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This is how smooth the Hero SHOULD be...
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#1 User is offline   PaulOBrien 

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:01 PM



:D

Thanks goodness the flip clock no longer flips EVERY time the clock is displayed, that really bugged me!

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:26 PM

WOW looks very nice cant wait for updates!
Is that the official Facebook app shipped?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:29 PM

Nah, that's just FBook, the browser interface app that used to be on the market.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:40 PM

You say in the Vid that this is due in a couple of months.

Shame, it looks complete and stable, can't wait, as my Hero is taking a back seat to the 3Gs at the moment.

Good work

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:49 PM

Im sure it will surface before then! :D
Edit. Is it just me or does the white Hero look sexy!!?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:53 PM

Yeah, I probably overestimated that, it could well be out sooner!

White one is nice! :D

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:58 PM

Looks a lot smoother, and I agree about the clock widget. I had to remove it as the flicking was making me crazy as well as really slowing down the UI.

How about the calendar and other apps?
As the calendar is currently close to unusable.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:01 PM

Everything I tried runs with barely any noticeable lag! I put it on this morning and ran through all the usual stuff I do (including all my usual apps).

It's fair to say that there's an occasional blip, but that is probably inevitable and this also is not the final release!

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:05 PM

Hi Paul thanks for the video,

Do you know if the trackball light colours have been fixed? I thought they were meant to pulse different colours depending on the notification. But on mine every notification seems to be white.

Looking forward to getting this update though, it look much, much snappier.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:11 PM

Hmm, i've only seen white on mine? Are you sure it's mean to pulse different colours?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:23 PM

I thought it did, perhaps I dreamt it. I'll try to find where I originally read it.

Super fast reply BTW :D

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 05:18 PM

hey Paul,

I have the htc hero and i really love the phone apart from the software that HTC has made for the phone aka calendar, people, ect ect, these apps don't seem to be fully finished off with the I would say sluggish feel and kinda ruins the whole user experince of this phone, has the apps that htc have made been more optimized, what i mean is that if you try scrolling through your contacts in the people app the scrolling is very very sluggish and in the messages app if your trying to scroll through pass messages.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:06 PM

Does the clock widget update when you navigate away and back to the idle screen?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:14 PM

Lucky you Paul. Can't wait for this update although fairly happy with current rom apart from the clock all updating to current time.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 09:29 PM

Plan on making another video to show off the new update in further detail?

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:35 PM

Hey Paul,

I'm considering upgrading to the Hero soon and was wondering if it would be an idea to wait until after this update is released or just go ahead and get the phone and then download the update when its released? (apologies if this is a silly question...)

Cheers, Lorcan.

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:47 AM

Thanks for the video, My faith in HTC has been vindicated!!

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 11:16 AM

Do you know how such updates will be distributed for T-Mobile G2 Touch owners? I.e. will we just be able to download the firmware from HTC or T-Mobile?

Oh, and btw, I'm getting really poor battery life from my unit. I've had the phone for almost a week, and after an overnight charge the battery is already reporting that I've only got 64% left 4 hours into the working day, and I've only used the phone for 5 minutes conversation! Brightness is set to the second lowest setting, and have the following disabled:
WiFi
Enable always-on mobile data
Use wireless networks (under the My Location sources)

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 02:15 PM

Any improvements to keyboard lag or improvements to flash playback? :D

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 05:46 PM

View PostPaul, on Aug 19 2009, 20:11, said:

Hmm, i've only seen white on mine? Are you sure it's mean to pulse different colours?

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Hey paul :angry:

just wanted to ask a few questions if you dont mind! when u scroll through the contacts is it still a bit choppy or is it as fluid as it is on the iphone? haha i have the hero and i love it to death. no regrets from switching to the hero. also another question, how did you get this??? thirdly, did whoever or wherever you got this from at least mention a release date? a couple of months seems too long for a software update that fixes all the problems :D what about keyboard lag or flash playback? and just general scrolling about? i like how fluid the pages are! are the widgets faster? haha sorry about all the questions.

Faris

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