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The No Reboot Challenge, as proposed by Mobile Jaw, challenges Windows Mobile users to see how long they can go without rebooting (hard or soft) their Windows Mobile devices before they start acting strange or crashing. To make it even more difficult, you’re not allowed to stop any processes either. The only programs you can close are the ones that give you the Exit option in their menu.
More on the No Reboot Challenge including the general rules of the game
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RSSAddendum: Just got my Fuze (12/23, that I ordered on 12/1, grrr.). First of all, the Apple fanboy here should really have taken enough time to get to know the device, glance at the user manual or even read a spec sheet before vlogging a review. The round button the geometrically-challenged Rene misidentifies as a squircle is just a button. Yet, surrounding the button is a subtle circle with obvious directional arrows indicating that one can swirl one’s fingertip around the outer rim of the button to do things like zoom in and out on web pages and when viewing pictures. Perhaps Mr. Ritchie took the word squircle, which specifies a geometric shape, and through the term’s association with the Zune, assumes it synonymous with D-pad. This is another case of using unusual words to feign intelligence. As for a D-pad, there is one built in, but not labeled, in the bottom portion of the face immediately surrounding the circular button. The number of keys on the keyboard is approaching overkill, to be sure. The weight is about the same as the old iPAQ 6515, about 18% more than the iPhone and significantly less than the HTC TyTN and TyTN II. As for the time it takes to start the phone from first flash on the LCD to ready-to-make-phone-calls, it is notably extended, and seems like it is almost twice the time required to start the HTC Tilt (TyTN II). While TouchFLO 3D doesn’t seem to have any 3D aspects, the awkwardness with which Mr. Ritchie shows it in action is likely caused by his own ineptitude in working with a pressure sensitive rather than capacitative touch screen. There is no need to “push really hard” when using gestures. But if, he’d used a fingernail or, as has been mentioned already, the stylus he might have saved himself a lot of frustration. Users of other touchscreen handhelds will find no need to treat this one differently, with the exception that most of the touch points on the menus are larger than WinMo would normally make them, and therefore can be used with a fingertip, not just the edge of a nail or the stylus. Many times he shows his inability to read directions (there is a 5”x5” card included in the box for this) in following the TouchFLO menus. One can simply touch the highlighted tab and then drag the finger right or left across the screen to access the other tabs. When attempting to exit one tab and enter another, the process is even simpler. The back button. While about half of the non-smartphone mobiles on the market today have a back button, Apple didn’t include one in the iPhone, and Mr. Ritchie seems unaware of its function. Strangely, the TouchFLO menu uses a different set of options omitting some, adding others when shown in its landscape mode. Someone with a greater level of web-browsing ability than Ritchie might have found the way to set the browser to be able to function with a T-Mobile SIM in it. But what does a professional blogger need to know about the internet, really? Not surprisingly, Mr. Ritchie –doesn’t- mention that the Fuze has stereo Bluetooth (which the iPhone still lacks), more on-screen pixels, a faster processor or more memory than either its predecessor the Tilt or the iPhone. The battery, of course is removable, allowing for a power-user to have a desktop cradle and spare battery in order to have more usable life available. The primary storage is meager, but can be supplemented with a micro SD memory card sporting up to 32GB of hot-swappable storage. I confess that currently I only have an 8GB card, but if I wanted to have the entire collection of X-Files episodes and movies on the same card, I’d have to go to the 32 when it becomes available. Here is a shameless plug for the SPB Mobile DVD converter. As a chronic meddler when it comes to tech devices, I find frustrating the lack of configuration options in the TouchFLO menus. One improvement from the Tilt is that when the phone goes into sleep mode, it comes back on the same screen it was left on, rather than back on the WinMo Today screen. In terms of ease-of-use to the novice, I rate SPB’s Mobile Shell more highly as a navigation overlay than HTC’s TouchFLO. It also allows more customization and allows for giant on-screen buttons to quickly navigate to any program or setting menu without directly using the WinMo interface. TouchFLO, on the other hand is more stable, comes preloaded and actually replaces some of the more awkward WinMo screens like the communications manager. The bottom line is that this is not my perfect device. It is a step improvement. I see myself as likely to jump from the WinMo ship in the next couple of years unless Microsoft implements some drastic changes in its design and aftermarket support. For example, what good is having an Update Windows Mobile if no updates become available? What good is there in having an editable registry if MS is going to treat groups like XDA-Developers as interlopers? A truly strong platform is/will be one in which the unwashed masses can participate in the improvements of. Conceptually, I am an Android fan. In practice, however it is just not up to the mediocre standard that Microsoft has set. With a history of incompatibility and closed-thinking, Apple has shown remarkable foresight in developing the App Store. I personally don’t need one for anything that I do with the phone, but without an App Store of some kind, the WinMo platform is not long for this world. Sony learned with Betamax that the network effect of the secondary market is strong enough to make design superiority irrelevant. Surely the same lesson applies here.
Received the phone yesterday, turned it on today and the only disappointing aspect of the fone, in my opinion is the camera and video camera. Utterly atrocious. For a 5 mega i expected more, the 2 mega on my ericsson w900i is much better. The camera and video camera both suffer from too much lag, the slightest movement will result in blurred images!! The auto focus is also too slow, when its finally ready to take the shot, your arm'll drop due to tiredness and you'll have completely missed the shot. The default contrast settings for both the camera and video camera are absolutely appalling. I have tried to change the settings for better results but no luck. I haven't yet made a` phone call, so therefore i cannot comment any call related issues. If the pre mentioned issues can be fixed, then I'll keep the mobile otherwise its on a one way journey back to orange.
We have 6gb plans here in Canada - I guess we're just spoiled, heh.
6gb data package on a uk network?? who told you that crap. not likley, most networks only offer 120mb. 500 is more than enough for the average smartphone user.
Reading through Orange's website, it appears that these mobile broadband plans are for laptop use and not phone connectivity. However, I do see a 30MB feature add-on, or a perk of 250MB data which can be included in some of the higher cost phone plans. Data usage while in continental Europe costs extra.