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I left X1 for HD. Enough is enough.

Dear buddies,
i will miss this section of the forums.. you folks have been a blast..
enough is enough. i am moving on to touch HD.
take care

hum.... ok? we wish You all the best. bye bye.

bye bye and welcome back soon , i know many who switched from the Touch HD to the Xperia lol.
Regards,
cHarOn

You're definitely gonna miss out on a lot! Good luck anyways...

What is the reason of your switch ?

Trudi said:
What is the reason of your switch ?
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I think HTC gives better support to Touch HD
although, SE is busy with X1 update(s), it just takes some time.
Also I think there are more Custom roms (cookers) for HTC Touch HD than SE X1
But anyway, wish u luck than

As a SE fan, I am used to wait a lot between all updates... They just want to be sure everything is ok when they release it.
But I can understand your choice, I had the same idea, not because I hate my X1, I just love it, but just to try the Touch HD. Then I could switch back to the X1 if preferred.

Yeah
SE isn't bad at all, but HTC has a lot more experience with WinMo than SE.
Also, SE focusses more on casual mobile users and HTC has more Pro users who knows how to use WinMo.

Trudi said:
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i think leobox had plenty of problem with his X1. Notably on his keyboard, which got very unresponsive. i hope im right here....im sorry if im wrong
anyway the keyboard problem DOES bugging me too...it made me think about Touch HD now...although i might stick around and wait for Touchpro 2...

yes crazy keyboard camera button.. half hearted SE support.. sigh
i went to HTC website .. they even have hot fix for problems between big updates.. seems like good committment...
so far, i loveee the big screen BEST!
but i really miss u all.. think i will pop by here too

I'd rather have something I can spend time on fixing like my PC, but that's just crazy me
Have fun at your new home :d

darn
i am new to winmo, actually the xperia is my first winmo owned device after going tru SE Uiq handsets, played with a few other htc devices, but there is just something about the x1 thats different, i know you will be back lol, its like leaving your BMW home to drive and show off in a Suzuki Swift.
i updated my rom via seus and so far i have never experienced and crashes or hangs, im loving this baby
typed from xperia

Cheers - and goodbye. :)

Just wanted to say since I've had my Touch HD I've had countless support from everyone on here, theres too many names to mention, but today, I received my Touch Pro 2 and will be leaving this forum... (only down the road though, 2 doors down I think).
Never been a better set of people working with a device and I thank each and everyone of you, especially the chefs and their support teams, without you my HD would be no where near as good as it is now.
Hopefully you will all be getting a Touch Pro 2 and coming to help me there, but until then, I'll only be in this forum in dribs and drabs helping where I can until I sell my HD.
Au revoir!

nicelad_uk said:
Just wanted to say since I've had my Touch HD I've had countless support from everyone on here, theres too many names to mention, but today, I received my Touch Pro 2 and will be leaving this forum... (only down the road though, 2 doors down I think).
Never been a better set of people working with a device and I thank each and everyone of you, especially the chefs and their support teams, without you my HD would be no where near as good as it is now.
Hopefully you will all be getting a Touch Pro 2 and coming to help me there, but until then, I'll only be in this forum in dribs and drabs helping where I can until I sell my HD.
Au revoir!
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NICE... Congrats Pal. I will be seeing you shortly in that section too. I am waiting for T-Mobile to release that device for us here in the US so that we'll have the 3G capabilities .
But Touch HD would still be one of the top devices I have used.
I will chk out your reivew on the TouchPro (Rhodium) section if you have one.

Congrats on your new mobile.
I need a help from you if possible.
Iam also planning to buy a touch pro 2.
But, it will be really helpful for me if you can give me few details about your new phone.
1. Is it having the same yellowish tint as Touch HD screen?
2. Have you tested the out of box video playback ? is it the same as HD or any improvement (I mean some updates video drivers??
3. What about the battery life? (too early i know , but still)
Thanks in advance

Goodluck and congrats on your new device my friend...

have fun, moved thread to blackstone

But why do you leave this beautiful thin device THD and get this ugly fatty TP2?

Nice mate,
i wish you all the best there.
i wanted to get a TP2 but it was not yet released when i flushed my X1 so i got HD.
btw TP2 has a 0.2 inches smaller screen, can u live with that?
for me, i will not get a TP2 unless an external KB is essential.
best of luck

die_Leuchte said:
But why do you leave this beautiful thin device THD and get this ugly fatty TP2?
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Haha, I know what you mean, but with this device being narrower and a bit fatter, it actually feels better in the hand. Plus I want a hardware KB, this has it where the HD obviously don't. Love both devices, can't fault either.
HDuser said:
have fun, moved thread to blackstone
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Thanks for that.
anaadoul said:
Nice mate,
i wish you all the best there.
i wanted to get a TP2 but it was not yet released when i flushed my X1 so i got HD.
btw TP2 has a 0.2 inches smaller screen, can u live with that?
for me, i will not get a TP2 unless an external KB is essential.
best of luck
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You don't really notice the difference, whats 0.2"!!! No seriously, you don't notice the difference but the screen does look a lot clearer than the HD for some reason, I thought they were the same. Seems more responsive too.
Has more on front too, nice to have a Start Menu button and a home button as well as the hardware Zoom slider, Front notificaiton light is always nice too
skr_xd said:
Congrats on your new mobile.
I need a help from you if possible.
Iam also planning to buy a touch pro 2.
But, it will be really helpful for me if you can give me few details about your new phone.
1. Is it having the same yellowish tint as Touch HD screen?
2. Have you tested the out of box video playback ? is it the same as HD or any improvement (I mean some updates video drivers??
3. What about the battery life? (too early i know , but still)
Thanks in advance
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Will let you know these, haven't tested them as yet. Not sure what you mean about the yellowish tint?? Video playback I would imagine is the same as this is driver issue not hardware.
Battery life actually has a monitor on it from last full charge, so will let you know in next few days about that, fully charging it now so tomorrow will be day 1

Congrats on your new device!
Personally i prefer those 0.2" and a 3.5mm jack

Congrats on your TP2!! I'm doing the same once it arrives in the USA 7/22 for T-Mobile 3G!!

Thanks friend.
Waiting for your valuable reply

jaypeev_9 said:
Goodluck and congrats on your new device my friend...
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OMG don't wish to be rude, but you're actually congratulating somebody on buying a cell phone in the same way one would congratulate on the birth of a child. This is nuts!?

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OMG don't wish to be rude, but you're actually congratulating somebody on buying a cell phone in the same way one would congratulate on the birth of a child. This is nuts!?
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You cancongratulate me on the birth of my child too if you like, it was 2 days ago.

Well nicelad, I am not really able to congratualte for the decision to buy a TP2 BUT all the best for your little one!!!

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Well nicelad, I am not really able to congratualte for the decision to buy a TP2 BUT all the best for your little one!!!
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I was the same as you to be honest, a little bit pesemistic about the tp2 as I had my Blackstone, I didn't know what could be better, but I needed the hw kb.
To my amazement, the screen is clearer and more responsive, but don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the hw kb, I wouldn't have changed.
Love both devices, just waiting for HSPL and roms to start flying about

skr_xd said:
Thanks friend.
Waiting for your valuable reply
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Ok, again, not had chance to check video but will be doing that later today.
Battery.... A nice feature is that when you go into settings--power, there is an information tab at the end, which displays the time you have used it.
So far, my battery has depleated 11% (I'm on 89% left) with factory stock ram and so far I have...
19 hours, 10 minutes standby
41 minutes talktime
44 minutes device usage
Device usage is just when you have the device out of standby, whilst I've been doing this I've installed about 15 programs, set up Tom Tom, used Tom Tom for 10 minutes and also been playing with settings... So far I'm quite impressed.
I've also sent/received 32 text messages.
Hope this helps

Think I'll hold off purchasing any new phones until something comes along and blows my mind away. Unfortunately the TP2 didn't do this for me, but have fun anyhow.
@ nicelad_uk - Best of luck with your new baby. I hope you were well rested beorehand mate

Can i buy hd2?

Im planning to buy HD2! i already own a kaiser.
1)most of them say that winmo is the only problem, but i love winmo!
2)and i there was some 3d driver problem in hd2? (already kaiser doesnt have proper drivers)
if that is a big issue please let me know.
3) how are games in hd2?
4)music audio quality
5)call quality
6)last but not least! TF3d is not lagging?
Please suggest me! thanks in advance
Jeno

U will love it like i do
I was worried about win-mo too, but after i got the hd2 i love it so much.
The only thing I don't like about it is the battery life, can't even last for 1 day . Other than that it's a perfect phone. U can use it for like almost everything.
I believe u would like it too

Thanks you! gonna buy it tomorrow!

Now all i want to know is how it handles 3d apps and games!! and those driver issue! anyone suggest please

jenod said:
Now all i want to know is how it handles 3d apps and games!! and those driver issue! anyone suggest please
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Till now i can say, that i tried EVERY (quality) game out there. None of them was able to slow down the HD2 or make it stutter or something (even though the drivers are really crappy as confirmed by many many chefs You can get a clue of the quality of the drivers, if you try a 3D-Benchmark (sorry got no link at the moment). But just as i said, theres is acually no software/game that really stresses the HD2 apart from HD-Videos...

Got the HD2, works nicely! thank you guys!

you do the best choice... welcome

May I ask where you got your?

Is HTC more intrested in Android then Windows mobile????

Just a thought has HTC moved the interests to Android because they have just announced the HTC Wildfire and every month a new fone seams to be out but we are stuck with probs on our amazing HD2. Why don't they spend time fixing these before releasing new phones
Any Ideas people??????????????????????????????

at this moment in time i would say yes, at least until windows phone 7 is released then they will probably switch back to that and android. HTC will still release rom updates and hotfixes for the HD2 but it won't be that often.

It's not that they don't care..they did just recently release an update. But the reason they keep releasing phones instead of focusing on the ones already out is pretty simple. They're a business, a mobile phone business, and they want to make money.

HTC has a leg up on just about every other mobile phone manufacturer thanks to this site. htc devices never seem to "Suck". but since win phone 7 wont be skinable or very customizable from what i have read. then maybe htc will be more android oriented. id love to see sence from winmo ported over. as for updates. HTC seems to make important ones, but dont knock um. most other smartphones dont even get a lot of updates. in my experience, i have never had an HTC device with a problem for to long. longest was my HD2 wich had a data issue. that didnt last to long

that was a big point, why i bought the hd2 and didnt wait for another phone. i have the feeling that the hd2 is the last "best winmo phone" from htc. i dont think they make a better winmo 6.5 phone till wp7...
they want to make the customer feel good with a htc phone, and a customer doesnt feel good when his phone crashes often and runs slowly...
not only xda members buy htc phones, and android just feels better when u dont know how to set up ur phone

I can understand what you lot are saying and i am very happy with my HD2 apart from the text messageing app problem that thay have bin told about loads of time even from me but they are not doing anything about that is my problem

I like my HTC HD2 very much
The only thing I don't like is the text messaging
Please Please Please if any one knows some good sms apps please let me know
I miss the sms style from Iphone

zoombay78 said:
I like my HTC HD2 very much
The only thing I don't like is the text messaging
Please Please Please if any one knows some good sms apps please let me know
I miss the sms style from Iphone
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there is a sms style for winmo wich looks almost as the one from iphone.. u should search the forum for it

D4rkSoRRoW said:
there is a sms style for winmo wich looks almost as the one from iphone.. u should search the forum for it
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Please let me know because I searched alot here and in other forums even in youtube but found nothing

zoombay78 said:
Please let me know because I searched alot here and in other forums even in youtube but found nothing
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found in this forum:
vito sms chat: http://vitotechnology.com/threaded-sms-messaging.html
smileySMS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328363
hope this is what u are searching ^.^

I got tired of waiting for HTC to address this major fault. Resco Contact has what I think is by far the best SMS software. You can install Resco Contact (I purchased it a couple of years ago but you can download a trial) and then just put a link to the SMS part of the program. It works fine for me. Hope this helps.

HTC has a long history of nice looking devices but poor support, 6 months at best is all you can count on from them before they move on. Short answer, yes and contrary to others who think HTC will put all their expertise behind WP7 I think we will see lacklustre efforts from them as they focus even more on android.

I'm really hoping that if they give up on 6.5x version of Sense, they will release files here to allow cookers and mods the chance to keep this phone ticking over. I bought this phone with the hope that Sense would improve (e.g. Facebook tab, RSS reader, Video browser (to launch with CorePlayer) etc. etc) - however, I'm worried we've seen the last of this great interface (on WM6.5)

zoombay78 said:
I like my HTC HD2 very much
The only thing I don't like is the text messaging
Please Please Please if any one knows some good sms apps please let me know
I miss the sms style from Iphone
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I didn't like the 6.5.x texting to start with, but to be honest I am so used to it now it really doesn't bother me.

Is there much point getting one now?

I'm thinking of buying the HTC HD2 but is there much point now, if it won't be getting updated and newer and better phones are coming out?
I'm looking at it as it has the biggest screen(besides the streak which im also considering, but much more expensive)
What would you suggest?

70th said:
I'm thinking of buying the HTC HD2 but is there much point now, if it won't be getting updated and newer and better phones are coming out?
I'm looking at it as it has the biggest screen(besides the streak which im also considering, but much more expensive)
What would you suggest?
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if you actually like winmo as it is, with the way windows phone 7 is shaping up the hd2 could become a very valuable antique.

theabsurdman said:
if you actually like winmo as it is, with the way windows phone 7 is shaping up the hd2 could become a very valuable antique.
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I don't know because ive never used a winmo phone before.

70th said:
I don't know because ive never used a winmo phone before.
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What has been your phone history? And what do you use or intend using the phone for?
WM, iphone and android suit different ppl and WP7 looks weird imho...

well if you have the patient to wait until the end of 2010 or so, just wait. i didn't have or why don't you try Evo?

argentocruz said:
What has been your phone history? And what do you use or intend using the phone for?
WM, iphone and android suit different ppl and WP7 looks weird imho...
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Over the last couple of years, ive only used the bold 9000, HTC Desire and iPhone 4, however i sent back the iphone 4 as the ui is getting very boring.
I use the phone more for texts and internet than phone, i primarily want to use it for web browsing, thats why the streak appealed to me, but this is cheaper, im just worried about updates, and the lack of official support after WP7
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well if you have the patient to wait until the end of 2010 or so, just wait. i didn't have or why don't you try Evo?
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I can't wait until the end of 2010 i have no phone at present lol. Also im in the UK so the Evo is a no go otherwise i would definitely have it.

if you like bets, get one now.
If the bet goes well, you will buy a "cheap" device which will get a fully functional froyo OS on it when the android devteam has completed the job, and be almost at the level of the Evo, without its bulkiness... and before the thing goes out and the demand increases, making the prices go higher.
If the bet goes bad, you still get a cheap but powerful device with WM on it
Anyway, given my experience with the device, and the market which is available for italy, I would get it again now as well.

70th said:
I don't know because ive never used a winmo phone before.
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Try before you buy my friend.
I've been using winmo for years and I love it. The HD2 is my favorite device yet.
Winmo users generally love to tweak. These forums make tweaking fun and you can usually get whatever you need, want and more for your phone if you're willing to search for it.
That being said, some find winmo and the HD2 an utter frustration. Some lament about buying the HD2 because it doesn't do everything right out of the box.
So if you like to customise, tweak and experiment, you may just love the HD2.
If you like something that works to it's full potential right out of the box, but may not be quite so custimisable and tweakable, perhaps another platform would be better.

i really NEVER recommend ppl a windows phone.. except i know that he can handle it.
i dont know u, so i would recommend android
u NEED to know what u do when u are using winmo, or u will hate it

The more I read about WM7, the more I am glad I have a WM6.5 phone, and I'm not planning to 'upgrade' to such a locked down platform.

ribcage said:
Try before you buy my friend.
I've been using winmo for years and I love it. The HD2 is my favorite device yet.
Winmo users generally love to tweak. These forums make tweaking fun and you can usually get whatever you need, want and more for your phone if you're willing to search for it.
That being said, some find winmo and the HD2 an utter frustration. Some lament about buying the HD2 because it doesn't do everything right out of the box.
So if you like to customise, tweak and experiment, you may just love the HD2.
If you like something that works to it's full potential right out of the box, but may not be quite so custimisable and tweakable, perhaps another platform would be better.
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I love tweaking, which is another reason for considering this phone, and which is why i got rid of the iPhone 4.
I love the idea of registry tweaks, which may sound weird, and i also love the idea of a winmo device being just like windows on the pc (regarding registry tweaks).
And regarding having everything work out of the box, i find that very boring, im always looking to do new things with a phone.
The only problem i am seeing is the future updates, looking at Android they are going to have constant updates, but obviously winmo 6.5 is not. however if i know that winmo will be getting unofficial updates from devs etc i will be more than happy to buy the HD2.
Thanks for all the replies so far.

Ok, i went ahead and bought a HD2, hopefully i'll enjoy it.

Please post your experiences with the phone.
And how much did you grab it for? US or non?

if you need big screen then definitely go for hd2. i was in your position. but screen size was a dealbreaker. had there one android phone with screen as big as this, i wouldn't have bought hd2

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Please post your experiences with the phone.
And how much did you grab it for? US or non?
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I got it for £279, comes with quite bit of accessories too, I would post the eBay link but not sure if allowed. Non US version
dan138zig said:
if you need big screen then definitely go for hd2. i was in your position. but screen size was a dealbreaker. had there one android phone with screen as big as this, i wouldn't have bought hd2
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Yes, the screen was probably the main reason for buying this phone.

70th said:
I got it for £279, comes with quite bit of accessories too, I would post the eBay link but not sure if allowed. Non US version
Yes, the screen was probably the main reason for buying this phone.
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i have to say i agree about the screen.. i have a hd2 and my friend got a desire soon after me.. the screen estate difference is just HUGE...
and i recently ran the android test build side by side with his phone screen beside mine.. the difference just got worse coz the widget icons are much smaller in android compared to the quick link icons in winmo..

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i have to say i agree about the screen.. i have a hd2 and my friend got a desire soon after me.. the screen estate difference is just HUGE...
and i recently ran the android test build side by side with his phone screen beside mine.. the difference just got worse coz the widget icons are much smaller in android compared to the quick link icons in winmo..
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Awesome, i cant wait for my HD2 now .
I was getting sick of the headaches after surfing the web on my iPhone 4 due to the small screen.

good choice.....
you made a good choice op. hd2 is my first wm phone and i'll admit, i love it. the tweaking on the phone is good fun. at the moment im running CHT and SPB Mobile Shell side by side as well as having loads of other little tweaks to make the phone my own. theres a ton of really good apps and software floating about the net.
The only bad point i can think of is Opera's non support of 10.1 for wm6.5. Skyfire's pretty usefull for flash though so all's not lost. i'm sure you will love your new phone bud......

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you made a good choice op. hd2 is my first wm phone and i'll admit, i love it. the tweaking on the phone is good fun. at the moment im running CHT and SPB Mobile Shell side by side as well as having loads of other little tweaks to make the phone my own. theres a ton of really good apps and software floating about the net.
The only bad point i can think of is Opera's non support of 10.1 for wm6.5. Skyfire's pretty usefull for flash though so all's not lost. i'm sure you will love your new phone bud......
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Thanks, i hope so, i've never seen anyone else with one

Only 2 good phones to get
HD2 - Windows
Evo - Anaroid
I love my Htc HD2