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HTC HD3 Concept

This is how HTC HD3 would have to look to be a perfect device for me.
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Some specifications don't exist yet, but hey, we're allowed to dream right?
In my graphic novel (which takes place 5 years from now) one of the characters uses this phone. It's just not called HTC HD3. I'm obsessed with details so I had to designed it before drawing it in his hand. Made entirely in Photoshop.
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Specification:
・3.58 x 2.31 x 0.23 inches (91 x 60 x 6 mm)
・4.2" Capacitive Touch Screen with True Touch Technology*
・WXGA (1280 × 720) Resolution with 1080p Support
・Hardware buttons: Volume, Sleep/Shut Down
・Dual Boot for Android and Windows Mobile 7 Professional
・HTC Sense 3
・Build-in Stereo Speakers on both sides of the screen
・Straight-Talk™
・3.5 mm stereo audio jack
・8 Mega Pixel camera (with Auto focus, Smile recognition and a Dual LED Flashlight)
・Standard Micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
・2GHz Snapdragon™ processor
・microSD™ memory card
・Rechargeable 2500 mAh Lithium-ion battery
・3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Router, Bluetooth®
・G-Sensor, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor
・Internal GPS antenna, Digital Compass
* True Touch is a fictional technology. A tiny 0,042" (1mm) wide tile would follow your finger creating a bump for a "True Touch" experience. It would be an alternative for people who can't live without a QWERTY keyboard (such as myself).
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・ If used ⓅⓁⒺⒶⓈⒺ credit & link

Too good to be true.

Are you publishing your novel anywhere ?

Looks like it's sharp enough for me to spread cheese onto my toast in the morning.

The carbon fiber look sick.

lude219 said:
Looks like it's sharp enough for me to spread cheese onto my toast in the morning.
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I was going for a very thin yet solid look (forgot to mention in the specs that the case is made out of metal). Guess your right - it looks sharp. Oh well, that just gives the device another function - kitchen knife.
ovidiaconescu said:
Are you publishing your novel anywhere ?
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Haha, nope. Still working on it, but it's nice you asked.

looks very nice i must say and the specs are awesome, if only......
and tell us more about the book.....

Not bad, I just don't like the screen going right to the edge at the bottom, it's also technically unrealistic, even moreso as it looks curved, at least for the timeframe an HD3 would likely be released...
Truetouch is fun, maybe one day with flexible OLEDs... but that would be in many years (5-10), while how it goes now an "HD3" would be due to be out next year

Wow, nice design.
But a 8mb camera on such a thin phone its impossible.
Anyway, you have quite some design talent!

Beautiful mate. Where do I sign for one?

Very nice

Just a short note:
Microsoft won't allow any UI changes within WP7S. Is HTC Sense 3 meant to be for Android (but the picture shows WinMo in the background).
Specs seem too good to be true, the others leaked some time ago seem more realistic (for example 1.5 GHz Snapdragon). But, I hope these points you posted are correct, especially dual-boot.

specs
photoshop ok good work but i wouldn't want it
sorry

lorin.bute said:
Wow, nice design.
But a 8mb camera on such a thin phone its impossible.
Anyway, you have quite some design talent!
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Impossible...yet! I'm sure we all gonna be surprised with the specs of phones in the future.
erikvario said:
specs
photoshop ok good work but i wouldn't want it
sorry
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No offense taken You can't please everyone

Droool!.........want my credit card details right now?

Hmm.. I'd rather see the screen completely edged. So no carbon fiber on the sides at all ..
Overall it does look slick.. Good job on this one.

BLAST3RR said:
Hmm.. I'd rather see the screen completely edged. So no carbon fiber on the sides at all ..
Overall it does look slick.. Good job on this one.
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That's not Carbon Fiber on the sides - those are two huge stereo speakers

What's the point of stereo speakers that close to each other? Useless like on most phones that have them, only good to add a line to the spec list for marketing

They might by BOSE super acoustic speakers that can project the sound!!!!!!!
FFS people it's a bloody concept, stop getting hung up about it's spec lol.
It's a excellent piece of graphics design, you clearly have some skills. Now please design a decent WVGA Coreplayer skin

the current HD2 already very good

Official: Just got my Samsung Galaxy S Thread

This thread is basically for those who got their Galaxy S to show off their photos and whatnots they have with it.
My own is in the mail at the moment, will add photos and such when i get it.

Bring it on, Guys. Let the party srart.

My Home Screen
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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Use the front-facing camera much?
So I'm in the USA, and I see a Galaxy S-like device called the captivate coming to AT&T...
I see the AT&T version has no flash and no front-facing camera. Does anyone use the front-facing camera much? If so, what for? Self pics/mirror or actual video conversations?
Any other differences between the Galaxy S (as on Samsung's web-site) and the Captivate?
Thanks,
Manos

Depends on your situation whether you'll be using the front-facing camera for video chats or whatnot. I personally wouldn't use the front camera for much since not many people I know have front facing cameras, too and I don't really care for it.
The only difference we can see so far is a different phone design, missing front camera, and apparently the AT&T version gets a gyroscope/six-axis motion sensor aimed at gaming. The AT&T version is also a 16gb base handset but you can add a microSD card for a maximum of 32gb.
Overall, I'm looking forward to the AT&T version although I'm bummed they scrapped the front-facing camera because of principle (Competition is too close for iPhone).

What power widget is that in the center?

ooh..no led notifications??
i was expecting the little strip above the word samsung to have leds??

Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?
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thanks i wish just one of those LEDs would tell me if i had an email or missed call

VJKotts said:
What power widget is that in the center?
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battery life , in the market for free

g00ndu said:
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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whats the power control widget - toggle between settings?

How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!

Nice to finally see some real screenshots from end users! Keep em coming!

Adriaaaaan said:
How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!
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It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
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Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.

PlanetJumble said:
Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.
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I want 1152000 subpixels

SGSI said:
It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)
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Have you tried it? It doesn't work.
Only works on the Samsung Wave afaik.

Got mine this morning ...

How did you take that screen shot?
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A question, does, your galaxys light up the buttons when pressed ? I Saw a video where lights up but mine (got it 20 days ago) never do that. Tried every settings but a no go every time...
Thanks in advance.

Consistent blurry pictures with flash *big picture warning*

I can actually say I haven't been able to take 1 clear picture with flash. Is there something wrong with my phone? I have a fairly steady hand, I used to be a DSLR photographer and never had any problems. What gives to this? here are some examples, not even a moving object. These pictures are taken stabilized on my knee
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R.I.P., Left Shift key.
As a rule, indoor pictures with the Evo are just poor quality. Outside, they're crystal clear, but even with the flash, when you're inside the camera is adjusting the exposure to the ambient light, which means grainy, blurry pics. There are some tweaks you can do to minimize this (white balance, exposure defaults, etc.) but in general it's just not that great.
Same with video: If you're inside, the camcorder drops down to, like, 8-10fps capture. Outside it does much better. It's all about the ambient lighting.

the lighting looks bad, and plus you gotta click in the pic to focus it and then hold down the shutter button untill you see your pic, thats the only way i can take pics

Look closely and see if your lens cover is cracked.
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awakener777 said:
Look closely and see if your lens cover is cracked.
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Why would that matter?
Check out this article, it is a good demonstration of how the lens (or in this case, lens cover) really has a very minimal effect - if any - on image quality.

The only fix is to buy the superior phone...
inb4cantmakecalls

Classick206 said:
The only fix is to buy the superior phone...
inb4cantmakecalls
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You're being sarcastic, right? Surely a troll would get 41 posts without being found out.

Are you using the netarchy kernel? I have had similar issues with photos using flash with fresh and the netarchy kernel. Switching back to stock fixed it for me.

SilverZero said:
You're being sarcastic, right? Surely a troll would get 41 posts without being found out.
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So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?

If you were a good troll, you would be doing this on the iPhone site about an EVO. You might just make a few iP4 users' heads explode.

wow ip4 a better phone really go back to your hole in the wall oh wait no ur still stuck behind the walled garden

Classick206 said:
So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?
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A better phone? No. Takes better pics and video, yes. Taking better pics / video doesn't make you a better phone. Making calls with reception makes a better pho... oh wait

SilverZero said:
Why would that matter?
Check out this article, it is a good demonstration of how the lens (or in this case, lens cover) really has a very minimal effect - if any - on image quality.
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Because mine is cracked and it true focusing on the crack, rather than the subject.
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i cant beleive, or i missed, no one pointing this out.
you are friggin shaking in the picture dude.
no picture will look good when there is movement.
but i side with you, my camera compared to my wifes camera is garbage.
my wifes takes consistantly better video and stills than mine does.
mine will show the camera focusing and all it does is focus near then far, then stops, it never stops on the right focus point, you can see where it focuses right on past it.
if there was a hack to allow a slider for focus that would be kick ass.
after some time and practice it would be easy to use the slider for focus.
but my shots such ass, big time.
if i Zoom in it will focus much better than if it isnt.
so i am not sure where the focus point is compared to where you place your finger but it isnt where you place your finger thats for sure.

It sounds like a problem my phone seemed to have in the beginning; it would focus and then stop auto focus a little blurry. I don't know what fixed it, but after I had the phone a few weeks, the issue seemed to go away. Now I can take pretty clear and amazingly focused photos.
As for the iPhone troll, I ignored him as I was on a website viewing some flash content on my phone just after I got done with a video conference on 3G . I then made a phone call and held the phone with both hands without dropping the call.

Classick206 said:
So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?
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Just wondering why you would post on the Evo forum only to say that the iPhone is better, especially when it's really subjective to say that. You must admit, that is rather troll-ish.

Classick206 said:
The only fix is to buy the superior phone...
inb4cantmakecalls
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You do know that the camera tech is almost identical? Only thing that is changing the "quality" of the pictures/video is software + compression.
Another typical oblivious iPhone user...

Evo vs IPhone 4 cameras

I was next to an iPhone 4 user video chatting with them using fring and their front facing camera is way better then our EVO's front camera. We were in the same low lighting right next to each other and his picture was light and crispy, seeing all his facial features as if we were in high lighting. On the other hand the EVO was all dark and I couldn't see any facial features at all. I always have to have it extra bright. Why is that? I thought our camera was better? Is there anyway to fix it? I hope, because I thought the EVO was was better than the Iphone4 in every way.

tomp517 said:
I was next to an iPhone 4 user video chatting with them using fring and their front facing camera is way better then our EVO's front camera. We were in the same low lighting right next to each other and his picture was light and crispy, seeing all his facial features as if we were in high lighting. On the other hand the EVO was all dark and I couldn't see any facial features at all. I always have to have it extra bright. Why is that? I thought our camera was better? Is there anyway to fix it? I hope, because I thought the EVO was was better than the Iphone4 in every way.
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Um.. no. Its not better in every way. The 4 has better video recording, higher rez display, and arguably, is "sexier" ... did I mention its sheeple approved?
What our phones have over the iPhone 4 is Android, 4G, bigger display, a better carrier (in my opinion, having come from AT$T.) And the ability to make a god dammed phone call.
Im actually surpised you say the front cam is better as the EVO HAS A HIGHER RES FRONT CAM.
...in 1943, I killed a drifter.

felacio said:
Um.. no. Its not better in every way. The 4 has better video recording, higher rez display, and arguably, is "sexier" ... did I mention its sheeple approved?
What our phones have over the iPhone 4 is Android, 4G, bigger display, a better carrier (in my opinion, having come from AT$T.) And the ability to make a god dammed phone call.
Im actually surpised you say the front cam is better as the EVO HAS A HIGHER RES FRONT CAM.
...in 1943, I killed a drifter.
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I am too. I always put my EVO over iPhones in every way. But when I finally sat down and played with one the only thing I did notice to be reverently better was the camera and touch sensitivity. My friend is a big Apple fan boy and he just got his iPhone4 in a couple days ago and he always try to compare his iPhone 4 to my EVO.

Resolution doesn't mean better quality.

So I don't even own an EVO, I'm still using my trusty HD2, but I came across this today and it's possibly the best thing I've ever seen... thought some people here might appreciate it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=related

I've read the camera is actually the same tech/hardware/manufacturer (higher resolution), its just the software/driver is different. At least, that's what I read...

amirborna said:
Resolution doesn't mean better quality.
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QFT more resolution just means more pixels, which means nothing if the sensor isnt larger.
im not sure what sensor chips both phones use, but be aware just because IT HAS MORE MP;S zomgmggew doesnt make it any better a camera.
<--psst i used to be a professonal photographer, until i got this sweet job in IT.

greyopaque said:
I've read the camera is actually the same tech/hardware/manufacturer (higher resolution), its just the software/driver is different. At least, that's what I read...
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Yeah it is a driver problem. HTC is just too lazy (understandble considering how Apple releases 1 phone a year, HTC 20+)
Evo has a higher end camera chip from the same manufacture as the iPhone.

That's funny every time I see it. Honestly though the video in general on my Evo kinda sucks, my hd always freezes and then the audio is way out of sync. Looks good if it doesn't freeze and my front facing camera is about as good as the web camera on my network. The wvga video is still pretty good for a phone though.
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fact of life, evo's camera blows compared to iphones unless your in direct sun lol....

Freelancerx said:
fact of life, evo's camera blows compared to iphones unless your in direct sun lol....
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As much as i hate to admit it. It's true.

evo camera is horrid, iphone 4 is the best camera on a phone to date and I hate apple

jason07 said:
So I don't even own an EVO, I'm still using my trusty HD2, but I came across this today and it's possibly the best thing I've ever seen... thought some people here might appreciate it
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Show off your DVP Photos

We have a phone that now works
So its time to show off those photos with our sexy omnivision sensor
and yes the photos look better than something taken on a fisher's price camera
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What about your pics? Do you use the DVP to take pics?

Chicago, Eh? I will be over in that city soon...
My pictures aren't as good as domineus's, I have a shaky hand when holding the dvp camera (usually take pictures with a DSLR)
EDIT: I forgot, I took these pictures while traveling in England.

Soon (tm)
Haven't updated to mango yet, waiting on that at&t firmware so i dont have to spend a night reverting/re-updating. Can't wait to take non-****ty pics.

That's some nice shots for a smartphone.

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That's some nice shots for a smartphone.
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omnivision lense is actually good on the dvp now
the new options actually mean something to me now!

domineus said:
omnivision lense is actually good on the dvp now
the new options actually mean something to me now!
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What settings are you using, are they making a difference?

efjay said:
What settings are you using, are they making a difference?
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depends on conditions
lower lighting I use iso of 4 or 8 depends though
surprisingly indoors, I just use tungsten or fluorescent
thats one huge reason why i liked in previous os versions you couldn't save settings. Ideally, because the shot changes, I would want a new set of settings (as long as it was default to 5 mp I'm a happy camper, samsung focus users on the other hand begged for the camera saving settings)

The camera is surprisingly more usable now, and really shines in outdoor photos. I'll try your iso settings when I'm inside.
One thing I hate, with all of my heart, is the white striping over the flash. It's printed on the plastic that is attached to the battery cover. It ruins pictures that use the flash, especially when the subject is medium-close. You just see these really ugly yellow-white bars over the image. It's a real dealbreaker so I try not to use the flash at all.
I've been planning my attack to remove it without removing the entire plastic piece. The stripes feel slightly raised, but i'm sure it can be sanded down and cleaned with a light solvent. Anyone got any ideas?

What's the use of the white stripe? Does it disperse the flash evenly to prevent harsh tones?

Not sure of its intended purpose. Plenty of other phones just have the LED under a clear plastic cover and they take pictures just fine. It's almost as if it was put there to intentionally ruin shots with the flash!

its supposed to act as a light "defuser" (sp), but it sucks.
Arc, if you manage to remove it, post a how to please.

venelar said:
its supposed to act as a light "defuser" (sp), but it sucks.
Arc, if you manage to remove it, post a how to please.
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it is a light defuser but it sucks I do admit
more pics - dvp does have a good camera

on my way to the gym today i took a bunch of pix with the dvp... about 70% were crap. green, blurry, to dark... this was all outside in blasting 90+ sun i also took a few shots in the very brightly lit gym.. but it was a blur-fest.
here are some non-crap ones.
(i'm running mango beta 2 and 212)

I think the best feature relevant to the DVP camera is "tap to snap" -- being able to tap on the screen to take the photo instead of pressing that infernal camera button has led to less blurry shots for me.

hrmm.. never tried the tab-to-hopefully-not-blur
i'll try that tomorrow.
oh sea-ray! hurry the hell up!

tai4de2 said:
I think the best feature relevant to the DVP camera is "tap to snap" -- being able to tap on the screen to take the photo instead of pressing that infernal camera button has led to less blurry shots for me.
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Is "tap to snap" a Mango feature?

tap to snap pix, for me, are as good (bad) as using the button... oh well

then its probably how the camera is being held
steady hand on any camera, not just the dvp
also while the dvp takes good shots, you also should try some sort of editing too if needed. Autofix is a powerful thing
In darker lighting increase iso gain and play with the settings till you get a proper image. Also the nokia camera lense from the n8 is unbelievable

I wish Dell would add an anti-shaking setting to the camera like the Samsung Focus. When this setting defaulted to on in the Focus NoDO release, picture quality went way up. This, plus some better color correction, would make the DVP camera acceptable.
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mskovrinskie said:
I wish Dell would add an anti-shaking setting to the camera like the Samsung Focus. When this setting defaulted to on in the Focus NoDO release, picture quality went way up. This, plus some better color correction, would make the DVP camera acceptable.
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its h/w
dell can't add it