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HTC Touch Upgrade??

ok guys and gals I hope all have had a good festive period!!
here’s my question, I have just been offered a free upgrade by orange uk to the htc touch hd, I currently have the htc diamond.
it has been my first WM phone and I must say I am true convert. I have been looking longley with envy at the htc touch hd and I am defo going to own one; but with it being so new to the market I was wondering if any else has done the upgrade and wished they had waited a bit longer for a more stable product.
as i'm not that experienced at putting on ROMs does the one shipped with the orange branded phone work well??
or should i wait untill orange bring a 2nd Rom like they did with the diamond and untill android is fully working on the phone??
thanks for any advice given!!

I think shipped Roms aren't good (enough) at all. I like the possibility to flash another rom, whenever I want to.
So I would not put any stress on the shipped rom, there are already so many great cooked roms out there, so that is really no problem.
Flashing a cooked rom isn't a problem, it takes 10 minutes, if you know what to do, else you will have to read through the wiki, but it is really managable.

so does any one have any views on if the upgrade from the touch diamond to the touch hd is it worth it right now, or is it better to hang fire for a while untill the android os and a good offical rom from orange is out??

I still have the standard htc rom on my HD, version 1.14 and it is stable as can be, I don't feel any need to flash it. All you need to do is make a few tweaks and I'm sure you'll be satisfied with it. My HD somehow feels a little bit faster than a diamond, eventhough they have the same hardware inside and might I say inspite of the higher resolutions screen.
Given the choice I would pick the HD over the diamond any day, the extra big screen is well worth the price premium you pay over a diamond

Nightstalker79 said:
I still have the standard htc rom on my HD, version 1.14 and it is stable as can be, I don't feel any need to flash it. All you need to do is make a few tweaks and I'm sure you'll be satisfied with it. My HD somehow feels a little bit faster than a diamond, eventhough they have the same hardware inside and might I say inspite of the higher resolutions screen.
Given the choice I would pick the HD over the diamond any day, the extra big screen is well worth the price premium you pay over a diamond
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I too find 1.14 to be faster than most cooked ROMs. Perhaps 1.14 is faster than 1.19.

nlnasty said:
ok guys and gals I hope all have had a good festive period!!
here’s my question, I have just been offered a free upgrade by orange uk to the htc touch hd, I currently have the htc diamond.
it has been my first WM phone and I must say I am true convert. I have been looking longley with envy at the htc touch hd and I am defo going to own one; but with it being so new to the market I was wondering if any else has done the upgrade and wished they had waited a bit longer for a more stable product.
as i'm not that experienced at putting on ROMs does the one shipped with the orange branded phone work well??
or should i wait untill orange bring a 2nd Rom like they did with the diamond and untill android is fully working on the phone??
thanks for any advice given!!
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hello everyone!
i'm also offered an upgrade from my old nokia n95, but i'm a little hesitant as i already have an htc touch diamond on another contract with orange. will it be practical to own both the htc touch diamond and the touch hd? i was initially eyeing the samsung omnia but it will cost me over £100 on my current tariff, whereas they can give me the touch hd for free. i've been having this "dilemma" for like a month now and im still undecided. anyone who can give me their views, i'd be grateful.

swap hero with htc touch hd

brand new looking htc touch hd with whole loads of give program like tomtom navigator, coreplayer and every big program with latest upgraded 6.5 rom if any one wants to swap with htc hero
yes ofcourse unlocked htc touch hd plz do PM.
and yes in U.K

???
don't mean to be negative, BUT
you don't actually think someone would make this trade,,,,,,,, do you?
good luck !

I have a piece of string, slightly used. Anyone want to swap for Hero?

get your htc touch on ebay £270 easy for one of them and put the rest to a hero.
Or wait til some clever barsteward ports android to the htc.

,, Hmm stick with the Hero?? or grab the HD2??

Heyas! just wondering what people would choose... i already have the Hero but the wife is due a new phone.. so i could get away with giving her the Hero and grabbing a HD2 for myself if i wanted to
So,, other than that MAAAHHOOOSIVE screen on the HD2... another other benefits over the Hero?? or Vise versa?
Which would you choose and why?
cheers!

I am moving from my hero to HD2 . Why? I prefer large screen , I like wm6.5 , 1ghz processor and I am hoping the HD2 has a stronger gps signal . Also the hero chin makes 2 hands typing harder. Wm6.5 has lots of good software.the hero is a great device but the wow factor of the HD2 is too much got mine on order from clove.

Get the HD2 is a no brainer, since this is a HD2 forum section that has thousands of positive posts

Hd2, best device on the market now!!

Look buddy you know you can't resist, so why even ask? Get the HD2!

yes, definitly HD2 but it is your decision

hero vs magic

HI guys,
looking to sell my iphone and come back to HTC!!!
wondering if there any big difference between the magic capabilities to the hero?
can the hero's rom be fully flashed to the magic? is there anything the hero can do the magic cant?
i really like the hero features but love the magic's look
thanks for your help

patterns said:
i really like the hero features but love the magic's look
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My advice is that if you prefer the Magics look, get the Magic.
However, you need to be a little careful as there are essentially two versions of the Magic. One of them has 288mb RAM (same as the Hero) and the other only 192mb RAM. I would avoid the latter if possible.
Other than that, the only other real difference between the Magic and the Hero (given that SenseUI is now available for the Magic) is that the Magic's camera is 3.2MP vs 5MP on the Hero. However, this isn't really much of an issue as both cameras are pretty naff to be honest!
Any ROMs you find in these forums are for Hero only - you should never try to flash a Hero ROM on a Magic or vice versa. Note though that many Magic ROMs are based on Hero ROMs, so it is quite common to find Magic ROMs with "Hero" in the title.
Regards,
Dave

Hero is surrounded by Black Magic and White Magic!
foxmeister gave good advice.

Hero has also got a 3,5mill audio jack.
I used to want the magic too because of the looks. But when I saw the brown Hero in reality, I have chansged my mind, because it looked so neat and cute. And the Magic looked worse than in pictures - you can't really notice those mouldy lines.

Hero has also got a 3,5mill audio jack.
I used to want the magic too because of the looks. But when I saw the brown Hero in reality, I have chansged my mind, because it looked so neat and cute. And the Magic looked worse than in pictures - you can't really notice those mouldy lines.

thanks guys, hero it is!!
just wondering can you access the root of the phone like a normal htc or is it like a iphoen where its locked down? thats what i dont like about the iphone is limited capabilities
also how difficult is it to unlock?

also consider battery life.
Hero's is much much better than Magic!
(talking about HTC Hero)

You can root the hero easy, flash whatever you like, the cooking community is just starting to find it's feet as things have been a little slow with the hero- kernel code only just released and all that.

pauliusba said:
Hero has also got a 3,5mill audio jack.
I used to want the magic too because of the looks. But when I saw the brown Hero in reality, I have chansged my mind, because it looked so neat and cute. And the Magic looked worse than in pictures - you can't really notice those mouldy lines.
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That was true but the limited edition Magic Fender edition also get a 3.5mm jack.

the fender edition magic is a mt3g so only 192mb ram so no sense

Guys big thansk for all th advice
im now the proud owner of a hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cid and sim unlocked it, got modaco running which is cool
have to say this seems like the perfect balance between windows and iphone!
windows was boring me hence i went to iphone, but that was too restrictive, although very smooth.
Hero looks good for now!

patterns said:
Guys big thansk for all th advice
im now the proud owner of a hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cid and sim unlocked it, got modaco running which is cool
have to say this seems like the perfect balance between windows and iphone!
windows was boring me hence i went to iphone, but that was too restrictive, although very smooth.
Hero looks good for now!
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Congrats!!
good choice, the more of us - the better!

HTC Tattoo VS HTC Magic

Hi i currently have one HTC Tattoo and i'm quite happy with it but for 60€ diference i could switch to an HTC Magic (HTC Sapphire: myTouch 3G, Magic) .
Would i have a huge difference switching to HTC Magic or would it be minimal?
Thanks for you help

i personally bought Tattoo for the fact than i can make it look diferent from the rest and it's smaller than hero and nexus and it's not geeky like them! now thanks to the developers that worked on Tattoo I think it's not a big difference betwen magic and al the others...

Bikers said:
i personally bought Tattoo for the fact than i can make it look diferent from the rest and it's smaller than hero and nexus and it's not geeky like them! now thanks to the developers that worked on Tattoo I think it's not a big difference betwen magic and al the others...
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Now that the Magic has Sense UI, go for it!

In performance terms there's much difference?

The screen is bigger and better resolution. I own a tattoo and like its relative smallness but I think the magic is also better looks wise.
Maybe you could hold on for a month and get either the desire or legend. I am looking at one of these as my next phone.

Maybe i'll play for now with my tattoo and then go for something more powerfull since i dont know the platform that well.
The tattoo lags a little sometimes when i scroll, hope that's fixable in android 2.0 or 2.1

That isn't something that needs to be fixed on the OS itself. Even if your phone has a faster processor, then it'll run smoothly on 1.6 also.

Hey i have a htc TATTOO RUNNING 1.6 and i am tiered of it is there a way to get 2.0 or 2.x pls tell me how u cn do it or where i cn get the file my email address is [email protected]

The difference between then are the screen dimension an better resolution. the rest are the same. Tattoo beats Magic at birth day, the little Android it's newer and the only HTC device with customizable cases.