Is it a bad idea to root my HTC G1?

Question:
I have a HTC G1, running android os 1.5. I would like to root it so i can run android 2.01, is it a bad idea to? It crashes all the time and i need the extra power from the 2.01 upgrade. thanks
Answer:
As long as you know what u are doing it will make your G1 a better phone. Just be sure you follow the steps accordingly. Source(s): Www.bestandroiddeals.com

Windows Phone 6.5 uppdateras

I Barcelona frra veckan blev det allts officiellt uttalat att det har slppts ytterligare en uppdatering till nuvarande Windows Phone 6.5. Detta har av naturliga skl inte ftt s stort genomslag i pressen dr allt fokus har legat p nya Windows Phone 7 Series som kommer i hst – mumma.

Den nya uppdateringen av Windows Phone 6.5 bjuder bland annat p fljande:

Uppdaterad grnssnitt som nu ntligen r pekvnligt nda ner i botten. Ikoner har ersatt textmenyer och det r smidigt att svepa sig fram mellan svl menyer som olika applikationer. Startmenyn r ocks ndrad till att bli “drag and drop” s att du fr alla appar precis dr du vill ha dom.

Bttre prestanda i Internet Explorer

Std fr kapacitiva skrmar och multitouch (kom frst med HTC HD2 i en specialversion)

Ny uppdaterad Windows Live klient samt Office 2010 – najs!

Alla ny Windows Phone 6.5 telefoner som slpps frn nu kommer att anvnda sig av denna version som tex nylanserande HTC HD Mini och Garmin Asus M10. Nr det gller telefoner som redan finns p marknaden gller som vanligt att kolla med tillverkaren om det kommer att slppas en uppdatering fr telefonen. Bda telefonerna nedan r riktigt lckra och som det ser ut kommer priset fr Garmin Asus M10 att bli svrslaget – den kommer nmligen med fulla Europakartor och bilhllare och jag skulle tro att priset hamnar ngonstans p 3000-3500 kronor.

 

 

 

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Android Everywhere -- Eclair on Old Windows Mobile Phones

To say I’m suffering from Android (s goog) overload is an understatement. I’m simply trying to keep up with the Nexus One developments, but other devices are in the headlines too. And some of them aren’t even Android devices — but they could be. Android Community notes the effort to bring Android 2.1 to a handful of Windows Mobile handsets. All of the four devices are made by HTC, but they’re not the latest and greatest. I’m talking about the Tilt / Kaiser, Touch / Vogue, Touch Dual /Niki and Touch Cruise / Polaris. Some of these phones are two years old so they don’t have the latest and greatest hardware. The HTC Touch, for example, only has a 201 MHz CPU, so I’m amazed it can handle Google’s latest mobile platform.

Of course, “handle” is a relative term — if you go this route, don’t expect everything to work. I’m already reading about some hardware challenges like no camera or bluetooth support just yet. Often times, these ROMs make progress one slow painful step at a time, so a fair amount of patience is a pre-requisite. But if you have one of these devices sitting around just taking up space, this could be a fun project and offer exposure to Android at the same time. Would I take the plunge if I used one of these Windows Mobile (s msft) phones on a regular basis? Not a chance. I would consider it, however, if I’ve already replaced these devices with another primary handset. It certainly wouldn’t offer stellar performance when compared to devices of today, but would provide the chance to expand mobile platform horizons.

Note that you don’t have to completely wipe Windows Mobile from your device. There are a few dual-boot solutions out there — HaRET, being one — that can run Android right from an SD card in your handset. Here’s a timely example of that method with Android 2.1 running on the HTC Niki.

Image Credit: Hack A Day

Related research on GigaOM Pro (sub req’d):

As Windows Mobile Stumbles, Which Smartphone OS Will Seize the Lead?

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Which phone is better?

Question:
The Nokia N900 or the HTC Desire?
Answer:
I have a Google Nexus One (which is basically the same as a HTC Desire, except for some OS modifications) and recently a friend of mine bought an N900. I played around with it, and I must honestly say that i was not impressed,big, bulky and made of cheap plastic with a last gen screen type that is not sensitive enough. While the N1 is sleek and has much better build quality and i believe the OS (Android) is much more fluid and natural than the confusing (maemo) of the N900.

I must say though that the N1 is a bit slippery in the hand, and its internal memory (about a gig) (but memory card can be added) is quite dissapointing compared to the 32 gig of the N900.

Both are great phones...but for totally different people...i say the HTC Desire is the better choice. Source(s): Experience

Help with htc touch pro......?

Question:
can someone please help me and tell me how to download themes and to put them onto my htc touch pro?? and are there any good sites?
thanx
Answer:
theres a program called WisBar for the Touch Pro that allows themes. I got mine to look EXACTLY like Windows7...right down to thstart menu etc. Source(s): smartphone addict and member of http://www.ppcgeeks.com

From my brand new droid eris on Verizon.

I’m just testing to see if it works. It is truly an amazing device. Sometimes I wish that the games were better but then it isn’t a gaming device – it’s a phone. However, my mother has an ipod touch and the games on there are much better. Those same games are available for the iPhone. We will have to wait and see if Android developers will rise to the level of iPhone developers.

I do have to say kudos to Glu Mobile for their game Bonsai Blast. I have played Zuma in the past and never got into it but wow Bonsai Blast is fun! I’m not sure if it is because of the touch screen or because of the special balls and the walls or because I’m playing it on my phone. My favorite part of the game is it is free! I can’t believe the whole game is free. I expected it to be just a demo but nope it’s the whole thing.

In conclusion, Android is a wonderful platform and I would recommend it to my own family members. The iPhone, however, is still better due to the apps. So if you had a choice I would recommend them in this order:

1. IPhone

2. HTC Android phone with HTC sense

3. Non-HTC Android phone

4. Blackberry or Windows mobile

Above I mentioned HTC sense. What is that? Well it takes your twitter, Facebook, and Flickr information, contacts, pictures, etc. And incorporates it into your contact list. HTC also adds quite a few awesome widgets (mini-apps you can put on your home screen) and takes a lot of the standard Android apps and makes them much prettier. They also re-did the keyboard so now it is almost as good as the iPhone’s.

Well thanks for reading. Please share your thoughts below.

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Mobile World Congress 2010 – day two overview

Put mobiles before PCs, says Google’s Schmidt: In a wide-ranging keynote address at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, pictured, defended the company against accusations from mobile operators that it wants to turn them into “dumb pipes” (see next item), suggested that Google’s future lay in mobile devices more than in computers tethered to desktops, and touted Adobe Flash support in mobile devices running the company’s Android operating system.

Vodafone warns of Google dominance: Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, the world’s second-largest cellphone group by subscriber numbers, used a stage at Mobile World Congress to warn of Google’s growing dominance in Web search and advertising and suggested regulators should intervene to prevent the company from becoming a monopoly. “From a policy perspective, this should be looked into,” he said. “We need to ensure choice and avoid concentration before it’s too late.”

Ericsson demos 1Gbit/s LTE: Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson has demonstrated a fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network at Mobile World Congress able to download data at 1Gbit/s. To date, Ericsson has signed commercial LTE contracts with five major global operators; AT&T in the US, Verizon in the US, TeliaSonera in Norway and Sweden, MetroPCS in the US and DoCoMo in Japan. For the demonstration, Ericsson used four carriers of 20MHz each. Motorola, meanwhile, announced that it had won a contract to build Saudi Arabia’s first LTE network. At the same time, Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg has predicted there will be 50m connected devices by 2020.

Symbian Foundation shows off new OS: The Symbian Foundation, which develops the Symbian operating system for mobile phones used by Nokia and other handset manufacterers has been demonstrating its Symbian 3 platform at Mobile World Congress. It’s the first fully open-source version of the popular handset software. “Now that it is fully open source, the door is open to individual contributors, device creators and third-party developer companies, as well as other organisations, to create more compelling products and services,” a Symbian spokesman said. Symbian 3 will include support for multi-touch finger gestures, 3D acceleration and HDMI, needed to connect handsets to high-definition screens.

HTC takes the wraps off Legend: Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has announced three new handsets at this year’s Mobile World Congress, but it’s the Legend, which runs the latest version of the open-source Android operating system, that is stealing most of the attention. Analysts say the single-block aluminium phone could give Apple’s iPhone a run for its money. The Legend has a bright 3,2-inch LED display and, despite the unibody design, includes a user-removable battery, unlike the iPhone. The Legend is expected to go on sale in April. The two other handsets announced by HTC are the Desire, which has also been garnering a fair amount of attention for its large 3,7-inch screen, and the Bravo.

Original here (TechCentral).

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Im going to get a new phone and i have no idea about which phone to get?

Question:
right now i have a g1 and im not a big fan of it and i kinda hate it, i dont know why but i dont like android so much but ill use it if i get another phone that has it. i wanna choose between the palm pre plus, motorola devour, HTC HD2, motorola droid,HTC touch pro 2, im leaning toward the first 3 but i would get any of these.
Answer:
I suggest HTC HD2, if you have enough money

and here is a full compare between them:

http://jawal123.com/PublicPages/Compare.…

good luck!

HTC Hero App Controls Lego Mindstorms Robot In Video Evidence Of Burgeoning Relationship [Android]

We’ve seen all manner of phones controlling robots, cars and helicopters, but a HTC Hero operating a Lego Mindstorms robot? Awesome. It works via a purpose-built app which uses the Hero’s accelerometer, connecting to the ‘bot over Wi-Fi. It’s from the creative minds at Swedish tech company ENEA, who created the app to harness the Hero’s accelerometer to control the Mindstorms bot. Normally such a relationship between a controller and robot would be over Bluetooth, but ENEA was forced to use Wi-Fi due to the “limited Bluetooth support in Android OS version 1.5 (not supporting the Bluetooth serial port profile, SPP)”. It’s not the best quality, but do check out the video below for a glimpse at the Hero getting all domineering on a little LEGO creature. [ENEA via Recombu]

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Where can I buy (on- or offline) an HTC HD2 at the lowest price in either Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok?

Question:

Answer:
LOW YAT PLAZA!! Definitely Low Yat Plaza. If you're in Kuala Lumpur that's the place to go if you're looking for anything electronics.

Oh I just saw this on their website, it's also Malaysia's Largest IT Lifestyle Mall.

Check out their website: http://www.plazalowyat.com/

Sorry I can't provide you with the directory (you'll find this on the website) or price, getting around in KL is not my strongest point and also I wouldn't know a HTC HD2 even if it was waving its backside at me...

Hope that helped! :)

How to use AT&T Tilt 2?

Question:
Why dose my clock on my HTC Tilt 2 show the incorrect time when I first go to home screen and then automatically change to the correct time? And how do I remove items off the Start Screen?
Answer:
1. That's normal operation. It does not update while it isn't displaying and then it "catches up" when you display it again.
2. You would need to delete the .lnk files in the \Window\Start Menu\Programs\ folder.

HTC: Hard to Compete

HTC is the world’s fourth largest smartphone company. It ships 80% of all Windows Mobile and probably a similar proportion of Android devices. Like Microsoft in 2003, Google turned to HTC for its first smartphone, the G1 and its latest, the co-branded Nexus One. The company shipped a total of 11.7 million mobile phones in 2009.

It would appear that HTC is very well positioned in what amounts to be the best industry in technology.

However, not all is well. A few days ago HTC issued revenue guidance below analyst estimates and its stock price is at 2005 levels, 70% off its peak (see graph–source: Google finance).

Part of this could be explained by its continuing reliance on Windows Mobile which is fading fast, but also it’s because, as management acknowledged, there is significant price pressure.

HTC prides itself with having a “premier” product with typically high-end feature sets and positioning. HTC invested in its own UI to differentiate its products and has mounted a branding campaign to move away from being a white-label ODM.

It seems all for nought. The rules of the smartphone market do not favor modular component players. As HTC does not front its own OS, it still struggles to stand out in the eyes of the consumer.

Looking at the list of top 3 vendors: Nokia, RIM and Apple, we see hardware companies that field an integrated OS/service bundle.

It’s hard to compete against this.

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HTC Hero Review

The HTC hero is easily one of the best new phones out on the market now. Not only that, but it has the power to take away from the market share of the iPhone. With the power of the Android operating system, and the innovation of HTC, there is a whole lot going on under the surface here that makes this phone a heavy contender in the smart-phone market today. Granted this phone, as any, comes with its own bracket of shortcomings, they can be easily overlooked in just how much of a role this phone can play in your life. With that said, the first thing you need to take into account when entering the Smartphone market is price, and the Hero backed by Sprint is easily the best bang for your buck. For $69.99 a month you get unlimited data, unlimited text, unlimited mobile to mobile, and 450 minutes you will use if you ever call a landline. The service is right up there with AT&T and Verizon, better than AT&T some would say, and goes to show how much the other two are going through to rip the consumer off.

Enough about the service though, lets move onto the phone. One of the first things you will notice about the Hero is it shares its touchscreen with a trackball and button alternative. This is one of the best features because it is nice to have a hardwired option to contrast those precise touch operations. Its as fun using the trackball to navigate your phone as it is to us your finger, plus it takes less effort. After unlocking the phone and getting to the Home page, another fun feature is the load of Widgets that HTC has unloaded into this phone. the HTC Sense is a great featured theme with a lovely looking interface, and plenty of useful and intuitive apps and widgets. Another thing you will love over Apples operating system is that android has its own Widgets that drastically increase the functionality of your phone. Like the Palm Pre, you can multi-task on up to six applications at a time, and switch between them just by holding down the home button.

You can voice search through Google or Yellowpages, or use the Layar app to turn your camera into a device that will locate anything from Papa Johns to Walgreenz and display them in a 360 degree fashion that correlates to your GPS location. Just stand and turn in one spot and you will see the location of all the businesses that surround you as you turn.

Along with a great look and feel, the Hero also touts one of the best cameras in a smartphone available now. At 5MP and a video option, all of your (daytime) shots will look sharp, and feel great. The shots can be uploaded to almost any online service you would want, right through Android.

The only downfalls this phone has is its battery life, with a supposed talk time talk time up to 420 minutes and standby time of up to 750 hours, this doesn’t take into account all of the apps and widgets you may have running at one time. This is where a good Task Manager, like Advanced Task Killer will come into play. Keeping an eye on whats running on your phone at any point in time is a nice feature, and will reduce the demand on your phones battery. The only other issue is the lag that can come with a device that can handle so much. Once you hit the android marketplace and start downloaded all types of apps, you may start to notice a lag in your phones general operation. Once again, be sure to utilize the task manager to help keep unnecessary apps in their place, and keep your hero running nice and smooth.

All in all, the Hero is an easy buy to suggest. With all of the other options around, you can’t get any more bang for your buck than you can with this phone. Between offering a multi-touch feature, and mobile widgets and applications, you will love this phone from the moment you wake up, till the moment you place it to charge overnight.

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Apple vs Google, Adobe

 

As usual Apple likes to convey the image it is number one, even if it is clearly not, and so Apple chief Steve Jobs has lately come out swinging , reacting to the release of Google’s Nexus One, which has apparently angered him by being now fairly cool, and by actually having a decent reception – unlike a certain apple iPad. Google” “They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them. This don’t be evil crap: It’s bullshit.” yeah and ‘How dare someone else try and sell a phone’” especialy a very decent one . http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/the-best-iphone-to-buy-or-to-use/

The new iPad would not display videos, animations or any other features created using Flash, a type of multimedia software made by Adobe. Flash is one of the world’s most prolific  applications, appearing on 98 percent of all computers. YouTube videos run on it. It is what animates millions of graphics and advertisements on Web sites around the world. Adobe says the technology supports nearly 75 percent of video on the Web and 70 percent of online gaming sites. The same  Jobs once again threw  a couple of insults against Adove too. “They (Adobe) have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don’t do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy”, he is reported as saying. “Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash”. Sadly there are constant updates required for Adobe flash, which do slow down your computer if you do not install them too..

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