I'm interested in the aluminium cover too bro... and the leather case. if you have stock please let me know how much thru PM ok thanks

sorry if this is a noob question.

does sprite backup software and application as well?

i managed to successfully screw up my T3G by installing a whole bunch of crap (uninstalled all already) and now the memory icon on the top right hand corner has disappeared.

does anyone have any idea how i can get it back? if not i'll most probably have to do a HR, but I'm afraid that all the software that was installed on the phone like MapKing/Games/etc when I first bought it will be gone...

yea yea, i found it, thanks!


BTW, has anyone tried skinning or customizing their T3G yet? The touchflo is great and very easy to use. I just wish I can have more stuff displayed on my Today page without sacrificing the Touchflo

Battousai,

Did you have to install anything to use that theme? I noticed that I have manilla 2d running on my T3G, not sure if it came pre-installed with the phone or I accidentally installed it and forgot about it.

Funny thing is, I don't see an option to remove it....

i've tried using the jabra bt2010 which came with my T3G, and so far it's been working pretty well. no problems yet. maybe you should try with another bt headset and see if the problem is still there?

maybe... maybe thats why they were giving out so many bt2010 free during pc fair when you buy certain phones...

NokiaConvert and OsakaKnight,

Well, I'll try to give a mini review of the Touch 3g. I got mine at PC Fair last month and since then I've been experimenting with lots of different apps, and have been using it heavily.

Overall build quality is very good. It's quite light and slim, unlike the traditional bulky and thick pda-phones. I especially like the rubbery and solid feel of the exterior of the phone. Close up, it's sleek, simple with gun-metal garnishing along the sides. All the buttons are made of the same metal material. Very modern.

The main speaker is loud and clear for voicecalls. The external speaker is not great but not bad either... good for the speakerphone function but bad for music playback. (My previous phone was a Walkman phone, so memang cannot compare la)

The processor @528mhz is quick and snappy, much better when compared to other pda phones. Memory is quite sufficient at 192 MB of RAM, 256 MB for ROM. Some of my friends with iPhones even said that the Touch 3G feels smoother and runs faster than their iPhones. I haven't had the chance to compare it with the Touch Pro or Touch HD though.

The GPS is good, if you update your QuickGPS often, then the GPS lock on should be fairly quick (1-3 mins for me).

Surfing is very smooth and intuitive with the bundled Opera browser. I've only tried surfing through wi-fi so far though, not sure how it's like on 3G connections. (I can only imagine it'll be just as good).

Browsing YouTube is easy and quite fun.

The Touchflo interface is very user-friendly and easy to use for the casual user, it's got almost everything you need and provides more than enough functionality. It's fun to use too. .

However, the fact that it's not customizable is quite irritating especially if you're the kind of user that likes to mod their Home or Today interfaces.

On the other hand, I've tried using SPB Mobile shell with this phone and it runs it very smoothly with no problems at all.

Battery life seems alright, I charge once every 2 days, and I consider myself a heavy user (surfing, chatting, sms, gps, apps & games everyday). Do keep in mind that the GPS uses quite a lot of power, so if you plan to use the GPS for a long trip please get a car charger.

As a multimedia player, it excels, you can either use the standard Windows Media Player or a third party one like CorePlayer to watch videos and listen to music. Music sounds pretty good through the headphones that are included. Video playback is smooth for videos that are properly encoded for pda-phones. I've even been able to watch some video files that I copied directly from my PC like Mythbusters without problems.

Windows 6.1 seems stable, I only do soft resets every 3 days or so. My Touch 3G seems a bit laggy now because of all the stupid apps/programs/games that I keep installing/uninstalling but even then it's still fast enough not to bother me. I've been wanting to do a hard reset for more than a week now, and the phone still works fine.


Now let's talk about the downsides of the Touch 3G :

- Lack of buttons/Jogdial - Yes, more buttons would make the phone uglier, but it also makes it more user-friendly. I like my phones functional. One major downside to having too few buttons is the inability to play many games (ie, Worms World Party). Also, I severely miss the windows button because now I cannot switch between tasks without them closing. (if anyone knows how I can do this, please let me know, thanks)

- Dumb T9 dictionary, I'm used to texting on normal phones, so when I write smses I use the phone keypad input. The T9 dictionary included by HTC is one dum f*k, always suggests the wrong words and never remembers the right ones. It takes me twice as long to type one sms now compared to a non-pda phone.

- Camera - 3.5 megapixels, but is quite useless as it's got no autofocus. So macro mode is not available. Quality is passable at best. But then again, if you want a good camera get a digicam... the camera included in this phone is good for casual picture snapping. If you don't expect much from it, you won't be disappointed.

- No Flash - This is one thing I really miss about my old phone, I use the flash constantly as a torchlight. Now I keep bumping into things in the dark.

- Screen - (TFT touchscreen, 65K colors) Looks great by itself, just don't compare it with an iPhone or Touch HD. Haha.

- Lack of customizability for the Touchflo Interface.

The HTC Touch 3G is a very good upper-to-middle-range pda phone, it's got almost everything that a pda-phone user needs. It's affordable and will give the iPhone a run for it's money. I'm loving my Touch 3G, it's a good looking phone that's nice and slim and performs really well. It's like a hot chick who's got brains and isn't high maintenance!

ps. I'm quite lucky as I haven't had any major problems with my phone... yet. (touch wood!) but as you can see on this thread, some users do have some hardware/software issues.

This post has been edited by rakuen: Jan 16 2009, 06:54 PM

Glad I could help, bro. Hope you have as much fun with your Touch 3G as I am.

Hey bro, thanks for the info about M2DC. Is there any way to restore the original HTC T3G Touchflo Theme after I install a new theme?


I'm scared that it might mess up the original theme files if I install a new theme over it.