Cell/PDA advice
07-17-2008, 12:32 AM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Thought I'd give an update.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
07-17-2008, 01:27 AM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Steer me in the right direction, HMT, I know jack and ---- about phones. Here are my criteria:
- cheap
- Verizon compatible (nothing else gets signal in WNC)
- PDA
- basic WAP/web access ability
- not too fragile
- prefer a slide open keyboard so it doesn't get trashed in my greasy work environment, but really not important as I can use a bluetooth headset when my hands are dirty and trash it.
- cheap
- Verizon compatible (nothing else gets signal in WNC)
- PDA
- basic WAP/web access ability
- not too fragile
- prefer a slide open keyboard so it doesn't get trashed in my greasy work environment, but really not important as I can use a bluetooth headset when my hands are dirty and trash it.
- Properly formats BangBro's websites.
07-17-2008, 02:51 AM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Thought I'd give an update.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
whats next? you cant drink while driving 
07-17-2008, 12:22 PM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Thought I'd give an update.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
07-17-2008, 12:28 PM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Thought I'd give an update.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
Palm Centro gets an A+ as a toy, B as a phone. My major source of annoyance is that it's impossible to text/use the tiny keyboard while driving. I'm used to being able to text without looking on a normal cell's numeric keypad, not possible with this thing.
Update on my T-Mob wing (HTC Herald): I installed OpenTouch 6.0 (a custom firmware available on xda-dev site) and it is MUCH better. It uses less memory, runs much smoother, has a much nicer interface, and doesn't crash or do anything screwy. Much better than the OEM garbage they put on there. Also, they included the SMS-threading from WM6.1. It's a really nice feature. Instead of having to go through each individual message, the stuff is divided into "conversations" and shows up much like an instant messenger screen. Even nicer, when you delete the conversation, it deletes all the sent messages as well as incoming in that conversation. Much better than going to "delete all" and waiting 5 minutes for them to be deleted, or having to manually delete each and every message, etc.
I recommend anyone that has an HTC Herald/Tmobile Wing to upgrade to Open Touch v6 custom firmware
07-17-2008, 12:35 PM
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Re: Cell/PDA advice
Originally Posted by Jorsher
I recommend anyone that has an HTC Herald/Tmobile Wing to upgrade to Open Touch v6 custom firmware
