hey all... just hoping some of the veteran Wizard owners can help me out...
i have a Magician, who i love, but her USB connector is damaged and so she's become so difficult to charge... so i want to upgrade... now i bought a Wizard off ebay but never was able to use the keyboard as it doesn't work... that said, i like the phone, but can't get used to the lack of responsiveness... so would you advise me to sell my Magician and my Wizard, and get a wizard, or a Prophet? what will it be like for me upgrading from the Magician?
(this is also in the Prophet forum, so i can get a balanced answer)
GO WIZARD!
My wizard has been very good to me. loves me long time. hasn't broken (bought it new and babied it) It is durable, and Ii wouldn't trade this for anything without a keyboard.. in fact when I get a new phone I will still keep this one as my trusty backup.
I have to say I didn't like it when the pen was falling out though. I took it appart and fixed it. It's not very fast like win98 compared to xp; but it is very dependable. I'm a much more serious user these days so I will eventualy be getting something with a faster processor and more memory.
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Hi all!
I own 1 wizard and I am very happy. Mow my operator made me a proposal to upgrade to the Universal for 150 Euros.
Do you think I must move to the universal or saty with my wizard?
Thank you in advance.
If your wizard is the o2 one, i'd be willing to swap my universal for your wizard for free...
Wow! seams you are not so happy with your Universal. My wizard is a T-Mobile.
I'd stay with the Wizard... the only thing that slightly tempted me to get a Universal was the VGA screen. Other than that it runs the same software as a Wizard, it's been reported time and again that it's slower than the Wizard, it's physically a good bit larger (and the Wizard isn't all that small to begin with, especially in terms of thickness), the hinge mechanism for the screen goes slack so badly that people have had 'repairs' (tightening) twice already.. keep in mind that the Universal wasn't launched that long ago, etc.
Also, the Wizard just looks pretty sexy
ZeBox: I'm almost convinced...
Well, if you really want to be convinced, go to a store that carries the Universal - just be prepared to be lured into temptation by that VGA screen But if you ignore that bit, *shrug*, Wizard all the way
I had a Universal from t-mobile, 3 infact, all the hindges went slack and clicked so they were returned and I left them for orange. Same thing again, clicks, loose so ive ditched that too.
I admit the VGA screen was a luxury, but it felt quite heavy in the pocket and stabbed me in the leg a few times sitting down. It was also quite slow, especially on somthing as simple as making a call.
Ive ended up with the Wizzard, and im very happy with it. Its the closest HTC have come to making a pda device that looks like a phone and its quite fast considering its technically slower than the Universal.
I dont think you'll be happy with a universal once the glory of the first few weeks has passed. The wizzard certainly is a fine little device and im glad I got one in the end.
Thank you guys for your opinions. Now I am convinced. I'll stay with my wizzard (t-mobile with QTEK rom) wich satisfy all my communication and organisation needs.
Thanks again.
I'm not sure I agree. My universal is faster than my old wizard, the keyboard makes a huge difference and it's no bigger than my wizard was with a cover, which you needed to protect the screen, but don't need with the Universal. Also it's more stable I used to have to soft reset my wiz all the time plus my buletooth headset works properly with it whereas it didn't with my wiz after the last ROM upgrade. And it doesn't wipe/corrup SD cards (yet). Also 3G is abig advantage in so far as I travel alot and now I don't need to pay to login to wifi hotspots, at airports for example, anymore.
Remember neither device is really a very good phone, the battery life isn't up to it and the size is prohibitive.
Well that's my opinion anyway!
simple trade off, size vs function
I had a Magician & loved it but then the Universal appeared I "had to get it", today I sold it to a workmate and bought a Wizard (T-mobile) thats a weight off my mind, and my pocket, I could not carry the Universal around with me easily, I found myself dressing in the morning to accommodate my phone (how F****d up is that?). the Wizard is more like a phone GTi and the Universat is like a 7 year old PC, as I normally carry a PSP and a Laptop for work I found the Universal slow, fragile and oversized ( the VGA left me cold, it is not really VGA, well not useable VGA, fonts are too small and none of the apps suit it. I know that there are some amazing people in this forum working hard but its kinda hard to polish a turd.
If you want a laptop, buy one, if you want a phone, buy one but do not expect one to do the others work for it.
I should have learned my lesson when I bought a Sony NZ90 (another huge bulky "PC replacement") but I think that for 99% of the techno-savvy world a phone is a phone & a computer is a computer.
rant over, sorry to the Universal owners out there
I have both and for me it's pretty obvious its all about intended use.
Wizard: small, low power CPU (although this is not so apparnt, it feels pretty quick most of the time), qvga. EDGE (at best, no EDGE here in the UK so 2G speeds only!). Fits in your pocket no problem. usable keyboard. Perfect 'everyday' PDA phone
Universal: Faster CPU (but ****ty ROMs and power schemes negate this benfit to a large extent). VGA screen is LOVELY! (but no hardware 2D or 3D acceleration means playing games or videos is a bit shakey). Really good Keyboard. Funky swiveling screen (double edged sword as the hinges seem to be a weakness). Big and really rather heavy. UMTS! Only fits in your pocket if your wearing combats! Perfect 'mini laptop' (I've composed large docs and loooong emails on mine!). Perfect PDA that happens to be a phone as well (if you see what i mean).
TBH, I have both and I use the wizard every day and the universal at weekends...
Does anyone have any news as to any clamshell device that can replace our Universal?
What happened to the IMate Ultimate 7150 or the HTC OMNI?
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Hope you are enjoying your Fujitsu U810
imate 7150 was cancelled long ago. Also, I m not sure about this news but I guess Omni too is cancelled.
On the brigther side, if you are interested in VGA, Athena II will be lauching this year. It has been confirmed by HTC
how big is it?the athena 2?
kdskamal said:
Hope you are enjoying your Fujitsu U810
imate 7150 was cancelled long ago. Also, I m not sure about this news but I guess Omni too is cancelled.
On the brigther side, if you are interested in VGA, Athena II will be lauching this year. It has been confirmed by HTC
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Thanks for the response. Sad to hear that. I'll do some searching about the Athena II.
YES, I am enjoying my Fujitsu U810. I even ordered the 2 cell battery to make it even smaller. The 4 cell battery is just too big and ugly as it sticks out on the back.
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Im hoping to replace my uni too.... it's been 3 years now... I'm thinking of the HTC Advantage. What do you think? It's not your typical clamshell but I think it's the nearest to our uni, right?
I was very close to purchasing the advantage from compusa (cc declined - ouch!). I'm glad I didn't.
Spec/feature wise the advantage is amazing. The screen is huge and operating it is a breeze. I just don't think htc got their market right. It's just too big and difficult to carry around. I would think that the max size for a device like this is to fit in your front pants pocket - GOOD LUCK! I'd think women might be the only market for this device as they can fit it in their purse (but what woman that actually wants a device like this owns a purse? ).
I think the uni is fine for my needs, but there's only 4 things that I'd really like out of it:
- Better battery life. This shouldn't be difficult with updates in battery tech from the last 3 years. It's not very reasonable to expect people to carry around extra 1800mah batteries when they're just going out for a 9-5er.
- Soft key buttons + shortcut keys in tablet view. It's just too inconvenient using tablet mode without these keys, hence the fact that I don't ever use this mode on the uni.
- Larger memory. Preferably a microdrive included. What were they thinking only including 64mb of space for us? This is very limiting.
- A way of operating when closed. That imate had it right: putting a display on the outer clamshell. I can imagine looking at that screen and accepting a call on my bt headset without having to open the clamshell up.
http://www.mikenchell.com/handheldpcs/
I dont think this does phone duties though, but it is cool.
http://www.mobilecowboys.nl/mobilerumours/3423
this appears to be a less functional clone of the Universal. Seems kinda bakkerds huh?
axebox, i own a purse (a lot, actually). Im still thinking hard before getting the advantage. Ive been reading the reviews and the comments from the athena thread and seems like it's not a perfect device as well. The speaker's a bit buggy too. I dont really mind the size as long as it meets my needs. I like the screen because I read a lot of ebooks. Im doing that now with my dopod900 and I dropped it a couple of times because I fell asleep while reading. haha. Plus it's using micro sd (not as affordable as sd). And then the magnetic case. I currently use the piel frama case and I use it as a wallet too, i have all my credit cards and other important cards too, plus some cash. Yup, my case is really bulky, especially since I have the thick battery. I managed to stretch the leather to fit the thick battery in. Anyway, Im happy with my dopod now but Im just thinking, if there's anything out there that's gonna be better, faster and maybe even smaller (but not really a priority feature), then I'll get it.
AllanonMage, I'll stick to my dopod.
Not quite what you meant I'm sure but I'm still lusting over it:
http://www.europe.htc.com/en/products/htcshift.html
toshiba g920 seems quite good replacement...negatives will be, probably:
battery life (ahhh...I will really miss 3200+4800mah!)
graphic performance, with wvga you can't expect too much...
smaller display
no rom fun/cooking, superslow updates and patch,no xda support (sigh)
I'm still undecided, though, and even samsung i780 is a pretty good device...but I fear the 320x320 resol., after being accustomed to 640x480....
i've recently sold my 8525 because i've gotten really sick and tired of its clunkiness. im sure some of you can relate, if not all, because its slow, heavy, and basically makes life twice as hard as it needs to be. i guess i'm just ranting for a bit here.... a good stress reliever =)
but i'm gonna admit that there was a positive side to this... because it was a good learning experience to flash and reflash and trying out different cooked roms. I'd like to thank all the cooks/chefs whose spent countless hours and efforts into these projects because i've looked at the kitchen and its not easy, and thank the rest of the board members for your help
but anywho i've moved on to a much simpler phone now... the samsung blackjack (i know it is still a windows mobile phone) so i suppose i'm giving wm6 another chance. its been a few days now and so far i feel like its a much improvement from using a clunky pocket-pc as a phone.
i'll still be visiting the boards from time to time because my brother has an HTC dash/excalibur..... and maybe to get info about smartphones in general.
Just for a minute I confused you for Mr Welker check his Avatar:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1624359&postcount=5
Mike
Good luck and keep us posted on how the samsung blackjack works out for you!
Good Luck, but I don't think I could make that transition. I use my touchscreen so much that when I do sit down at my regular PC, I reach up and touch the screen to go to links and then sit there feeling stupid when it doesn't work. Oh yea, a mouse!!!
hey thanks guys, you know what Steve Sharp, when i first started using the blackjack i kept having the urge to tap the softkeys on the screen, i guess i didnt realize how much i used the screen over the physical buttons!
i dont know if its just me but when i was using the hermes i felt the buttons at the bottom (including the talk and end buttons) were so disconnected from the phone unit.... so when i made calls i just tapped the screen, it kind of felt redundant of the button design...
anywho maybe thats i see what you mean Steve
My friend has a samsung verizon phone... not sure of the name, but it has a touch screen. other than it being extreemly fast even when memory gets low, there is something about his phone that you have to use the cleartemp program (found on this site somewhere) all the time. The screen is very soft and when you apply any sort of pressure you get the LCD rainbow effect...that makes me nervous about it breaking too easily. all in all its a very nice phone.
just i really like the Hermes. my wife has a kaiser and its nice, she never lets me try it out for any amounts of time to make any real decision about whether or not i like it more than mine. i know hers is allot tighter(hmm, i mean slide out keyboard) and feels more comfortable in my hands. I'll make a full report after we do a sim swap for a couple of days. she has duttys rom, probably not the current one, and i have K's full (it seems to be the fastest Hermes rom out for me, and the way i use the phone)
Lman
I got this gadget when it first came out. I really love chunky smartphones that let you do real work on them - that's why I like the x75xx as well.
Now that credit crunch is here, and there's less to spread around, sometimes a gadget resurrected is as good as a new one. So I got my Jasjar out of its wraps and first (second) impressions are really very good. For one thing, compared with WM6, it is really very fast. What I really like is the battery life. Putting a 3G SIM in the thing is a revelation. The SIM kills my x7500, or the TyTN II, but the Jasjar seems to plough through. Plus the massive extra big batteries you can get (I have got a 3800mAh one) mean that you can use the thing during the day for all sorts of extras, namely, music on the go. That is a real plus.
There are problems of course - the lack of memory is real minus, but installing as much as I can on storage card means I can get more out of it, and using Memmaid and shutting down apps when I don't need them wrings a little more performance out it.
Which brings me to what I wanted to say: the tweak for letting it recognise SDHC cards over 2GB - the reason I migrated away from it in the first place - means I have an 8gig card in it now, with as many ebooks and songs as I could realistically want away from the office. So a big thank you to the regulars of this forum who go to the trouble of developing and publishing these things. I am really grateful. I think this is one gadget that deserves to be resurrected, with a new version, the design with the rotating screeen to tablet is just superb.
So - not a complaint, not a problem, just thanks to the regulars.
rjstep3
I have to agree with you.
When I got my Exec (a £160 grab off eBay with a 4GB SIM card and all the accessories bundled) I must admit, I was skeptical. That screen, too flimsy. That layout, too buggy. That OS, too slow... But with some playing about it now runs a charm, a really nice phone to use. The only downside is having to hold what seems like a chunk of Lego next to your face when you want to take a call, and I can never remember which button is which on the spine to answer/hang up calls. So I always end up hanging up on someone before I've even answered it!!!
Right now though, it's a lovely phone. That flimsy screen can be tightened, that layout can be modified, and that OS has been upgraded to Tomal's latest.
All I got to do now, is get myself an O2 SIM which has 3G on it!! Still on PAYG, which I've been meaning to change for a while. Ah well - on the Christmas list!!!
Universal is the best device!
Even today with the new devices Uni still having one of the best screens, almost same processor than the actual ones, and a keyborad that no device can beat!
Long live to Uni! (Even if it´s big, but it felts more solid on your hand)
Very true. With its big size comes its power which is second to none. Other than memory I have no complaints with this big man. I use bluetooth headset all the time so no worries like holding it for long. My jasjar has gone through very rough handling. But still it keeps on and on. Seems like its immortal. Its been more than 3 yrs with and so many things like iphone have passed by, but nothing attracts me more than this. Some of the things which make it royal and rich are:
lavish night glow keyboard
solid metallic frame
cool brushed finish
tablet design with sturdy hinges
two perfectly placed cameras
I can spend all day writing on this micro laptop. In short, its a never ending love.
But I cant conclude without mentioning the contribution of the members of this site. Everytime I start getting a little bit bored with it, I come to this site and put on some noce softwares or flash it. My love with it becomes even more energized. Thanks guys for all your efforts.
Out of all the phones I've purchased, tried and sold...I sometimes wish I would of kept my O2 Exec.
Funny really. I keep threatening to sell my 'ol Exec.
I bought it from O2 when it was first launched and retired it 6 months ago in lieu of something a little smaller (Touch Dual Plus).
Every now and then I get it set to sell it, but I just can't bring myself to do so
I'm hoping Father Christmas will bring me a new Batt and SD card so I can resurrect it fully.
Long live the XDA Exec
Mav
I sent my Touch HD back to HTC earlier this week to fix my apparent broken WIFI and Bluetooth. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to cope without it so I dusted off my old Orange M700 (HTC Trinity).
Unfortunately I decided to flash the rom and ended up with a brick (another story) so I had to dust off one of my other spare phones:
Orange M1000 (too big and battery life issues)
Sony Ericsson K750 (locked to the wrong network)
Sony Ericsson W800i (right network, can't find the battery cover!)
Nokia 5140 (right network, nothing missing...essentially a rugged phone from about 4 years ago. Can I really cope for 2 weeks with this old phone?
The answer is yes! My god, when did I start having to charge my phone daily? This nokia was charged on Sunday night and the battery is still at about 50%. It's also a little on the sturdy/rugged side - supposed to be splashproof and drop proof and I can confirm already that it is. The ringtones are very old skool and the screen is smaller than my watch but many people at work have said they are thinking now of getting something similar as a backup phone. Lets just say that in my line of work, I'm likely to break my phone in many ways and this little phone works a treat.
I am looking forward to getting my Hd back but I think I'm going to miss the little Nokia. Its reminded me that a phone can be just a phone sometimes.
Your thoughts?
I think I get what you mean, I personally still use my old Nokia everyday just for the sake of its alarm and as a backup phone (for some reasons, I can't really trust the HD to wake me up in the morning). My HD wouldn't even notify me of new text messages sometimes (I have to look for workarounds for this issue, while the Nokia simply works right out of the box). But then again, at almost every other aspects, the HD outperforms the Nokia, leaving it far behind.
I guess its kinda like having both a Ferrari and a Toyota sedan. Where the Ferrari outperforms the Toyota at almost all engineering aspects, sometimes the daily drives are still best served by the latter; simply because you know you wouldn't have to worry about petrol consumptions or all the speedbumps on the road.
one must admit, you cant have it all. but truth be told, this is the beauty of windows mobile, the experience is very personalised, after tweeking the phone to your needs, it becomes your special gadget. thats why i can always understand the frustration of people coming new into windows mobile, because they lack the patience to learn, how to make their phone better work. to be honest i myself have spent alot of time on the forums, until i became really comfortable with this phone.
as for the alarm issue, i usually soft reset the phone before i go to bed, and i havent ,missed an alarm yet.( i use galarm by the way).
i used to own one of those sturdy nokia phones, the ones with a rubber coating. and yes it gives u a peace of mind to know that u dont need to worry about cracking the screen everytime u sit down...