Guest Paul [MVP] Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 You heard it here first, and it's not good news if you're a gamer i'm afraid... Forum member 'muff' has highlighted a problem where the C500 keypad cannot accept any other input at the same time as pressing the joystick / scroller. We have already raised this problem with Orange / HTC, and word has come back that this is a HARDWARE problem, and as such, no fix will be available in the current hardware. So, fingers crossed that HTC learn from their mistakes and fix it in future phones, but it definitely limits the C500s gaming potential :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vector Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Ooooooohhhhhh :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest meatgrinder Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 ahhh balls, thats pretty crap Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest agent.m Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Noooooooo! I definately gonna wait till new feeler comes out and is tested :wink: hope other users can get a upgrade to new version if any :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doyle_am Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marko31 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 lol SPV C500 bugged/dust version, one month after "SPV600" (htc 8020) bug free version ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 It's the MPX200 all over again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest badlad Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Best game out for smartphone works better on my c500 than it ever did on the e200 ..... I'm talking about Jawbreaker of course .... ahh how the time spent in the bathroom has become so much more enjoyable :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 What makes you think the 'feeler' will be any better? P Posted from my SmartPhone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest meatgrinder Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 an idea for you how can the multi-keypress problem be a hardware problem, when, to hard reset the phone, you use multi-keypresses? it occurs to be, that perhaps (at least) with a software patch we could get the 2 softkeys working at the same time - no? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HurricaneDave Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 "]What makes you think the 'feeler' will be any better? P Posted from my SmartPhone! well it has a joypad for a start..even if it can only be used indpendantly its still a massive improvement over that stupid roller button thingy.. mobile gaming plays a huge part in peoples smartphone use and HTC with all there wisdom and all that they SHOULD have learned from previous bug infested piles of junk STILL do not seem to understand what its users want,,YES i understand that the phone is been touted as a buisness phone but sureley they should have had the common sense to think "Hmmmm maybe if we make it so that people can play games on it then it will appeal to a broader audience" but apparentley not.. im just hanging on for that motorola mpx300 (or is it just called mpx now?) and then HTC can go jump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest meatgrinder Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 yea, jsut mpx now tanagerdave, and, yea, HTC are thick as a certain brown substance - they just dont listen - every phone they release gets furhter away from waht people are requesting... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 The multi press issue is to do with pressing other keys when using the joystick / scroller thing. I suspect the 'Feeler' will have all the same issues, but only time will tell. MPx? Long wait, who knows what else will be out by then! :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest meatgrinder Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 ahhh, i c :'( thats pretty crapp Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HurricaneDave Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 i just cant help but feel that HTC have so much potential if they actually listened to what there users want.. for example my E200 is now superb with the imate rom on it (although i know the rom is down to orange and not HTC) but as good as the phone is, why the hell has it only got a 5 way joypad when both the spv AND the e100 had 9 way ?? it really does seem that they are taking 1 step forward and 50 steps backward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevlar Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Someone want to ring O and tell them they may as well stick their Gapi fix up their xxxxxx? This is just surreal, after the debacle that was the e200 joystick you'd think some lessons would have been learned! Kevlar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoos Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Good going Orange and HTC, congrats! I've said it before.... I'm giving up on HTC for now and hoping Motorola actually listen to the people that use the phone... Since Moto have been in the cell industry longer I have confidence their next smartphone(s) will kick butt... we'll see.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maverick Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 my E200 is now superb with the imate rom on it (although i know the rom is down to orange and not HTC) Orange has nothing to do with the Imate ROM !! Infact, have u ever wondered why the Imate ROM is far better than the one that Orange puts on the phone :roll: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Oh no! Good I didn't buy one so soon. All in all I might have to keep my E-100 for some more time until some better news. Even though I use the phone mostly for business I still like to play a game from time to time and don't see why I should go for less performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gorskar Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Oh dear oh dear. Just glad I held off. I really want a new phone, but I've not yet seen one that's acceptable available in the shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jay3gsm Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 If the only problem is the fact it makes some games harder to paly then it's no big problem really. Don't understand why it upsets so many people so much. Do you really spend so much times playing games on your phone? If so, buy an N-Gage, no....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jasonkruys Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Thats it. That was their last chance. Upgraded to the C500 so soon because I was well and truly Pi***d off with the appaling battery life of the e100. Got seen off by retentions regarding contracts and stuff, so am still stuck on a 5 year old tariff that is a rip off. I sincerely hope that a new smartphone that is actually what people want gets released soon, on another network, because orange can shove my custom from now on. As for the feeler, it won't be any different, they have had many chances now and have not actually listened to the users, so why should they with this one? Besides, it has already been stated that it is exactly the same hardware as the C500 just in a different guise. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 If the only problem is the fact it makes some games harder to paly then it's no big problem really. Don't understand why it upsets so many people so much. Do you really spend so much times playing games on your phone? If so, buy an N-Gage, no....? Well... I love SPVs for their professional' skills, and I love playing sometimes a game like Odyssey. It's fun, nah? Instead of Ngage or whatever funny phone, I'll keep my E-100 which has a joystick and a cool look! Remember this multipress prob. is added to the never ending damn list of other bugs mentioned in the forum. I don't give up now, but tell myself: Wait and c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HurricaneDave Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Orange has nothing to do with the Imate ROM !! Infact, have u ever wondered why the Imate ROM is far better than the one that Orange puts on the phone :roll: . I know that orange has nothing to do with the imate rom,, i just worded it incorrectly..basically what i meant was that BEFORE the imate rom my e200 royally sucked BECAUSE of the orange rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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