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I have some quetion to ask.. since i'm going to purhcase this phone very soon.
1. How is the sound quality.. Ring volume.. good?, Loud?
2. Is their any lack or slow or bug errors ... in opening standard programs..
3. How is the GPS works? is this work well and fast?
4. Any other problems for this Artemis lately??
Thank you very much for your answer..
The reason is PPC, when is first launch always has some problem.. with normally can be fix by the next firmward, so i just want to make sure that this work well... (Not like ATOM when is first launched)
firstime911 said:
I have some quetion to ask.. since i'm going to purhcase this phone very soon.
1. How is the sound quality.. Ring volume.. good?, Loud?
2. Is their any lack or slow or bug errors ... in opening standard programs..
3. How is the GPS works? is this work well and fast?
4. Any other problems for this Artemis lately??
Thank you very much for your answer..
The reason is PPC, when is first launch always has some problem.. with normally can be fix by the next firmward, so i just want to make sure that this work well... (Not like ATOM when is first launched)
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1. Sound quality: I would give it a 3.5 out of 5. Reception is very good. Ring volume: excellent! Too loud for my taste in fact. I NEVER use the maximum setting because it is, well, too loud!!
2. Nothing significant regarding bugs. Speed is more than acceptable. I still cannot believe that it's using "only" a 200MHz CPU. It simply doesn't show. I guess this is due to excellent implementation on their part (AKU and all). Also it is VERY easy to overclock and get significant improvement (if you so desire...) but I haven't found this to be necessary.
3. The best GPS implementation I have ever seen. State of the art in my book.
4. I was looking to get Nokia N95 but I'm glad I didn't. HTC has hit the jackpot with this one I think.
I agree I hardly notice the difference between my shiny new XDA Orbit and my 2 yo XDA IIs, apart from not having to carry around a brick!
This was my biggest concern, top marks to HTC!
I have to say this thing blows the Exec out of the water. I got crashes when messaging, freezes while looking at pics, and a whole host of other little niggles with my Exec. The O2 XDA Orbit which I picked up yesterday has been an absolute beauty. It's a lovely size, really light, and the controls are very easy to use. The only thing I'm slightly concerned about is my battery has gone from 56% down to 6% in about 10min, which is a little bad but aparently is just my battery so changing that tonight.
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I have had the MDA compact III for a week now and I think its great, if you want a brick then its not for you... ok it could have done with 3g and wifi (I have had it confirmed through a friend who works for HTC that the wifi Chip (hardware) was removed on the MDA) but at the end of the day who turns on there wifi? I havent on any other device...
All in all you choose the device for your needs, I had a M3100 and got rid of that for this... my main needs are tomtom, e-mail and phone in the smallest form factor I can get.... this device does it!....I have two and my partner has one also ... got them from the t-mobile shop £20 for each phone then £15 a month and 6.99 for the Web and Walk .... Bargain!.
Mouse - I prefer the roller on the M3100 but I do like the inovation and have played a bit with it but I do like it.
It's awesome. I have the the HTC with Wifi, but also without Wifi it's an excellent device
All the points that you ask have a 5 stars for me, compared with my old HTC Himalaya
Nothing is perfect anyway, a cradle available is my desire
I am also seriously considering getting this phone. My only concern is reception and voice quality. Anyone who has used HTC Magician please compare phone function of these two phones?
Also, does this have a2dp?
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raven2000 said:
I am also seriously considering getting this phone. My only concern is reception and voice quality. Anyone who has used HTC Magician please compare phone function of these two phones?
Also, does this have a2dp?
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Reception is good gps faar out and voice quality better than the magician (s100)
Good Device (still trying to get rid of the t-mobile ****) using mda compact III with wifi. by the way the device supports RDS (many people where asking this on the forum so here's your anwser
When is the free unlock available and htc roms (tmobile roms are fully branded and hardreset softreset doesn't affect this much....
Just about perfect...
This phone is the best I have owned. I upgraded from a PDA2k and see no appreciable lag between that device's 400mhz and the 200 in this little beauty - other than Voice Command taking just a little longer to beep after button press. It plays video like a champ (although converted to divx) - but who uses non-converted video anyway? Too much space on the mem card!
My only desire is that the memory card would be easier to get to. Sending large files to the card via Usb or Bluetooth takes forever. I hate the fact that I have a card reader built right into my laptop and I can't make use of this functionality with my PDA without taking out the battery and lifting the sim card holder. I guess since it uses MicroSD and those cards are easily damaged, HTC figured that hiding it away would protect us from ourselves!!! Hey, deeper in the device means less dust, right!? Just get a 2 gig and forget about it.
I have noticed that the battery is a little weak; I had an extended battery on my 2k and it lasted forever - but talk about bricks!!! I see that they are making an extended for the Artemis too, but I am hesitant to bulk up such a remarkably perfect form factor.
By the way - I concur that the wifi is solid and the GPS is fantastic (and well managed by the OS). I can walk around INSIDE my house and not loose my fix!! As far as Rollr is concerned, it takes some getting used to, but after a while I now don't think I could live without it! Read on:
If anyone wants to try a great configuration, try this: Use Double Launcher 2.11 and you go from having 6 hardware buttons and 2 softkeys to having 16 functions available via button! DL doesn't see the start menu button or the OK button on the Artemis, but it will give you 4 options on each of the other four keys. I had Vito Buttonmapper on my 2k, but it didn't seem to function well on the Artemis. DL is much nicer on this device. Then I used the registry hack by travegliaesogno posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=281487&page=2&highlight=mousemode to get the mouse mode to turn on using a button rather than the HTC icon on the Today screen. I used 40c2 (as this is the startmenu key which I never use for that function). The best thing is that the hack survives soft reset! Now I can get the mouse to appear within applications when I need it and make it disappear when I don't without having to minimize and go to the Today screen to activate/deactivate it!!! The mouse takes a little practice, and I wouldn't be surprised if the ROM updates for this device will make it run even more smoothly as time goes on.
I was really considering the Trinity when it became more and more likely that it would eventually have GPS, but now that I know the Artemis is as zippy as it is and my new love affair with Rollr, I'm glad I took the plunge with this lovely gadget! High marks, HTC!!!
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raven2000 said:
I am also seriously considering getting this phone. My only concern is reception and voice quality. Anyone who has used HTC Magician please compare phone function of these two phones?
Also, does this have a2dp?
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Voice quality is excellent - no "sweet spot". Sounds good everywhere on your ear. Reception has been fantastic on Cingular in Virginia, USA. Sorry, can't comment on A2DP since I don't have bluetooth earphones yet. Okay, I'm done.
psargent, thanks for your mini-review, it was very helpful and removed my doubts about the device.
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your coment on this Artemis..
So.. should say that this is the most perfect phone HTC ever build..
one more question, is this phone capable of 2g microsd?
Anyway i'll buy it.. wait until it release in THailand...
Yep, its a fine phone/pda. Ringer is loud, im glad to say, nice ringtones too, none of the normal crap tunes they put on all the phones these days. Tomtom seems slow to get the sats up but once it gets going its great. Its amazing what you can get on a 1gb card. I have 2 full length films and tomtom with space to spare. Unreal picture quality too. Well happy
I have the 2gig sandisk card from www.mobymemory.com and it works fine.
2 Gig Sandisk ULTRA also works well
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...WiFi chip was removed on the MDA, but at the end of the day who turns on their wifi? I havent on any other device...
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I cant believe you just said that LMAO.
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I still cannot believe that it's using "only" a 200MHz CPU. It simply doesn't show. I guess this is due to excellent implementation on their part (AKU and all)....
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I havn't looked at this in detail but dont forget you can only compare the clock speeds of CPU's with similar architecture. Intel XScale chips usually have sky high CPU clocks (500MHz) but their architecture means a different CPU at 200MHz could potentially have more number crunching ability. One thing is for sure though more MHz = more battery juice.
Checkout the current crop of PC CPU's, Pentium 4's have clocked upto 3.8GHz but the new Core 2 Duo's running at 2.6GHz are way more powerful because of their architecture.
Its good to know that HTC's 3300 at 200MHz matches older 400MHz designs though so thanks for your input, I had been reading lots of posts about "BUT ONLY 200MHz - WHY!!?" etc etc I thought they were talking boll**ks now I know they were.
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Does anybody know if the O2 Orbit is actually locked to O2. I'm so tempted to go and get one right now, phone shop is only 10 minutes away, but i need to put a Vodafone sim in it.
Thanks for your help.
Paul
mine wasn't locked at all. orange sim worked with no probs...
FANTASTIC!!!!!! I'm off to get one right now ;-)
Got one tues without copilot but can't get gps to work, if you get one can you let me now if yours works vlad69uk? 02 say it only works with copilot!
which navigation software is the best for touch hd using the in built gps and not an external reciever ?
any help will be much appriciated
i have tried a few, best i can suggest is garmin xt, it works very well, although there is some lag, not much more than a specifc GPS unit.
well i'm using tomtom7 and never had a problem with it...never lost signal, no as bad lag as in garmin xt which i did use before... i've tried also iGO8 and is very nice and stable as well (similar lag as in garmin xt - acceptable), but my choice, so far best one, is tomtom7.
I think it´s a little bit difficult to say whats the best Navigation Software. The best way is always to try and find out.
I use the NDrive Software. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492800&highlight=ndrive it´s very fast. Just needs 5 seconds to find 8-9 satelites and its very precise. I never would change to another software anymore, but this is just me...
Tomtom 7 gets my vote. With traffic update in UK and automatic rerouting, speed cameras and my nearest Tesco it does everything I need!
My vote goes to Navigon Mobile Navigator 7! I even bought it!
Copilot 8 Gets my vote, good value for money only being £25.99
Small issue with WM6.5 and the auto lock but I'm sure that will get fixed.
Opionated questions are always going to get mixed results due to everyone having different opinions. This is why they are frowned upon in XDA and generally closed. Best advice I can offer you is check up on each, read reviews and see what other users have to say on each, then make your own educated decision before you purchase one. Each have their own pros & cons
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Hi all, I have had my P600 since Christmas and it has been good. I am running ML1 firmware, no root. It shipped with MJ2.
I have noticed a couple of problems. Firstly, I have occasional bluetooth keyboard disconnects. They really infrequent but definitely occur. They just don't seem to be anywhere near as severe as people have been describing in other threads.
Secondly, this tablet just can't detect my 5GHz wifi connection. My Note II on the table next to it has no problems finding and using that connection. I am downloading MK1 firmware now to see if it is ML1 that is the problem, as I *think* that the tablet originally detected both 2.4 and 5GHz connections. I didn't really take note though. I have noticed this now mainly because I've been trying to turn wifi on and off to test what may be happening with bluetooth.
Thing is, I've never really had a good BT experience in my life, but I need to get this keyboard and a mouse working to use this tablet the way I intend to.
Is the 5GHz failure an ML1 thing, is there some other cause, or is it a hardware fault? Any tips?
Cheers,
Jason
Running ML1 as well. No comment on the BT keyboard since I haven't used mine enough yet, only for a few minutes here and there to test, not long time.
I have a dual band Asus RT AC-66U and I can use both my 2.4 and 5 Ghz networks. Only thing is that the 5 Ghz network gets poor reception from the tablet across my house (to be expected I suppose).
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Running ML1 as well. No comment on the BT keyboard since I haven't used mine enough yet, only for a few minutes here and there to test, not long time.
I have a dual band Asus RT AC-66U and I can use both my 2.4 and 5 Ghz networks. Only thing is that the 5 Ghz network gets poor reception from the tablet across my house (to be expected I suppose).
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Thanks for the reply. It prompted me to look further and I realised it's a channels thing. Changed the channel on my router and the Note can see 5GHz now.
Silly me.
Someone has to find what's going on with bluetooth problem. It's very critical to be able to use this tablet with mouse and keyboard , especially bluetooth, as you can charge the tablet in the same time.
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manoscello said:
Someone has to find what's going on with bluetooth problem. It's very critical to be able to use this tablet with mouse and keyboard , especially bluetooth, as you can charge the tablet in the same time.
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I agree. It is stressing me out. I feel a little trapped because a good test would be to install cleanrom 1.1, which at least one person has said fixed bluetooth, but I can't do that without sacrificing my warranty.
I am not even sure whether I have a hardware problem or bluetooth is just a dubious technology.
I am hugely disappointed Lenovo cut this very particular corner when making this phone. Every other phone in the Z Play's price range does have GLONASS support. And yet, the Z Play doesn't.
Is this important?
Might be. I believe the Z Play will be a massive letdown for people who rely on location and position tracking (running, cycling, etc) because from my experience - every device I tried to use while cycling that had only A-GPS behaved absolutely dreadfully. Signal drops, inaccurate locating, inaccurate speed information, etc...
For the 0.01% of us, this is an absolute dealbreaker and it is completely inexplicable why Lenovo chose to do it like this.
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I am hugely disappointed Lenovo cut this very particular corner when making this phone. Every other phone in the Z Play's price range does have GLONASS support. And yet, the Z Play doesn't.
Is this important?
Might be. I believe the Z Play will be a massive letdown for people who rely on location and position tracking (running, cycling, etc) because from my experience - every device I tried to use while cycling that had only A-GPS behaved absolutely dreadfully. Signal drops, inaccurate locating, inaccurate speed information, etc...
For the 0.01% of us, this is an absolute dealbreaker and it is completely inexplicable why Lenovo chose to do it like this.
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If you go to Motorola Mexico site, Moto Z play shows "Servicios de localización
GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, Izat"
I have this phone but dont know if theres any way to verify glonass support.
The app "GPS Status & Toolbox" will indicate GLONASS vs GPS satellites. And the Z play definitely uses GLONASS, as it has the same support for pretty much all positioning satellite constellations (like mathab said) that all modern Qualcomm chipsets share. Where did you get the idea that it didn't?
there you can see its detecting GLONASS satelites
mathab said:
If you go to Motorola Mexico site, Moto Z play shows "Servicios de localización
GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, Izat"
I have this phone but dont know if theres any way to verify glonass support.
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https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-z-play#Specifications - says only A-GPS.
Use GPS Test from Play Store. Circles are GPS, triangles are GLONASS.
There you go, it would be really weird if US model was different, I think...
No pokemom go?
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Guys, I did some research. It says on Moto's website that the Z Play only has A-GPS, but that's the case for ALL of their phones too. Even this year's flagship the Z Force Droid and last year's flagship the Droid Turbo 2 are listed as having only A-GPS. I have a hard time believing that both of those phones lack GLONASS too.
Additionally, a guy in the Android Central forums used a GPS app with his Z Play and apparently it does find GLONASS satellites. He says it locks GPS super fast too. This, combined with what I found on the Moto website, lead me to believe that the Z Play DOES have GLONASS, it just doesn't advertise it. In any case, my Droid Turbo 2's GPS locks quickly, and works fine with GPS intensive apps like Pokemon Go and bike/run tracking apps like Strava, so I say you guys shouldn't worry about the Z Play's GPS performance.
This seals the deal for me. I'll be getting my Z Play today!
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Guys, I did some research. It says on Moto's website that the Z Play only has A-GPS, but that's the case for ALL of their phones too. Even this year's flagship the Z Force Droid and last year's flagship the Droid Turbo 2 are listed as having only A-GPS. I have a hard time believing that both of those phones lack GLONASS too.
Additionally, a guy in the Android Central forums used a GPS app with his Z Play and apparently it does find GLONASS satellites. He says it locks GPS super fast too. This, combined with what I found on the Moto website, lead me to believe that the Z Play DOES have GLONASS, it just doesn't advertise it. In any case, my Droid Turbo 2's GPS locks quickly, and works fine with GPS intensive apps like Pokemon Go and bike/run tracking apps like Strava, so I say you guys shouldn't worry about the Z Play's GPS performance.
This seals the deal for me. I'll be getting my Z Play today!
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Enjoy. It's the best phone I've ever had. I'm coming from a Moto G 2nd Gen and everything is an upgrade.
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Enjoy. It's the best phone I've ever had. I'm coming from a Moto G 2nd Gen and everything is an upgrade.
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Thanks! So far the Z Play's been awesome. The battery life is all it's cracked up to be, I got mine this morning and I'm now at 54% with 5hrs SOT. The camera's decent, it never gets warm and runs faster than SD810 phones, and it's just been a great phone to use all around.
Hello i recently got the pixel xl and it worked fine on 5 GHz wifi but when its connected to 2,4 GHz wifi its super slow and it shows connected, without internet or its supper slow I can not even play youtube video on 128p or surf the web...the best thing is there no service center in my country for Google devices and I don't have the receipt
I tried to factory reset it or flash android p but no luck either any way to fix it?
I know that 5ghz is faster but the problem is that most places doesn't offer 5 GHz wifi and i cannot do anything without mobile data
Couple of things, have you used a program like "wifi analyzer" (free in the play store) to see what kind of interference there may be with the 2.4 ghz signal? If too many networks are using the same channel it can cause problems. Are you close to the router or is there a wall or electrical panel between you and the router? Also, have you tried turning off Bluetooth? While not always a cause of interference it can be. One last thing, have you tried different 2.4 ghz networks?
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Yes, I tried to connect with different router even enabled hotspot on my laptop but nothing I turn of Bluetooth added it on airplane mode but nothing. I am gonna check the app you told me and I will edit this post thanks!
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Couple of things, have you used a program like "wifi analyzer" (free in the play store) to see what kind of interference there may be with the 2.4 ghz signal? If too many networks are using the same channel it can cause problems. Are you close to the router or is there a wall or electrical panel between you and the router? Also, have you tried turning off Bluetooth? While not always a cause of interference it can be. One last thing, have you tried different 2.4 ghz networks?
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the signal cuts after moving about 20 or less meters in house even when i am less than 7 meters away the youtube takes for ever to load the videos or anything else that doesnt happen on any other phone i tried the s6 xiaomi redmi 5 plus and the ipad mini 4
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the signal cuts after moving about 20 or less meters in house even when i am less than 7 meters away the youtube takes for ever to load the videos or anything else that doesnt happen on any other phone i tried the s6 xiaomi redmi 5 plus and the ipad mini 4
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How many other devices are connected to your WiFi. I would unplug the modem and router, let it sit for a minute then reconnect the power.
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How many other devices are connected to your WiFi. I would unplug the modem and router, let it sit for a minute then reconnect the power.
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3 devices and my phone , as i said before the problem comes from my phone and I found a way to fix the connection problem -->press the screen and the body on the left little hard (go to ifixit and find where the wifi antenna is )and press little hard _the signal is much better now and i can get 18,7 Mbs down and 0.80 upload from 20Mbs down and .95 upload (my internet providers middle speed)
I contactacted google and i am waiting email if they can help me becasue in there is no official support in Cyprus
sorry for my bad English!
dimitrispas22 said:
Hello i recently got the pixel xl and it worked fine on 5 GHz wifi but when its connected to 2,4 GHz wifi its super slow and it shows connected, without internet or its supper slow I can not even play youtube video on 128p or surf the web...the best thing is there no service center in my country for Google devices and I don't have the receipt
I tried to factory reset it or flash android p but no luck either any way to fix it?
I know that 5ghz is faster but the problem is that most places doesn't offer 5 GHz wifi and i cannot do anything without mobile data
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There's no need for a service center with a Pixel device - you have a 24 hour chat and a phone call service included with the phone. Just go to Settings/Support & tips. I have used both chat and phone call support in the past, and they were great. People on the other side are actually very knowledgeable.
At the same time, this is one of buggiest phones I have used since the beginning of Android. Probably a phone with the most bugs, some completely deal breaking, like the Bluetooth bugs, that exists.
If you want top of the line speed and innovative software, go Pixel. If you want garbage hardware and tons of bugs, go Pixel.
I already contacted them via this way and I am waiting an email for what to do next!
hope they help me since I don't have the invoice and the box!
PS. For some unknown reason I called them on USA number and they said that because I am from Cyprus and google doesn't have a store or service here (the phone is bought from England) they can not help me that means my phone is for garbage ...... let's hope online chat will be more helpful!
And again sorry for my bad English!