Hay Guys
Just moved over from the Hermes Forum as I finally received my new Vario 3! Absolutely adore the handset, vastly more attractive than the Vario 2, however it is noticeably heavier.
Liking the touch screen, and needless to say I am not sure I will need phoneAlarm anymore to manage missed calls or anything!
Very impressed with the fact it has 128Mb Ram, does this make a difference over the Vario 2?
So much to play with lol!
Welcome to the fold. Totally agree its the best phone I've ever had!
(except a trusty SE K700i that still works after over 3 years [ab]use.)
Two happy Kaiser owners! HTC should treat you well as your kind doesn't grow on trees...
abubasim said:
Two happy Kaiser owners! HTC should treat you well as your kind doesn't grow on trees...
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Really? You can count me in the happy club too, I've not found anything to complain about.
Pray that you've got one that auto switches properly between 2G and 3G.
See here and here
I'm waiting for my replacement right now.
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Pray that you've got one that auto switches properly between 2G and 3G.
See here and here
I'm waiting for my replacement right now.
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No probs here - mine has to switch between 2 and 3G areas a few times each day, which it does without issue. No dropped calls or anything like that.
Are you on T-Mobile with a Vario III and "stock" firmware?
No, but then neither are some of the people in those threads you've posted - it looks like more of a hardware issue.
Mine is actually a Vodafone "V1615", debranded with the HTC stock firmware. On Vodafone, obviously.
True but a large number are. Just wondered if this was more prevalent on T-Mobile.
I'm happy - no problems, either.
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I just wanted to know that should i wait for 8925 or get a TyTN II now?
do you think that the current bugs that people mention that TyTN II has, will be fixed for 8925 or not!?
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I just wanted to know that should i wait for 8925 or get a TyTN II now?
do you think that the current bugs that people mention that TyTN II has, will be fixed for 8925 or not!?
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My view - If you wait for an 8925 it will not change any of the "bugs" (IMHO small ones - but it depends what is important to you). Also if you get a branded version it may suffer the usual "bloat" that comes with that.
A better reason to wait might be price, but then that could take quite a while to drop substantially.
Mike
lungothrin said:
I just wanted to know that should i wait for 8925 or get a TyTN II now?
do you think that the current bugs that people mention that TyTN II has, will be fixed for 8925 or not!?
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We will have to look into our crystal ball to know for sure.
Crystal Ball?? We're talking AT&T here. It's a magic 8 Ball. You don't think there's any logic behind those answers they give do you?!
-Mc
I'm still doing my research on this too, so this probably already has an answer. But when updates come out (if there's not already one, or a dump/cook?), 8925 users could go unbranded pretty easily. I'm just wondering if the 8925 will use the same general scheme for simlocks as 8525, and if so, if the 8525 unlocker could work, or be easily adapted. I'm intending on using the 8925 with tmousa, even though in my area it's only got gprs . Figure for $550, I could cancel my att and save a lot just keeping tmousa, and hopefully it'll have edge buildout or something by next year. On a side note, I wonder why they got rid of irda. I was hoping to be able to use my phone as a remote control (if they even can.. i remember my old nokia s60)
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I'm still doing my research on this too, so this probably already has an answer. But when updates come out (if there's not already one, or a dump/cook?), 8925 users could go unbranded pretty easily. I'm just wondering if the 8925 will use the same general scheme for simlocks as 8525, and if so, if the 8525 unlocker could work, or be easily adapted. I'm intending on using the 8925 with tmousa, even though in my area it's only got gprs . Figure for $550, I could cancel my att and save a lot just keeping tmousa, and hopefully it'll have edge buildout or something by next year. On a side note, I wonder why they got rid of irda. I was hoping to be able to use my phone as a remote control (if they even can.. i remember my old nokia s60)
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T-Mobile is coming out with the Kaiser also but when we have no idea.. Also T-mobile is going to be using the 1700Mhz for there 3G so pretty soon we will all have the Kaiser with every carrior!
Cool. The thing is that I'm kind of stuck at the moment and not sure what to do. I've been selling phones during the summer months and going to school during the rest. For the first summer, I sold a lot of phones and was in good terms with the tmo indirect guy. He told me he'd let me keep my dealer line even though I went on hiatus until the next summer. However, when next summer rolled around, I heard that the guy got promoted somewhere else in tmo. I never met the new guy who was supposed to visit our kiosk. Same went for the third summer. Now, I'm back at school again. Still on the smartaccess since I was only 18 with no history when I first got the dealer line.
I'm not sure exactly what my internet includes, since it seems to be on and off what I'm allowed to do. But in any case, out here in ithaca, ny, they seem to have pulled away from the market. I was originally debating a parttime here during the year, but they're gone now. Currently, on my 6682 that I'm using with tmo, I'm only seeing gprs.
I'm a little afraid of calling into tmo since it's a dealer line, and the site I worked at has changed dealer codes since my line was activated, so I'm afraid it'll run into trouble. Anyone have any insight?
It seems that kaiser wont be available for good price around here for some time and I'm wondering what would be its closes competitor... which phone is almost as good as kaiser for you?
Quite a few of us, including me, have upgraded from the 8525. I loved the 8525, but I love the little bit of extra speed plus built-in GPS on the Kaiser. Other than the GPS, it is a very worthy phone.
How about the Hermes or one of its competitors? I would check the Hermes forum for similar threads.
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It seems that kaiser wont be available for good price around here for some time and I'm wondering what would be its closes competitor... which phone is almost as good as kaiser for you?
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Who is your provider? Why don't you just go with a provider branded version of the Kaiser/TyTN II?
Thanks for reply guys.
Hermes is an option.. but I would LOVE to have gps integrated.
I'm from Eu and in my country Kaiser is not available with providers.
I am actually selling my hermes
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160174727924&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=006
It comes with a TOMTOM bluetooth gps.
If you are interested check it out.
It is a great phone and in great condition.
The Toshiba G900 is probably one of the closest competitors right now, and also has VGA, but seems there have been some firmware issues and general slowness, both of which may be resolved by firmware updates. I considered it but being an existing AT&T customer, I took the rebate and got a great deal on the Tilt.
Plus, I don't think the G900 it would be any cheaper. As people have suggested here, you will probably find a great deal on the Tytn (Hermes) now that so many people are moving to the Tytn II.
Hi guys!
This question is for those of you who upgraded from TyTN. How is the reception compared to TyTN? Same? Better? Worse?
Especially, interested in AT&T service.
I've recently moved and reception in my new place really sucks, particulary in-doors. Over than that, I really like my phone. But i keep thinking if I should upgrade to get better reception.
And yes, I had tried different ROMs and different Radios.
Thank you!
I had a tytn and the reception is the same. Compared to my other phones:
Nokia is the best, then my imate SP5, Tytn II and the worsed is my palm treo 750v.
I'd say it's at least as good as my TyTN, maybe slightly better.
Anybody else?
Anybody else would like share their opinion on this topic?
Please!
Seriously, I am sick and tired of those dropped calls.
my Tilt (as-shipped radio/rom) gets a better signal than my 8525 (numerous Black roms and at least 5 different radios)
Thanx!
Thanx for the input, roboHaxx!
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Anybody else would like share their opinion on this topic?
Please!
Seriously, I am sick and tired of those dropped calls.
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You might want to do a search as there have been many many threads on this.......................
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Terrible!! Yesterday we were out in the desert. We were 9 in total, I was the only one without signal. Others either had Nokia or SE.
thanks for the comment, CorruptedSanity.
Doesn't sound very encouraging.
For me, I don't have problems with my TyTN outdoors. But the indoors things age getting real ugly. Like, 9 people in the room and I am the one without the signal.
Strange thing, sometimes it does show 2 or 3 bars before I start dialing, but it cannot connect and call ends with no bars.
nemets said:
Strange thing, sometimes it does show 2 or 3 bars before I start dialing, but it cannot connect and call ends with no bars.
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Thats exactly what I faced yesterday. I had signal bars from 1 to 3 but it would not connect the call. It would say dialling or I dunno connecting but would never go through. I got up,walked around, even stood on the car but nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dwella got a link? Im not sure which terms to use in my search.
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Terrible!! Yesterday we were out in the desert. We were 9 in total, I was the only one without signal. Others either had Nokia or SE.
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Damn, I hate that, being out in the desert in Abu Dhabi.
No way am I upgrading to Kaiser.
Where abouts in the Abu Dhabi desert? I think my situation was a single anomaly.
Hi there all, this is my first post and after a quick search (and please be aware that I suck at the search) I couldnt find any thoughts regarding if one version is better than the other... I am in china at the moment and my l7 is going tits up so I will be replacing it in about 12 hours and I want to get the TYTN II and have been offered the tmobile vario III as well... is there any major difference here or is one version as good as the other? thanks in advance for any help...
It's the same phone.. one just branded by t-mobile.
ok thats cool thanks for the heads up...
Only differnce is the casing is slightly different, the tmobile one looks slightly better
No it doesn't
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Only differnce is the casing is slightly different, the tmobile one looks slightly better
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I disagree T-mobile one looks fugly..only thing thats better about it is that its cheaper lol.
~T-mobile one looks cheap. Vodafone is nicer .HTC is the best !
the tmobile branded kaiser is god awful ugly. wtf is wrong with tmobile. they completely **** up every phone they touch. looks wise anyway
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the tmobile branded kaiser is god awful ugly. wtf is wrong with tmobile. they completely **** up every phone they touch. looks wise anyway
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Well at least the Vario III isn't half pink like my Vario I was! (which is also the reason I got a HTC version this time around )
Thanks for all the replies... Glad to know its just cosmetic and the functionality is still the same... I also prefer the HTC looks to the Tmobile... many thanks to all and off I got to get a new phone... woo hooooo....
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Well at least the Vario III isn't half pink like my Vario I was! (which is also the reason I got a HTC version this time around )
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Smart move. I would have picked up a Kaiser also but ****.. 400 for a tilt - 800 for a kaiser.. HMMM. Front VGA Cam.. whoopti doo. it isnt worth 400 bucks lol
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Smart move. I would have picked up a Kaiser also but ****.. 400 for a tilt - 800 for a kaiser.. HMMM. Front VGA Cam.. whoopti doo. it isnt worth 400 bucks lol
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Haha I can understand that I've been a very long time customer with T-Mobile and the store I got it both, so I got a really sweet deal, and in such a way it is complete tax-deductable so in the end I really didn't pay anything at all.
For once, I have been able to do something like that If the difference was $400 I am sure I would've gotten a branded one as well! Though do note that at the time I got it, the T-Mobile branded version wasn't out yet, so I didn't yet know if was half pink or not - which it is now clear it isn't.
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Smart move. I would have picked up a Kaiser also but ****.. 400 for a tilt - 800 for a kaiser.. HMMM. Front VGA Cam.. whoopti doo. it isnt worth 400 bucks lol
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Exactly, difference is just the price and for the tilt the front cam.
I ended up choosing between €229 for vario 3 of €549 for a unbranded HTC.
And the sneaky part was, the HTC had to be ordered, and the vario 3 was on stock in the store easy choice.. it isn't to bad after sugarcubing the T-Mobile logo.
Ok I have now just picked up my tmobile tytn/vario III/kaiser (depending on who you talk to)... they didnt have any HTC style phones at all where I am at and I went to a few mobile markets to look... so far really really really happy with my new toy... dammit I mean important piece of learning equipment (which is what I tell the wife )... I have just started playing with it and will now change the language to english before attempting any thing else... cheers all for the help...
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Ok I have now just picked up my tmobile tytn/vario III/kaiser (depending on who you talk to)... they didnt have any HTC style phones at all where I am at and I went to a few mobile markets to look... so far really really really happy with my new toy... dammit I mean important piece of learning equipment (which is what I tell the wife )... I have just started playing with it and will now change the language to english before attempting any thing else... cheers all for the help...
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Congrats on your purchase man. Stay tuned for a driver update to unleash the true power of this beast!
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Congrats on your purchase man. Stay tuned for a driver update to unleash the true power of this beast!
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Thank you kindly good sir... I will indeed.. I have to say that this site is pretty damn awesome but oh man the reading I am having to do is a bit overwhelming... so much to learn...
Shadowdh said:
Thank you kindly good sir... I will indeed.. I have to say that this site is pretty damn awesome but oh man the reading I am having to do is a bit overwhelming... so much to learn...
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You'll get used to things here pretty quickly. When I first registered, I was kinda overwhelmed as well but the people here at XDA are awesome and majority of the time they kindly help.
I got to the point where when I wake up, I check the Kaiser forum and the Kaiser Upgrading forum. A couple hours later I check again. Before I knew it, I was addicted to this site!
LOL... yeah I can see how that happens... I have been on here for about 7 hours so far just reading and trying to figure it all out... just did the hardspl thing and now to figure out how to get it to display english as well as Chinese which I gather cant be done unless you use some third party programs like CE Star or Monster Chinese etc... well getting english would be good for now...
just in case this hasnt been mentioned - i got rid of the tmobile branding on my uk mda vario III with a coin. very very simple, 2 mins work, just rubs off and hasnt left a single mark at all.
makes the phone look a million times nicer
dont be worried to do it uk users!
I am pretty ok with the tmobile branding... especially now that I have used it for a bit and seen what it can do... can you marry a phone...?
I am leaning toward the HTC Touch Cruise. I cannot afford it but I was checking out this phone and wow its nice.
Not unhappy with my wing but been looking at other phones today.
http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch_cruise.htm
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I am leaning toward the HTC Touch Cruise. I cannot afford it but I was checking out this phone and wow its nice.
Not unhappy with my wing but been looking at other phones today.
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i would take Sony erricson X1
it shall be also a HTC manufactured device...
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i would take Sony erricson X1
it shall be also a HTC manufactured device...
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I'll have to check that one out.
The X1 looks awesome. I also like the new N95 and of course, the Kaiser.
Id say Xpervia X1 fo sho
Xpervia X1
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Xpervia X1
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did a search -- can't find anything with that name.
Its Xperia NOT Xpervia
Checked out the X1. I still like the HTC Touch Cruise better. No sliding keyboard.
Just my Opinion.
X1 all the way!
wow.. the Xperia x1 looks amazing!!! does anyone know the release date here in America? this is probably going to be my next phone.
which phone?
If the Xperia X1 lives up to the specs I have seen that would be my choice. If not (money no object) I think the Athena. But I would have to take my time and try different devices. I would likely have a larger device (Athena or Imate 7150 or 9502) for the power when I have the storage space to carry it, with a smaller device for everyday carry.
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wow.. the Xperia x1 looks amazing!!! does anyone know the release date here in America? this is probably going to be my next phone.
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According to Engadgetmobile the X1 will be available during the second half of 2008. http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/10/sonyericsson-xperia-x1-qwerty-with-windows-mobile/.
For now, I'd go with the HTC Kaiser. I think it's a solid device. I got mines a few weeks ago and loving it. I already flashed it several times with dutty's roms, even switched carriers (tmobile to AT&T) because I was fed up with the mms issues I was having with the 6.1 roms for my herald. Since I switched carriers, I haven't experienced no more mms problems, and enjoy 3g connection, which is much faster than tmobile's edge. Just my two cents
Like everyone else has said, the X1.
Why? Basically, better features, 400MHz, all the good stuff, ya heard? lol
One thing in particular...I heard (actual read, rumors maybe?) is that this phone is going to sell for about $300-400. Do you have any idea how great that sounds? It's even cheaper than the iPhone, but let's not get my hopes up.
A little video maybe many of you have seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuo9CAZCbIE
Two words:
Can't wait.
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One thing in particular...I heard (actual read, rumors maybe?) is that this phone is going to sell for about $300-400.
Can't wait.
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Whoa!!! Really? Cuz I've seen pre-order reservations right around 1,000..... But we all know how accurate that can be...........
Hopefully you're right and I'll be getting a new phone in about 6 months!
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Whoa!!! Really? Cuz I've seen pre-order reservations right around 1,000..... But we all know how accurate that can be...........
Hopefully you're right and I'll be getting a new phone in about 6 months!
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Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, that was just a stupid post I put earlier about the phone "going to [be] sold for about $300-400."
What the HELL was I thinking? Somebody slap me! I pretty sure this phone will be WAY more like around what you said, Chris.
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Like everyone else has said, the X1.
Why? Basically, better features, 400MHz, all the good stuff, ya heard? lol
One thing in particular...I heard (actual read, rumors maybe?) is that this phone is going to sell for about $300-400. Do you have any idea how great that sounds? It's even cheaper than the iPhone, but let's not get my hopes up.
A little video maybe many of you have seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuo9CAZCbIE
Two words:
Can't wait.
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well, for unlocked version
Item #: XPERIA X1
Price: $1,099.99
Availability: Friday 30 May, 2008
http://www.popularelect.com/product_info.php?products_id=937
Wow I would pick the Xperia X1 if I have $$ to spare
BUt idon´t like the dpad and joystick.. that really looks awful!!
but the system features are great..
I want to buy HTC X7510(16GB flash,WM6.1,128MB RAM). But, it is too expensive! I m now going to for cheaper ipaq 210. I'm deconverging. I'll be using herald as my phone but for pocket pc related tasks, I'll have the mighty ipaq for those purposes. And since herald will be there with me always, I'll have a 'backup' pocket pc too