What can you do with your Titan?

[letsgoflyers81]

Originally Posted by iflog

Orb works fine for some things. I access fine, can view everything but Windows Media isn't working. I can not listen to any of my music or watch and of my videos. I have it set up properly but when I try to play music or a video, my Windows Media player loads up then I get an error "Cannot perform the requested action at this time".

Try checking the ports Orb is using to stream the media and check your router or firewall at home to make sure those ports are open.

[eb3604]

Originally Posted by Raging Idiot

I haven't received my Titan just yet, but this is what I plan to achieve with it:
1. End world Hunger
2. Create peace and good will on Earth.
3. Design a Holodeck.

..but I'm thinking that 1 and 2 might get trampled after the completion of 3.

you have huge hands!

[Raging Idiot]

My only complaint so far - is that they need to make the phone bigger.


Actually, these phones aren't all that great straight off the assembly line....but..
in the hands of giants ... they can do just about all the above

[iflog]

It is set to port 80. When I run the check provided it says that it cannot connect to that port. Try checking firewall or something. I turned my firewall off completely and it still wont connect. What other ports could I try?

[TC1]

Originally Posted by iflog

It is set to port 80. When I run the check provided it says that it cannot connect to that port. Try checking firewall or something. I turned my firewall off completely and it still wont connect. What other ports could I try?

Do you get Internet access through your cable company? More than likely your ISP is blocking port 80, change the settings on ORB to use 81 or 82, etc, then run the check. Should work fine then. Just remember which port you use, you'll have to forward that port (router/firewall settings) to the PC running ORB.

[iflog]

I have Roadrunner for my ISP. I tried changing to port 81 and 82 and still wouldn't connect. I have my firewall off and my router is fully opened. I'm sure it has something to do with the router though. Always is whenever there is a problem. I hate routers.

[Atari]

Originally Posted by TC1

I hear you on the service plan... I'm still within 30 days of my purchase so I can still get insurance... but just like car extended warranties, you gotta do the math. So let's take a look at it:

The insurance is $7 a month. So let's say you don't have a problem until a year later, that means you've spent $84 already on insurance. Plus, they charge you a $55 deductible, making your total out-of-pocket expense to replace the phone $139. A year from now, the price on this phone is going to drop considerably (afterall, Sprint is not VzW which still charges $299 for a 6700 2 years later, lol). And if nothing happens to your phone within 2 years (life of your contract) you've paid $168 out-of-pocket.

So my advice is the same as what they say about car extended warranties... take the money you would have spent on the insurance and put it in a savings account. If something happens, the money is there to offset the cost of replacing the phone. If nothing happens, the money is there to go towards a new model... or anything else you want to buy.

But... if you are the type of person that is accident prone and is constantly dropping their phone, glasses, iPods, etc... then get the insurance!

Or how about: pay the $7/mo for the first 2 years? From what I understood, the $50 deductible is only if you lose the phone, or it is damaged by an accident. If the phone itself dies due to hardware failure, no deductible. I've replaced it once with $0 deductible a few months later because of hardware failure.

So do the math on this...

PPC-6700's STILL sell for about $300++ new on ebay, and it's a model that is > 2 years old. That is your uninsured replacement cost for a "new" 6700. So if you only had to replace it ONCE, very very late in the ownership life of the item, then you might come out ahead $14 or something silly. More than once, and you're cursing every design flaw the phone has, fighting with sprint reps, etc... all because you didn't want to burn $7 extra when they are giving you what is undoubtedly the best rate plan in the industry (assuming you have SERO).

You don't want to feel like a fool when your mogul gets dropped and breaks a few months from now and you have to shell out hundreds to get a new (or likely, refurb) one. I'm pretty sure you can't get your discounted rebated price again once you're a customer -- you'll have to pay FULL PRICE for a replacement or refurb, right?

I'd get insurance while the replacement cost was high - and as you can see with these phones, that can be for awhile. This isn't a POS do-nothing RAZR

It's $7. Think of it like this... you buy Sprint lunch, they give you phone protection on your $500 phone for the month.

[iflog]

Now I'm beginning to think its in the phone. I set port forwarding on my router and checked the connection in Orb and it says its streaming OK now. When I try to play a music or video file I still get an error from Windows Media on the Pocket PC.

[Shaska]

I use my Titan to take control of a PAC base and then proceed to drop troops on it and in turn destroy my friends Titan... Then I get a Titan survival pin...

Now for reality: I use it for internet radio over Wi-Fi... (still waiting for EVDO around here)

[mad_vtak]

For the person who posted the codecs. Thanks, i got on orb and its bad ass. Thanks guys!!