*edited* Oops...accidentally keyed in some wrong info, sorry guys

This post has been edited by mode893: Oct 19 2009, 05:54 PM

Congratulations on your new phone What do you mainly use it for?

My phone apps - Opera Mini, Prayer Time Pro, Quran Translator Mobile, Word Document Viewer, Mini Excel, Wisepilot (Trial), Cambridge Concise Learner's Dictionary, PDF Reader, Yamee Instant Messaging, Fring Mini, MobyExplorer, jZipMan, Zakat Calculator
My phone games - Tomb Raider Legend Tokyo, WWE Smackdown, THQ Empire Strikes Back, Metal Gear Acid, Konami pro Evolution Soccer, Hi Speed 5, 3D Rally Evolution, Assasin's Creed, Covert Ops 1943
PC apps- MyPhone Explorer, M3 Media Converter, Sony Ericsson Media Manager Pro, Media Go, SUPER media converter

Tips coming up after my beauty sleep

As promised, here's my tip for audio on your W995. Your phone has amazing accoustics, but you can't find it in any of the preset equalizers which sound quite distasteful to audiophiles. Great sound is perfectly hidden in the manual equalizers, here are 2 that I can share with other W995 owners. Both settings play all genres quite well but EQ1 is better for R&B and EQ2 is better for Rock numbers. Clear Bass can be set at 1 or 2 bars according to your desire but I don't recommend 3 bars, too bassy for me. Enjoy!




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W995 is DB 3210 mate, and I use A2uploader as well. Not anymore though as I prefer everything to be stock and barrel

@blacklizard90

Your Walkman Player looks yummy. But unless someone can give me W960 Walkman interface (repeat
1 track only function, IDTag viewer etc) or Walkman 4.0, then I'm just happy with what I currently have

As for GPS, afaik if you don't preload your maps then it'll download the maps as you go and this is where data charges will incur. I think preloaded maps do need subscription, correct me if I'm wrong. But if you have unlimited data plan then it's absolutely free

Can wan, relax, relax. Go to settings, connectivity, usb, set default mode, then choose 'file transfer'

What? You don't need to restart lor, that's plain crazy. Like I said, follow those steps and you'll be able to connect. It wasn't like this with the last firmware which, I assure you, was more advanced than your ancient W800 (which happens to be my wife's phone too ) There used to be a prompt everytime we connect to USB asking if we want to connect to either PC/File Transfer/Media Transfer mode and you can connect instantly to your desired USB mode. With the latest firmware (that's what you and I have now) they 'managed' to hide this setting quite successfuly, yay SE, clever thinking. And thanks to their brilliant people in SE, there's no Album Art in the albums list anymore in this 'Walkman', music centric device. Totally uncalled for if you ask me

1. That's normal, it's the backlight transitions for standby. I like the Walkman transition
2. Shouldn't drop call while using loudspeaker, never happened to me so probably your network provider

3. Interesting. I'll check it out once I get the chance and report back

@luigis0ka
You got your target, don't lose sight of it, W995 is a real pleasure to have

@knuckleballer
Hikaru was W995's pre-production codename, just like Idou before Satio

@C-Note
C905 has Xenon and a better cam sensor which makes it a better point and shoot cam. But if you look at some of my many photo samples a few pages back, W995 also has an excellent camera if you play with the cam settings. Review sites give poor ratings because 1. Some base their tests on pre-retail units which is different than retail ones 2. They can only be bothered to use full auto settings as a benchmark test for all phones whereby W995's potential lies in the manual settings. If tinkering with the settings is not your cup of tea then C905 is a better choice for you camera-wise. Media-wise it trumps C905 in video playback and of course audio clarity. Media plays fast and smooth, with a very responsive auto-rotate. The 3.5mm audio jack is really a welcome addition. The kickstand and stereo speakers enhance viewing pleasure. If you use GPS, the receiver is more powerful than C905 and locks your position within seconds. Ergonomically thin and nice to hold though I prefer the feel of C905 in this dept. And it's also worth mentioning unlike C905, W995 doesn't support TV-Out. Well, hope that helps

The difference between full auto and manual setting is vast as these photos show, and the low light shots can be quite delightful

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I've used smaller volume rocker comfortably. The comfort part is not due to the size but rather its position (similar to C902 near cam shutter button) which enhances photo taking but sacrifices music experience when you wanna control the volume, say, from your pocket since it's too crammed with the other buttons. Otherwise, no problemo for me

Charged, yes unless you use wifi which unfortunately won't follow you around where you're going. It would be free if you pre-load the map first (download at home with wifi to avoid real time data charges ie. map downloading by the GPS while on the move) but for the bundled app. (Wayfinder Navigator) you need to subscribe to be able to pre-load maps if I'm not mistaken. And make sure you disable aGPS because the assisted position lock in by your network provider will incur data charges too.

Just curious, is this Walkman 4.0 theme/wallpaper/background or is it the real deal, full on Walkman 4.0 to replace the current Walkman 3.0?

If you can get Walkman 4.0 in W995 i'll do all the beta testing you need

Can you consider doing it for the love of mankind then?

I posted quite a few sample photos starting from this page http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/937738/+780
onwards, hope it helps

Indoor shot still better than this Olympus compact digicam shot

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Dunno what Olympus model since it's not my cam, I grabbed the photo from my friend's site. If I didn't mention which photo is taken by which cam surely people would say the W995 photo is the digicam one. Linux? You mean Lumix right? Yes, definitely Lumix is better than W995, it's arguably the best point and shoot compact cam in the market beating other imaging heavyweights like Canon etc. I'll post some Canon Ixus 10mp vs W995 comparison shot when I have the time

@skyliner66
Sorry, unfortunately it doesn't have Garmin support yet, one day probably. Wisepilot is the closest there is to Garmin that's compatible

No lar boss, not just google maps, there are quite a number of other compatible location services apps for W995 ie. Wayfider navigator, Wisepilot, MGMaps etc. All with abilility to preload maps (and save cost) like Garmin but perhaps the maps are not as comprehensive though