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looks alot like the old leaked pics..
at least it looks like there's speakers at either end of it and not a paltry one like on the X1
Looks a bit fat. Speakers on both sliding parts seem like a waste.
The speakers aren't at the top and bottom of the phone [in portrait mode]. They are on the two back slits of the phone. The speaker grille design is aesthetic. I've seen phones with fake windows mobile speaker grilles... and they are usually Samsung, but my wish will come true if I am wrong about the X1.
I am in love with both the X2 and Rachael,
the X1 is the beginning and im glad to be a part of that now I want the next chapter, something inside knows that SE is going to kick some ass with the next gen of xperias and i cant wait to see how this story pans out.
come on SE show us what u can REALLY do. Damn they are going to be good.
The blue prints look alot nicer than the real thing.
My only wish is to changed the top row into number keys and add FN CTRL Indicators.
my WISH is to get a tiny cell wtf, the x1 so thick and heavy!
the best keyboard is on the touch pro2, if only the were a jack 3.5mm and material buttons like the x1, htc wouldhavedone thebest cell ever, i'mnot talking even about the xperia panel which are so ridiculous....
however I think x1 has inovations like the opticalmouse very useful to surf the web AND the PAD(which seems to have disapered on the X2...), the camera which was the best when it came out. that's it.
speaker is crappy, my cell cracked (I had to send it twice to get repaired)
don't think I am against the x1 but we must admit that it is not so GREAT
yeouda said:
my WISH is to get a tiny cell wtf, the x1 so thick and heavy!
the best keyboard is on the touch pro2, if only the were a jack 3.5mm and material buttons like the x1, htc wouldhavedone thebest cell ever, i'mnot talking even about the xperia panel which are so ridiculous....
however I think x1 has inovations like the opticalmouse very useful to surf the web AND the PAD(which seems to have disapered on the X2...), the camera which was the best when it came out. that's it.
speaker is crappy, my cell cracked (I had to send it twice to get repaired)
don't think I am against the x1 but we must admit that it is not so GREAT
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I would rather have a keyboard cursor arrows than a D-pad that is hard to press. And the X2 delivers that. Besides, the main reason for a D-pad on the for me is that it allows me to move among the text and edit them but the buttons are too thin on X1 and optical mouse either goes too fast or too slow. And even worst no one realizes that D-pad is used more often on the text field then on menu navigation. By doing this, the arrow keys on the X2 is perfect text editing.
Haven't you realized that most of the time the X2's optical-joystick-only-feature is perfect for menu navigation especially when the phone is closed you usually don't type anything. And when the phone is open: there you have it, cursor keys that work exactly like a D-pad but even better than the X1's optical joystick. Why do people think the X2's optical joystick is a bad design?
D-pad + optical joystick = Win. Anything else is a big ass failure in my book.... Why downgrade it when you have the perfect setup as it is?
i dont believe that "thing" is the next Xperia.
why would they build something so ugly after they made an amazing phone like the X1 !?
& everyone knows that SE cares so much about the style even the cheapest phones they got look good!
i think the leaked pix & the blue prints belong to the X1 , as they made that ugly ass phone & made it better.
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I have read alot of posts and have found that the most popular home screen is HTC Home. There are others that prefer paid for applications. But here is my question. Has anyone ever ported a smartphone home screen for use on the Herald?
My daughter has a T-Mobile Shadow which uses a nice home screen and actually highly functional for average user. I have also seen a YouTube video of another home screen that was just gorgeous. Personally I prefer to keep my stylus holstered at all costs since I have damaged my screen with the elements in my area. Besides that whenever I hand my phone to anyone I have to give them a crash course in using my phone. I know it is simply tap the power button and press the green button but they will stand there forever trying to figure it out. I was just wondering if anyone has seen anything like I am talking about? It would be a nice change from HTC Home.
Nothing beats the HTC home screen in my opinion. do you have the cube feature?
I am not arguing the quality of HTC Home I have used it a while now. I would just like a change and I have a few little complaints about HTC Home specifically with the Music tab. It doesn't take focus on what button you are on while navigation using the directional pad. I take it most people use there stylus so it does not bother them and it is minimal so I have no problems with it.
As to the Cube no I do not have it installed and I again don't like to touch the screen I have already accrued enough damage and my finger tips are worse than the stylus. Thank you for your suggestions and interest in my post.
Is there a video or pictures of the htc home screen, I'm new to all this?
I like to keep my today screen simple and clean...
I really hated HTC Home... it was too big and clunky, didn't fit my needs and just got on my nerves!
I use Ultimate Launch to tab SPB Phone suite, SPB Time, SPB Weather
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There is also Freestyl and PointUI both are free but both are in Beta still.
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Thanks for the suggestions duprade & pseudoproto. Both of your Home Screens are awesome and well put together I will say. After duprade's post I tried all the Today plugins I could find and none had the feel of stability to me. I am not complaining or knocking on their designs. I am specifically looking for a direct port from another windows mobile device at this time. Again thanks hope I make sense I think I want a Smart Phone on a Pocket PC how sad lol.
just try ultimate launch or spb pocket plus it works very good it is a kind of a cube on your today screen to launch some apps or something like that try it and i think it will be the right thing for you just google ;-)
hhh_www you may be right and I have tried it and it was fun. But I haven't a artistic bone in my body. So everything I put together looks like crap. I am just hopeful for a few specific details I see in my daughters Shadow. The WMP on the scrolling screen w/ Album Art. That is so appealing.
Here is a screen shot of that in action you might understand why I like it so much.
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hhh_www you may be right and I have tried it and it was fun. But I haven't a artistic bone in my body. So everything I put together looks like crap. I am just hopeful for a few specific details I see in my daughters Shadow. The WMP on the scrolling screen w/ Album Art. That is so appealing.
Here is a screen shot of that in action you might understand why I like it so much.
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Ran across this site and thought of your post. Maybe something from here is close to what you want. Let me know if this helps.
http://smartphone.krisdoff.net/portfolio.php?g=3
Thank you will definitely give it a try!
Edit: I tried to use it but it appears you must have a smartphone to use this.
There's a thread. It's called "Post your todayscreen"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360897
maybe you can look in there and see what you like.
There are tons of these "Post your todayscreen" type threads all over the forum. If you could find a few look through it, and see what you like.
Hey,
I'm having a tought here...
On a dual, if you press on the touchscreen with two fingers (on on each side of the screen) the touchscreen recognizes both and thinks you pressed between the two spots (sorry, might be a little confusing added pic for understanding)
Many pda's cant handle a second press on the touchscreen, so i was wondering: if a dual can handle 2 simultaneous inputs, can multitouch be able to work (like typing 2 letters or use gestures like zooming on an iphone OR, scroll with 2 fingers like the mousepad on a macbook and select things with a single finger)
Is it even possible to get it working in windows mobile?? Or has it nothing to do with the touchscreen and is it just the os your using?
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I guess not, because multitouch technology uses infrared (warmth detection).
I'm guessing that the touch dual is using resistive touch technology, which captures your position using x- and y-axis coordinates.
Than puts them together.
When you touch multiple places, the microcontroller makes an average of the two coordinates.
That function is also needed for thumb control, cause your thumb obviously has a bigger contact area than 1 pixel.
When you use your thumb to push a button the chip calculates the center of the pressure, so it will only give one coordinate.
Sorry for my somewhat hard to read (cause i'm not WWE) explanation, but I really think you shouldn't hope for it.
Edit: And the OS isn't made for multitouch usage. Try using two mouses on your windows pc, you won't see two cursors which is somewhat a non-argument ofcourse, but multitouch has to be programmed in the OS.
actually multitouch has nothing to do with the TYPE of touch pad... furthermore, if you're referring to the iPhone - it's capacitive... i.e. it uses the human body's ability to store electricity to sense the point of touch. The touch screens on most phones are resistive in that they press two plates together to create a resistance in the electrical flow.
As far as multitouch itself - that's mainly an OS thing.
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furthermore, if you're referring to the iPhone - it's capacitive...
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You're right here is info about the iPhone's touchscreen: http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/31942
Near-infrared is used in the Microsoft Surface tables http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...w-microsofts-surface-a-qa-with-microsoft.html
More info about (other kinds of) touch types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen
But believe me when I say that resistive touch technology doesn't support multi-touch though.
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Hey,
I'm having a tought here...
On a dual, if you press on the touchscreen with two fingers (on on each side of the screen) the touchscreen recognizes both and thinks you pressed between the two spots (sorry, might be a little confusing added pic for understanding)
Many pda's cant handle a second press on the touchscreen, so i was wondering: if a dual can handle 2 simultaneous inputs, can multitouch be able to work (like typing 2 letters or use gestures like zooming on an iphone OR, scroll with 2 fingers like the mousepad on a macbook and select things with a single finger)
Is it even possible to get it working in windows mobile?? Or has it nothing to do with the touchscreen and is it just the os your using?
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hi
http://www.flicksoftware.com/research/index_files/Page375.htm
the bad thing is it wasnt realeased yet but theres a video.
i dont think this is like iphones technology but it is multitouch
Hahaha! Okay, i'll shut up then
On friday we can chat with SE about X1 on the swedish website, Mobil.
Follow the link:
http://www.mobil.se/ArticlePages/200810/07/20081007105841_MOB130/20081007105841_MOB130.dbp.asp
You can ask questions now.
(Sorry, but the chat is in swedish.)
For all of you non-swedish speaking people, you can ask your questions here in english and then I can translate it and ask them in swedish. If getting an answer I can then re-translate it back to english here.
is there really no thumbable on screen keyboard installed?
Everything I have seen so far indicates its just the basic WM keyboard! Which is an oversight as I only intend to use the slide out keyboard for long emails/sms.
Guess I will install touchpal pro when I get mine.
Russ
*clapping hands* good job SE! It's so simple and they didn't give it to us
more questions :
1. which version of SPB shell that can be downloaded for free? will it get any updates in the future?
2. is it true that we can only save 6 radio stations?
3. is there any unique software installed - like HTC's MP3 trimmer or Omnia's video editor? anything whatsoever?
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is there really no thumbable on screen keyboard installed?
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X1 has a proper keyboard. Deal with it.
Can it playback videos in divx or xvid codec with a core player for example in full dvd-quality without converting it? Thats my biggest question. At rates about 1500-2000kbps? Fluid? I don't want to convert my movies. And I wanna see them all.. So, can you please question this? Thank you very, very much for this!!! Greez, cad^^
Why not asking if the final version will have the lateral screen orientation button as we can see in this image ?
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The recent prototype doesn't have it, not even the symbol bellow the button as the old prototype has. SE disapoints day by day. If this comes true in final release of X1 and without accelerometer is a major disappointment for such a beautiful screen and device!
He did say you can set a shortcut key to switch orientation.
but which that extra button, i can assign other things to soft key.
I wouldn't mind setting that key the makes the panels turn to the flip through to the orientation change (if possible). I don't think i'd ever want to use anything but the full 9 on the screen.
My Kaiser has 5 buttons, plus soft keys to assign. Going to be hard to go to having none! Unless you can assign volume up/down which would give us 2 buttons. Maybe even camera button long press? Can someone who has their Xperia already (lucky dog!!) try this? I use my VoiceCommand button and Ok buttons constantly.
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He did say you can set a shortcut key to switch orientation.
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OK, we would have to loose other button which has other function, because none is free...
What's SE thinking by replacing a button for a hole in the device ? Does it look better this way ? Was it necessary ? That button should be very very expensive comparing to the others so they removed, it can be only that
REgarding the earlier question on SPB - its not the program - its a panel incarnation of SPB Mobile Shell (available for download now at SE's site). Your guess is as good as mine as to whether it'll be supported with updates. I'm picking that skins for SPB won't work in this panel version.
Please ask why accelerometer has not been included, and also why the dedicated button for screen rotation has also been removed.
What level of support, updates and upgrades can we expect for the X1?
What are SE's plans for Xperia line?
Will WM7 be supported in the future? Will X1 be upgradable to WM7 when available?
Will qwertz keyboard layout be coupled with english WM? Are there more qwertz keyboards (special characters) available to choose from?
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My Kaiser has 5 buttons, plus soft keys to assign. Going to be hard to go to having none! Unless you can assign volume up/down which would give us 2 buttons. Maybe even camera button long press? Can someone who has their Xperia already (lucky dog!!) try this? I use my VoiceCommand button and Ok buttons constantly.
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i'm with you, man. i use every button on my kaiser. well... except that ok button under the scroll wheel lol. i was playing with a friend's diamond, and i was SO close to getting a pro when it came out. but i can't get into that d-pad, and the lack of buttons is terrible. no windows or ok buttons? what the ...?
eric b
I've read most HTC multi-touch handsets use a bugged controller that has an axis-inversion issue. You can test this yourself on all Android handsets by downloading the Multitouch Visible Test (Battery Powered Games) application from the Android Market. The Motorola Droid doesn't have this problem, so I've read.
For example, my HTC Magic (32A) will show this axis-inversion problem after performing a diagonal pinch gesture and then pulling my fingers apart again (while still contacting the screen), although it can take several pinches to demonstrate it. The phone will usually correctly detect the position of my fingers when I pinch, but when parting my fingers again the phone will believe my fingers are retreating to the wrong corners of my screen.
Can someone with an HTC Legend please test the screen with this application for me? Cheers!
Hi,
I just tested, and yes it is like on Magic, he inversed multitouch in few seconds, but then he is back on track.
So it is a HTC bug.
Thanks. If this device ever becomes available in Australia I think I will still consider getting one.
While the bug is still there, I don't think very many (if any) multi-touch gestures care too much about exactly where your fingers are. For the pinch gesture, it really only matters where your fingers are in relation to each other.
It sucks that there's a bug, but there's nothing we can do about it. And it's really a very nice phone in every other aspect.
Well, I didnt find this bad, and I am using it big time, internet, photos and stuff , so bug can be bug, but it is not bugging me
Here is a picture which I take for review of pinch to zoom:
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Well, I didnt find this bad, and I am using it big time, internet, photos and stuff , so bug can be bug, but it is not bugging me
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No, there are no bugs in a Legend.
Multitouch is as brilliant as it is easy. When 2 points on a touch screen are pressed. You get 2 X and 2 Y coordinates. Problem is, it is impossible to know where the actual fingers are at this point. There are 4 options for each finger (2 x and 2 y combined)
As you can see in this example, the light blue dots are your fingers. The dark blue dots are the other options for the software to consider. The lines illustrate what x and y range the software will get to determine where the fingers actually are.
Luckily, it is very rare for people to put their fingers on the screen at the exact same moment. Which gives the software a hint for where your fingers actually are.
And for most gestures (like pinching) it doesn`t matter where the fingers are.
This the type of capacitive touchscreen that is used by HTC. Apple however has a far more advanced type of touchscreen that uses more sensors then just x & y. The touchpad of a MBP can detect up to 11 fingers and still is very accurate. How many the iPhone can detect I'm not sure, but it certainly uses a more advanced touchscreen then HTC Android devices.
Hi there !
This is my first post. I've been reading XDA extensively on many topics, so first, thanks for all the information here !
I think I'm about to go for a Nook Touch.
Just a little question : I've seen on Amzn a stylus for the Nook Touch, but haven't been able to find any reviews of it. Does any one has any experience of that ?
I might find use of that to anotate PDFs...
Thanks a lot !
Since the Nook Touch has an IR-based touch screen, I've been led to believe that any stylus should work with it. However, I have an old Palm stylus, and it DOES NOT work with my Nook Touch. It seems that the tip of the stylus is too small to make the touch screen react. If I use the other end of the stylus (it's much thicker), it works about half the time.
I don't know if this is a hardware limitation or not. It would be great if there were a config setting somewhere to make the touch screen react to smaller objects, like the tip of a stylus.
Thanks a lot !
I found it quite strange that we can supposedly buy stylus, but no other site mention it.
If you make any other experiment with the nook (since I haven't buy it yet), I'll be glat to know
Thanks again.
I've been experimenting with this a bit.
Even thick objects are unreliable if the point of contact is too small. For hard materials, round is too pointy. Something soft is required to get enough coverage.
I've had good luck with an ordinary round-point #10 paintbrush (about as thick as a pencil). A cotton swab and an earplug-on-a-stick also work, but the brush feels better.
I'd also expect a soft-ended stylus designed for capacitive screens to work. Anything designed for resistive screens is probably too thin or pointy.
I'm curious about the spacing and positioning of the IR sensors. I tried looking at the bezel with a couple cameras in the dark, but they didn't pick anything up. Either it's too dim, too narrowly focused, or my camera's IR filters are too effective. I wouldn't expect them to be very bright, just based on the battery life.
I've also experimented with hands-free page turning, by blowing some kind of little flag to flap against the screen, but I haven't come up with anything reliable yet.
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Thanks a lot, very creative
What would you say could be the use of such stylus ?
Is it possible, for example, to annotate more precisely than by hand ? Is it possible to write ?
I mostly use it for page turning.
For example, suppose you are reading while you eat. You've got a plate of food in front of you, and beyond the food you've got your nook propped up in a little picture-stand.
With a stylus it's easy to turn the page without reaching across the table and getting greasy fingerprints all over the nook.
I haven't rooted my nook yet, and it doesn't seem like much of the built-in functionality would benefit from a stylus. For example, notes are just typed on a keyboard, not freehand.
Rooted, there are probably apps that would take more advantage of it, but I wouldn't know.
Stylus? I use simple watercolor brush with NST
Also for turning pages?
Could you write with it? (annotate PDFs, for example) Or draw? (OK, paint, in your case )
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Also for turning pages?
Could you write with it? (annotate PDFs, for example) Or draw? (OK, paint, in your case )
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1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Didn't try. But, why not?
Cool, thanks.
Looking forward to receive my Nook and try