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Originally Posted by TheBundo
What I read in this post said it all for me:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...ded#post475728
"I got the TP this morning and so far today I have mixed feelings. They added more than I could ever ask for when it comes to the upgrade from my mogul, and then took away more than I could have feared.
We needed more memory, but 288mb was overshoot, for WM6.1 we only needed 144mb or somewhere in-between (all that extra RAM is burning power as we speak).
I admit, a higher resolution was needed. But, while qvga was too low, vga is too high! Applications such as googlemaps, which are now required to fill four times more pixels, wind up studdering when trying to scroll. But at least this I understand, there really is nothing between qvga and vga; so this I don't mind too much, just rewrite googlemaps to pixel double or something and everyone will be happy.
But also important is what the designers took away.
While the mogul had too many LEDs, the TP has none! No indicators whatsoever to notify you of a missed call, voicemail, or e-mail. Or so it seems since there are white LEDs around the Dpad, but they are not given as an option (so this might be fixable).
While the mogul had too many buttons, more than anyone could have thought useful, the TP has no buttons to spare whatsoever. And the buttons it does have are often the wrong ones (though I hear they will be customizable by the right app)."
My feelings exactly. I've decided to stick with the Mogul, and keep ordering replacements as needed, until the right thing comes along. Enjoy your phones, folks. Maybe I'll see you on the forum for the next great thing (or back in the Mogul forum from time to time, or here out of curiousity), but for now, I don't see this as a net gain. I don't think I'd take a TP in an even trade at this point, since I don't want to have to start dealing with patches and fixes all over again. I've have them all done for almost a year on the Mogul, and every time I need a replacement unit, I just restore my backup, and I'm good to go. It was fun and challenging going through it once, I just don't want to do it again, though. |
VGA apps take more ram, you will find that 128ish would be nowhere near enough. Look at your free ram now and it's usually ~130ish. The RAM uses a VERY negligible amount of battery I'm sure as well.
VGA may be a little high, but it is much appreciated, especially for remote desktop (no scrolling around!). The screen is unbelievable. I notice no lag scrolling around. Videos play unbelievably smoother too (due to video drivers I imagine), including slingbox and such.
There is a simple regedit to allow the flash light option to be checked too, and it will flash the dpad for missed calls/etc.
As for 'my feelings exactly' I'm not sure how you can say that when you've never owned one and probably never used one.