Top 10 things we hate about the Fuze!

Now this isn’t something that you would normally hear from a winmo/fuze/ppc site, but we figured it would only be fair to look at our own toys to see what we hated the most about them and for your convenience we have posted links to most if not all of the fixes to the problems below in our forums!  As always, be sure to let us know how or where we messed up and how stupid you think we are…

10. TP2/Fuze2? WTF HTC? Why do you launch a great phone and THEN launch essentially the SAME great phone that quick! This is hardly something to hate, but dont get like apple! Next phone from them may have NO SCREEN!

9.  GPS. Does it work? Well it does sometimes. From a cold start it’s a few minutes. Sometimes it won’t start at all and we need to use third party apps to warm it up a bit. We didn’t have to do this with past phones so it’s time for HTC to fix it.  It’s a cell phone first, but HTC doesn’t need to ignore the features in its own product.

8.  Battery Life. Yup, it’s a Windows device so you can make it through the day…and run home to get it on the charger. It is better than past devices but if 3G is on with push email we all know at some point during the day we will be thinking about if we’re going to make it.  We don’t even have to mention GPS or WiFi.  Once that starts up you can watch your battery drain!

7.  The Camera. Don’t get us wrong, the 3mp camera is really great in bright light. Especially when things aren’t moving too fast(or at all). If you’re in low light and arms are waiving you may as well not embarrass yourself and just leave the phone in your pocket. Yes, I know it’s a cell phone, but I still feel that they can work out a little more functionality here to get less lag.  And the flashes on most cell phones leave much to be desired… the LED “flashes” make people look like ghosts. Some fixes for these problem are here.

Keep reading to see the rest!!!

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Icons From TP2 Ported and Cabbed

Want the new icons from the TP2? It’s pretty simple now that Korand of XDA did the hard work and made them into a cab for us. All you need to do now is download this file, install the cab and soft reset. These icons will replace the standard icons in the Programs directory and … Read more

GOTW #2: Pipes Pipes and more Pipes!

I wrote a little about Pipes a while back in our forums and still to this day  (3 months later) it is still a great game to play and waste some good time on.  Pipes was developed over at the now seemingly abandoned XFLib.net site and it has been downloaded 57995 times! Instant classic you may ask? I think so!

There are no real settings, no audio, just pipes!  Well actually you can choose the difficulty (from very easy to insane) and turn “wrap” on or off.  This adds extra difficulty because the pipes not only have to connect to each other, they also need to connect from the left to the right.

As you can see from the image, it looks OK on VGA.  Originally it was designed for 240×320 but it still runs very smooth and it is still very fun (and time consuming!)  Below you can see the different boards from very easy to hard to insane.

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Needless to say, you DO need your stylus to play the game!  But if you are waiting in the airport or waiting while your wife goes into the lingerie store, this is a great time waster.  And every board is different! so you’ll never get bored!

Post any of your findings/times in our forums here.

Download from here.

Follow me after the break for some more pictures.

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A Better Way To Send Files Over Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a pretty convenient way to send files to someone in the same room as you but it’s a little annoying since you never know the status (are you at 50% or 99%?) and you either need to zip multiple files or send them one by one. Well last_xerxes of XDA has put together … Read more

Proporta Alu-Leather Case (HTC P4550 / TyTn II / Kaiser Series) – Flip Type

Our phones are usually much more than just for making calls, especially phones like the HTC TyTn II or the Tilt. These smartphones can be our mobiles offices that allow us to always keep in touch and know what’s going on. These are great phones, there’s no doubt about that, the one downfall to them is their price, they’re usually very expensive, and most of us are locked into contracts, so if something happens to the phone we’re probably out of luck. So the thing to do is get a case for them to make sure they’re protected, but not just any case will do, at least for me, I’m particular, I want a case that will offer me the most protection for my phone, but yet the ease of access I need. Today for review I’ve got a Flip Style case from Proporta that will fit either the HTC TyTn II or the AT&T Tilt, this case is leather and well made, the leather will offer good protection for your phone, but there’s a bonus aluminum plate in the top cover section for even better protection for the screen of yourphone.

So continue on to learn more…

  

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Advanced Caller ID – Know More About Who Calls You

This neat little application called Advanced Network Caller ID is from Netlon of XDA. After you are done with a call (not during the call) this application jumps online and provides you with more information about the caller (if available) including: – The full name of caller – Address of caller with a map link … Read more

Make A Shortcut To Anything

There are lots of reasons to make a shortcut – some applications are just .exe files so you need a shortcut created to easily access it or maybe you want a shortcut of a specific song or specific picture right in your programs directory. Specialized shortcuts were also needed when mapping the PTT button on … Read more

Dell Announces The First Adamo At $1,999

What is super sexy worth to you? There is no question that the new Adamo line of Laptops from Dell lack absolutely nothing in the way of looks! Check it out:

ADMIRE
  • 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology
  • Genuine Windows Vista®  Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-Bit
  • 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
  • 128GB solid state drive

While not the Baddest Hot Rod on the block, the Admire is very easy on the eyes as well as being engineered from a single piece of Aluminum (Chassis). The 128GB Solid State Drive is also sure to please.

 

For more information, head on over to Dell or Click Here.

The full press release can be found after the break.

 

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Fuze Mobility Store Is Open

One of the AT&T Fuze and HTC Touch Pro’s many capabilities that has not been brought up in a while is video out. Back when the Fuze first came out  our DavidK had several write ups on the Video Out Cable that is NOT included by AT&T which forced him to have to buy his … Read more

FuzeBerry.com by Mobile Matt!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to give a shout out to our very own Mobile Matt and his new website FuzeBerry.com. Matt has been hooking us up with his excellent Themes for quite some time now and he has been working really hard at his newest theme: FuzeBerry II. Based on the new TouchFlo 3D … Read more

Free WinMo games by Floft Games

Every once in a while I enjoy writing about new games I like. Windows Mobile has quite a few addictive games such as Vexed (a-la-sokoban game), Skinz Sudoku, and my favorites: Shift and ZNAX.

Floft Games recently released a new free game called TouchTris so I thought it might be a good time to mention their site as well.

Floft Games develops a number games for Windows Mobile, most of them are currently for free:

  • Ballzor
  • Bubble Trouble
  • Bubble Trouble Demo
  • Bubbles
  • Helicopter
  • Pocket Run
  • Squares
  • Squares II
  • Touchtris

TouchTris is a simple tetris game but it is controlled by finger touch only.

Move your finger left to move a block left, move the finger right to move the block right, move the finger up to rotate the block and move the finger down to move the block down.

Download TouchTris

 

 

 

 

 

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SBSH Calendar Touch 2.1 Released

One of my biggest shortcomings is that I am the least organized person you will ever meet that has every bit of the latest technology right at his fingertips! Pitiful, I know. So if you are like me and need a healthy dose of organization, then I have got just the thing for you! SPSH … Read more