What do you run on your phone? That's quite heavy, as if you've been browsing the net all the time, or listening to music.

If you dont actually use the data connection, then you just should just remove the connection from your phone. Then it'll never unknowingly transmit data.

If my experience with Aluminium cases and the old Diamond 1 is anythign to go with, please don't get an aluminium case, it zaps the cellular reception quite a bit, and I think it drives GPS reception nuts.

Anyone can suggest a place to get the invisible shield from?

Hmmm.. well I actually would just like to get the front screen one, and not full body, then just get one of those stonger silicon cases.

Anyone planning to get a D2 should wait till AFTER next Sunday. Just to confirm on any announcements regarding WM 6.5 upgradability.

In the USA, Oct 6 is Windows Phone launch date. So here it's around Oct 7. There's an event happening in Sunway Pyramid on Friday. As for our D2 ROM Updates..

NOTHING SOLID YET.

Yes... websites all over the place reporting we're gonna get it. But I'll believe it when I see the download link posted on HTC's website.

Not like they haven't broken their promises before

Everyone but HTC says there's gonna be an update. The FAQ for Diamond 2 said that WM6.5 upgrade is not guaranteed. I'd link to it, but I can't find a FAQ page on the site anymore.

It was never mentioned by HTC, in fact like I mentioned, the only OFFICIAL mention was "We did not issue only official statement saying the D2 can be upgraded to 6.5"

what version of outlook do you have installed?

OK, let's hope that's the case then Kayk!

My feeling towards using cooked firmware is that, if you have to ask people "Is this firmware good?" Then you shouldn't use it. Cause the firmware worked for other people doesn't means it worked for you. Since it's for all intents and purposes a hack.

You CAN get better performance from cooked firmware
You CAN get some interesting features from cooked firmware
You CAN get poorer performance from cooked firmware
You CAN kill your device using cooked firmware
You CAN end up having to hard reset and then reinstall older official firmware using cooked firmware

So if you do not understand how to install/uninstall the cooked firmware DON'T DO IT!

Saw Diamond 2s running WM6.5 in the Sunway Pyramid event. Looks spiffy, can't wait for it to be released for us to use.

hey man, how you doing! Hmmm.. HD isn't officially 6.5 upgradable.. that's gonna suck for some ppl, well luckily it's not too bad of a phone to begin with.

How fast you get a GPS signal depends on a lot of factors. You should Google the net about GPS Warm Start, Cold Start and find out more.

As for other issues about the phone... well, some would consider that the battery has too little capacity for such a phone. But that's always a balancing act between how small you want your phone to be vs battery life.

I've been having problem with Maxis recently as well, after EXTREMELY HEAVY bouts of data usage, the reception just DIES. Or I loose data traffic. Since everything was working fine until recently I'd sooner blame Maxis than the phone, it's not like they haven't screwed up before

I off and on from settings after waiting a while it'll come back. Ask around your friends who use Maxis and see. I think you need to be a data user to experience it. Cause all those I talk to all use data a lot.

Since HTC's site is down. I guess we might be looking at ROM availability soon.

Farking hell! I just got an SMS from SiS saying I have to drop my phone off at their service center to get the upgrade to WM6.5. Why the fark can't I just download the update myself?

I'm trying to reach them right now but I guess they're all out for lunch.

just called them and they say they'll email me the link to the update i'll post when i get it