HTC Touch Diamond - Page 3

Adrian Wong · 19th May 2008, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miahman

only 3 hours. on a notebook.

isn't that like.......... useless....?

Well, that's pretty normal for most notebooks unless you have extended batteries.

g0tanks · 19th May 2008, 01:36 AM

Looks really cool, too bad it will probably be really expensive too.

Chai · 19th May 2008, 02:04 AM

I use a T43 with extended batteries, and it doesn't last 4 hours with Wifi on. It's normal, isn't it?

Adrian Wong · 19th May 2008, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

I use a T43 with extended batteries, and it doesn't last 4 hours with Wifi on. It's normal, isn't it?

Really depends on the notebook, but WiFi usage will suck quite a lot of power. Some subnotebooks on extended battery packs can last 8-11 hours, but that's also the best case scenario.

Chai · 19th May 2008, 08:36 AM

I've used a few business class notebooks, and their battery life hardly exceed 4 hours.

And talking about sluggishness of WM devices, yes, but they are extremely fun to hack. I've been installing various different types of cooked ROM that may give better performance.

peaz · 19th May 2008, 09:28 AM

yea. that's the thing with WM. need to 'hack' to get it working right. Heh.

Chai · 19th May 2008, 09:57 AM

Even Sony was the same thing. I have to hack K750 to get it right.

peaz · 19th May 2008, 10:33 AM

yea. Agree with you on that. But at least I can live with a stock version of the Sony OS. at least for my W810 and W910 experience.

right now, I'm considering another phone which has 3G and is capable of running a decent mail client. I've not started shopping yet but eventually I would.

The reason is that I'm kinda sick of only being able to read my personal emails at home. So instead of the home machine downloading my emails, I'd like to have my phone download them instead and me synchronizing it with my desktop's mail client.

Two things would need to be available on the phone side for this to happen. A good input system and a spam filter.

I wonder if my dream will ever come true. LOL!

Adrian Wong · 19th May 2008, 11:19 AM

Hmm.. How's your 3G performance? Right now, my reception goes down the drain whenever there's Maxis 3G coverage. Maxis 3G sucks.

Chai · 19th May 2008, 03:03 PM

WM devices have to ability to use cooked ROM. Don't like WM6, install WM6.1. Can fallback if you want also. I've been experimenting different ROMs now. Some are better than stock. Seriously, phones are getting more advanced, it's impossible to reach 3310 performance and responsiveness.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	I've used a few business class notebooks, and their battery life hardly exceed 4 hours. And talking about sluggishness of WM devices, yes, but they are extremely fun to hack. I've been installing various different types of cooked ROM that may give better performance. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/ Last edited by Chai : 19th May 2008 at 08:45 AM.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	Even Sony was the same thing. I have to hack K750 to get it right. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,584 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	yea. Agree with you on that. But at least I can live with a stock version of the Sony OS. at least for my W810 and W910 experience. right now, I'm considering another phone which has 3G and is capable of running a decent mail client. I've not started shopping yet but eventually I would. The reason is that I'm kinda sick of only being able to read my personal emails at home. So instead of the home machine downloading my emails, I'd like to have my phone download them instead and me synchronizing it with my desktop's mail client. Two things would need to be available on the phone side for this to happen. A good input system and a spam filter. I wonder if my dream will ever come true. LOL! __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	WM devices have to ability to use cooked ROM. Don't like WM6, install WM6.1. Can fallback if you want also. I've been experimenting different ROMs now. Some are better than stock. Seriously, phones are getting more advanced, it's impossible to reach 3310 performance and responsiveness. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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