night vision mode it includes works pretty dang well!
See:
http://vitotechnology.com/astronavigator.html
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Another great one that I use is Astro Navigator 2
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Now I don't vote for that one. The display of the constellations and the whole GUI is a bit quirky. It seems to me that it was designed by a graphics artist rather than a "creative" astronomer. I got so fed up with it that I uninstalled it. Pocket Stars wipes spots off it (or knocks stars into it!).
Pocket Stars has GPS and night vision colours you can choose.
For years I used Pocket Universe 2000, designed for WM2003. It was never redesigned to work with WM5 and WM6. It would work but you had to avoid the first splash screen, else it locked up! But it had the simplest and easiest to understand GUI and clear star display and even a tree lined horizon, if you really wanted it, as an option. It might still be around on the internet. I bought it and used it for a long time, but I bought Pocket Stars and it is now so much better.
I see DeathmonkeyGTX has now asked for a screen save. You do not need to do this really as you can recreate the sky for any place and any time and then view it. However, if you want to save a screen (of any app) then you could run Resco Photoviewer or some other graphics program than can copy the screen on the WM device and save to microSD etc. I use Pocket Stars at 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution. Have a look at the web-site of the developers to see if it works on 480 x 800?
Looks like I need to update, I'm on version 6.0, but I've also used Pocket Stars for the last three years or so I've been using Windows Mobile.
Here's a screenshot from my Tilt 2.
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