Initial impressions and thoughts on the Mogul

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by blockburner28

So how is the battery life and the earpiece volume on this phone?

although I do no have one, quite a few reports at su.com are saying that earpiece and speaker phone volume are quite low, comparable to the 6700 and a few aren't pleased.

anyone with a device want to corroborate?

[KeifR]

The volume on my 6800 is good, significantly better than my 6700 in fact (I had one of the older red-logo 6700s). Also, increasing and decreasing the handset volume in a call now changes the volume when using a bluetooth earpiece -- it did not on my 6700 with the same earpiece.

[iammike]

Originally Posted by Pibe38

I guess Palm did do an awesome job at customizing WM5, I'm seriously thinking the Mogul may not be the device for me, but this is only the second day, so I still have more time to keep exploring as I may be missing something.

Honestly, you couldn't describe my feelings better right now. No doubt the Mogul is a nice device especially for 6700 users out there upgrading.....but something in me is starting to wonder if it was really worth the cost compared to my 700wx.

I'm slowly coming to a realization that the only thing I might miss if I went back to the 700wx is the nice, big, bright screen.

Just like you, I have time so I'm going to play more, wait for more stuff to be figured out and see if that opinion changes but I'm certainly missing how quickly I can do things 1 handed on the Treo (mostly because the D-pad is really starting to bother me on the Mogul) and how the Treo just feels so sturdy in my hands.

Time will tell.

[nosbabe88]

Originally Posted by iammike

Honestly, you couldn't describe my feelings better right now. No doubt the Mogul is a nice device especially for 6700 users out there upgrading.....but something in me is starting to wonder if it was really worth the cost compared to my 700wx.

I'm slowly coming to a realization that the only thing I might miss if I went back to the 700wx is the nice, big, bright screen.

Just like you, I have time so I'm going to play more, wait for more stuff to be figured out and see if that opinion changes but I'm certainly missing how quickly I can do things 1 handed on the Treo (mostly because the D-pad is really starting to bother me on the Mogul) and how the Treo just feels so sturdy in my hands.

Time will tell.

omg You men and ur bulky hands!! I guess this is a womens phone cuz I am absolutly in love!!

[iammike]

Originally Posted by nosbabe88

omg You men and ur bulky hands!! I guess this is a womens phone cuz I am absolutly in love!!

Ironically, the 700wx is the one with the smaller keyboard. :-p

I just find that with the D-Pad, if I want to go up, I can't just put my finger on the upper portion and push down like I can for Down, Left and Right. I have to be mindful to push down AND up at the same time.

Using that technique I'd guess it works correctly 8ish out of 10 times but meh. I find doing most things takes me longer on the 6800 then the 700wx just due to, this is just my opinion, poor one handed use whereas I rate the 700wx very very high on the one handed use.

Like I said, I'll give it time to get more used to the phone and to see what hacks and such come out after some time but that feeling of wanting to go back to my 700wx is creeping up on me more and more.

If I didn't own either one and was just having to decide between the two, I'd probably end up going with the 700wx but when you consider it's costing me almost $600 to switch to the 6800, I doubt I stick with it unless I become nothing but happy with it.

[starfury1]

Originally Posted by Malatesta

although I do no have one, quite a few reports at su.com are saying that earpiece and speaker phone volume are quite low, comparable to the 6700 and a few aren't pleased.

anyone with a device want to corroborate?

I think the volume is better than the 6700, it was really low till i figured out how to raise and lower the volume, i miss having the volume control on the side.. lol

[starfury1]

I am generally happy, with my 6800. it will take time to get used to the differences from the 6700 to the 6800, but i feel that by the time i do it will be second nature too... though while texting when you go to add a ? you open file explorer is kind of a pain but now im only doing that 2 or three times a day as compared to 6 or 7 the first day...

The battery is better than i thought it would be, i did have the extended battery on the 6700 which was akin to having a small nuclear power plant attached to your phone... so those that had the extended battery on the 6700 probably wont be happy with the standard battery on the 6800, but compared to the stock battery of the 6700 its better... of course i was running the extended battery down and had to charge through midday anyway, simply because of my high wireless use and bluetooth for my mp3s.

Its all going to depend on how much you use your device which is obvious.

I do like internet explorer being far better, but on the other hand its a memory hog like you wouldnt believe...

Software store would be nice if the sprint servers could recognize the device lol

i havent played with the GPS yet so i dont know.

oh and the LED's are freaking bright!!! if your charging it in the room your sleeping, you have to turn it over, or you have an instant night light... and dont forget to turn off your bluetooth its going to wake u up lol...

more later...

[flipside]

I'm coming from a 700p and the actual phone ear piece volume seems low to me. Speakerphone is a little lower as well.

I installed tomtom6 and it was unable to recognize the internal GPS. Sprint is selling their nav package with the phone, but there's no way to use it yet. I talked to the people at telenav and they said it's not ready for the Mogul yet. I have a bluetooth GPS on the way though.

I signed up for the trial of "Sprint Family Locator" (sfl.sprint dot com) and it pegged my location exactly to the street number.

I tried locating my wifes treo 650 and the location was 2 miles off.

edit: I found the reg hack for having the built in battery meter, but for some reason it does not show up in either the top or bottom bar, it creates a new line on the today screen. The battery meter thats included with the resco explorer today plugin seems to be working ok though

[Torx]

I tried locating my wifes treo 650 and the location was 2 miles off.

hahaha, i like this statement.. was she telling you it was 2 miles off, or did you verify this all yourself??

and has anyone tested the windows mobile update feature??
im curious as to how and what could be updated..

[flipside]

Originally Posted by Torx

I tried locating my wifes treo 650 and the location was 2 miles off.

hahaha, i like this statement.. was she telling you it was 2 miles off, or did you verify this all yourself??

Her 650 was sitting on the desk next to my Mogul