Not a big fan of the look of TouchFLO 3D on your HTC Touch HD? You’re in luck! Spb Mobile Shell has just updated their software (to version 2.1.3) and is now completely compatible with the HTC Touch HD.
I can only imagine (as I don’t have a Touch HD myself) that it would look really fantastic on the Touch HD’s huge WVGA screen.
If you’ve got a Touch HD, try it out and be sure to let me know!
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There’s a strange story coming out of the British mobile scene about Orange UK’s sales people talking their customers out of upgrading to the HTC Touch HD of which they have obtained exclusive rights to in the British market.
Apparently there have been a slew of returns and complaints about this exclusive phone. A source over at msmobiles says:
Just tried to upgrade to the Touch HD and had the operator telling me about the high rate of returns. Apparently poor battery life, and that horrendous camera are putting people off them. The operator tried her hardest to put me off until I pointed out just how many Windows Mobile powered phones I have had (Windows Mobile 2002 and on). So not just returns but actively trying to encourage customers to not buy the orange UK exclusive.
Anyone here experiencing any problems?
What has Orange UK done to this phone? Or is the device flawed right from the gate?
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The Sony XPERIA X1 Panels have been getting a lot of Internet attention due to their ability to manage many different kinds of functions on the device. With Panels, you can manage your apps, sites and files with a visual and touch-friendly user interface. Well it seems the HTC Touch HD can have this user interface too. So if you’re not interested in the Touch HD’s UI, consider watching the movie and finding a new system.
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I’ve taken the time to compile a whole bunch of HTC Touch HD videos because the device is just so damn sexy. The first set of videos come from Gears for CoolSmartPhone who got a UK HTC Touch HD. The first set of videos show an unboxing, the browser, TouchFLO GUI and the YouTube player. After that, we have videos from PocketNow and Omio. Enjoy!
Click after the jump for great HTC Touch HD videos
Canalys recently published a study covering the Q3/2008 smartphone market with results pointing to results opposite of those expected for Windows Mobile. Rumors said that the platform was near extinction, but the numbers from this recent research showed exactly the opposite and who runs a serious risk to leave the market if the rate of decline continues? The Symbian operating system. The data shows a fall of 21.5% from 12.4% marketshare and sales.
Already Windows Mobile has defied the predictions and, in Q3, had a growth of 42.9% in sales and 12.2% in marketshare. With all these predictions, it turns out that Symbian has been the only one to take a numbers loss.
And, of course, I can’t forget to mention Apple, which saw a huge growth due to the launch of the new iPhone 3G, and now occupies the second collation in the ranking.
For Q4/2008 there are predictions for more changes, of course, and we predict an even higher growth for Windows Mobile, thanks mainly to the launch of new smartphones like the Touch Diamond and Touch HD.
And with recent news suggesting that iPhone sales are dropping, we hope to see Windows Mobile’s new smartphones’ sale’s skyrocket!
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This video from pocketnow shows off some of the cool software on the new HTC Touch HD. And, since the HTC Touch HD doesn’t have a hardware keyboard, be sure to check out the part of the video that takes a look at how usable the on-screen keyboard is — looks great!
This device seems very similar to many of the new Touch devices from HTC and actually runs the same version of TouchFLO 3D as the Samsung XPERIA X1.
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This has got to be one of the best Windows Mobile devices out there. The HTC Touch HD has got such a nice screen and media capabilities and I can watch these video reviews all day. The first impressions of the phone clearly leave the reviewer taken aback by the screen and clean user interface. The device is shipping to customers in both Europe and Asia so expect a lot of videos like this. Highlights include:
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We at WindowsMobile Cool would like to welcome our new guest writer Sérgio Fraiman of the popular Brazilian Windows Mobile site Diario do Mobile!
Who is Sérgio? Sérgio Fraiman, from Natal, Brazil, is a blogger, not unlike myself. He loves any and all things Windows Mobile! His all time favourite Windows Mobile device is the HTC Touch HD (Oooh me too!). If you’re interested in what Sérgio has to say about WinMo, follow him on Twitter.
You can look forward to reading Sérgio’s posts coming every Monday beginning Monday, November 10th right here on WindowsMobile Cool.
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Orange has confirmed rumours about its 3 month exclusivity on the HTC Touch HD with a full press release which reveals an early November launch on the network.
The HTC Touch HD specs are pretty impressive with TouchFLO 3D technology, 3G/HSDPA and WiFi, a 3.8 inch WVGA screen, 5 megapixel auto-focus camera (with second VGA cam), 512MB flash; 288MB RAM, microSD slot, GPS and 1350 mAh battery. It’s powered by a Qualcomm MSM7201a 528 MHz CPU and runs Windows Mobile 6.1.
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The wait is almost over for HTC’s Touch HD which is set to officially launch on November 6th.
In case you’ve forgotten, the specs of the HTC Touch HD are pretty impressive: Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 3.8-inch WVGA at a whopping 800×480 pixels, force feedback screen, 5MP camera with autofocus (sadly, no flash), 3.5mm headphone port, HSDPA data, 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A processor, 288MB RAM/ 512MB ROM, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR with A2DP, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Minu USB port, microSDHC card slot, 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery, and GPS.
And now for the tough pill to swallow — looks like this pretty little handset will be going for 649 € ($884 USD). Mark down November 6th on your calendar!
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I have used the Howard's Forum solution for internet PC tethering however about 2 days after making the changes whenever I just want to surf the net on my BJ II I now get a 403 Access Forbidden error msg. If I power the phone off and turn it on it allows me to surf for about 1 to 2 days before giving me that error again. When I called AT$T they had me change some settings and that fixed the problem but broke my tethering capability. I reinstalled the Howard's Forum solution and got tethering back but now again have the 403 problem again. Any help would be apprciated.
Wow, Bruno - that's awful! A real Touch Diamond would have been nice, heh, but a fake one?! Especially when you're actually expecting the BB Storm! Though, from what I'm hearing, the Storm isn't the greatest device. But I haven't seen it myself so I can't say for sure. What did you end up doing with the fake phone? How much did you pay? I'm sorry you had such a rough time - I feel for ya!
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Couldn't send emails any more no matter what I tried so I downloaded and installed the patch. So far: I lost all of my email accounts; tried to set them up again, but when I used the same name for the account, I got stopped by an alert that said that name was already being used by another account; I picked a new name for the account and completed the setup, after I hit finish, it jumped to the Outlook account that had previously existed and the new account was not listed under mail accounts; tried this a couple of times; Did a hard reset, erasing all of my data, which isn't a big deal I have had to do hard resets so often lately there isn't much there; After the reboot, I set up the accounts successfully, the device randomly powers off; It is now frozen with a solid green colored screen, which I can do nothing about, it won't even turn off, I am on hold now with my provider's tech support. This is my experience so far with the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade and the SMTP patch Dan