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Originally Posted by hotis300boy
mine is also 1.11.30f
if i understand you right Mal you are saying this number appearing in our memory is like basically saying wrong programming? meaning it actually does have more available but just shows less? and in order to keep anarchy from happening they are fixing before releasing? cause it runs fine
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Exactly. There are multiple chips for memory spanned on the device and WM is only seeing part of it at this time. So although physically it has the same amount as a Treo Pro or 800w, it has ~25mb less available.
As far as it running fine, I suggest you spend more time with it
Specifically, IE6 (which is god awful) can easily use 15-18mb of RAM when on a full site. Combine that with Live Search, pTunes or Kinoma Play and a handful of other apps and you'll run out of memory ASAP (I've gotten it down to 2mb). The device starts to crawl at < 10mb free. (
Also notice how IE6 cant stay open in the background for very long--it seems to close itself out randomly--not sure what that is about).
The fix would be a new ROM flash, whic his a bit much to ask people who just bought the darn thing, lol. So yeah, they're doing it beforehand. Plus, considering they have the 800w on hand, there is not a huge rush to fill the WM Treo gap at Sprint.
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Originally Posted by jaggrey
Well my understanding is it runs fine cuz it's not out of memory, but there should be more available memory than what you're getting.
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Yup, exactly right. Some people won't notice any problems but the fact remains there is something wrong with it, so it needs to be fixed.
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Originally Posted by jaggrey
I played with this phone yesterday at a Sprint store. It's pretty nice... I like it. The keyboard isn't too bad... def not the normal Treo keyboard but not really like the Centro either. I think I'd get used to it. I couldn't believe how light it was, and it didn't creak at all. Really shiny plastic tho... wow.
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Mine actually creaks, right in the upper left hand corner. It also feels quite delicate compared to the 800w.
The STP is nice, but for me it's just not a "true" Palm Treo (lacks Palm's WM finesse) and the buttons (not KB) are just terrible--too flush, not tactile, annoying to depress. Re: kb, I actually like both the 800ws and STPs (and also the Centro's). It's like sneakers or shoes for me, somedays you feel like one or the other.
And for a 528mhz speed, it's barely (if ever) faster than a 333mhz 800w--in fact on stock WM apps, the 800w is sometimes a split second faster. The TP is better for large, 3rd party apps. Standby/background battery life is impressive--so great email machine. But once you start actually using it (internet, video, etc.) it drains just as fast as any WM device.
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Originally Posted by jaggrey
Mal,
Does the Sprint Treo Pro have any of the same bugs as the GSM one?
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I still need to try the "any button silences the ringer" trick and I have gotten the green button to redial a missed call by accident once. But so far most of those bugs are gone as far as I can tell. My main beef with the phone is just subjective physical features (see buttons above) and the fact it is not hugely different than the 800w in the areas that are important to me. But it's a pretty solid WM device overall.