Going from N95 To HTC Tytn II (Kaiser)

[ryanmcallister1]

Hi all,

first post of this forum so wondering if you guys can share your view with me.

I currently have a Nokia N95, and it does all i want it to, texting is good, it takes a very decent photo and music playback is a definate thumbs up. I have had symbian phones for a good 4 years now and just like the way they operate.

Until i discovered windows mobile.

I work in an Orange Shop and have been playing about with the HTC Tytn II. At first i liked the HTC Touch but in terms of features it really doesnt come up to scratch.

Anyway, ive been playing about with the kaiser and it seems a very nice phone, touch screen is great, camera is great in good light, slide out keyboard is good.


BUT

i do quite alot of texting and although when im inside using both hands to use the keyboard or stylus wouldnt bother me, i am quite concerned how i would get on in a drunken night out when im on foot and can only use 1 hand to text with. Are there any mods you can get in order to make the touch buttons bigger, like a T9 input maybe?


Also is there any "on foot" maps applcation available for the kaiser like the nokia maps program, as i find that quite useful.

I am not at all bothered about the weight of the kaiser.

Cheers,

Ryan

[j.o.s.h.1408]

for map apps try tom tom and google maps.

[Flibb]

Theres quiet a few nav programs for WM6, google maps, yahoo go!, microsoft live, TT nav (has an on foot mode), etc.

Keyboard wise I use touchpal, other option is HTC phone pad (just trying it myself).

[Dreaming]

There are plenty of add ons for it, you should be ok.

But you have to be prepared to mess about with the phone -a lot- when you get it. I reflash the rom nearly weekly at the minute, because the stock roms are pretty poor. Slow interface makes it sluggish to use, all in all it's a great phone but let down by the software.

Fortunately, there are excellent pieces of software out there to fill in the gaps.

[Flibb]

just installed phone pad, seems to work ok, typed this using it

[ryanmcallister1]

ok all sounds cool and i am prepared to mess about with it as im an advanced computer user (doing a degree in networking) and am used to using windows and getting angry at it every so often.

what is the camera like? is the end result of photos anything to be sniffed at?

cheers

[j.o.s.h.1408]

camera is pretty bog standard stuff. nothing special but aint bad at all. im looking to install some freshly cooked ROM's sometime this week as soon as i get my 8gb card

[Funkstar]

Using a new radio and a new main rom makes a massive difference to the camera.

First time I had a play with it i decided it was unusable. In my living room, with lights on and moving the phone about just caused a huge amount of really laggy streaking. The way it is right now is pretty much the same as any of the previous SE camera phones as far a screen response etc.

[digit]

Don't forgot to have a look in the thread dedicated to discussion about it:

http://forums.hexus.net/general-disc...tc-kaiser.html

[ryanmcallister1]

ok awesome guys

just bit the bullet and got one off ebay.

should be here on saturday.

it is an orange branded handset though, so what can i do as to SAFELY adding touchflo to it and making sure windows live messenger works?

cheers

[JohnK]

I can recommend a fantastic mod to make it easy to use the touch screen. Grow your right thumbnail a bit. Then cut it to a shallow point. File it smooth so the tip is a little rounded. Job done, precision input, no stylus.

Comes in handy for peeling oranges too.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

LOL your crazy John haha

[JohnK]

No I'm deadly serious, I did this about a year ago, and whenever I have accidentally cut it too short it's really difficult to operate the phone.

I should post it on xda.

[Dreaming]

flash a new rom onto it, they make such a big difference - dutty's come pre configured with touchflow and the cube, all you need to do is turn it on.

I find I don't use much more than the HTC home screen though.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

what are the chances of it being bricked though? if it does get bricked is their a way to fix it?

[ryanmcallister1]

aye cool guys
was looking on the forums over at xda developers

have a rough idea of what im doing to flash it

going to put the touch dual v4 one on it by dutty.
then i dont know about the radio but ill figure it out

how much do u rekon i can get for my n95 on ebay these days?

cheers