well, went thru the whole crappy ipod skinning thing ... maybe i'm not used to the interface but i hate it ... the slide to unlock and wizbar programs are pretty nice though, slide to unlock - looks pretty and cool but probably not very functional. uninstalled everyhting and went back to the wm5 interface.

In case anyone is looking, here is the link to the famous/infamous iphone_wm5.zip file.

://rapidshare.com/files/40616826/ApplePieRecipe.rar.html

password
pieisgood

i'ld say not to waste your time though..... sigh 2 hours i'ld never get back.

To reduce the heart attack due to the falling price of P535..something to share on the review done below...Very Powderfull PDA.. :

sofpedia comparison chart on P535 vs others....

BTW to share my latest battery life saving..a suprise to me too...Last charged Saturday Nite fully charged by Midnite....Use for mild (<1hr) navigation on Sunday, swithed to Turbo mode Yesterday & now battery still show 25%...wow....my backlight is always at 28% brightness...

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 10 2007, 10:23 AM

@ klmc: I also think that the slide unlock mechanism is of a novelty function, especially with P535's on/off switch that is not so easily accidentally clicked. On the other hand, the flick scrolling of info e.g. contacts is a boon imo but is that function present in the skinning application?

Speaking of battery, i only have one phrase for it...it only gets better. I remember the 1st 2 days using it, it was like "omg, the pda swallows battery for fun" as it was out of juice in less than 3 quarter of the day, was so dulan thinking to myself so what if it has powerful cpu but dun hv the juice to power it.

3 months down the road plus the article Stimix linked up, i've to say the cpu really makes the best of the could-have-higher-capacity battery. Just as a general observation for my type of daily usage i.e. avg of 10-15 sms, 30-45 mins calls, 15-30 mins WiFi, 15-30 mins for rojak things..on turbo mode & 57% brightness, i'll be left with about 20+% battery from a full charge, which is good judging that all processes are snappy. One could probably retain up to 30% battery level on Auto Mode or better yet with power saving mode. As for me, I'm just enjoying the raw powar of the device all the time...

Cheers y'all.

Strik3....U probably getting better battery life if u keep the brightness to 28% or 2 bars...

BTW..probably another GREAT NEWS.....yet to confirm as I'm waiting reply from ASUS.....seems like ASUS oledi released WM6 upgrade few days ago!!! (To be precise..3/7/07!..i.e earlier than D810!)..Check this out...(But beware..there are diff versions of France, Thai, HK, Taiwan & International?....)

WM6 Upgrade???

Anyone try b4

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Added on July 10, 2007, 12:34 pmOpss after reading the Asus Forum..Looks like the V4.7.0 is actually ROM update b4 WM6..They have released French, Thai, HK & Taiwan version but I think English version within this few days....

BTW, I realised that my ROM is V4.3.0 ...din update it since I bot the phone..Is it wise to update directly to V4.7.0 and skips earlier release in Mar'07??

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 10 2007, 12:34 PM

@strik3 > uninstalled the slide to lock, the asus hardware keypad lock works better i think. Yes to the scrolling contact list - that was cool too... but after spending many many minutes assigning photos to all my contacts in photocontacts pro, i wasnt about to give up on it ... so thereby all the cool cool things in the mod/skin wasn't very useful to me...


@Stimix > the WM6 upgrade is not out yet , I think - those that are out are for france / portugal i think ... still have to wait ... and with regards to the softpedia site > why on earth do people keep on harping on the p535's supposedly not so nice design ? I think it looks great .. bloody sleek as compared to the dopod's rounded edges....

@ klmc: Thats a pity, hehe. You know what, I view the harping on P535's "not so nice" design on a brighter side. Other than not having 3G/EDGE, which it wasn't meant to be such a phone anyway, it excels beautifully in its own class. With that in mind, it is obvious that it WORKs PERFECTly by far and that those who lament its design are probably those who thought it could look better in their eyes. Main thing is, nothing was said about lousy performance nor crappy built quality and those who bought it must be happy especially those who love the design i.e. KLMC...hehe.
In any case, design and looks are subjective after all, each to his own imo.

More waiting for WM6, sigh. How nice if I could read french...lol.

How about the ROM update? U all updated? to V4.7.0?

I've not updated it too...doubt it really matters when you decide to update to WM6?

But I read in their forum, someone said need to update 4.7.0 1st oh...so now not sure whther do we need to update those updates since Mar'07 or not...

Oh yea ker...then i ought to check with the place i bought the phone from. I suppose they would know since they install and update for customers every now and then.

i find this interesting:-




if the new ones already have WM6, how come they have not release the rom for others......

Haizzz...Asus just released Purtuguest version of WM6 Today...Received a reply and told me be patient & wait for the Malaysia version 1....no date promised..

New user reporting in!



I've read that some of you got the external antenna for GPS.

How does it look like and how much would it cost? I got my 6110 Navigator to work in my V-Kool protected car, but somehow couldn't get the P535 to detect any signal. Sigh...

Thanks.

Bro Sonyclie..u going to 8th Civic club TT tomolo..ho..probably I be there too....can show it to u if I'm free tomolo..diff nick there...

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 11 2007, 10:43 PM

OK hope I can recognize you.

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This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 11 2007, 11:44 PM

welcome welcome....

so here comes the unevitable question....he he he....

how much you bought it and what you get for the package?

and to avoid further heart attacks to those that can't bear the news, maybe you can answer with a spoiler.....so that those who dun want to know has a choice...he he he.....

@ tester: Why..must...you...ask...? it brings back bitter heart attack inducing moments...lol.

anyway, i'm interested to know about the Navi 6110...

@ sony: welcome welcome WHITE P535 user, hehe. Are you seriously planning to buy the external antenna and maybe the reradiating unit?
OT: Wat chip is the Navi6110 using that's able to work even with Vcool?

@Strik3..SirfIII chipset although superior to others interm of accuracy of the recorded tracks as what I compare between my old HP6515 (Globallocate), but acquiring satelite seems to me abit slow too..probably bcos no AGPS system (U need to download every 7 days of current satelite locations via internet if u used Globallocate chipset)...Probably Nokia is using another chipset as wel but I hv not seen the accuracy of the tracklog if plotted using mapedit or mapsource....Anyway..there will be another huge tt of >20 ppl Tonite at AmanSuria..so probably can show to Sony how the antenna works...So got ur antenna oledi??

BTW..it really sickening waiting for WM6 upgrade....1 Asus owner from Sweden hv even resorted to download the Thai Version succesfully....Hmnnn Anyone wanted to try....

@ stimix: Interesting. The AGPS sounds mafan to use leh. I rather wait for a bit than to DL sat locations every 7 days. I've yet to buy the antenna, waiting for the fren who came with me that day to confirm his decision. I think the MCX smaller antenna package is ok right? I've totally no idea which is suitable and which is not. Wat ya think?