anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

is it me or was this phone suppose to have 288mb

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

the rest of the memory is for video

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

Video recording?

After the HSPL will we be able to free some of that up?

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

thats a lot of mem just for video

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

not movie video, but video as in video card. Just like inexpensive desktops with onboard video cards the 1gb of ram they come with only 768mb is available for programs, the video card reserves 256mb for output to the monitor... Same idea here...
when you think about what this thing can do 100mb really isnt that bad. Yeah I wish it had more like 512 total, but then they wouldnt be able to come out with a better model next month...

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

please qoute the person that was directed to cuz i just looked at the post and was like i already know that $h!t but noticed that some one asked if it was for video recording!!

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

It's there but it' being used by the OS. Go to All Settings, System tab. Device Information, and then go to the Hardware tab. Should say something like:
RAM Size: 288 mb
OS Program Memory: 100 something
Program Memory: whatever's left.

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

has anyone found a way to edit the amount of video ram is used?
is that amount of video mem needed? if not can we change it like we do with file page mem on the older devices

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

I'm sure its necessary. Why do u think the tp2 is so fast and responsive?

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

to me its not that much faster then the tp! but it is faster but not 100mb faster!! i just bought the phone for the bigger screen!!

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

FYI.. The phone has 288 MB of RAM internally. 32 MB is reserved for what I believe to video RAM, or in HTC speak "ISM". That leaves 256 MB for the system to use. Windows Mobile blocks off a portion as a buffer for the camera (Not sure how much on here, on the Mogul it was ~6 MB) and other system stuff (such as the pagepool), plus room for its operating files. What's left over is what you can access to run programs in.

And as I said when I had the Mogul - Damn, Windows Mobile is a memory hog!

I wouldn't expect a mobile OS to take up quite so much RAM. Half of what it currently takes, sure.

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

640K ought to be enough for anybody.
Bill Gates

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

I would venture it's static pagepool settings. I remember when i set a 0 dynamic page pool on my diamond, memory went up to 215MB up from like 190+ Or something.

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

Are you referring to "program memory"? When I go to my hardware information screen is says the same is 256MB... 183.50MB for programs, 72.50MB for the OS = 256MB

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

Keep perpetuating a myth...

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com...ill-gates3.htm

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

If he didn't say it then why did he say this:

I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64k to 640k felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem.

• 1989 speech on the history of the microcomputer industry. [1]

Re: anyone noticed that at stock u only have 188mb of memory?
 

The actual full quote is:

"So that's a 1 MB address space. And in that original design I took the upper 340k and decided that a certain amount should be for video memory, a certain amount for the ROM and I/O, and that left 640k for general purpose memory. And that leads to today's situation where people talk about the 640k memory barrier; the limit of how much memory you can put to these machines. I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64k to 640k felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem."

VERY different than "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Clearly says indicates that he thought he was providing enough address space for 10 years of growth, not that no one would ever need more. Gates himself says he's never uttered that phrase.