102 replies to this topic

[PaulOBrien]

HTC gives you Wings! Well, not you, me. Well, HTC haven't given it to me, but it's theirs indirectly. Well, it's not GIVEN to me either. Oh, heck, you know what i'm getting at... friendly Mr. Postman delivered the fine specimen below to me this morning, and here's your chance to grill me on the device prior to a forthcoming review!

The device is in (trick) retail packaging with a near retail ROM, so I should be able to answer most questions!

Fire away!



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PS Yes, that is our first look at the HTC Home homescreen on a Smartphone!

[Monolithix]

Manage to get the GPS receiver working?

[PaulOBrien]

Yes and no. Yes, it connects to the GPS receiver, no, so far, I can't see more than 2 satellites

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[Cooch1000]

The smartphone Kaiser?  Looks pretty cool.

[Bastv]

Paul (MVP), on Oct 24 2007, 15:39, said:

Yes and no. Yes, it connects to the GPS receiver, no, so far, I can't see more than 2 satellites

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did you manage to work with the (disabled) internal GPS receiver?

some people have
http://www.youtube.com/v/dCwEvmY3LSA
http://www.youtube.com/v/ny3DqNEqa_A

Edited by Bastv, 24 October 2007 - 02:09 PM.

[PaulOBrien]

That's what i'm talking about - I can connect to it, but get no usable signal (yet).

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[Daniel Barton]

Here's a couple of questions:

-  Will the phone work with AT&T?  I assume the answer is yes but would like someone to confirm that all the functionality including voice / data / voicemail / text, etc works correctly.

-  Will the Garmin Mobile for Smartphones product work with this phone?

-  Can this phone make video calls?

-  How's the quality of watching Slingbox with the phone?

-  Where can I buy this phone?  www.mobileplanet.com has it listed but keeps pushing out their availability date.

Thanks!  Daniel

[PaulOBrien]

- Yes, it will work with AT&T

- Kinda. I haven't got the built in GPS working properly, but Garmin Mobile XT runs on it!

- Yes, it can make video calls.

- Is there a Smartphone Slingplayer?

- Nowhere yet!

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[SeaneyC]

Please tell me this phone is noticeably faster than the S710 and it will be a definate sale for me, GPS or no GPS!

And i would also like to know about the slingbox usage. Yes there is a smartphone player, think there's a trial on the slingbox site.

[bydandie]

Can you take some pics alongside the Kaiser and Touch?  I really want to see how big this beastie it!

[revanmj]

could you post some more screenshots of HTC Homescreen?

[PaulOBrien]

SeaneyC, on Oct 24 2007, 15:47, said:

Please tell me this phone is noticeably faster than the S710 and it will be a definate sale for me, GPS or no GPS!

And i would also like to know about the slingbox usage. Yes there is a smartphone player, think there's a trial on the slingbox site.

Noticeably!

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[babybob]

sorry excuse my behindness on this, how did you enable the gps (even if its not working) I thought htc had confirmed this did not have onboard gps?

Brian

[PaulOBrien]

HTC have confirmed it does, but it's not supported. I think I know why now, unless my unit is faulty of course!

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[conflagrare]

How is the quality of the camera indoors?  can you take some sample shots?

[conflagrare]

does the numberpad work when the keyboard is out?  or at least the directional "joystick" button?

[Looby]

What is the point of having GPS if it is not supported? With Satnav and Windows Live it's what everyone wants

[mandt]

Like the look of this, a lot! Looks like a PPC at first glance

Can you take some piccies of it next to the Kaiser? In particular to show the thickness of it

Cheers

[PaulOBrien]

Sure will!

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[stesa]

hi , can you confirm the mass is only 150 grams ? thnx