What new phone should I get?

Question:
I'm looking for a new phone, I want it to have decent music playing/storage capabilities and also a touchscreen. I know you are all screaming iPhone or myTouch or whatever, but I really don't want to pay for a data plan every month which I will barely use. My priorities are music playing/storage, a very nice operating system (not buggy, responsive, no lag), touchscreen; after all that video camera, messaging, etc are less important features. I've had a RAZR and a nano for like four years and I'm really sick of them. I'm taking a good operating system and responsive interface seriously because my RAZR has recently been total crap. Right now I'm looking at T-mobile's Samsung Highlight for $200, which I don't need a data plan to use (well it is $50 cheaper after rebate with a data plan, but that's gone in 2 months anyway). Unfortunately it doesn't have the android OS like the HTC phones, but those require data plans. I also don't know how much memory I can add to it. So, any recommendations you have for a phone, from whatever provider, would be appreciated.
Answer:
i know you probably don't want to hear it but the IPHONE is the best phone in the world to me and trust me i had a lot of phones.i had an lg vu cu920 which isn't a bad phone as far as Storage and a music player.
also about the iphone you can buy a nice used 1 for 200.00 and get it unlocked were you can use any sim card in it and not worry about buying a data plan

Please help! Which phone would you choose?

Question:
I cant choose between the HTC My touch 3g Or Htc Hero by sprint. What would you choose?

Here the Htc my touch 3g
http://www.unwiredview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/T-Mobile-MyTouch-3G-official.jpg

And the HTC Hero
http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/htc-hero-sprint-01-r3media-431x500.jpg



Pick one please..
Answer:
first one for sure.

HTC Droid Eris Will Be The Cheaper Step-Brother of the Motorola Droid

Lets face it. The media has been eating up the Motorola Droid.  Although, the next phone in Verizon’s Droid line-up will be the HTC Droid Eris:

This phone looks pretty good, I will say that. One of the few things we know about this phone is that it will be $99, which is $100 less than its older brother, the Motorola Droid.

We do know, however, that the HTC Eris will feature Wi-Fi and 5MP camera, which is comparable to the Droid.  I just hope that the lower price will give this phone a boost because the Motorola Droid looks badass

HTC HD2 Hands On

I am not the first to post my thoughts and I am certainly wont be the last.

I have however been fortunate enough to have had for a short period a HTC HD2 in my hands and I thought I would let you know what I think about the unit.

Now this is by no means a full review, more a collection of thoughts.

First and foremost I personally thought the device would be huge and feel clunky in hand.  With the exception of a couple, this is the biggest screen on a smartphone to date. I was completely wrong. 

I would be lying if I said it was small, but it does not feel anywhere near as big in the hand as I thought it would.  I do not have the largest of hands, but it felt comfortable and i soon became used to the overall profile of the unit.

If you do have big hands and have hated the smaller smartphones because of this, the HD2 might just be the first phone that you can truly use with ease.

The screen goes to the edge of the unit, there is no clunky or chunky edges, everything feels smooth.  The case of the unit is robust and feels good to the touch.

There are buttons at the bottom of the screen, physical ones.  Now personally I feel that this is the downside to the device, they feel a little bit of an after thought and cheap.  I would have expected or liked more of a touch sensitive affair.  Having said that nothing beats the physical, tactile feedback of a button or key.  It does detract from the overall style of the device.

I wont talk about call features and quality, other than say it was more than up to scratch and is on par with any other HTC product.

The camera is good and perfectly acceptable to most for a camera shot.  I dint get the opportunity to test the dual flash on the HTC HD2, but it has to improve the image, especially in low light and I am sure many HTC fans will be pleased to see this addition.

Windows Mobile 6.5 is of course installed, not a great deal to say about this. 

There is of course HTC Sense installed to improve the overall experience.  It does not disappoint. I won’t talk about this either as there are more than enough reviews and information on this online.

One thing I did find, and this may be a personal thing is that this is the first device that I can truly use a ‘fat finger’ on.  By this I mean that most devices I have used previously required a mix of the very tip of the finger/nail to work and in places allow you to use your true finger tip ‘fat finger’.  The HD2 however is he first device I have used, other than the iPhone where the fat finger/full finger tip actually works better than using the very tip/nail of a finger.

It goes almost without saying that the device was super fast.  Everything was snappy and responded much quicker than normal.  The device I was using was a pre-production model, which did have the odd software bug but still I was impressed.

Orientation switching from landscape to portrait was very fast.  I actually preferred writing emails and text messages in landscape mode.  You could not view as much actual text on screen, but you gain from a larger keyboard, which is a big plus when typing  message, especially in a rush.

My final thought is around the new microUSB connection that HTC have adopted.  It is a little frustrating as a HTC owner, I will now need to purchase new cables etc but in the long run it should be better as all new devices are switching over to the connection due to a European imitative to cut down the production of chargers and accessories.

You have probably already made a decision as to whether or not the HD2 is or you.

Without any influence from my affiliation with HTC, I have to say that this device has surprised me.  I looked upon it quite cynically as a fan of the Snap and those devices with a physical QWERTY keyboard, I was expecting to be a bit more disappointed.  This could be the device that gets me back into touch screen smartphones.

HTC Magic receve Sense UI

Proprietários HTC Magic foram perguntando se eles receberão uma parte da ação Sense UI. Os de Taiwan só tenho a resposta – clique em download, siga as instruções e divirta-se. Esta atualização é atualmente para a Chunghwa Telecom só, se ele estará disponível para o resto do mundo ainda é incerta (mas gostaríamos que ele vai).

Os proprietários de telemóveis de marca Magic poderia estar fora de sorte embora – ela depende da transportadora para fazer esta atualização disponível para seus usuários. ”Com o Google” telefones também podem estar fora do quadro. Restrição de licenciamento e legalese outro mal entrar no caminho da atualização, caso contrário, o hardware deve ser capaz de lidar com ela.

Dizemos “deveria” porque os relatórios indicam que o usuárioHTC versão Magic com 192MB de RAM tem alguns problemas com ele. A um com 288MB mas certamente é capaz de ficar mais um passo para as capacidades do herói.

Aqui está uma coisa interessante que tropeçou – HTC Magic no Brasil vem com interface Sense fora da caixa. Acontece que algumas pessoas são mais iguais do que outros, afinal.

Enquanto estamos no assunto da HTC e Android, a empresa de Taiwan confirmou que eles estão trabalhando em um telefone 2,0 Android, do Google, mesmo que não tenham anunciado ainda. Há a questão de atualização novamente – vai ser actualizável telefones existentes para a versão 2.0 e se sim, quais? O G1 é uma causa perdida, mas o Liquid Acer e Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica ter CPUs musculoso, assim que parecem prováveis candidatos (apesar de Spica está com pouca memória RAM, que pode ser um problema).

Real-time data

So, there I was reading the latest awesome issue of Wired (the UK version) about what the next decade holds for cities around the world now that the internets allow users to search and view data in real time.

They’re an interesting and thought-provoking few articles. Apparently we’re already witnessing the birth of the revolution – from a bloke who can find where his nearest ice cream van is using Twitter, to how real-time mobile phone data is able to predict traffic patterns. In short real-time data networks are changing our lives, even if we don’t even know it.

Apparently systems are being worked on right now that can allow a user – from their mobile phone – calculate not only the fastest way from one place to another using real-time public transport information and traffic density on surface streets, but even pollution levels so that they can find the healthiest route. Handy for asthma sufferers. Maybe it’ll lead to trains and buses running not to set schedules, but just running regularly.

The explosion of data is absolutely epic, and it’s only going to grow bigger and bigger. A big thing at the moment is ‘augmented reality’, which is a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery. Imagine using your phone’s camera to point at something, say Trafalgar Square, and your phone will display texts and links and what not over the live image on your screen. Augmented reality is going to really change the game.

So we live in interesting times. The game is changing beyond belief, and it’s all thanks to real-time data and our mobile phones. Who’d have guessed a decade ago that mobile phones would be so crucial to the way we live our lives? Ten years ago my mobile phone could play Snake and handle calls and text messages. Now it’s an extension of my self. As the HTC advert says, my phone is the first thing I check in the morning, the last thing I look at before going to sleep, and it’s something I never go anywhere without. It is my connection to the world via Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, the world wide web, and it tells me exactly where I am in the world at any given moment. It has a torch on it, and it’s a spirit level, and a seismometer. It plays music, it has my entire photo collection on it, and it tells me what the weather is going to be. It sends my emails to me, I can blog with it, play football games on it, tell me if my train is going to be late, use it as a TV guide, convert currency, let me pretend I’m Spiderman, and upload photos to Flickr on it.

The weird thing? In 18 months all of the above that my iPhone can do will seem so backward. In 18 months we’ll be living in a different world.

How did we ever cope without mobile phones? How did we ever cope without the internet? In just ten years (maybe even less) we’ve become a society so deeply connected that I honestly don’t know if we could cope if we had it all taken away from us.

Still, my home town is pretty crappy with or without all of the above. Most people here probably haven’t even heard of Twitter.

Flash Mob at Raffles Place (CBD)

Some 200 people took passers-by at Raffles Place by surprise when they started dancing?! It’s not common to see street performance here, let alone Flash Mob. But this is real, see this “Flash Mob” on YouTube.

It’s latest marketing stunt from HTC. The staged “You Revolution Dance” is to send out new marketing message that HTC’s product design philosophy is centered around YOU (human, end-user) rather than packing more technologies or features into their products. See here for interview with HTC and marketing team.

Androiden-Fleissarbeit

Für alle, die sich mit dem iPhone nicht anfreunden wollen, denen Windows Mobile ein Graus ist, und die nichts dagegen haben, sich von Google durchleuchten zu lassen, ist Android wahrscheinlich eine bedenkswerte Alternative, und an – zumindest angekündigten Handys für das Google-OS besteht tatsächlich auch kein Mangel.

Da sind wir dann den Kollegen von TechCrunch überaus dankbar, die eine Liste der nach derzeitigem Stand absehbar käuflichen Modelle (samt Specs) erstellt haben.

Mit insgesamt sieben Geräten liegt HTC deutlich vorne, aber immerhin dicht gefolgt von Samsung (fünf) und Motorola (vier), wobei nicht nur rein optisch das auch von George Lucas geschätzte Motorola Droid den besten Eindruck macht.

Aber auch von der Spitzengruppe abgesehen macht die Auflistung klar, dass der Android-Markt spannend wird: Die alten Platzhirsche wie SE, Samsung und LG wollen natürlich dabei sein (wenn auch erstmal vorsichtig), aber mit Acer, Archos und Dell sind auch ein paar fürs Smartphone-Geschäft neue Namen dabei, und sogar Klon-Billiganbieter wie Huawei scheinen sich was zu versprechen. Da sind wir mal aufs Weihnachtsgeschäft gespannt … [dieter]

[via TechCrunch]

HTC touch diamond....?

Question:
When i go to "Music" which is the music player, the songs doesnt play, its somehow on repeat and it continuously repeats the first 2 second on the song, can anyone please help i cant listen to music
how can i fix this?
Answer:
ok, this may be a few things, worst is you may need to reformat your storage card. but starting with the most basic, go to the music tab in the tf3d and click the menu soft key on the lowe right, click repeat and check if repeat is turned on or if shuffle is turned on. Plus are you on tthe diamond2 or the original?
I have the TP2 and the d2 and the original TP and these kind of issues dont exist for me on the TP2 and D2, so more messing with the music tab or getting errors and having to reformat a possibly corrupted storage card, and no more album issues either, tf3d vers 2.1 is much better, and tp2 and d2 seem somewhat improved and more responsive, just thought you would like to know that.

HTC HD2

I will really be looking forward to the US release of the HTC HD2. This thing is spectacular. It’s by far the sweetest design I’ve seen. I love the simplicity. And the functionality. I personally have never been a big fan of the iPhone. SImply because of the lack of a physical keyboard. I’ve turned away from most phones that lacked a physical keyboard. Really because they tend to be cramped and they lag. This thing however, has a large 4.3in WVGA touch display. That’s pretty impressive. With a screen this size, I think an on screen keyboard might be a little more comfortable.

Taking screen size into consideration, this isn’t a small phone. It is very slim however. It is very elegantly designed. All black with a glossy front, a row of five buttons at the bottom. On the back, and amazing 5 mega pixel camera with dual flash. Rubber grips at top and bottom and a brushed metal battery cover in between.

Windows 6.5 with HTC Sense UI comes standard on this phone. As well as 3G, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.5mm audio jack.

At the moment the HTC HD2 will only be available in Europe. But I can’t wait to see it in the US.

Can anyone help me do this with my htc mogul?

Question:
i have an HTC mogul and i want to basically make it into the iphone.
i don't wanna have to pay for the app i wanna do it for free.. im not to smart with this stuff at all, i was trying to do it and i could figure it out at all!! haha.. so if anyone knows of the easiest step by step way to make my mogul like the iphone but for free i would really appreciate it :) thanks..

i want the slide lock, the iphone music player, the contact thing haha, the home screen with all the icons and stuff just like everything that you can do i wanna do it haha...
Answer:
Adin, I've had my HTC MOGUL for 3 days and I can barely hear out of the earpeice..

Samsung omnia 2, htc hd 2 or acer neo touch?

Question:
its that time again when i get to buy a new phone - yay! problem is, there's so much to choose from! i've already discounted the 3GS as everybody has it, and i'm down to those three, so which do you guys think is best?
Answer:
I been searching for a new phone since June and let me tell you its all about the Samsung Omnia 2. Since the phone was released in Asia back in summer, Verizon wanted to keep this until we get near to the Holidays. First, Samsung bring us the sophisticated colors pixels of all phones. The colors are Truly brilliant. And with its 3.7 AMOLED Display (which is better than an LCD Display) ur gonna be watching a lot videos! It includes mobile office, wifi, 5MP Camera, Easy Web Browsing, up 400 hours of Battery life, 48 GB of Memory (if desired) and Much more. This is a Ultimate Smart Phone. Everyone in Verizon will want to get it. I think it might come out Early November or Late October. Check out this Website to get familiar with the Omnia 2:

http://omnia.samsungmobile.com/omnia2/

Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrades for HTC

 

HTC have confirmed that in the coming weeks, Windows Mobile 6.5 will be made available for the HTC Touch Pro2 and Diamond2.

Although no exact dates have been confirmed, we will let you know the moment they are made available.

If however you are very keen and want to make sure you get the update as possible, we advise heading over to www.htc.com and registering online so that you get notified of the update and can install it without delay.

Cellphone excitement - wat next? Android/WebOS?

We have seen this market growing by leaps and bounds. iPhone has set such a trend that is still very much a bechmark for top companies to breach. HTC, Blackberry, Palm, Nokia, Sony, Samsung are trying really hard to catch up.

Recently release HTC Hero, Palm Pre and Blackberry Bold/Storm try their level best to steal some of the iPhone Customers, and is bound to get bigger with the launch of Nokia N 900.

We will put here all the exciting features and how is iPhone still managing to be on the top.

Urlaubspost

Das Wetter ist durchwachsen, gestern wollte ich wegfahren, aber es hat so geregnet, dass ich mich dagegen entschieden habe, später kam dann blöderweise die Sonne raus. Das Essen ist ok, aber eher halb Halbpension, reichhaltiges Frühstück kannste von träumen. Unterkunft ist okay, wird aber auch keine fünf Sterne bekommen, Dienstag war sogar der Handwerker da. Dafür habe ich bei dem Wetter viel gelesen. Auf dem Bild ist übrigens das HTC (Hanseatic Trade Center) zu sehen.

Liebe Grüße
Isabel