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Hey Guys,
Does anyone know if google will be releasing google earth for the touch pro/diamond? I can only assume the reason they hadn't yet developed google earth for windows mobile because there wasn't any phones that were strong enough to run it. Well, pretty sure our phones can run this now.
The iphone has it as does android at least I think android does.
Here's a link to the ap for the iphone.
http://www.google.com/mobile/apple/earth.html
Hopefully they have already developed it and its just a matter of releasing it. I used it on my fiances iphone and its awesome! Take not I am NOT talking about googlemaps.... I'm talking about google earth!
What is wrong with satellite view and the search option of Google Maps??
They (google/ms) need to fix VGA support b4 releasing a new program. I cant standit how small the roads and texts come out. Also, you can't zoom in as far as you could in a nonvga screen. And no, its not a VGA issue. If google wanted to, they could zoom in ALOT more, just that the picture would be pixelated. But they actually stop the ammount of zoom.
starstreak said:
They (google/ms) need to fix VGA support b4 releasing a new program. I cant standit how small the roads and texts come out. Also, you can't zoom in as far as you could in a nonvga screen. And no, its not a VGA issue. If google wanted to, they could zoom in ALOT more, just that the picture would be pixelated. But they actually stop the ammount of zoom.
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Hmm, I have the same zoom levels on my pc as I have on my Raphael.
(comparing them at this moment, it's just the screen size that makes a difference, the area shown on a 23" is much larger )
Well with google earth on the iphone it actually uses the accelorometer so when you tilt the phone the picture will actually tilt on the phone too. It's pretty neat. You can see that feature in the video on that page. Regardless I just would like google earth on the PPC as opposed to google maps.
Guys and Gals,
I have been testing for the last 48 hours the lovely Iris browser on my Touch HD and I must say this is the best browsing experience I have ever seen for Windows Mobile.
Those who know me know I am extremely anti-Apple but I must say that internet experience on the damned iPhone is fabulous.
Well, Iris is almost there. It features the same rendering engine used in the Safari for the iPhone. You can tell that as soon as you start using it.
The page renders so clearly and it follows your finger so easily that the only thing really missing is the multitouch feature (did anyone say anything about the HD having the hardware for that already?)
I think we all must support it and leave Opera as a second option for now. All these browsers out there seem to be still quite experimental, we'd better stick to the one which - while working - gives us the best possible experience. I vote for Iris.
Chefs: The software is free for non commercial use, please let's embed it to your cooked roms.
Everyone else: Let's give it a go, download the CAB and install and see what I'm talking about.
Download Iris Browser from the developer's web site www.torchmobile.com
Moderators: just occurred to me this post could be better on another sub-forum. Feel free to move. ;-)
BTW: I don't work for them. I used to work for the Carphone Warehouse and I am currently unemployed.
Hi,
interesting !
I have test it, on two site I use a lot :
www.clubic.com
gmail.com
I can say performance sucks, sorry
the page take a lot more time to load comparing to opera, and navigation on page it really slow, nearly unusable !
the text on zoom, doesn't fit automatically the screen for reading, so need to move and move, and it's slow, no really funny.
the rotation doesn't work, you can only stay in portrait,
well it's a beta 3, need more work to make it good, but it's a good start.
I hope for now cooker don't use it as defaut, opera is far from this browser in term of functionality.
see ya
mate, that is so not true.
performance doesn't suck. it's the best i've seen so far.
i think youre being a bit exaggerated when saying about the delay and nearly unusable. i didn't want to mention opera's flaws but the navigation in it is far from being good and the crashing problem is the worst thing since the invention of Internet Explorer.
the reason i went after another browser was that i was sick of resetting my phone when trying to use opera.
the text on zoom won't fit the screen perfectly on opera either. it's very likely to overflow or just appear misplaced as if opera had missed the target when zooming in.
the difference in this point is that iris has got such clearer picture that it's much easier to read even very tiny letters also it moves smoothly with your finger unlike opera all crispy as if it was made on java for an old 256 colour screen Ericsson phone.
i just love the effects: when you open a page on a new tab, it falls like a gate and bumps. when you click on a link (to open a link you have to click on it for a second - this should be faster) it moves like you just punched it and it's so cool the fading effect between pages... just a few nice things.
all good and well, but is there flash support????
ie6 now has flash support, but the browser itself is crappy as hell!!!!! And opera keeps refusing to support flash...... sigh.....
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mate, that is so not true.
performance doesn't suck. it's the best i've seen so far.
i think youre being a bit exaggerated when saying about the delay and nearly unusable. i didn't want to mention opera's flaws but the navigation in it is far from being good and the crashing problem is the worst thing since the invention of Internet Explorer.
the reason i went after another browser was that i was sick of resetting my phone when trying to use opera.
the text on zoom won't fit the screen perfectly on opera either. it's very likely to overflow or just appear misplaced as if opera had missed the target when zooming in.
the difference in this point is that iris has got such clearer picture that it's much easier to read even very tiny letters also it moves smoothly with your finger unlike opera all crispy as if it was made on java for an old 256 colour screen Ericsson phone.
i just love the effects: when you open a page on a new tab, it falls like a gate and bumps. when you click on a link (to open a link you have to click on it for a second - this should be faster) it moves like you just punched it and it's so cool the fading effect between pages... just a few nice things.
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Well, I use opera on dutty's rom, which is the most advanced version of opera
never crash, speed excellent, highly smooth and fast
zoom excellent, can read anything quickly without any prob
I have just test 2 site, and this too one, take a lot of time on this. Perhaps I need extra conf
I will test it more to see
effect is nice of course, but it's best to keep "better" reading experience without scrolling, it's more functional
so, it's just my filling, I will test it more
thanks of course for info, nice to see opera monopol on mobile isn't true
Lots of potential
Hi mate thanks for link to the browser.
I like it... it has alot of potential even though its in beta it is showing alot of promise.
It is nice, reasonably fluid and renders pretty well... although I must say rendering engine does need some tweaking feels a little rocky still.
Transition from page to page is cool as it fades but again FPS seems a little laggy.
the second view when navigating with finger takes a little while to show the page as mini view it seems to load slowly on some some complex pages which shoudn'y really be the case as all it needs to do is load a snapshot of the actual page.
Dont get me wrong this is constructive feedback - I like it alot.
Some small UI tweaks, speed improvements, fix the secondary navigation snapshot so its instant rather loading like googlemaps then add Flash support and i think it could well be a contender (even winner) against Opera etc.
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Hi mate thanks for link to the browser.
I like it... it has alot of potential even though its in beta it is showing alot of promise.
It is nice, reasonably fluid and renders pretty well... although I must say rendering engine does need some tweaking feels a little rocky still.
Transition from page to page is cool as it fades but again FPS seems a little laggy.
the second view when navigating with finger takes a little while to show the page as mini view it seems to load slowly on some some complex pages which shoudn'y really be the case as all it needs to do is load a snapshot of the actual page.
Dont get me wrong this is constructive feedback - I like it alot.
Some small UI tweaks, speed improvements, fix the secondary navigation snapshot so its instant rather loading like googlemaps then add Flash support and i think it could well be a contender (even winner) against Opera etc.
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totally agree!
i think the more users it has now the best it will be in the future and this forum is a great place to start cause everyone here seems to help a lot when it comes to tweaking apps, making them more popular. I really think Iris is the one, not just yet, but it's got what it takes, just need a little bit of improvement.
anyway, i found it better do disable the page overview thing. have used that on netfront before and found it to make the browsing experience a bit confusing. wouldn't know where to look at to find what i was after...
have you seen how it displays your bookmarks? it is in a cover flow style. not with the full cover flow experience but still easier to find what you looking for than just a list of sites.
Seems like a nice competition for ie6 but for me I like opera far better than this one, I know this is beta, but this had nothing to show for me.
It failed to draw few sites properly that I tried, used desktop mode and I setup it like it should be. First thing I dislike is that it puts itself into Startmenu without notice, second is that it is like IE6 or skyfire so that you have to press few places to write address into a small area, third is that it loaded page very slowly when compared to opera.
Loads stuff in wrong order or something, pictures before css and html.
Might be better later when more work has been done for it.
Kinda like skyfire this was, good but nothing special to show.
edit: one good thing though, mouse cursor. Seen it before so not new.
all in all not bad but not as good as opera for rendering graphics. Here are 2 screenshots of it rendering my website (www.swampthing.net) As you can see the logo for my site has a trnasparant background which renders correctly on opera (to the right) and incorrectly on Iris (to the left) The screen navigation is better than opera in my opinion but I would rather things look right then scroll faster I will keep my eye on this one though. Shows promise
Well, lets see Skyfire also shall we?
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all in all not bad but not as good as opera for rendering graphics. Here are 2 screenshots of it rendering my website (www.swampthing.net) As you can see the logo for my site has a trnasparant background which renders correctly on opera (to the right) and incorrectly on Iris (to the left) The screen navigation is better than opera in my opinion but I would rather things look right then scroll faster I will keep my eye on this one though. Shows promise
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i noticed that when rendering png files too.
that's exact my point when it comes to iris, these guys managed to put on the first version some things opera took nine versions to never get. yes, iris is not flawless but it is very, very promising. by the final version it will be damn good.
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Well, lets see Skyfire also shall we?
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the reason i avoid talking about skyfire is cause it's a browser which relies on their service to exist. if, in a very unlikely circumstance that they shut down you'll have a piece of completely useless software on your PDA. not mentioning it's not an original idea, microsoft tried that before with the now buried DeepFish (R.I.P.)
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the reason i avoid talking about skyfire is cause it's a browser which relies on their service to exist. if, in a very unlikely circumstance that they shut down you'll have a piece of completely useless software on your PDA.
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LOL man, Opera does exactly the same. Both Opera and Skyfire pre-render websites through their proxies, the difference being that Opera is text-based and Skyfire is image-based.
That's why Opera loads slower and scrolls quickes (loads the whole text part of the website at once), while Skyfire loads quicker and scrolls slower (loads only the visible part as compressed image, google maps style).
Skyfire totally rocks because:
- is has full embedded video support out of the box
- desktop-like compatibility (online banking etc.)
- saves your bookmarks under your account so you never lose them
- file download
- feeds support
- customisable home page
They just released the latest beta 0.9.
HTC Touch HD unfortunately wont be able to enable Multitouch. It uses pressure to locate the point where you push. The iPhone or the Samsung F480 uses CMOS Sensors under the display and those work with the change in Resistance when you put your finger on the Screen! Thats why an iPhone doesnt work with a stylus! It works only with parts of a human body or anything that changes Resistance when made contact on the screen.
The Touchpad of a Laptop works with the same technology used in the iPhone!
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LOL man, Opera does exactly the same. Both Opera and Skyfire pre-render websites through their proxies,
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That's true for opera mini, but false for opera mobile. Look at http://www.whatismyip.com and you'll see from what proxy you connect to internet.
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HTC Touch HD unfortunately wont be able to enable Multitouch. It uses pressure to locate the point where you push. The iPhone or the Samsung F480 uses CMOS Sensors under the display and those work with the change in Resistance when you put your finger on the Screen! Thats why an iPhone doesnt work with a stylus! It works only with parts of a human body or anything that changes Resistance when made contact on the screen.
The Touchpad of a Laptop works with the same technology used in the iPhone!
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Close, the iPhone and touchpads measure capacitance, and in fact it is the Touch HD that works with resistance.
I've been playing around with the camera settings as I've realized that the X1 camera usually takes very dark photos indoors. I usually use Sport settings, auto-focus as this is the best picture setting for me. But the picture usually comes out dark.
I've tried Twilight setting, auto-focus, and found out that it's pretty good, clear and bright! However the default for Twilight setting is infinite-focus, which I must admit is very blurry.
Is there any registry or .cabs that can fix this default? It would be the best X1 camera setting: Twilight, auto-focus.
Unless someone has a better alternative?
Edit:
I've played around the registry\HKLM\Software\SonyEricsson\Camera but to no avail. Uncertain which one keeps returning the setting to infinite-focus during Twilight after re-opening X1 camera....
something new?
Would like to know the best settings for the x1
i have the R3a update but the framerate in bad light situations sucks
try to use Samsung Omnia Camera to get setting camera good
has someone done that before? is there a thread?
why does no one answer here? so many guys here have the x1...which settings you use for optimal pictures or videos? who tried the omnia camera cab or another one?
probably because not so many people use their x1 anymore. plus it's an old phone, meaning: literally every question has been already answered multiple times.
you can try that omnia-cam, but i doubt it works - different hardware. but try...
apart from that all you can do is play with x1-app, it's better than the htc-app that comes with sense-roms. for lagfree videos it's important that you have a good, fast rom (dynamics, x826). it could also make a difference if you save to main-storage or sdcard (sd being slower than internal memory).
hm the xperia is the phone i daily use so i dont wanne be the testperson^^
is there a thread about this samsung omnia camera-xperia x1?
My suggest:Buy a digital cameral! aha
hoh not funny kim jong il
there must be a solution,maybe in the registry (drivers\Builtin\Camera Sensortype
Hello all,
I recently started a course here at Purdue University on Mobile Software development (Windows Mobile).
I need some ideas for programs I should write. Please reply to this thread or PM me if you'd like.
I have experience with C#, VB, C++, and C, among other languages.
Thanks
Jason Flittner
how about a dedicated xda forum app?
How about a sports ticker. I'm still surprised there isn't one yet.
BTW, I think I saw a xda app when I was poking around the other night.
I'm trying to think of ideas but my minds drawing a blank...
Here's the XDApp
Gonna expose my nerdiness here, but you asked...
How about an app that accesses the D&D Insider online compendium of rules and data? Not sure what would be involved, but I'm betting that there's no API available, so it'll probably never happen.
OTOH, it would be nice to see a really high quality dice-rolling app that takes full advantage of the g-sensor and the hardware accelerated graphics...something that looks like dice inside a tumbler, you know? Maybe start with a really slick Yahtzee-style game, and build up to polyhedral dice for us game-geeks?
I'd be happy to provide you with some guidelines for building. I'm sure we could find you a suitably good graphics guy, too, if you're not up to that part (I could do that, in a pinch).
I want my phone to do this:
But until then, I would like to see an ap like Skype, but for mobile that will easily switch you from cellular network to VOIP.
I have two ideas:
#1 - I don't know if this is even possible, but an application that turns on WIFI and/or Bluetooth in a receive only mode briefly every few seconds and listens for user selected devices in range and then performs user selected actions.
The idea is that the it would use less power than leaving WIFI and/or Bluetooth on all the time, but when I get in range of my wifi router at home, it turn WIFI fully on and sync my phone. Or when I'm in range of the WiFi at work, it could turn my ringer to vibrate. Or when I get into the car, it detect my Bluetooth stero, connects to it, and opens the music player.
#2 - Probably simpler than #1, a program that turns WiFi and/or Bluetooth on automatically when the phone is plugged into a charger and then performs specific user defined actions, similar to idea #1.
I don't know if programs like this already exist, but I haven't found them.
Dylan
I like these ideas, please keep them coming. I am not sure what the requirements will be as far as our programming projects are concerned but from what I understand I have alot of freedom in project choices!
I am in another robotics programming class working with the iRobot Creates and I was thinking it would be really sweet to program something that could allow the 2 to interact in some way/shape/form!
I am also very excited about GPS technology I wouldn't mind programming something that would utilize the GPS or triangulation!
Thanks for the contributions all, please keep them coming!
~JFlitt
With all that programing skill you could create some pretty neat apps.
Ive always liked the windows desktop interface.
How about a windows xp-like launcher?
Complete with movable desktop icons, windows, etc.
I am aware that wisbar advance desktop allows you to do this, but alot of those skins are a hassle, and they are not very complete. Plus they dont exactly take advantage of any 3d graphic drivers..
But anyways back to the point, with a windows xp desktop like interface it would be easier to use the phone.
I would not have to stretch my thumb all the way to the top left of the phone.
Oh and you could possibly utilize the touch pros capacitive touch panel for controlling the mouse.
You could also get google android working with more functionality. I am aware that there is work being done on it, but someone with so much programing knowledge could really speed up the project.(Im android crazy)
Or, if all that is too much to complete in limited time, then how about an application that will allow multi touch using the touch panel?
And also, resistive touch screens are supposedly multi touch capable.
I hope i gave you enough ideas.
Good luck.
madfatter said:
how about a dedicated xda forum app?
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ye s a facebook like app
But would love to see a app recreate the zoombar
on my tp
VOIP
Hi,
I have an idea and it is possible.
how about having an app on your phone to configure your SIP provider settings in it ( 5 different proxy ) and then when you want to dial a number, you can right click on it and chose " voip dial ".
Skype already gives you a the menu for skype calls when u right click on your contact .
if you can add a menu to TF3D settings->communication->VOIP and we can add 5 different proxy in it and we can activate more than one proxy at the same time in order to RECEIVE AND DIAL voip calls from our phone it would be awesome since microsoft is not allowing this kind of apps on marketplace .
Tnx
Thunder
a good "made for raphael" nes or snes emulator would be great since all the other ones out there are out dated and seem to work grat on old phones but are horribly laggy on the touch pro...wierd... the only good one ive found is a jap build of nester (nesterj4u) built for an hp phone or pda im not sure but the keyboard slides out to the right so landscape mode is upside down when i want to use the keyboard >_<
a good streaming media app thats a bit easyer to use than the one that comes with the phone would be great with some tv links on it like surfthechannel or tvdome would be great.
a youporn app to copliment the youtube app would be awsome
hmmm a good compass that simply points north (true or magnetic) with degrees would be awsome for when i drop mine on the roof trying to point my sat.
a simple freeware level would also be awsome since ive only found trialware levels so far
an hourglass would be a fun pointless app for when i get bored of pouring digital beer.
a goofy clip art picture editor could be fun just to mess with. maybe with some fish eye lens and carnival mirror opptions would be fun.
a free streaming radio app would be cool too....
sorry for the long list cant sleep ... figured the more ideas the better
ps. im not sure if any of these already exist havent checked lately so if anyone know if they do feal free to point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated
ok, I'm gonna try to have this make sense, but no guarantees. how about a simple titanium plugin framework? something that **doesn't** use mortscript? as mscript is good for certain things, it's not for others. this way there is an easier way for developers to make new plugins for it without having to use a slow scripting language. does that make any sense?
How about a talking GPS
I was out on my mountain bike today. I have a Garmin unit on the handle bars for navigation and listening to music from my Touch Pro in my pocket.
I was riding a fast downhill section through the some trees when I realized I was taking my eyes off the trail to make sure I was still on course.
I've used this http://www.basicgps.co.uk/ for Geocaching but it can only take you to one waypoint at a time. You can't use it to follow a route.
How about making an application which can steer you along a route using voice commands.
(Tomtom and others can only do this on roads, not off-road)
mixture of gps and accelerometer
well can u create an app the tells u ur speed while u are travelling like there is one app which does it in i phone it uses motion sensing and gps there are apis for both you can code it in c# with .net fw 3.5 and if u require help i am available i too know c# .
sound control
What about an app. that would control all of the sound feature such as the ear speaker,speaker phone speaker,and possibily microphone independitly,like bass,trebl,vol. That way a person could tailor the phone to sound the way they want it to sound when they are talking on it or whatever.
Just a thought.
Programing Ideas
A project that I have been toying with is a "Now" button for the calendar. Those of us in consulting need a simple and quick way to insert the current time in the Start Time and End Time field, which ever is selected. I've not been successful so far.
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How about that app the iPhone has where you can transfer contacts by putting the phones next to each other and shaking it to transfer or sliding it across to the other phone.
All for now will think of more
*edit* Forget this its kind of pointless when we can send contacts via sms/IR beam
How about the ability to use our Fuze's as remote controls like you could with PDA's, open your garage door, turn on your 360 or TV, forgot to turn your laptop off, send it a signal to shut down from anywhere
There're some cool applications on Android. One application changes the ringtone based on GPS location. It sets ringtone to loud at home, lower the volume in office and automatically sets the phone to vibration when you are in a theater.
Another application is about setting alarm based on location. You can set an alarm about buying some stuff in a store, next time when you pass by the store, alarm goes off.
Good day,
I am reposting these questions as a new thread, hoping to get some qualified answers from people who are coming from a phone that had the the specs (or close to) the ones in the subject line.
I am an HD2\WM 6.5.3 user with poor vision, hence my interest in the Galaxy Note.
1) Can someone tell me if the icons and the icon text is smaller or larger on the GNote?
2) Same question when browsing the internet and reading mail BEFORE zooming in?
I often have to squint or occasionally use a monocle to view some of the program screens on my HD2 and am hoping that the increased DPI of the GNote is not going to make things smaller over all, despite the larger screen size.
Clearly I am hoping for all things to appear larger!
3) And a little off topic but one of the best things I liked about the HD2\Opera 9.7 browser was auto text wrap\reflow when one does a pinch to zoom. HTC seems to include this functionality in their Sense UI on Android as they did with WM and I do not think the built in browser on the GNote does this???
I tried Dolphin HD on an Andorid SD build on my HD2 but I could not get auto text wrap to work at all, let alone like it does with WM\HTC\Opera.
4) Also, how viewable is the GNote outdoors, in the shade and in the sun?
I would greatly appreciate any\all details and insights anyone can provide before I drop my cash on what I hope to be the answer to my needs.
Thanks in advance, you lucky people.
Text reflow problem in the browser is the only thing that keeping me from getting the SGN ,I also use HD2 WM 6.5 and the Text reflow is amazing on both Opera 9.7 and 10.
However, although I havnt tried it myself but it looks like that the Opera browser supports it,
On both my wifes and sons Samsung galaxy Tabs text reflow is not supported both in stock or Dolphin Hd browsers.
But on my HD2 when I install the MIUI Android SD ROM I notice that i can reflow the text in the browser.
In this thread you can follow discussion for galaxy S II which is suffering from the same syndrom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062327
Good day to you too.
Just going by straight numbers, a 4.3" screen with 800*480 resolution will have a PPI of 217. On a 5.3" screen at 1280*800 resolution, that number jumps to ~285 PPI. (For comparison's sake, Apple's retina display at 3.5" and 960*640 has a PPI of nearly 330.)
In short, the individual pixels on the GNote are going to be smaller than the pixels on a 4.3" 800*480 device. As such, assuming nothing else in the OS has been changed, everything else will appear to be comparatively smaller (but sharper too).
I know there are pixel density apps in the marketplace which allow you to effectively scale up/down Android across the board to emulate the PPI of your preference. Perhaps you may consider trying that out?
Good luck!
Just going by sight (didn't measure), the icons and text on the Note are about the same size as on the sgs by DEFAULT.
But If you root the device then you can change the screen dpi, which well let you make EVERYTHING (all text and graphics, icons etc) smaller or larger to your liking). App LCD Density Changer from the market does this.
Having spent some time with ICS on my HD2, the native browser reflows text very well. I think it would be safe to say that once the Note recieves its ICS update, as Samsung has promised, browsing should be sweet.
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I believe text reflow is Application based. Try different browsers until you find one thats satisfactory. I had a HTC Apache, Fuze, and Tilt2. Opera was my browser of choice on the Fuze and Tilt2. I use Miren on my Note and am more than happy. Dolphin browser is another great one.
As others have stated, Dpi changing apps from the market will more than satisfy your desire for having things bigger and more readable. Just be aware that most stock Samsung Apps are not set to auto re-size with different DPI levels. There are many Launcher and dialer alternatives for free from the market that do auto scale.
I say get the phone. You will be more than happy with it.
To add to the list's of devices that wrap text...the HTC flyer would auto wrap text on the entire page when you zoomed in on the stock browser. Loved it most of the time, other times it got annoying.
From my part I thank you all for the heads up,I have already ordered it couple of hours ago,should recieve it by tomorrow,for sure will be needing more assistance for a full customization,Hopefully you will bear up with us.
The stock browser reflows text fine after i ticked the auto fit pages option in settings.
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The default browser supports text reflow, it's just NOT ENABLED by default. Please take a look at the browser options.
The same for the FM Radio station name, you have to go into settings and enable it.
I've seen too many posts of people complaining of something that is optional. Just go into settings and explore all the possibilities, many things can be changed.
hagba said:
Text reflow problem in the browser is the only thing that keeping me from getting the SGN ,I also use HD2 WM 6.5 and the Text reflow is amazing on both Opera 9.7 and 10.
However, although I havnt tried it myself but it looks like that the Opera browser supports it,
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I never got to manage automatic text reflow on the samsung stock browsers after froyo (checked every option combination I could think of ) but Opera definitely does this on the Note just zoom in and the text of an article you are reading reflows which is a delight.
I agree with you with people quite easily start to complain.
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The default browser supports text reflow, it's just NOT ENABLED by default. Please take a look at the browser options.
The same for the FM Radio station name, you have to go into settings and enable it.
I've seen too many posts of people complaining of something that is optional. Just go into settings and explore all the possibilities, many things can be changed.
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I never got to manage automatic text reflow on the samsung stock browsers after froyo (checked every option combination I could think of ) but Opera definitely does this on the Note just zoom in and the text of an article you are reading reflows which is a delight.
I agree with you with people quite easily start to complain.
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See attachment for location of setting.
Ok mr. Claude,I just got my G Note, one amazing piece of trchnology,first thing I did is to check up the text reflow in the stock browser which didnt work,however after installing the all too familiar Opera Mobile everything is superb.
I recommend you get it.One nice surprise was that it supported the Armenian language OTB in addition to a couple of more which I read.
By the way I am typing from the GN right now with the Opera without enabling auotocorrection and its super fast.
I wanted to thank the people who have replied about this as it helps me and I am sure, others.
I would still like to hear from users of the GNote as to out-of-box icon\text and default text size when in email app, etc. compared to icon\text size when on a 4.3" screen that has 800x480.
And I am sure I will be buyng this bad boy once we get a clearer indication if AT&T here in the USA w/b coming out with an LTE version of the GNote soon or not. (read that as not soon enough but I am willing to wait till Q1 of 2012 if AT&T does end up selling the LTE version).
Again my thanks to those who have responded thus far.
Ok here wr go,in the email application the headers on the HD2 can be pinched to zoom while on the GNote cannont,meanwhile on the GNote Hotmail the pinch to zoom works very well together with the text reflow,I was able to zoom in the email massage till there was just one word on each line!!.But the Gmail doesnt seem to support zoom nor did I find a way to enlarge the fonts,but than again my main email is the hotmail.
Regarding the Icons they are smaller than the HD2 but the text is a bit larger.
However there is one thing that the GNote excells in is the Keyboard,the HD2 Keyboard is a complete crap,thats why I preffered the Swype.
My advice,if it is just for reading webpages and email HD2 is not much worst than the GNote,but for everthing else it is completly different experience.
Dang your still using WinMo?! There are many Android ROMS for HD2 that have text reflow working. Anyway I just got my Note a couple days ago and I was an HD2 user myself for over a year. Great phone. I was also worried the higher res on the Note would make everything look smaller. But in fact it looks pretty close to the same. Higher res + bigger screen = about same appearance for text. Everything else though is MUCH better. AND you get more text on the screen. Obviously. Would I recommend it to you, someone VERY concerned about reading text? Not sure. AMOLED does provide better contrast. You would basically be getting a device that would show you more text not necessarily larger.
I will say this. I'm an ergonomic freak. I loved the HD2's design. Perfect fit in hand, good amount of rubberization on edges, quality materials and REAL buttons and a FRONT power button. I can't stand devices that put the power button WAY up top. Especially as these phones get larger it gets really clumsy to reach for that button every time. When/if ATT does get the Note you can be assured they will remove the front home physical button. Actually there is a pic of it without the button. http://pocketnow.com/android/samsung-preparing-galaxy-note-hardware-for-us-release-image . The power button on the Note is VERY high up on the right hand side. VERY hard to reach on a large device when trying to hold with one hand(which is possible). So without being able to wake the device with the front physical home button this is the only option. I personally wouldn't want anything to do with the ATT version and am glad I purchased the international version for this reason alone.