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HTC Kaiser in the wild {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 21st 2007 4:59AM I've been waiting for this for ages, now the only improvement I'm after in a PPC phone is an improved screen resolution.
That flip up screen will be quite handy for me, I sit my Hermes (with it's keyboard out) on the desk next to my PC keyboard at work, ready to reply to IM's and personal e-mails, so being able to see the screen at a decent angle will be a bonus.
Homebrewed Windows Mobile 6 on HTC Hermes! {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 28th 2007 9:38AM Yeah, I wouldn't worry about hurrying, xda-developers may not be hosting ROM's any more, but I'm sure they'll they'll ever stop cooking up new ones, and providing the info on where you can get hold of them.
There are plenty of links around for the two versions of the Hermes Crossbow ROM's (one with extra apps, one without).
Xda-Developers to pull all ROM images next week {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 16th 2007 4:54AM Let's not get too carried away though...
xda-developers.com isn't going anywhere. I can't see a lot changing other than the fact that when you want to download a ROM, it'll take a couple of extra clicks to start downloading a torrent or log into an IRC channel, rather than just pulling it from the ftp site.
The xda-dev community will carry on doing it's excellent work.
Microsoft have kept their OEM's happy whilst angering and inconveniencing yet more of their users, but what else is new?
Xda-Developers to pull all ROM images next week {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 15th 2007 5:19AM Can someone explain to me why Microsoft happily update their OS for PC users on a weekly basis with bugfixes etc, but now appear to be actively forcing PPC users to keep using an OS with bugs that have little or no chance of ever being fixed?
Carriers/OEM's are notoriously terrible at releasing fixes themselves, and development stops altogether a year or so after a device is released (if you're lucky).
Why would anyone invest in the new "HTC Advantage" for instance? It's cost is on a par with a new laptop, but you'll be forced to use an OS that is upgraded once or maybe twice over the next year, at which point development of the OS for that device will cease, and owners will be left with a very expensive device with no hope of ever having the remaining bugs ironed out.
The guy who bought a laptop instead will be able to update his OS weekly for years to come...Utter madness!
I'm beginning to understand why Windows Mobile has never (and will never, at this rate) lived up to it's potential.
Getting Crossbow on your current WM5 device {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 2nd 2007 4:53AM Alternatively, if you have a Universal or a Wizard, you could flash a Crossbow ROM and actually use WM6 rather than just pretending!?
HTC Athena gets previewed and fondled {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 26th 2007 4:26AM Yep, absolutely humungous!
I'll probably wait for the Omni. Don't really fancy destroying my suits by lugging that around...
T-Mobile rolls out HTC Athena as "Ameo" {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 24th 2007 7:44AM This is just about perfect, but if the Omni comes out and it has GPS onboard, I think I'll go for the smaller option...
...I hate waiting though!
The iPhone is not a smartphone {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 11th 2007 6:30AM Apple are just doing to mobile phones what they did to mp3 players - taking a very average piece of kit, and adding a nice user interface.
Expect it to sell by the bucketload to exactly the same sort of consumers who think the iPod is the greatest thing in the world. (And there are clearly plenty of them still around)
The people who know better will just continue using more capable devices.
The iPhone is not a smartphone {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 10th 2007 6:31AM In summary, it's great for people upgrading from a normal phone, but disappointing for people (myself included) who currently own top-end smartphones.
So HTC won't be worried. Motorola et al will have to up their game though.
The Apple iPhone {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 10th 2007 4:02AM Hmmm, the iPhone looks ok, but for power users it's certainly not a very attractive device.
Looks like Apple are trying to carve a niche for themselves in between the Dumbphone and Smartphone markets to me.
Frankly it'll probably go down a hell of a lot better in America (where in my experience 3G is patchy at best) than it will in Europe so I expect they want to build up the hype and get some decent retail figures on the board with a Stateside release before trying to squeeze it into a European market where it probably won't do so well.
It's definitely going appeal to iPod lovers and the brigade of trendies who still can't be parted from their RAZR's, but I can't help feeling it could have been so much better.
Maybe the iPhone 2 will be more up my street - A true convergence device with better connectivity, keyboard, GPS, etc. But I doubt it, 'cause a lower-spec phone with mass market appeal is always going to make Apple more money than a high end device...
