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Windows mobile 5 one step ahead and one step back?

HI
Yesterday i just got my universal, it was long waited and i was so excited that i could barely unpack it ;-)
now i have been playing with it for several hours, and i must say im quite happy, my version is the Qtek 9000 and i dont have the some of the issues that is mentioned here with other brands. mine is fast clearly faster than my old qtek 9090.
what i am a little disapoointed in is more the new windows mobile 5, well i do like the new added functions, and i really like the idea of the new gps api and camera api. i hope this will give is much more software that support thise functions.
there is just a few things i really dont understand why Microsoft has change fx:
- Why has messenger undergone such a downgrade? i liked to have my messenger automatically connect when i got onliine, its not pssoble anymore and alot of other setting are gone also.
- Microsft has change the way memory works by locking the slider, so you cand decide how much to use for program and stoage, fine with me but why on earth cant you place your documents folder on the storage card and have activesync 4 sync it there then????? im i missing something here?
- Activesync is now version 4, in 3.8 you could specify how long back in time you wanted emails to sync, i syncronized 6 month back, in windows mobile 5 you can only use predefined values and it only goes 1 month back what is the idea behind that? why does microsoft thinks they know better than me how long back i want to sync?
But let me say again i am quite happy with my universal, i just dont understand the above changes. i thaoght higher version meaned more options not less :-(

The 9000!??!?!?!??!?!?
Aaaargh!
I must wait until the 11'th of November!
And that's a Friday, so I'll probably have to wait until Monday or Tuesday!
Do you know what supplier your shop bought it from?

I bought i directly from Dangaard denmark, im a registered dealer..
in denmark it was scheduled for november 5. but moved fast when i it suddently was on stock the day before yesterday
you have something to look forward to, i love it
yes yes ok i guess im a nerd lol

You lucky b****rd!!
I've been waiting for AGES for this phone!
Dangaard has it for 11/11-05.. It's a shame..
Dangaard is Danish, right?

Can't help you with your other questions, but I think I know the answer to this one:
abp said:
- Microsft has change the way memory works by locking the slider, so you cand decide how much to use for program and stoage, fine with me but why on earth cant you place your documents folder on the storage card and have activesync 4 sync it there then????? im i missing something here?
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The hardware in the Exec is different to any of its earlier relatives. Now we have persistant (i.e. permanent) storage which behaves like a rewritable ROM, plus a 'Programs' memory which is RAM. Your installed programs, files, and documents are stored in the persistant storage and will not be lost even if the battery is completely flat! This is a big step forward from previous models, in which everything was stored in power-dependent RAM.
In the old days you could move the slider to choose between allocation of RAM to storage or running programs because it was all one storage location in hardware. With the Universal we have two physical types of storage so you can't change how it is used.
I agree with the title of your post: One step forward and one back. WM5 is .... different. Not necessarily better from a simple usability point of view. They give us two soft buttons at the bottom of the screen to perform common tasks (which is good ) but this removes a huge chunk of usable screen area (which is bad ). IMHO the benefits of WM5 will only be seen over time.

I agree that it is a huge advantage that we now have persistant storage, but it is really a problem that you cant move the activesync document folder to the storage card, there is not much memory in the internal storage ram in the new version to save data, so if you have fx. a excel document you like to have sync and use on both desktop and pocket pc then you would need to manually copy between SD card and internal memory. To me it really seems like a half finnished and not thought thoug solution they have made here

another thing i noticed about wm 5 and active sync is that you canot change the default folder (in outlook) for syncronising contacts. i tried the tools/options... menu that should give me many settings to do but no good.
and how about sheduling? do you get any settings for that? i dont.
maybe i do something wrong but with the s100 everything was a litle bit more easy.

Some usability questions & problems..

i've had the o2 exec now for 3 months...some questions and problems that i have:-
1) when using an mp3 as a ringtone the phone starts ringing after 2-3 rings..:?:
2) how can i reset the call duration meter?
3) how can i backup/sync my sms msgs?
4) how can i copy all my contacts into the sim? ( to avoiding 1 by 1 copying)
5) when i select to txt a contact, outlook takes several seconds to load. can it speed up?
6) is there any remote control/handfree that can control media player? (play/pause, next/previous track functionality)
I'm new in the forum so i'm sorry if any of these questions have been asked before. If they have been asked b4 pls point me to the right threat or else enlighten me/us..

1) Keep the datastream as low as possible, and store the MP3 in main memory.
This MIGHT help a little bit..
You could allso try to upgrade the radio stack.
2) As of this moment; it can't be done. We figured out how to fool a WM2003 device, but WM5 is tougher..
3) As of this moment; I don't think you can..
4) Not sure, but why would you want to?
The SIM card has a maximum of 14 characters in the name, and only one number per contact. Nor does it tell you what kind of number it is.
And a maximum of 220 numbers/contacts. (Usually)
But to answer your question: I don't know..
5) My phone uses ~ 2 seconds to do this. It allso uses ~ 2 seconds to open Pocket Outlook (SMS/Mail inbox).
I don't think it can be speed up much more than that..
6) There are several. I can't do anything but to tell you to search.
pocketgear.com is a good place to start. It's not free, but you'll see what's out there. And you might pick up some good search terms as well..
Sorry that I couldn't be more helpfull, but I gave what I had..

It takes the phone a little while to start up the mp3 player, copy the song from SD or flash into RAM and then begin playback. The best way would be to have the player always in RAM and the mp3 always in RAM too.. but nobody has made a program to do this yet. Best bet is to just use a .wav.

thx guys

SMS BACKUP, SYNC, COMPOSE, SEND..
I found a great app that does all of the above, it's called JEYO mobile extender v2.0 for outlook.
great, highly recommended!
STILL LOOKING FOR A MEDIA PLAYER REMOTE CONTROL...

Various questions of new smartphone owner

HI even though i'm new to the forums as in making a profile, im not new to this awesome site!
I'll start off by saying that, im very computer litterate, and that the Cingular HTC 8125 is the first smartphone ive ever bought, so please take alittle pity on me as im coming from one of the dumbest basic kyocera phone's, to a phone thats still in the top spots of all smartphones
1) I slid a sim-card that I bought off of ebay(t-mobile) into the sim slot of wizard, and pressed the power button. When coming on it almost goes to the start(today) screen, but skips right to this white screen asking for sim unlock code, and I thought that maybe the numbers on the sim cards CARD would unlock it but no sucess. So ofcourse i came here, seeing on the front page of a program called LOCKIWIZ?
-Could you explain how to do this, as in setting up then executeing, in the most simple as you can get it, not be rude, but me just having this phone for a day, i dont know what things like HKey/System/tools...whatever means yet
1) I slid a sim-card that I bought off of ebay(t-mobile) into the sim slot of wizard, and pressed the power button. When coming on it almost goes to the start(today) screen, but skips right to this white screen asking for sim unlock code, and I thought that maybe the numbers on the sim cards CARD would unlock it but no sucess. So ofcourse i came here, seeing on the front page of a program called LOCKIWIZ?
-Could you explain how to do this, as in setting up then executeing, in the most simple as you can get it, not be rude, but me just having this phone for a day, i dont know what things like HKey/System/tools...whatever means yet
3) Could this ActiveSync program possible fix these problems, or other necessities?
4) Since I knew that I was getting this for christmas, I went, and got prepared to use this phone to its potential. So I went found lots of freeware apps.
Total Commander
Calculator98
Arithmetic
VBirthday
Taskmanager
The Core Pack Media Player
Pocket Encarta
Magic Button
MyMoney
XnView player-camera
Winrar
And 2 strategy games; Warring states, and crimson fields
- all of these apps/games, are already on a disk
Will all of these programs fit on a 1gb Mini SD Card?
Will the zip program, I saw in the phones menu help compress?
Which of these programs do you recommend I keep, and/or get rid of?
If any what the better equivalents of some of these programs?
BTW, what's the most simplistic way as to getting these program on to the phone through activesync or will their be instructions/tutorials to guide you?
5) Are we charger for Wi-FI Internet?
In case needed:
ROM: 2.25.11.1 WWE
OS 5.1.195
Sorry for the really long list of questions, but im sure that this thread will many others. And if theirs any of those 4-5 star "Stickys" that I missed sorry, cause I saw that their were about 250 pages!
Thank You!
Merry Christmas(XMAS)

3) Could this ActiveSync program possible fix these problems, or other necessities?
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ActiveSync its used to sincronize elements PC<->PDA, it includes outlook elements (mail, contacts, etc), MS office documents, and other stuff, this can be done manually or automatically... i think it can't solve the unlok problem but anyway it is necessary to install it to work properly with the pda...
4) Since I knew that I was getting this for christmas, I went, and got prepared to use this phone to its potential. So I went found lots of freeware apps.
Total Commander
Calculator98
Arithmetic
VBirthday
Taskmanager
The Core Pack Media Player
Pocket Encarta
Magic Button
MyMoney
XnView player-camera
Winrar
And 2 strategy games; Warring states, and crimson fields
- all of these apps/games, are already on a disk
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Will all of these programs fit on a 1gb Mini SD Card?
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YES... I think programs don't take too much space in memory card, mine is full due to some videos, music and those stuff... no problem with programs...
Will the zip program, I saw in the phones menu help compress?
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YES but it depends on the file type you requiere to compress; music and videos (big files) doesn´t change too much when compressed... but txt, docs and others get better rates...
Which of these programs do you recommend I keep, and/or get rid of?
If any what the better equivalents of some of these programs?
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There are lot of options, but freeware is a good option, the progs in list are normally included in custom roms but there are a lot more to test...
BTW, what's the most simplistic way as to getting these program on to the phone through activesync or will their be instructions/tutorials to guide you?
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Normally you can install them with activesync from the desktop but I think you will prefer to get the cab and install progs directly on the phone...
5) Are we charger for Wi-FI Internet?
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Not sure what you ask but wifi usage is the same than using a laptop... depend on the provider... some are free, some are restricted to suscribers...
I can't help about unloking because i bought my cingular SIM unlocked...

Thank You very much jorgejs!!!
Youve really helped, and thanks for posting!
Im already getting more experienced with my My WIZARD!
like today I amazingly unlocked it! so it could work with my t-mobile SIM, and i've only had it for 2 days
Now I plan to try and upgrade my phone to WM6!, eventhough i dont see anything wrong with WM5?
But my memory card still wont "install" itself, eventhough I bought a USB Sync cable today, and uploaded a few apps?
Well thanks again
If their were a rep system i'd +rep

Question about the SD Card and Programs?

Hi,
Its been a while since I had a Windows Mobile phone (MDA Vario 2!) and I just had a quick question about the SD card for the Touch HD. I am very interested in this phone and want to know if you can for instance store your contacts on the SD Card? I assume any extra programs you get would have to go on the SD card due to there not being alot of space on the phone?
Thanks.

You can save your contacts to the SIM card, put it in the Blacktone and add them across, but you may need a third-party application to put them on a memory card.
As for programs, you're given a choice where you want to save them. Somepeople hotswap memorycards, so need the programs on the phone. In my experience though, 300mb is plenty of space for programs, so lobng as pictures are stored to a memorycard.

Need a HTC mentor...

Hi,
I just bought a HTC HD2 (Leo). I've looked around in all the forums and can't find the info I'm looking for plus all the answers to all the other questions I have.
My first question is, how can I save directly to the SD card instead of the phone memory? I've looked everywhere to find an answer to that and I've even contacted the HTC support (in Sweden) but no luck. Does anybody know? Is it possible? I have a ton more questions, but I can only ask one at a time, if i understood the rules correctly.....

Sorry, but what are you trying to save, an example may help. Usually you are asked where you want to save something. Also treat yourself to Resco Explorer at some point. Makes working with files so much easier.

For example, when I send files from my old phone (photos, music etc.) it just saves it on the phone memory. It fills up my phone completely and at once. I had to move the files to the SD memory but everything didn't fit on the phonememory. I don't get any question where I want to save my files. Is there any way (that someone knows about) where I can change that? And thanks for the tip about the download, I will check that out! And I can't whatch divx movies on my phone - any tips?

Hmmm, see I used Windows Media Player to sync music and photos and it gave me the option where to sync to. I guess the problem is if you are going direct from Phone to phone you aren't getting the same level of configuration.
I believe Coreplayer is for DivX.
Free DivX layer here

Thank you for the link!! Been looking for that one. Since I'm new to windowsphones, do you know of any link (tutorial) where I can learn how to install coreplayer (and other apps - like flash and others)?

Things will either come as Install packages that are run from your PC while the device is connected via Activesync or WMDC. Alternatively applications are downloaded as .cab files which you stick somewhere on your storage card and run them from within File Explorer.

Thank you for helping a novice out! I'm gonna try it out!