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Running Windows Mobile on htc desire?? Possible??

i am getting my self a htc desire but i have been a user of windows mobile software's for ever and i love it.
would i be able to still use some of the software's that i have on hand??
I would appriciate if you could email me your replies on this subject to
[email protected]
Thank you in advance

From what Ive seen on here from when other people have posted this question hes gonna get a lot of hate emails lol.

LOL, what a redicilous question!! Android FTW!

i'd wager it's possible if you can find a few dedicated people to support your cause.
Oh, and btw, bwahahahahahahahahahaha
And that's coming from someone who's had 4 WinMo devices in a row before a desire.

Since the specs are similar It might not be that difficult for people to get together etc..
But, If you can, try the desire and the HD2 and see which you prefer. After owning winmo before, and coming within inches of owning a HD2 and then trying a desire - linux is so much better at the user experience. The fluidity, ease of use and speed at which things are accessed is far better than the winmo 6.1 and 6.5 I have used before. The OS is very intuitive. I bet you could give this phone to a 6 yr old and they would within a short time frame be using this better than the general user. I might try this.
I'm just very happy that the phone doesnt stress me out trying to use it like winmo did. writing txts and swapping between functions is quick. Very cool.

It's not "Is it possible?" it's "Why bother?"

I hate "flame" conversation. But WHY bother? If you want snapdragon with WM then HD2 is your device. I have 10years of history with windows mobile devices from Cassiopeia A-11 with Windows CE, thru WM2003, 05, 06 and 6.5. And I can say after month with HTC Desire, every possible app is already for android and it runs faster and looks better. Except professional apps used in parcel delivery and stock monitoring (only question of time).
Don´t worry you´ll do just fine.

dieselboy said:
The OS is very intuitive. I bet you could give this phone to a 6 yr old and they would within a short time frame be using this better than the general user. I might try this.
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A six year old might be fine, the missus still struggles...

I, myself, am a fully fledged Android convert. Previously, my favourite devices were all WinMobile (Never liked Symbian much). I took a leap of faith and got my Desire on a bit of a whim (and a LOT of research) and I can honestly say I love Android to bits, it's easily the best Phone/Phone OS I've ever used so I'm on everyone in this forum's side when it comes to Android vs. WinMobile.
But I still have to say, I see nothing wrong with what the OP is asking. If someone released a port of Windows Mobile 6.5 or 7 for the Desire, I'd probably try it out myself, even for just a giggle. I know I'd go back to android probably within a few hours, but that's not the point, it's fun to play with stuff like that.
The fact that the guy has picked the Desire over the likes of the HD2 tells me that he's made his choice with Android and just wants to keep his options open - and what's wrong with that? This is exactly the kind of thing that XDA dev was designed for. Hell, my dream would be to have an OS choice at bootup, imagine being able to pick between your favourite custom ROMs, a stock ROM and even a WinMo ROM? That would be pretty epic and I don't think anyone would complain that it was a "Waste of time". So go easy on the guy, it's not all that stupid a question.

neoKushan said:
So go easy on the guy, it's not all that stupid a question.
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It is a stupid question when it gets asked week in week out.
A simple search would've revealed this - I just searched "Windows Mobile" and found 5 threads asking the same question.
Regards,
Dave

Which just means there's a fair amount of interest in it, making it even less of a stupid question. Rather than flame the guy, just ask him nicely to use search in future and point him to one of the threads.
Personally, I don't think the ignorance of the search bar is any worse than those who flame people for asking "stupid questions".

neoKushan said:
Which just means there's a fair amount of interest in it, making it even less of a stupid question.
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No, it just means that the poster(s) can't be bothered to read the forum rules!
1. Search before posting
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
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Note - it's rule 1!
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
No, it just means that the poster(s) can't be bothered to read the forum rules!
Note - it's rule 1!
Regards,
Dave
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Exactly - and the point I'm trying to make is that Rule #2 applies just as much as Rule 1!
2. Be polite and respect your fellow xda-dev user.
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neoKushan said:
Exactly - and the point I'm trying to make is that Rule #2 applies just as much as Rule 1!
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You clearly haven't been here long if you think what's been said on this thread constitutes a flame - this is so tame it wouldn't even register on a mod's radar!
Regards,
Dave

Why bother buying a Desire and ask for a WinMo porting? just buy an HD Mini or an HD2.

foxmeister said:
You clearly haven't been here long if you think what's been said on this thread constitutes a flame - this is so tame it wouldn't even register on a mod's radar!
Regards,
Dave
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I wouldn't say flaming, just wasn't terribly polite. Sure, the guy could have and should have used the search engine ,that's fair enough, but all the "Lols, why bother, android is teh win, winmo is teh suck!" style comments weren't helpful, informative or necessary at all.

I'm sorry, but if you don't believe this is a stupid question I would strongly question your intelligence. Is there some problem picking up a Windows Mobile? Are they rare enough that such a strange request would come up again and again? It's silly because for those that WANT a WM phone, one is easily acquired. It's like asking if there's a way to turn my XBOX into a PS3 because I don't like XBOX games...then I'm a fool for buying one! Just because there are a lot of silly people does not render their silliness valid.

Aitese said:
I'm sorry, but if you don't believe this is a stupid question I would strongly question your intelligence. Is there some problem picking up a Windows Mobile? Are they rare enough that such a strange request would come up again and again? It's silly because for those that WANT a WM phone, one is easily acquired. It's like asking if there's a way to turn my XBOX into a PS3 because I don't like XBOX games...then I'm a fool for buying one! Just because there are a lot of silly people does not render their silliness valid.
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See, this is exactly my point. Here's a reply that, within the first line, attempts to insult. Why do that? It doesn't help and all you'll do is drag out this thread much more than it needs to be. Does this "stupid question" bother you that much? Then don't reply! Ignore it and it'll go away.
Anyway, upon further inspection, it's actually not that stupid inquestion. Despite the knee-jerk reaction we all got from the title, if you read his post carefully, he's actually asking if there's any way he can run some of his windows mobile programs on the Desire. Not the full OS, just some of the programs. Sure, this is obviously a big "no", but is it really that stupid a question? We have emulators for plenty of other devices and anyone not that familliar with Android might not know that it's a completely different OS, or that it's completely incompatible. He's clearly a newbie, so go easy.
All I'm really saying is, if this kind of thing bothers you, drop the attitude and juse ignore it.

neoKushan said:
See, this is exactly my point. Here's a reply that, within the first line, attempts to insult. Why do that?
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Because, judging from the amount of times I seen this patently ridiculous request, the polite helpful tone doesn't seem to work.
Sure, this is obviously a big "no", but is it really that stupid a question?
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Yes frankly. It doesn't strike you as silly? you don't think the ability to run WM apps or some sort of virtualisation on Android might have made big waves by now? No? Really?
I would say if the attitude bothers you, YOU ignore it.

[email protected] said:
Why bother buying a Desire and ask for a WinMo porting? just buy an HD Mini or an HD2.
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Maybe it's because the Desire has more RAM that the HD2 and HD Mini, why can't someone just port winmo on a desire and shut people up thats asking for it too be ported..... surely its not that hard to port it over.....
"Maybe its just to hard for XDA Developers or anonymous developers on this forum to port it over.... ah well soo much for theres skills....
It serisouly serisouly can't be that hard.... if Android can be ported on a winmo mobile, why is it soo hard to port winmo on a Android phone thats 100% capable of running the O/S.
Please will someone just port it over to the Desire soo there will not be any more future threads of if it can be ported over.....
Maybe some people don't like Android and prefer winmo O/S because of there purchased apps maybe.
Please don't go mocking me saying "omg why would anyone wan't to do that.... Android is the best because its open source etc....

[Q] HTC One X vs SGS3

Hi,
I do know that's more or less an old topic but well...I have a big dilemma so maybe you should help me out.
I'm owning a SGS3 int. and well I'm more or less fine with it; I choosed it over HOX mainly because of chance to change battery and winner cpu/ram benchmark (with 15/20% more in every damn test) and a bigger screen (not much but better then nothing).
The dilemma started 1 week ago when a friend of mine bought the HOX and well...the screen seems really so much better in HOX.
At the same time, despite few games lag on HOX, the Tegra has some optimized game for it giving some cool effect.
I mainly use the phone to watch movie and play videogames so, in some way, HOX win for me (at least just watching it) so I was thinking to chance my SGS3 for an HOX but I wanted to ear your opinion, hoping that will not start flame or fan boy reply.
I am really interested in opnions of who maybe tried both or who maybe changed his SGS3 for the HOX (like I'll probably do asap).
Thanks,
Max

m.zambonelli said:
Hi,
I do know that's more or less an old topic but well...I have a big dilemma so maybe you should help me out.
I'm owning a SGS3 int. and well I'm more or less fine with it; I choosed it over HOX mainly because of chance to change battery and winner cpu/ram benchmark (with 15/20% more in every damn test) and a bigger screen (not much but better then nothing).
The dilemma started 1 week ago when a friend of mine bought the HOX and well...the screen seems really so much better in HOX.
At the same time, despite few games lag on HOX, the Tegra has some optimized game for it giving some cool effect.
I mainly use the phone to watch movie and play videogames so, in some way, HOX win for me (at least just watching it) so I was thinking to chance my SGS3 for an HOX but I wanted to ear your opinion, hoping that will not start flame or fan boy reply.
I am really interested in opnions of who maybe tried both or who maybe changed his SGS3 for the HOX (like I'll probably do asap).
Thanks,
Max
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There have already been similar threads like this one you should really go searching for them. Cause frankly everyone on this forum is sick of it.

tons of info in the One X mega information thread
and shadehh is right please enough with these comparison threads, they are against XDA rules
few moments now and this thread will be flooded by fools
to mods: we need a sticky please saying comparison threads are not allowed

You have a SGS3 so you already know its strengths and weaknesses. Your friend has a One X so you can figure out what its strengths and weaknesses are specific to the way you'll use it. Like others just said, there are tons of threads discussing the two phones. That should be more than enough for you to make an informed decision. Personally, I don't get "what should I buy?" threads. Everyone uses their phones differently and has different needs and criteria. Do some research and buy what you think is best. That seems more logical than making a decision based on the advice of total strangers.

well i had an amoled screen before and i got to tell u that i prefer the LCD. i am more with ur opinion but that wouldnt make me change the s3 is the battery .it is something that some times u want to have more than anything else.thats the only minus in hox the battery everything else i think are the same with s3

hamdir said:
to mods: we need a sticky please saying comparison threads are not allowed
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Actually we need some good discussion thread with protagonists antagonists for each phone where every one can say what it is they like about their phone (or disliked on the other).
Anyway I bought the HOX before the SGS3 came out but before the SGS3 came out I already knew Samsung would blow HTC away with its hardware specs but I own a SGS2 and a Desire so I know a bit about the difference in user experience and the whole time I used the SGS2 I was disappointed because i missed all those little Sense touches. Sense just is the best mobile user experience period, nothing comes close in software polishedness (not "even" ios), everything just works and everything is integrated into each other; eg. open the gallery app and see the galleries from your friends there, or browse contacts and go directly to their galleries, the htc keyboard is pretty damn good; I bought swiftkey x when using the sgs2 but I am using just the default keyboard; duplicate contacts are automatically merged in sense; and there is so, so much more; really there is only one touchwiz feature I miss in Sense and that's the smart alarm function....
If your thing is showing of quadrant scores though don't get the hox

hamdir said:
to mods: we need a sticky please saying comparison threads are not allowed
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The rules sticky already says that. It's just that no-one ever reads it.

SGS3 Sucks . If you are not a fanboy sell it and get HOX . I have used both.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

godutch said:
Actually we need some good discussion thread with protagonists antagonists for each phone where every one can say what it is they like about their phone (or disliked on the other).
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But hasn't this been done? To death? It's all just opinion and there's rarely agreement amongst owners better yet any type of common ground that would hold up in a comparison. Name one feature of the SGS3 or One X that doesn't already have commentary running on it. I don't know whether I'm a protagonist or antagonist (maybe I'm both?) but I'm tired of the circular debates that lead nowhere, don’t change anyone's opinion, and consistently end with the thread being locked. Yesterday's One X vs. SGS3 comparison thread covered race and sexual orientation. Do you really want to go there again?
There’s already a 160 page SGS3 vs. One X comparison thread in the i9300 forum. Why doesn’t everyone use that as the “official” comparison thread? I guarantee you anything anyone wants to discuss has been covered at least a dozen times there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652250

because for each and everyone it's a different discussion, everyone has their own things they think are important and their own things they think are less important

Thread closed.
Comparison thread are finish.

Regarding Htc One X?

Hey Guys! I just ordered my new Htc One X and am going to receive it in a day or so! So I would Like to ask you soem questions:
1) Guys is there A simple Rooting/modding Thread for The Htc One X?
2) I have heard that Htc phones are hard to root Is that so?
3) Should i stick with Sense or Root my phone As i did with my previous device (GIO)
4) The Sim Pin Thingy! Is there something else that can open the tray
5) Any Solution To the Frame Rate Problem ?
6) Which one is sexier White or Black? ( Just need two or three opinions)
7) Is there a free Marketplace or any good site to Download Tegra 3 games I'm 14 so yea I dont like to pay for my Games .
So thanx for all your Replies If i posted in the wrong Forum Plz Admin Shift it As this is unfamiliar Territory

You need to be better at using the search feature as some of the questions are already well answered here.
1. There's a sticky for this. You cannot miss that.
2. Probably not, but it may get harder unless HTC relax their stand. A Galaxy Nexus is a better choice if you want to tinker.
3. Your call really and comes down to personal preference. The new 2.15 rom should bring a performance boost to the sense UI so should be quite good.
4. A straightened stapler pin should do or so should any thin object of that type.
5. Not sure about this, but i have read that there was a bespoke fix to increase both frame rate and data.
6. White - Unless you work in a coal mine...
7. No idea but this is not encouraged here...Best to read forum rules, Rule 6 in your case in particular.
Lastly read read and read the posts as there are a lot of people contributing and discussing both experiences and solutions...

s1977 said:
You need to be better at using the search feature as some of the questions are already well answered here.
1. There's a sticky for this. You cannot miss that.
2. Probably not, but it may get harder unless HTC relax their stand. A Galaxy Nexus is a better choice if you want to tinker.
3. Your call really and comes down to personal preference. The new 2.15 rom should bring a performance boost to the sense UI so should be quite good.
4. A straightened stapler pin should do or so should any thin object of that type.
5. Not sure about this, but i have read that there was a bespoke fix to increase both frame rate and data.
6. White - Unless you work in a coal mine...
7. No idea but this is not encouraged here...Best to read forum rules, Rule 6 in your case in particular.
Lastly read read and read the posts as there are a lot of people contributing and discussing both experiences and solutions...
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Yea I went through ton of posts but thanks for the sticky It will really help Me But i think I am better Of with Stock sense and About 5) My friend's one x Has Crappy FPS But wat can u do Oh yea Sorry for Posting that . i read the Rules After Posting And another Question Does Your One X Lag Of any sorts and what amount of ram is free Cheers

No problem.
The stock International One X does have a bit of lag here and there and is quite unusual for such a device. Mind you like I said, this is probably due to the enhancements missed in the stock version and the latest leaked 2.15 rom does put an end to that misery. As with RAM, I have about 200MB free.
I have a few widgets that need updating and therefore sometimes the screen transitions stutter but I am quite content with the fact that a fix is on the way from HTC. Besides I felt that the Android 4.0.4 release in general made that experience better, so the new HTC OTA should work on the same lines.

s1977 said:
No problem.
The stock International One X does have a bit of lag here and there and is quite unusual for such a device. Mind you like I said, this is probably due to the enhancements missed in the stock version and the latest leaked 2.15 rom does put an end to that misery. As with RAM, I have about 200MB free.
I have a few widgets that need updating and therefore sometimes the screen transitions stutter but I am quite content with the fact that a fix is on the way from HTC. Besides I felt that the Android 4.0.4 release in general made that experience better, so the new HTC OTA should work on the same lines.
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Damn Your Htc Takes Up lots of Ram ! My Friend's Take's Up around 680 and He is left with 320 mb Ram . I think it is because Of Sense But still 800 mb Used! That is too much ! But ill Be waiting for The Sense Upgrade to 4.1 to fix all of this

Some questions

Helloo firedns,
Im planing to buy the Note2 but as is know, amazing device always has disadventages.
So, i want to know if the Note 2 has:
1. Simultaneous HD video and image recording
2. Smart alert.
I can't find it.. so i ask you
and one more, do you think there will be alot of people with the Note2? Because im coming from the HTC desire and i have developed there nice roms but there weren't people so i stopped, and i want to develope for people so i want to know if there are alot with the Note 2
(White/ Grey? )

tamirda said:
Helloo firedns,
Im planing to buy the Note2 but as is know, amazing device always has disadventages.
So, i want to know if the Note 2 has:
1. Simultaneous HD video and image recording
2. Smart alert.
I can't find it.. so i ask you
and one more, do you think there will be alot of people with the Note2? Because im coming from the HTC desire and i have developed there nice roms but there weren't people so i stopped, and i want to develope for people so i want to know if there are alot with the Note 2
(White/ Grey? )
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I think it will be very popular, much like the SGS3. Also, I think the target audience will be more hardcore users that know what they want in their phone and know about the advantages of custom roms. A lot of casual users that don't keep up with tech probably already just went ahead and got the SGS3, not knowing that this beast of a phone would be coming out later in the year. :laugh:
The reason I didn't get the SGS3 was because I think HTC actually out-engineered Samsung with the HTC One X, but they didn't have a removable battery or SD-card in their phone. I think the Note II will clearly be the best device for at least half a year down the road.

tamirda said:
Helloo firedns,
Im planing to buy the Note2 but as is know, amazing device always has disadventages.
So, i want to know if the Note 2 has:
1. Simultaneous HD video and image recording
2. Smart alert.
I can't find it.. so i ask you
and one more, do you think there will be alot of people with the Note2? Because im coming from the HTC desire and i have developed there nice roms but there weren't people so i stopped, and i want to develope for people so i want to know if there are alot with the Note 2
(White/ Grey? )
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there will be plenty of people with this device. there's no doubt about. especially since it will be on 5 major US carriers DDD

tamirda said:
Helloo firedns,
1. Simultaneous HD video and image recording
2. Smart alert.
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It has both. I assume by #1, you mean 'can you shoot a picture while recording video'.
They are both in the user manual.
From what I can tell, the Note 2 has every single software feature the S3 has. Which makes sense.
- Frank

tamirda said:
Hi,
First of all thank you all for the answers .
For the 1080p: Any converter you use will hurt the quality.
I can tell you for 100% that if you convert something to another file format, it wont be the same quality,
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Don't worry about anything chris198810 says, he's just a spammer looking to drive people to a ****ty spamming blog. He's only made 12 posts; all of which needlessly shoe-horned video conversion into the thread and almost all of which mentioned or linked to that same blog. The blog itself is just advertising for a 'Brorsoft' video converter app that looks like a scam and the final giveaway is that both the blog and his comments here talk about issues with video playback on a phone that hasn't actually been released yet.

Will there be any development for the pixel c?

I know this is a question no one can answer at this point, but what do you guys think? Will there be at least as much development for this device as compared to the nexus tablets?
I've never owned an android tablet before, and was waiting for this opportunity, but if there will be very little development, i don't see the point of getting the pixel c.
Any thoughts?

Where do I start?
1. A question does not belong in general
2. Asking this sort of question is disrespectful
If you want development then pay someone to develop for you. Or take a crack at it yourself.
For all we know some badass dev is working on a badass rom for us in the background.
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superchilpil said:
Where do I start?
1. A question does not belong in general
2. Asking this sort of question is disrespectful
If you want development then pay someone to develop for you. Or take a crack at it yourself.
For all we know some badass dev is working on a badass rom for us in the background.
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1. Thought i is for general. If it is not the case I would like to ask a mod to move it to the appropriate place.
2. How is this even remotely disrespectful? This is a general question, directed towards no one specific, and not being judgmental what so ever.

Jhonys said:
1. Thought i is for general. If it is not the case I would like to ask a mod to move it to the appropriate place.
2. How is this even remotely disrespectful? This is a general question, directed towards no one specific, and not being judgmental what so ever.
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Your questions is about the equivalent of asking a a dev when there will be an ETA for an update to his/her rom. Its almost like an unspoken rule, that Googles devices will be getting custom roms, and some of the BEST ones at that. I am sure the pixel line up will be just like the nexus when it comes to having a great development community.

@Jhonys I think people are being a little harsh to you, man. It's a legitimate question that I have been wondering myself. There has been a lot of negativity towards the Pixel C. There are a lot of people on here complaining about issues with the Wifi and touchscreen. Also, it hasn't been getting great reviews. I don't know how I feel about the reviews because, save for PC Mag, all of the reviews just poopoo the fact that it isn't great for productivity. I understand that it is more focused on productivity than general tablet use, but that doesn't mean it isn't an absolutely fantastic tablet. I just use mine to read and play games while I poop, as well as the occasional in-flight entertainment. I think it is by far the best Android tablet for my usage scenario and I really want there to be a large community for it. Regarding ROM development, I know that @BeansTown106, who makes the absolutely fantastic Pure Nexus ROM's, has said in these forums that he plans on getting a Pixel C and developing for it. I am really looking forward to his ROM. I also hope TWRP releases a recovery soon and we can get a basic root going.

oRAirwolf said:
@Jhonys I think people are being a little harsh to you, man. It's a legitimate question that I have been wondering myself. There has been a lot of negativity towards the Pixel C. There are a lot of people on here complaining about issues with the Wifi and touchscreen. Also, it hasn't been getting great reviews. I don't know how I feel about the reviews because, save for PC Mag, all of the reviews just poopoo the fact that it isn't great for productivity. I understand that it is more focused on productivity than general tablet use, but that doesn't mean it isn't an absolutely fantastic tablet. I just use mine to read and play games while I poop, as well as the occasional in-flight entertainment. I think it is by far the best Android tablet for my usage scenario and I really want there to be a large community for it. Regarding ROM development, I know that @BeansTown106, who makes the absolutely fantastic Pure Nexus ROM's, has said in these forums that he plans on getting a Pixel C and developing for it. I am really looking forward to his ROM. I also hope TWRP releases a recovery soon and we can get a basic root going.
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Ya I do plan on getting a pixel c and make PureNexus for it although atm my funds are limited because of xmas ? and all hopefully first few weeks of the new year I can put away some funds for it if not sooner.
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BeansTown106 said:
Ya I do plan on getting a pixel c and make PureNexus for it although atm my funds are limited because of xmas and all hopefully first few weeks of the new year I can put away some funds for it if not sooner.
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This is the best Christmas present I guess you are going to have to call it PurePixel tho haha.

oRAirwolf said:
This is the best Christmas present I guess you are going to have to call it PurePixel tho haha.
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Haha ya I was thinking the same thing ?
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

regime2008 said:
Your questions is about the equivalent of asking a a dev when there will be an ETA for an update to his/her rom. Its almost like an unspoken rule, that Googles devices will be getting custom roms, and some of the BEST ones at that. I am sure the pixel line up will be just like the nexus when it comes to having a great development community.
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Thanks for the answer. I did NOT ask for an ETA but I appreciate your answer non the less :good:
oRAirwolf said:
@Jhonys I think people are being a little harsh to you, man. It's a legitimate question that I have been wondering myself. There has been a lot of negativity towards the Pixel C. There are a lot of people on here complaining about issues with the Wifi and touchscreen. Also, it hasn't been getting great reviews. I don't know how I feel about the reviews because, save for PC Mag, all of the reviews just poopoo the fact that it isn't great for productivity. I understand that it is more focused on productivity than general tablet use, but that doesn't mean it isn't an absolutely fantastic tablet. I just use mine to read and play games while I poop, as well as the occasional in-flight entertainment. I think it is by far the best Android tablet for my usage scenario and I really want there to be a large community for it. Regarding ROM development, I know that @BeansTown106, who makes the absolutely fantastic Pure Nexus ROM's, has said in these forums that he plans on getting a Pixel C and developing for it. I am really looking forward to his ROM. I also hope TWRP releases a recovery soon and we can get a basic root going.
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Thanks for your answer. I too think it's a legitimate question and was quite surprised with the attitude, but that doesn't really matter atm.
The thing is I really don't want to get a tablet which will die slowly because of lack of development. I already did that mistake twice with my smartphones (most recently the HTC m9 which has 2 great AOSP roms but that's about it). Just got the nexus 6p for that reason exactly and want the same with a tablet.
Regarding the usage, I'm also not looking for a productivity tablet. More to read pdf books (student), and watching movies while flying (which I do quite a bit). How do you find its performance? Does it lag or stutters when you try to watch full HD movies or browsing the web etc? All the reviews I've seen so far focus more on the productivity aspect of it.
Thanks again :good:

Jhonys said:
Regarding the usage, I'm also not looking for a productivity tablet. More to read pdf books (student), and watching movies while flying (which I do quite a bit). How do you find its performance? Does it lag or stutters when you try to watch full HD movies or browsing the web etc? All the reviews I've seen so far focus more on the productivity aspect of it.
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Performance wise, it has been a dream for me. I have streamed some high bitrate 1080p x264 movies over my wireless network using Kodi 15.2 and it was smooth as silk. Web pages scroll just as smoothly or smoother than on my Nexus 6P or when I had my Nexus 9. I have some issues with the design of the tablet, namely the placement of the speakers and front facing camera, but otherwise, it is by far the best tablet I have ever owned.

I'm assuming it won't be long before there is a full linux distro running on this - as well as a way to run chrome. Hard to be sure if or when though - its not something to _expect_ when making a purchase now...

BeansTown106 said:
Ya I do plan on getting a pixel c and make PureNexus for it although atm my funds are limited because of xmas and all hopefully first few weeks of the new year I can put away some funds for it if not sooner.
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This post single handedly pushed me into hitting the "submit order" button on the Pixel C. Had it in my cart for two weeks... was just waiting for a sign. Thanks man, if it does half of what it did for my Nexus 6 I am a happy person.