Just got my 800w/problems already

[miketab]

Originally Posted by deanwoof

What I want to know is if X-Button or something similar would work on this phone? I guess it wouldn't matter that much with all the extra memory, but it would definatly help the battery life right?

just hold the ok button when your on the today screen and the task manager opens and close all the programs you want closed.

[willysp]

I just got my "free, swap for BT-defective Mogul" 800w from Sprint. Have been using Touch for last 6 months. 800w BT not nearly as good as my Touch or my Razr2. First call to my wife using BT on 800w got this comment: "doesn't sound nearly as good as your old phone (Touch)".

Will play with the 800w awhile. Random thoughts so far:

Generally like the form factor, but a bit heavier and thicker than it should be, IMO. Battery life weak. BT average or worse. Stylus so flexible it's hard to use. Fast wrt scrolling and app switching. Lots of memory. Prefer 6.1 SMS to Palm SMS. Can't have different screen brightness settings for battery and AC power. Hard and soft resets require ridiculous battery removals! Better off-axis screen viewing than Touch. When BT pairing with my car, it identifies itself with Owner Name, not Device Name. IR port a waste of space and resources in 2008.

Thinking it may soon go on eBay as "almost new"....

[willysp]

Originally Posted by Romeo5k

So lets get this straight ppl
1. GPS navigation works perfectly fine?
2. wifi works perfectly fine?
3. Battery life is like or better than the 700wx?
4. its stable and no or very little lags?
5. and if I signed my contract in January I have to pay about $400 for this fone?
6. anyone tried the txt messaging yet?
7. Anyone tried "phone as modem" yet?
8. is active sync stable?
*** sorry for so manny questions.. but I need to be sure about this***

1 - nice and fast
2 - yes
3 - can't compare to 700w, but mediocre compared to Touch. 800w needs a bigger battery.
4 - YES - fast!
5 - don't know - talk to Sprint.
6 - works fine, but I prefer 6.1 threaded SMS to Palm's version. Personal taste.
7 - haven't tried
8 - yes, so far

[dmc1068]

The X button is actually the OK button. If you hold it for two seconds it actually opens up the task manager and you can shut down from there.

[CountryDevil]

Originally Posted by cordodor

touch works fine w/ vc over bt. couldn't get it to work on the 800w though.

When my 6700 died I got the 700wx because it was the only WM phone at the time. With the 700wx I was dissapointed that VC/BT did not work. It will intiate but you can not use the BT headset to state your command(s) to the phone. You had to use the phone mic and speaker. I did some digging into this and all along every site said that it was due to the BT chipset that was used in the 700wx.

I have been waiting for the 800w to come out becasue this issue was suppose to be fixed with 800w.

So ared you telling me that VC/BT does not work on the 800w either? If this is correct, then that just may be a deal breaker for me.

[JackG058]

Originally Posted by Trident

Is this for real? The Touch doesn't do VC/BT either??
This is the deal killer for me- is this a known issue that will be addressed or is it just the way Palm devices work?

I know this is an older thread, but since I didn't see the answer addressed for you, I thought it might be a good time to remind everyone that there are two software updates available from Palm, and they can both be done OTA (over-the-air).

Voice dialing over bluetooth http://www.palm.com/us/support/downl...oth/index.html

USB and battery charging update http://www.palm.com/us/support/downl...usb/index.html

[JAVIERBOND007]

Same Problem with softreset here, I Just Installed The Cab File Attached Below And Created A Short Cut On The Start Menu, It Works For Me.

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by willysp

I just got my "free, swap for BT-defective Mogul" 800w from Sprint. Have been using Touch for last 6 months. 800w BT not nearly as good as my Touch or my Razr2. First call to my wife using BT on 800w got this comment: "doesn't sound nearly as good as your old phone (Touch)".

Will play with the 800w awhile. Random thoughts so far:

Generally like the form factor, but a bit heavier and thicker than it should be, IMO. Battery life weak. BT average or worse. Stylus so flexible it's hard to use. Fast wrt scrolling and app switching. Lots of memory. Prefer 6.1 SMS to Palm SMS. Can't have different screen brightness settings for battery and AC power. Hard and soft resets require ridiculous battery removals! Better off-axis screen viewing than Touch. When BT pairing with my car, it identifies itself with Owner Name, not Device Name. IR port a waste of space and resources in 2008.

Thinking it may soon go on eBay as "almost new"....

give this thread i posted for a remedy to the soft reset issue u disclosed
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...364#post560364

u can google SPB mobile shell or search this site, either or is ya get

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by JAVIERBOND69

Same Problem with softreset here, I Just Installed The Cab File Attached Below And Created A Short Cut On The Start Menu, It Works For Me.

javi..i swear, i didnt scroll thru da whole page, until i saw ur cab for da soft reset..my back to repeat what u already said..hey bro..u gotta screen shot of it?? mines is on this thread http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...364#post560364

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by willysp

1 - nice and fast
2 - yes
3 - can't compare to 700w, but mediocre compared to Touch. 800w needs a bigger battery.
4 - YES - fast!
5 - don't know - talk to Sprint.
6 - works fine, but I prefer 6.1 threaded SMS to Palm's version. Personal taste.
7 - haven't tried
8 - yes, so far

7- http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=33477&page=10
post 95-97..read instructs posted b4 install/usage