Hi,
On HD I've tried to use RDP and it works fine, however resolution is set to something very small.
Haven't be able to find any solution on the phone or google.
I want to see a larger resolution or I fear that I have to buy glasses or strap the damn thing to my head with a rubber band
What you say?
Kim Jahn
MijakiDK said:
Hi,
On HD I've tried to use RDP and it works fine, however resolution is set to something very small.
Haven't be able to find any solution on the phone or google.
I want to see a larger resolution or I fear that I have to buy glasses or strap the damn thing to my head with a rubber band
What you say?
Kim Jahn
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Hi Kim,
that's the problem with a high res but small screen
you don't say which windows type/version you are connecting to
but a fix is to increase the font and icon size on the windows system
If you can, it's probably best to create an extra user called something like bigme
log in locally and increase the size of the font and icons
It'll look a bit strange on your normal screen
then when ever you connect remotely it will be a lotmore readable
Gary
xp http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543 http://www.xp-tips.com/change-font-size.shtml
vista http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-change-font-size
Thank you,
So the problem is the high res?
Because I do not see the problem on old himalayas....
MijakiDK said:
Thank you,
So the problem is the high res?
Because I do not see the problem on old himalayas....
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yep,
the Himalya is 240x320
the Blackstone is 480x800
so everything will be half the width and about half the height which works out as about a quarter sized, for a given screen.
Thanks again,
Your solution is, I'm afraid, only half-way good.
I've got sales people reporting sales in the daytime on himalayas and the night time logging on RDP from home for mail and other use.
It's gonna be a nightmare instructing sales people on screen changing every other time they log on.
I think my solution would be a mininote of some kind.
Thanks for your help anyway, I got my question answered
Kim
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Hi
I am considering the XDA Mini and would like to know if anyone has problem reading text on the mini, especially with eBooks?
I was playing with a display set and I noticed that general readibility is improved when I select cleartype on. However, I must selet the font size slightly bigger so as to be able to have a comfortable read.
Anyone has any screen shots with Microsoft's eBook Reader or has anyone experience difficulty in reading? :?
thanks!
'lo
ain't got no MDAc yet.
but i did a lot of ebook reading on a sonyericsson p900, which has a screen that's roughly the same height, but has 32 less pixels in width. and i had no problems with that.
so i expect to be able to read without any troubles on the MDAc that i'll hopefully soon have, once i figure out how to get a t-mobile MDAc and unlock it so i can use it with another operator.
(first post, hello everybody!)
I read ebooks on my I-Mate Jam every day with Palmreader, works fine, only problem I have, is in the dark the screen is to bright, even at the minimum brightness setting, I then use the theme setting 'inverse' and then it's OK
mores said:
'lo
ain't got no MDAc yet.
but i did a lot of ebook reading on a sonyericsson p900, which has a screen that's roughly the same height, but has 32 less pixels in width. and i had no problems with that.
so i expect to be able to read without any troubles on the MDAc that i'll hopefully soon have, once i figure out how to get a t-mobile MDAc and unlock it so i can use it with another operator.
(first post, hello everybody!)
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is there a way to unlock it yet?
ewolf said:
I read ebooks on my I-Mate Jam every day with Palmreader, works fine, only problem I have, is in the dark the screen is to bright, even at the minimum brightness setting, I then use the theme setting 'inverse' and then it's OK
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Does Palmreader work on Windows?
27 said:
is there a way to unlock it yet?
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that's why i visit this site 57 times an hour to see if the wizards around here have found a way.
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ewolf said:
I read ebooks on my I-Mate Jam every day with Palmreader, works fine, only problem I have, is in the dark the screen is to bright, even at the minimum brightness setting, I then use the theme setting 'inverse' and then it's OK
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Sure, go to ereader.com, they have a version for Palm, PocketPC, Windows and Mac. Their DRM is much better then MS's, you just have to enter your Credit Card Number to unlock your book, so you can read your ebooks on all the devices you (will) own, without activating it at MS
The O2 Mini doesn't come with Microsoft Reader installed I see. How do I real .lit files now?
Go to www.microsoft.com and download the latest version of reader for pocket pc. Heres the link.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/ppc.asp
Thank you much
Ok, I have an obsession to get a VGA resolution web browser right now on my MDA PRO. The only thing I came up is using an MS developer tool called res2exe and using with existing Internet explorer or Opera. I have seen a post where the user has I guess recompiled the opera broweser with res2exe, however to do this you need Visual studio.net and the Windows mobile SDK.
would anyone be able to give me a hand on how to do this in plain english? Alternatively would anyone be able to post the recompiled exe ?
I dont think I can rest until I get a VGA browser !
Cmon guys this must be on the top of everyones list?
p.s the best thing MDA owners can do is flash with the IMATE ROM, the T Mobile ROM is the biggest pile of cack and the UI customisation is awful.
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I dont think I can rest until I get a VGA browser !
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I hope so... I'm dying to get one working myself. They just recently released a new version of Minimo and it has full VGA support, but it's painfully slow on my Jasjar... looks beautiful, though.
I spent some time trying to get Pocket IE to run in VGA mode, but the problem is that it technically *does* run in VGA mode... the fonts and larger graphics are displayed in VGA. For some completely stupid reason though, it quadruples the size of smaller graphics... this prevents web sites from displaying properly and keeps us from getting as much as we want on the screen at once.
The Opera for smartphones that some people have gotten working doesn't interest me at all because it doesn't support the touchscreen. I'd rather browse in non-vga mode than loose the touchscreen.
Right now, most of the time I just deal with Pocket IE as is. If I need to do a lot of browsing I'll use the registry hack to enable VGA mode on my Jasjar and use Pocket IE that way... which does support VGA mode the way it should. Unfortunately it requires a soft reset to get into VGA mode and a soft reset to get out of it, plus there are problems with a lot of other programs when the device is in VGA mode, so it's not a pretty solution.
Brett
jackson_112 said:
I dont think I can rest until I get a VGA browser !
Cmon guys this must be on the top of everyones list?
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Couldn't agree more - I was stunned when browsing didn't feel any better than my XDA, and it took a bit of time to understand what was going on. I really don't understand why Opera is not doing an WM5 version. I've got my money ready to pay the SECOND someone comes up with a VGA browser for us.
which vga hack?
Brett, I agree with your comments. Can someone point me in the right direction of the jasjar VGA hack ? these seems to be a number of them.
I am sure this has been covered, but the annoying size of the friggin soft buttons bar/menu bar at the bottom of the screen is such a waste of our new found screen real estate. the bar could be smaller. or at least should be able to hide. ......this is not a fair comprmise between screen estate and menu navigation.
Re: which vga hack?
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Can someone point me in the right direction of the jasjar VGA hack ? these seems to be a number of them.
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Any of the ones for WM2003 (SEVGA, OZVGA, or simply editing the registry) work to get the Jasjar into VGA mode. The problem is that as of right now, no one has figured how to get WM5 to display icons correctly in VGA mode. You lose all of the symbols at the top of the screen that show signal strength and connection status and such, and the icons displayed on the today screen and in Programs don't actually apply to the programs that they're associated with. Some programs (such as contacts and calculator) simply refuse to run in VGA mode, so it's not something that works as a full time solution. However, Pocket IE does run in VGA mode, and when it's in VGA mode it doesn't do any of the horrible image stretching that it does in 'normal' mode. That's why I go back and forth ocassionally. There's another thread here that was started by Rilot that talks about this a bit more.
I am sure this has been covered, but the annoying size of the friggin soft buttons bar/menu bar at the bottom of the screen is such a waste of our new found screen real estate. the bar could be smaller. or at least should be able to hide. ......this is not a fair comprmise between screen estate and menu navigation.
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I would love anyone who could figure out how to shrink those buttons... that's something that's also been bothering me.
Brett
WisbarAdvanceDesktop kills the buttons.
Thanks for the Rilot link - I'll track it down now. I tried ozVGA and my screen wouldn't respond to any taps.
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WisbarAdvanceDesktop kills the buttons.
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Does is provide some other way to access those functions? The messaging app, for example, needs those buttons... I was hoping for something that could just shrink them
Thanks for the Rilot link - I'll track it down now.
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If you haven't found it yet, here's the link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=28169
I tried ozVGA and my screen wouldn't respond to any taps.
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I've used ozVGA on my Jasjar and had no problems with screen taps... there may have been something else going on with your machine.
Brett
And there was me content with going into the IE menu and setting text to smallest
Here is mine:
This was taken in July but it works so well nothing has changed :lol:
I think I know the answer to this question, but what is that program with caller picture thumbnails you have?
Ant
Hey that looks so cool, what software do you use to get you desktop looking like that?
Nothin' Fancy
Kinda boring but it works for me
The first screen is for work, the second for play.
I usually switch both sims and desktops.
Note to self: I need to get a dual sim adaptor :lol:
New to making themes and struggling with VGA themes but this is my current screen. If anyone is better at this and cares to help me sort this out I'd be extreamly grateful!!!
G
My old Universal. Haven't dusted her off for quite a while.
V
That still has to be the coolest screen I've seen!!!
How is vjsihaya coming along?
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My old Universal.
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LOL,
how do you make this great screen ???
That is SUPER !!!
I was just looking at the screenshot - January 2006! Sheesh. I haven't programmed anything specific for VJSihaya since then - reason being, when I had the idea way back when, I knew what I wanted it to do, but knew what I had to go away and learn LOTS of new stuff.
I've been tinkering with different ideas, bits and bobs, so that I can eventually throw them together to make it as complete as I want it to be.
Like I've said elsewhere, stuff like VJVolubilis is just R&D, that I've released stand alone, but I like the idea of VJSihaya. However, HTC really need to get more VGA screens out. I'm thinking of going to TyTN, and at QVGA VJSihaya isn't as beautiful
V
Sorry for stupid question, but how do you change your screen to make it look like DavidT's?
Siby said:
Sorry for stupid question, but how do you change your screen to make it look like DavidT's?
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I think that is WisBar Advance he is using. It is not free though.
Yep thats Wisbar Advance I'm using along with a windows vista theme. The picture dialer is the one ripped off from the Treo 700W and was designed for QVGA and square screens thats why it looks so small on the Universal's VGA screen but it still works great
A couple of questions:
Does it not totally destroy your eyes trying to read the text on true VGA mode?
I used WisBar Advance once when I had my alpine - it made it so there was no ring when an incoming call happened, are there any problems with using it on a phone now? If not, do you know why not? Is it the new device or a newer version of the WisBar software?
Thanks guys, I'm off to investigate Wizbar Advance!
Anjow - to answer your question.
Yes the text is small in VGA mode - in Word set your font size to 7 point font size (perhaps 6 - hard to tell) and you'll get an idea of how big the text is.
I find it perfectly readable and LOVE the extra space it gives me, browsing the internet actually becomes worthwhile as well!
VJBigPhone makes the phone work properly on VGA (Thanks again!!!) - my only problem is that Solitaire still thinks it's using 320x240 and is too small!!!
It depends upon personal preference and what you intend to use the device for.
G
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in Word set your font size to 7 point font size (perhaps 6 - hard to tell) and you'll get an idea of how big the text is.
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Do you mean on my PC or my device? If on my device it seems I can't go lower than 8?
Thanks.
Sorry I meant on your PC
Hmm, perhaps tolerable then. I'm surprised because when I'm using pocket opera some of the text is really tiny already? Perhaps that's a feature of opera though.
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What plugin are u using for the memory used and battery life status on your today screen?
That wud be a great help since, i am looking for a similar but light weight plugin. Pocket plus has it but i find it heavy and thus don't use it anymore.
Might seem a silly question, (Forgive me if it is!!) but how do older WM apps work with the non-standard screen size of the X1? Will I find standard QVGA and VGA applications that will just fail to work?
If they do work... does it scale the displays in most cases to full screen, or leave "bars" top and bottom of screens?
This will help my decision on X1 or Touch Pro!
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Might seem a silly question, (Forgive me if it is!!) but how do older WM apps work with the non-standard screen size of the X1? Will I find standard QVGA and VGA applications that will just fail to work?
If they do work... does it scale the displays in most cases to full screen, or leave "bars" top and bottom of screens?
This will help my decision on X1 or Touch Pro!
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i really want to know this too.
This is really difficult to answer. Every app that i ran on my touch pro works on my xperia with the exception of emulators but there is a fix for that. I haven't run into any problems software wise.
Some will and some won't... I know it's not a definitive answer, but finding any software that works first time is pot luck to be honset.
There are so many different versions of each piece of software that it's sometimes difficult to track down a version that works.
Most apps that don't run full screen work fine, like file explorers etc. Full screen apps don't always fare so well. Games and emulators usually work ok if they're made for a VGA screen, the ones that are updated frequently should be ok as the developers have already added functionality for higher resolution screens.
I've got the ScummVM emulator to work, and in landscape it leaves a chunk at the right hand side of the screen that still shows WM icons/whatever application you have running in the background.
There's a fix to blank out the bottom part so that it's black all the time, but even this leaves me with a couple of lines visible at the right hand side of the screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442426
Oh wait i never got iGo8 to work on my device but i didn't really try that hard. Forgot about that one.
Bxsteez said:
Oh wait i never got iGo8 to work on my device but i didn't really try that hard. Forgot about that one.
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No issue w/ Igo8 on my side. Check my signature as I did some test and review on X1. So far, I don't have any real issue yet w/ lots of software I tested.
Hi All,
I currently have a Touch HD and have been wondering about upgrading to a HD2. So I went into my local phone shop and asked if I could play with one. Everything was going well until I opened Opera and went to the website www.tvguide.co.uk (which I use a lot). It looked great but it would take me about 5 attempts to hit any of the links on the screen unless I zoomed them to be far larger than I wanted them to be.
Just to be sure this wasn't a problem with the particular handset I had I went to another store and tried another device. Got exactly the same problem. I have no such problems on my HD.
I have heard rumours that the capacitive screens are not as accurate as resistive ones but my experience was far worse than I was expecting.
Has anyone else experienced issues with accuracy of link tapping in Opera ?
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Hi All,
I currently have a Touch HD and have been wondering about upgrading to a HD2. So I went into my local phone shop and asked if I could play with one. Everything was going well until I opened Opera and went to the website www.tvguide.co.uk (which I use a lot). It looked great but it would take me about 5 attempts to hit any of the links on the screen unless I zoomed them to be far larger than I wanted them to be.
Just to be sure this wasn't a problem with the particular handset I had I went to another store and tried another device. Got exactly the same problem. I have no such problems on my HD.
I have heard rumours that the capacitive screens are not as accurate as resistive ones but my experience was far worse than I was expecting.
Has anyone else experienced issues with accuracy of link tapping in Opera ?
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There's a setting (in opera's config) that determines the minimum zoom level for links to work at. It was probably just that. The same was on the HD, so you'd at least have to double-tap before you could hit a link, but apps such as HDTweak could change that, so you didn't have to zoom.
Was it maybe that?
Also, when you've got your hands on one of these, you can do a screen align so that the device gets used to how you touch the screen, rather than some generic "lots of people press it like this" kind of setting.
Just a couple of thoughts that could explain your problems.
Browsing on the HD2 currently leaves a lot to be desired, or certainly in comparison to Safari on the iPhone and iPod Touch which is what I was using previously and is the benchmark other mobile devices have to live up to. However, that can and hopefully will be rectified as the available browsers are updated and made better.
The bundled version of Opera, despite supporting multi-touch, just doesn't seem fluid enough to me and, as mentioned in this thread, selecting links without zooming can be a serious pain in the arse even with the hacks and options set up to make it easier.
i thought that initially but then realised that i was trying to be too precise and maybe aiming a little off it.
now i just hit the link area with my big thumb and it seems to figure to click the link directly in the middle of where i pressed.
for example browsing this forum i find no problems at all with trying to click a page number
I dont think pressing the link was really much of a problem to me. If you double tap once and still can't hit the link, just hold down on the link for like half a second and it'll click through.
OK, thanks for the tips guys. I don't think it was the minimum zoom feature because at a fixed zoom level it would eventually recognize the tap after maybe 5 or 6 attempts.
However, I will try to get hold of another one, reset the minimum zoom, recalibrate the screen and then try pressing and holding with my thumb and see how I get on.
Cheers,
David
I have problems hitting links and scrolling through a combo box. When I try to scroll through the contents of a combo box with more than 20 entries, the whole page scrolls up and down...
There is a simple registry tweak in the sticky thread "hints and tips" that allows you to click links easily without zooming. I've found that it works very well, and I can click the very smallest of links. The only site I've found that doesn't work so well is this one for some reason
In the hints and tips thread it advises you to change the threshold to thirty something I think. I found this still didn't rectify this issue, so I cahnged it to "2" and it works brilliantly
johncmolyneux said:
There's a setting (in opera's config) that determines the minimum zoom level for links to work at. It was probably just that. The same was on the HD, so you'd at least have to double-tap before you could hit a link, but apps such as HDTweak could change that, so you didn't have to zoom.
Was it maybe that?
Also, when you've got your hands on one of these, you can do a screen align so that the device gets used to how you touch the screen, rather than some generic "lots of people press it like this" kind of setting.
Just a couple of thoughts that could explain your problems.
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How do you perform the screen align?
Cheers