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m3100 appearing on ebay already!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....30015758142&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MESE:IT&rd=1
doesnt seem a bad price either?

nightshot said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....30015758142&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MESE:IT&rd=1
doesnt seem a bad price either?
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Hell! Where did he get that from at this early stage? :shock:

Back of a lorry?

wwaveydave said:
Back of a lorry?
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:lol:

Its been on the orange website a couple of days now, so probably just bought it to make money.

7 available... doubt he's started 7 new contracts...

I was just in the Orange shop signing up for a Universal contract (long story). They'd just got their TyTNs in. One of you geeks must have been on the phone at the time, they were putting some behind the desk for reserves
It's a beautiful phone, not particularly attractively coloured IMHO (I don't like the two tone greys, would prefer a solid colour), but very good. It'll sell like Natalie Portman selling naked hot cakes - nice, but slightly mushy keyboard, good screen, all mod cons except GPS and VGA.
They were selling for £150 on > £25 contract, £245 on cheaper contracts etc. Good price, I'd love one... but the Mrs Vijay555 already has me on ebay duty clearing out my old rubbish.
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Just got mine yesterday, it's got its niggles (I'm switching from a Treo 650) but I'm generally happy with it. Being able to watch video from BBC News over broadband via my home WiFi network is definitely the coolest thing I've done on it so far!

Tonight I've been streaming mp3s and divx video (in TCPMP) from my desktop PC over my home wireless network, just over standard windows file sharing! Very impressive! Just need to get the playback frame rate better, I'm sure the good folks at TCPMP will optimize it shortly...

marcusjt said:
Just got mine yesterday, it's got its niggles (I'm switching from a Treo 650) but I'm generally happy with it. Being able to watch video from BBC News over broadband via my home WiFi network is definitely the coolest thing I've done on it so far!
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Which program do you use to videostreaming via Wi-Fi?

marcusjt said:
Just got mine yesterday, it's got its niggles (I'm switching from a Treo 650) but I'm generally happy with it. Being able to watch video from BBC News over broadband via my home WiFi network is definitely the coolest thing I've done on it so far!
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Which program do you use to videostreaming via Wi-Fi?

I'm accessing my windows desktop file shares on my smartphone via the "map network drive" feature of Resco Explorer - it's pretty much just like browsing my shares from a normal Windows PC!

T-mobile TV

Whats the general consencers on the mobile TV ? after trying it out I am far from impressed, picture quality is like 3/10 maybe 5/10 if your watching somebody who's not moving, the sound I thought was pretty good but to pay for that service.....not on your nelly !
@ the moment it's free and i'm still not going to use it again screwed my poor eyes up watching all these grains, but thats just my opinion.
I never saw vodafone TV work, can anyone confirm if it's the same sort of quality ?

the only comparison I have is on three. that is spot on with real live tv. I agree with you, as the tmobile service stands I won't be paying for it!

if the content changed more often (i.e daily/live tv) i'd be tempted to subscribe, especially as it is pretty cheap on the monthly option

If you are really serious about tv on your device... I would get an unlimited data plan and buy a slingbox. I just got a slingbox for fathers day. I can watch every channel from Concast. Plus I can control my DVR and watch all my recorded programs. It sure beats Cingular TV, or what ever they call it.
Slingmobile also works over wi-fi...
John

Better that nowt
I believe £3.50 (t-mobile - uk) is not too much of a price to pay.. but the quality is that if "3" when it started its video promo a few years ago. To be honest though we all pay through the nose for this sort of product through ads anyway. Me personally ,I would rather wait for for intergration on DVB-H (not DVB-T) or an add on where you would pay a one off fee like you do for a set top box. Until then, this service is an added bonus for a network that does more for it's customer like say Orange/Vodaphone don't.
The internet has been mobile for a while now even though Vodaphone has started to coin in on this phase.
Saying that I just cancelled my Sat subscription cos I could watch the Nasa space launch within my internet bundle. Plus I can watch 24, lost etc via the network channels anyway, So My Vario 2 is more than capable and I get to take it where I want when I want. (Hopefully the signal in cleethorpes will be better next time I go to the seaside (coast)) Hehe

@Johndawg, I was actually looking at getting a slingbox a littel while ago. So you would say by far this is the best way to have mobile TV on your pocket pc in regards to quality ? Does it matter what slingbox you get or are they about the same in what they offer for this service ? Also are you on web & walk £7.50 m8 ?
@Scootytoo, I to am thinking about canceling my Sky subscription, I can't believe how pants it become, but I love my football and thats where they shaft ya when you subscribe to a package as well as I now have the broadband max included, clever buggers !

sony007 said:
@Johndawg, I was actually looking at getting a slingbox a littel while ago. So you would say by far this is the best way to have mobile TV on your pocket pc in regards to quality ? Does it matter what slingbox you get or are they about the same in what they offer for this service ? Also are you on web & walk £7.50 m8 ?
@Scootytoo, I to am thinking about canceling my Sky subscription, I can't believe how pants it become, but I love my football and thats where they shaft ya when you subscribe to a package as well as I now have the broadband max included, clever buggers !
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There has been many forms of mobile tv over the past couple of years where the solution (very simliar to the slingbox) has pumped media via wlan/net etc. The tech was very limited and fussy. I.e using tv card with a stream app. Too much messing around and the end result not worth the effort. Besides, this slingbox is a clean idea for people with land lines and home broadband. I have had this contract with t-mobile since they were known as one to one. Swapped once to get the spv e200 just so I could watch media such as this. then came back to t-mobile for compact, vario and now the vario 2. I don't have a land line so therefore the slingbox won't work for my family as this is my only means of net access. What I'm trying to do is streaming vid or music from my set top box or sat box (freesat - at present) then onto my brake out box for nvidia tv/vid card combie. Not perfect, but does the job as I save the media then drop it on to flash card to use later. But Recently I wanted to watch the nasa online tv station for latest launch, vario 2 just couldn't cope so I used my Tablet pc with vario 2 as the modem. It was good, but not true mobile tv. As for sat... Like I said before we pay for media via the products I.e ads, then they get upset cos you want to cancel. fair enough I was only paying 15 pounds per month, but for three shows a week such as lost, 24 and daybreak. it would have been cheaper to wait for the box sets. but I have ended up with Freesat which as you may know is better than a standard freeview box. bonus!

Who wants to preorder one? Get it here!

http://www.inkino.co.uk/zen/index.p...ucts_id=2503&zenid=l6kq0544tuqdc7d3j9alaujoa2
Found this via the HTC site!
Happy buying!

BEWARE!!!!!
nowimboard said:
http://www.inkino.co.uk/zen/index.p...ucts_id=2503&zenid=l6kq0544tuqdc7d3j9alaujoa2
Found this via the HTC site!
Happy buying!
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BEWARE!!!!! that link leads to the touch HD page but with a touch diamond already added to the cart. are you hoping people will blindly check out and have a free touch diamond shipped to you? or do you just want to get a kick out of people spending extra money on a phone they didn't intend to buy???

I logged onto the site and when I went to the checkout, it was the HTC HD unit!
Not sure why you got a HTC Diamond ????
But always good to check first !
Cheers

my apologies to the OP, i jumped the gun. i dont know what happened either, i clicked on that link multiple times, i even cleared the browser cache each time. blah.. must be my computer acting up again. my bad once more

Well but the site is not worth my confidence or true..
they have on the bottom of the page this:
Copyright © 2006 Inkino Ltd.
2006?! outdated no?

atomikpt said:
Well but the site is not worth my confidence or true..
they have on the bottom of the page this:
Copyright © 2006 Inkino Ltd.
2006?! outdated no?
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No - that is when they asserted copyright. I can vouch for inkino (having visited their stores and purchased from them several times). They offer great and reliable service.
Others think so too -eg:
Metisse said:
Can I just add that I have bought my QTEK S200, Trinity and Touch Pro from INKINO. You may not get the very best price (you are generally talking only a few tens of pounds on a £500 product), but the service and assistance I have had from the guys who work there is second to none.
I went in yesterday with a problem on my Touch Pro and it was sorted straight away with no quibbles whatsoever. All the people who work there know their stuff when it comes to HTC and will be very straight with you. They are an HTC Authorised Ultimate Partner. They do not hard sell or push something they know is not what you want or need. A BIG contrast to some of the other stores in that area!
There are in fact two INKINO stores. The one at 48 Tottenham Court Road is within another shop and can get busy, the other is a little down the road at 9 Great Russell Street, bigger and generally more staff but no less quality of service.
(A big thanks to Alan, if you're listening, for yesterday - its working fine)
PS I don't work for them either.
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Interesting email from Clove Technology....
There are some things in life that are worth waiting for; the new HTC Touch HD is just one of those things. You registered to be notified when the HTC HD became available, we can today confirm that as of next Tuesday, the 4th of November, we will have limited stock arriving.
This exceptional unit has received phenomenal levels of interest and is the ultimate Windows Mobile device. Want to be reminded of what all the fuss is about?
If the answer is yes, take a look at the following:
- 3.8-inch wide, WVGA (480 X 800 pixel) for a rich viewing experience
- Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user for complete finger navigation of the main features including contacts, calendar, music and video.
- Surf the web and download pages at broadband speed with HSDPA internet connectivity
- GPS on board with Google maps offers street level navigation
- 5 megapixel camera for quality stills and video
- 3.5 mm audio jack makes the HTC HD compatible with the majority of audio equipment available
- Bluetooth and WiFi for complete wireless connectivity to other devices and the internet or networks.
With such a feature rich specification this is the device that everyone is talking about. Much of our first stock is pre-sold but we do still have a number of units available.
Priced at a very competitive £445 + VAT the HD is available for order today by clicking the following link .................
If you have already placed an order, you need not do anything more. We shall process and ship your order as soon as stock arrives.
The Clove Technology Sales Team.

Just to point out, I followed that website from the main HTC website and that I just copied the link..
I wasn't encouraging or promoting the website! Just pointing out it was there!

First impressions on Voda UK from Android noob

Thought I would just give my two pence on the Legend, just got one for the wife, I'm sticking with my Touch Pro2 Didn't see an "I GOT MINE" thread but if there is one I apologise.
The aluminium body is awesome very impressive and handles well
Nice and fast, no choppiness, bluetooth contacts sync (40 or 50 odd) from my TP2 went through faultlessly and easily (no confirming each one, etc) some lack of copy and paste on gmails, weird that it doesn't come up as a "proper" mail account even though the mails come through fine. Had to SMS my wireless key from TP2, then forward the message so I could copy & paste into wireless settings. Sucks a bit, but I'm used to WinMo goodness Wireless connects fine each time. (TP2 is sometimes a bit flakey connecting with all ROMs at least on my AP) Doesn't know what to do with WM notes files but that's to be expected.
On-screen keyboard is a bit too small for my fingers but no probz for the wife.
Capacitive screen takes some getting used to after using my resistive TP2. Fingernails don't work! hehe booo (and no stylus) Screen is very nice to look, seems brighter and "punchier" than my TP2. (think it's OLED?)
GSM signal doesn't seem as good as my TP2, sometimes you will get "emergency calls only" whereas on my TP2 that is much more rare, particularly since the 4.xx radio upgrades. Still early days yet though.
No video calling which is a minor downer since my TP2 has it, also it doesn't seem to tilt sideways although it comes with Teeter (haven't tried that yet tho) wondering if it really has a tilt sensor or not. Guy in the shop thought it didn't. But it does rotate to landscape when it needs to (camera, etc) so no biggie either way.
The optical scrolly dot below the screen is a nice touch. (particularly as she is paranoid about mucking up the screen until we put screen protector on haha)
Good to see VPN support, haven't tried it yet though. I set up IPSEC/L2TP (ie. the way WinMo demands IPSEC) at home so we will see if Android will play ball with that.
Vodafone branding is almost non-existent from what I can see, definitely not the white and red train wreck I was faced with when I got my Voda TP2 haha
No crashes yet although we did have to reset to factory defaults after a gmail signup issue where it set the primary account to something she didn't want (cos it was failing to create account all over the place, ended up creating on a PC) so had to reset the whole thing Still it wasn't that painful as this was in the first hour or two of getting it.
A nice looking phone she's well happy with it, but then she upgraded from an ancient Samsung flip from like 5 years ago haha It's the first time either of us have really played with an Android phone, she's used to dumbphones but is very tech savvy (for a girl haha ) and I've been using PPC / WinMo for over 10 years.
Personally my first impression is I'm glad I have the TP2 wouldn't trade it for the Legend but she's over the moon with it so everyone's happy If I were to place Android in the market based on a few hours of minor fiddling I would place it between WinMo (power users) and iPhone (hairdressers haha ) in terms of ease of use and capabilities. No plans to hack on it, I'll wait till she gets bored of it first
Got it free on a £20 p/m contract on Vodafone from a Voda store, they threw in a leather case and generic screen protectors without a fight. Were really nice to deal with. 500 meg data, can't remember the rest of the details but will find out if anyone asks. Also it is possible to put a consumer tariff (which this was) on a business account, which I didn't know.

I've just got this deal too and so far I'm very pleased. Although i didn't haggle for a leather case and screen protectors, WHAT A FOOL!

MadBeef said:
Got it free on a £20 p/m contract on Vodafone from a Voda store, they threw in a leather case and generic screen protectors without a fight. Were really nice to deal with. 500 meg data, can't remember the rest of the details but will find out if anyone asks. Also it is possible to put a consumer tariff (which this was) on a business account, which I didn't know.
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Yes please!

Samfau2 said:
I've just got this deal too and so im I'm very pleased. Although i didn't haggle for a leather case and screen protectors, WHAT A FOOL!
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Some tips for you:
1. Show up 15 mins before the shop closes
2. Take a hot chick with you
3. Maybe have a business account with 2 phones already
4. "It comes with x, yeah?"
5. Be cheeky
heheee
I dug the paperwork out and the full details are as follows:
"Free" HTC Legend
100 minutes xnet
500 texts
500 meg data (not listed on receipt but confirmed verbally, I have "VP VMI" on the price plan name, Vodafone Mobile Internet?)
Free case (generic leather vodafone one, £6 worth, she'll change that as I suspect it's not nearly pink or girly enough)
Free screen protectors (the generic vodafone ones u have to cut up, they are a bit crap but will do for now, don't use the mirror ones they make the colours go funny, again she will probably get an invisibleshield or sommet cos she likes mine on the TP2)
Free mobile TV all channels for a month (remember to cancel)
Free 10 tracks a month for one month off the music store (ditto)
Free insurance for a month (may not cancel this ...)
Phone pre-packaged with a memory card, think it's 4 gig
24 month contract
I wasn't giving these guys a hard time at all, salesman was quite happy, it was quite a quick impulse buy although we did a bit of research on the phone and tariffs beforehand. The deal I got was printed up on the wall in the VF store so it's nothing special in that respect. They did mention they were having no problems shifting the Legends
Hope this helps.

That £20 deal is on VF website plus at the moment they offer £150 on Quidco so under £15pm. Mine arrives tomorrow ;-)

NX3 said:
That £20 deal is on VF website plus at the moment they offer £150 on Quidco so under £15pm. Mine arrives tomorrow ;-)
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Ah man I tried that cashback thing once (not quidco another one) and it just never came through. Couldn't be arsed chasing them over it. Awesome deal that tho.

Crap! Why didn't i get cashback on this beast?
I think i was just wayyy too excited to actually be getting a decent phone. I've been living with a brick for way too long.
I think voda have the legend exclusively and i had my heart set on it, i think the deal is pretty reasonable though and ive had nothing but great signal, web coverage and service so far.

I'm loving my Legend too, I think it is an absolutely cracking phone. I'm also pleased about the minimal Voda branding, all I see is the splash screen on boot, that's it.
I got 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500mb internet for £20 PCM. I actually went for the £20 PCM deal for 100 mins, etc as it seemed enough and was a good enough deal that I didn't feel it worth haggling but when he phoned up to confirm he quoted me the £25PCM deal for £20! I did the honest thing and said that's not what they originally quoted but he said that now he's accidently quoted it they have to offer it - bit random but hey.

Awesome, lucky you. I'm not likely to use more than my hundred mins but might be pushing it occasionally with the 500 texts, we'll see. Also, I agree its nice to see that Vodafone kept the branding to a minimum.

well mines finally arrived and I'm loving. only slight annoyance is voda haven't provided the update to i can get layer and google goggles apps. i read on vf forums its coming soon though.
has anyone debranded ?

I was also slightly annoyed it didn't have the update. But for free apps like Google goggles you can usually find an apk file on the net and install it using sometimg like astro. Not always the the latest version though and you can't update it. I'll upload goggles for you if you can't find it. Haven't tried for layar.
Sent from my HTC Legend using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Anybody know how to add personal pdf magazines to "my magazines" widget??

I cannot add my personal pdf magazines to the widget it only shows google purchased magazines which sucks, iv been trying to find the file location or format.. any advise?

joycer32 said:
I cannot add my personal pdf magazines to the widget it only shows google purchased magazines which sucks, iv been trying to find the file location or format.. any advise?
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If it's anything like the google books app, it isn't an option.

I'm guessing it's to stop lame freetard just pirating everything rather than buying.
Those scumbags really annoy me, as it means I end up paying more to finance their freetard lifestyle.

Not to say you're crazy Peter, but some of us "freetards" are forced to pirate. For instance I live in a place where I can't buy The New Yorker unless I pay about 10 pounds for it, and it's 3 weeks old. If I actually bought it I'd consider myself a paidtoomuchtard. I live where there is no Hulu, or iPlayer, so again I'm forced to pirate. Today I wanted to watch Matt Taibbi talk to Elliot Spitzer on Al Gore's TV station and was forced to use a VPN because I was geoblocked. Yes I know I'm a rare case, but me likeee pirateee!
All that said, could you explain why, and exactly when you are forced to pay more for any content you consume? Movie prices have only risen due to inflation, music may actually be cheaper now than when I bought my last CD late last century due to ITunes (iTards?), and the costs of wired and wireless internet is solely driven by oligopolistic carriers, not the volume of data being pirated? Print media has definitely taken it on the chin, and you have a good argument if you were to talk about The Times' paywall costing you money, but before the online days you had to pay for a newspaper, and I can't speak to whether or not that price, adjusted for inflation, is markedly higher or not. It has taken many pressmen's jobs, reduced demand for newsprint, but in this it has slowed the ravaging of forests and the resultant pollution that comes from paper making.
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