Guest dudegalea Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 My P750 has just been shipped from Expansys! :D I wasn't expecting it, because it was saying 3 days earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J273 Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Is there a link to a direct donwload of the english P750 rom? Its just im not 100% sure im going to be keeping the hadset or not ,but id like to try the VGA rom first. Is the english rom (not cooked) available for download ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nooo! /me wants :D P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Batumulia Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Yeah me wants too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 You should to wait for the english rom to be dumped, before flashing with another rom. I´d like a copy too :D Its the best handset (all in one) I´ve ever owned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richair Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 You should to wait for the english rom to be dumped, before flashing with another rom. I´d like a copy too :D Its the best handset (all in one) I´ve ever owned... Joost, seeing that you had a 614c as well, what would you think are the main advantages of the P750 over the 614c? At first I really wanted to like the 614c better, but I tend towards the Asus more right now. What are your thoughts about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 richair, I only had the iPAQ 614C for 3-4 hours and in that short time I found that it had very big BT issues (filed an issue at HP and others are complaining too), the sound is low with the headset, it looks like a toyphone, its a little bigger, the A-gps is performing badly comparred to the SiRf lll chipset. The ASUS is for me; a nice phone allround, BT works superb, the design is nice, and its very stable (depending on the cooked Rom y use) the cooked VGA rom is superb but has som bigtime memoryleak issues at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stesa Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 You should to wait for the english rom to be dumped, before flashing with another rom. I´d like a copy too :D Its the best handset (all in one) I´ve ever owned... hi joost , is the p750 better than the cruise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 hi stesa, in most ways, but depending on how you use the phone in your everyday... I use it on work/private as phone, GPS, email, internet, exchangeserver - and they both get the job done! Plus: Cruise has the bigger screen 2,8". Minus: No hardware keyboard 400 mHz Processor is just a little to slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dudegalea Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 WOW! It's gorgeous! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Its really is :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dudegalea Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Its really is :( The hardware lock is amusing me greatly this afternoon. Strange, when you think it's the least high-tech feature on the device. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Yeah agree - its a superb feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Somebody please dump the english UK rom, som we can test it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amplificator Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Couldn't agree more on the P750. I've had it for a few days, updated it with the VGA firmware and it looks great :D I've also loaded a bunch of software on it and no compatibility problems as of yet. Everything works really great. Switching between 2G and 3G is working as expected and GPS will get a fix pretty fast when standing outside. The ergonomics is pretty good too. Some devices just feel awkvard holding in your hand when talking, but this one is really good. The Asus P750 is a keeper, and rumors say that we might get an official WM6.1 upgrade during the summer, so one may wonder if they will include official VGA support. If not, then the VGA rom is working fine too, and will be shaped up a bit as time goes by. Edited April 2, 2008 by Amplificator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Couldent agree more Ampliificator :D :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amplificator Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 (edited) Oh, by the way, the joystick is pretty good too. I was a bit concerned about that myself because I've had a few other deviced equipped with a joystick in the past and they've always been reather.. bad. But this joystick is different. It's firm, but not too firm and it's easy to feel where your finger is located on the joystick.. It somehow gives great feedback compared to other joysticks.. May sound a bit weird, but I thought I'd mention it.. Edited April 2, 2008 by Amplificator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timeline Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 are the 2.5 audio jacks standard? what's the deal with those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dudegalea Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 are the 2.5 audio jacks standard? what's the deal with those? They're reasonably standard for PDA-type devices, though far from universal. At least the 2.5mm plug is a defined standard, so you can get adapters to convert a 3.5mm plug. Better than (for example) the HTC which requires a specialized adapter to plug into the mini-USB port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dudegalea Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 My thoughts on the P750 after an evening's usage. It's a beauty. Absolutely fantastic. I haven't felt this good about a PDA since the Fuji Loox 720 (which was some time ago!). Not one feature of the unit has given me the 'ick' (if you know what I mean). I played with TomTom Navigator 6. It's easy to configure; all the options are the obvious ones (Other NMEA device, GPS port). For some reason, it appears to work much better when set to 57600 baud than the default 4800. I'm a bit mystified by this, because it's an internal port and I didn't think the baud rate had any significance here (though I'm not an expert on WinMo internals, so I could be making dodgy assumptions about how it works). Anyway, with the port set to 57600, I can sit at my desk well away from the windows and get an 8 satellite signal. Very impressive. There are a few cons, but they are not things that leap out at me. I've had to actively think about this to come up with them. 1. The screen is not quite as clear as the HTC TyTN II when using ClearType. That may be a bit of an unfair comparison as the screens are a different size, but the HTC is the last PDA I had so that's what I'm used to. (Of course, the VGA hack would probably make a difference here.) 2. Some of the built-in apps are a bit noisy. I have a dislike of apps that beep or ping at me for no particularly good reason, and without an obvious way of silencing them (without also switching off alarms etc.). The wireless manager and the GPS Catcher do this. 3. The joystick 'action' push is a bit noisier than I'd like. However, the workaround is to use the jog dial action push when quiet is required. I think I need a screen protector soon! Anyone know of one that's available, or the right size? I'm happy to cut another one down to size, but I'd prefer to take the lazy option if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sudhir K Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 hello there, i m also a proud owner of the P750 although its been around Malaysia for around 3-4 months already. just 2 weeks not much playing around but the device is amazing...1 chink though im not sure how to set the GPS at all on this thing, im in indonesia now so i couldnt test it out at home since i got it the morning that i was leaving and i wanted to charge it up properly for batt longevity reasons. I havent installed any 3rd party GPS software like TomTom or Garmin Que yet till i try to figure out the settings on the set already...Pls help me with the software and GPS hardware port settings and speed i have tried all sorts of combinations still cant lock on to a satellite in indonesia. Another thing does GPS work inside a single storey house to give your location? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timeline Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 have tried at least 4-5 cooked roms but havent overclocked my device, the speed is nice - better than my HTC Touch Cruise, TT6 runs very smoothly.... Hi is there a forum that has dedicated asus roms, like xda? In xda they only have random threads about the p750, so it's hard to keep track what is available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timeline Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 The Asus P750 is a keeper, and rumors say that we might get an official WM6.1 upgrade during the summer, so one may wonder if they will include official VGA support. If not, then the VGA rom is working fine too, and will be shaped up a bit as time goes by. I'd guess that asus had some strange contract that said they could get these screens cheaper if they only used it as QVGA. Thus they are not allowed to enable VGA, the maker can enjoy scales of economy. Kinda like the Qualcomm - HTC crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JD1973 Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 (edited) The Asus P750 is a keeper, and rumors say that we might get an official WM6.1 upgrade during the summer More than a rumour I'd say, see official Microsoft announcement at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2...4-01WM61PR.mspx At bottom there is ASUS: New phones including the P320, ZX1, P560, M536 and updates for the P527, P750, M930 Pretty much makes it definite in my view. Edited April 3, 2008 by JD1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amplificator Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 hello there, i m also a proud owner of the P750 although its been around Malaysia for around 3-4 months already. just 2 weeks not much playing around but the device is amazing...1 chink though im not sure how to set the GPS at all on this thing, im in indonesia now so i couldnt test it out at home since i got it the morning that i was leaving and i wanted to charge it up properly for batt longevity reasons. I havent installed any 3rd party GPS software like TomTom or Garmin Que yet till i try to figure out the settings on the set already...Pls help me with the software and GPS hardware port settings and speed i have tried all sorts of combinations still cant lock on to a satellite in indonesia. Another thing does GPS work inside a single storey house to give your location? Thanks. The default settings in the Asus official roms is: Software = None Hardware = COM2 Baud Rate = 4800 And the settings in Sorg's VGA rom: Programs = COM2 Hardware = COM5 Baud Rate = 57600 Both settings work and havn't really noticed anything different between them. I can't get a fix inside my house, but when I move outside it's get all bars filled in Garmin and TomTom and then I can move inside again (though it will loose some sattalites but keep the connection) The first fix took a minute or so, and after that it is always pretty fast. Remember to update A-GPS using GPS Catcher, that might help you get a faster fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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