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 Jul 18 2005, 15:14
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 Hardcore  Group: Posters Posts: 1,636 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Manchester Member No.: 56  |
Firstly, hi eveyone - long time no speak!
I got a c550 on Friday, and there's a couple of good things, (and a couple of bad things) I've not seen mentioned elsewhere (apologies if I've missed them, but I don't get much time to browse MoDaCo lately!) Some good stuff:- There's a new button on top of the volume keys which launches Internet Explorer which is handy  They've included a new version of "Multimedia Album" which has an "Edit" function tucked away in there. This means that at last you can do a bit of basic picture editing on your phone, including brightness, contrast, cropping and re-sizing  Orange have at last decided to use the Arcsoft MMS client, which allows you to add sound to an MMS (a function that didn't work on the c500) And now some annoying stuff! The power management settings don't seem to work, it seems that whatever setting you apply to the backlight, also gets used for the screen timeout. So if you have the backlight set to go off after 15 seconds, then your screen goes blank too! :?: For some reason, most of my videos shot on other HTC smartphones (C500, T-Mobile SDA, Dopod 585 etc.) won't playback on my C550! :cry: Neither in Multimedia Album nor WMPlayer, however, they ALL playback perfectly in TCPMP (Beta Player) so all's not lost! When using T9 to compose a message, it now puts a capital letter after every apostrophe, so you get something that looks like this:- ....I'Ll check if they'Re all going to be there..... :?: |
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Jul 18 2005, 15:59
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 Diehard  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 428 Joined: 1st June 2004 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 45,194 Device(s): v1605, qtek 8500. |
QUOTE(Simon Desser @ Jul 18 2005, 16:14) When using T9 to compose a message, it now puts a capital letter after every apostrophe, so you get something that looks like this:- ....I'Ll check if they'Re all going to be there..... :?:  mine doesn't do this. e.g. 4817 comes out as "it's" prefectly for me. This post has been edited by spacerace: Jul 18 2005, 15:59 -------------------- - spacerace -
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Jul 18 2005, 16:15
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,307 Joined: 10th May 2003 From: soon to be Aylesbury, UK Member No.: 5,872 Device(s): MDA Vario |
Every video I coded for my E100 works fine on my C550, albeit not full-screen. Generally I've found AV playback great. The screen is the first I've seen on a mobile that doesn't look noticably 'pixelly'.
-------------------- Device history: Nokia 5146, Nokia 3120, Nokia 7110 (x3), Nokia 6210 (x2), Ericsson T39, Ericsson T68, Sony Ericsson T68i, Orange SPV (x2), SPV E100 (x3), Nokia 6600 (x2), SPV C550, MDA Vario
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Jul 18 2005, 16:16
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,307 Joined: 10th May 2003 From: soon to be Aylesbury, UK Member No.: 5,872 Device(s): MDA Vario |
AND MMS seems to work cross-network without any hitch!
-------------------- Device history: Nokia 5146, Nokia 3120, Nokia 7110 (x3), Nokia 6210 (x2), Ericsson T39, Ericsson T68, Sony Ericsson T68i, Orange SPV (x2), SPV E100 (x3), Nokia 6600 (x2), SPV C550, MDA Vario
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Jul 18 2005, 16:19
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,636 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Manchester Member No.: 56 |
QUOTE(spacerace @ Jul 18 2005, 15:59) mine doesn't do this. e.g. 4817 comes out as "it's" prefectly for me. Oh yeah, it works using the "1" key, but I (out of habit) use the "#" key to bring up the symbols page, and if I select the apostrophe from there, then it always puts a capital straight after it. (I'll try and get used to using the 1 key, and it is quicker too )
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Jul 18 2005, 16:25
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,636 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Manchester Member No.: 56 |
QUOTE(morpheus2702 @ Jul 18 2005, 16:15) Every video I coded for my E100 works fine on my C550, albeit not full-screen. Generally I've found AV playback great. The screen is the first I've seen on a mobile that doesn't look noticably 'pixelly'. I don't mean videos encoded for the phone, I mean videos SHOT with my other phones. Don't forget Beta Player will play your vids full screen even on a C550 if you change the video driver to GDI instead of GAPI
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Jul 18 2005, 16:30
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 Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 4,408 Joined: 19th February 2003 From: South Croydon Member No.: 2,910 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(morpheus2702 @ Jul 18 2005, 16:15) Every video I coded for my E100 works fine on my C550, albeit not full-screen. Generally I've found AV playback great. The screen is the first I've seen on a mobile that doesn't look noticably 'pixelly'. You bit the bullet and went for the C550 eh Morpheus? Pleased with the choice? If I was upgrading it's what I'd be getting... Oh, and welcome back Simon!
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Jul 18 2005, 17:00
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Diehard Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 428 Joined: 1st June 2004 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 45,194 Device(s): v1605, qtek 8500. |
QUOTE(Simon Desser @ Jul 18 2005, 17:19) Oh yeah, it works using the "1" key, but I (out of habit) use the "#" key to bring up the symbols page, and if I select the apostrophe from there, then it always puts a capital straight after it. (I'll try and get used to using the 1 key, and it is quicker too )ahh right, no I don't do it that way, as you say it's a bit slower. Using the 1 instead is an old Nokia trait, luckily it just worked on smartphones aswell ! -------------------- - spacerace -
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Jul 18 2005, 17:27
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,307 Joined: 10th May 2003 From: soon to be Aylesbury, UK Member No.: 5,872 Device(s): MDA Vario |
QUOTE(Pondrew @ Jul 18 2005, 16:30) You bit the bullet and went for the C550 eh Morpheus? Pleased with the choice? If I was upgrading it's what I'd be getting... Oh, and welcome back Simon! So far so good - I missed out the evolutionary step of the C500, so forgive me coming across as a bit gushing. I'm still pinching myself that this phone is made by HTC. In comparison to my previous Nokia 6600, the only downside is that web browsing and e-mail retrieval is still a bit slower that the equivalent Symbian applications. But that is easily offset with the ability to connect to my PC again! No hassle and a first-time, no-hassle Bluetooth ActiveSync. Try that with Nokia's PC Suite!
-------------------- Device history: Nokia 5146, Nokia 3120, Nokia 7110 (x3), Nokia 6210 (x2), Ericsson T39, Ericsson T68, Sony Ericsson T68i, Orange SPV (x2), SPV E100 (x3), Nokia 6600 (x2), SPV C550, MDA Vario
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Jul 18 2005, 17:33
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 23 Joined: 27th December 2003 From: Southampton, UK Member No.: 26,223 Device(s): Nokia N80 / SPV C600 |
One thing no one has mentioned yet is the new T9 settings menu when you're composing a text, (Hold down the * key). Give you some useful features such as turning off next word prediction and auto word completion. Also has a built in custom word editor so you can now delete the strange words you sometimes get when your using T9 without having to lose all your custom words! Nice feature!
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Jul 18 2005, 17:47
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 98 Joined: 31st May 2005 Member No.: 132,314 Device(s): tytn strtrk mio 8390 mpx200 |
hows the battery time on the c550? Compared to the c500 that is
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Jul 18 2005, 18:30
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 SpinDoctorBlow Group: Posters Posts: 2,765 Joined: 25th February 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 3,060 |
Welcome back Simon!
Has anybody had a go with the C550 homescreen yet? Does anybody know if the 3rd party plugins like RJtime, smartmonitor etc work on the new screen rez? -------------------- "... time is an illusion ... lunchtime doubly so ..."
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Jul 18 2005, 18:33
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SpinDoctorBlow Group: Posters Posts: 2,765 Joined: 25th February 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 3,060 |
Welcome back Simon!
Has anybody had a go with the C550 homescreen yet? Does anybody know if the 3rd party plugins like RJtime, smartmonitor etc work on the new screen rez? EDIT - hmm ... sorry about the double post there. Damn BT connection ... This post has been edited by drblow: Jul 18 2005, 18:40 -------------------- "... time is an illusion ... lunchtime doubly so ..."
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Jul 18 2005, 18:54
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 Its not my real name ya know !!! Group: Posters Posts: 1,065 Joined: 7th February 2003 From: Long Eaton,Notts Member No.: 2,696 Device(s): M600 |
Bad point found > Joystick not 9 way. I loaded up Eclipse and its no way diagonal compatible
 I feel the M500 coming up. Its just not the phone I hoped it would be
-------------------- Grab ya free console HERE ;-)
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Jul 18 2005, 19:42
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 Editor Dude Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,682 Joined: 23rd April 2003 From: Leicester, UK Member No.: 4,973 Device(s): SPV M700 / E650 |
QUOTE(drblow @ Jul 18 2005, 18:33) Welcome back Simon! Has anybody had a go with the C550 homescreen yet? Does anybody know if the 3rd party plugins like RJtime, smartmonitor etc work on the new screen rez? EDIT - hmm ... sorry about the double post there. Damn BT connection ... RJHTML worked but as with all 176x200 'screens, you'll need to fiddle  I dont see why all other plugins wont work either, it is still 2003 after all. -------------------- |
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Jul 18 2005, 20:55
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 Addict  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 931 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
I'm pretty impressed so far. The screen res is causing me a multitude of headaches - most 3rd party apps won't go full screen :-
PocketMusic - daft postage-stamp drawn in top left with a big white border bottom and right, :cry: Eclipse First Wave - postage stamp but at least it's in the middle with black borders all around, :cry: SP Task Manager EN - grapgical errors all over the place, especially when viewing Sys Status, :cry: Smart Explorer - drawn to left hand edge :cry: The list is endless and I've uninstalled most of them through frustration. TCPMP 0.66 is a total loss as I need to reboot between video files and WMV won't load at all. Works ok with 0.5 stable, but no WMV support. It would be nice if media players other than Orange's download based MusicPlayer and WMP could map the media keys - they just state On the plus side, I like the full hands free via BT with voice dialling - works a treat. Joystick and keypad are very positive and 'nicey-feeley' and the battery life seems soooo much better than my E200. I find the T9 a breeze to use and various hidden delights, like image editing within Media Album, and audio files on MMS are a rare treat. Can anyone shed any light on what pvPlayer is all about. I know its a packet video player, but which packets will it play :shock: Nothing I have on the phone seems to want to load. On the whole, I'm impressed. It's taking a little getting used to, probably because I missed an evolutionary step due to the hateful rocker switch on the C500 -------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
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Jul 19 2005, 06:48
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SpinDoctorBlow Group: Posters Posts: 2,765 Joined: 25th February 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 3,060 |
QUOTE(nedge2k @ Jul 18 2005, 19:42) RJHTML worked but as with all 176x200 'screens, you'll need to fiddle I dont see why all other plugins wont work either, it is still 2003 after all. Sorry to be picky - but could you give me a bit of details about what 'fiddling' was required? How does the code need adjusted? -------------------- "... time is an illusion ... lunchtime doubly so ..."
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Jul 19 2005, 08:35
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Diehard Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 428 Joined: 1st June 2004 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 45,194 Device(s): v1605, qtek 8500. |
QUOTE(pd.ryder @ Jul 18 2005, 21:55) It would be nice if media players other than Orange's download based MusicPlayer and WMP could map the media keys - they just state I'm less concerned about the software, most of it it still functions ok and I figure it's only a matter of time until updates are released that make things look nice again. The button mapping it something I would love to sort though. Especially as WMP doesn't remember playing location if it's closed or you reboot the phone. This feature is vital if listening to podcasts where you don't catch the whole thing in one sitting. Pocket Music is fantastic at this and probably the most important software I have loaded... -------------------- - spacerace -
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Jul 19 2005, 08:45
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 Regular Group: Posters Posts: 111 Joined: 14th September 2003 From: fareham Member No.: 16,097 |
QUOTE(pd.ryder @ Jul 18 2005, 20:55) Can anyone shed any light on what pvPlayer is all about. I know its a packet video player, but which packets will it play :shock: Nothing I have on the phone seems to want to load. On the whole, I'm impressed. It's taking a little getting used to, probably because I missed an evolutionary step due to the hateful rocker switch on the C500 pv player is 3gp player --------------------  |
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Jul 19 2005, 09:38
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 631 Joined: 22nd February 2005 From: HOLLAND!!!!! Member No.: 112,518 Device(s): SPV C500, M500 |
i'm dying to make some homescreens for this phone but i don't have one!!! does anyone want to send me a kind of template then test the screens i can make?
-------------------- devices: C500, evil evil M500, C600, Magic Bullet, hole punch, screw driver
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