This past Tuesday, at 10:54, something must have happened: this was the last time when my Windows Mobile Phone (HTC TyTN II) synchronised its email with our server at work. I could not identify the problem... the calendar sync went ok, there was a connection to the server, just when it came to email, all that was displayed was "connecting...", then "0/760", trying to get the emails over. I had contacted our tech support, thinking it had to do with something on the server. They could not find any fault, so I kept trying with the phone, changing sync settings etc. Internet connection on the phone worked ok, anything else also seemed to work fine. Then yesterday I found another fault: tried to run Google Maps which I had installed last year, and that gave an error: "Google Maps cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file". Now that was strange. I had used Google Maps a few weeks ago, it was working fine. A couple of phone soft phone resets did not help. I hesitated to do a hard reset, fearing I would have to install all my applications again.
I installed the latest version of Google Maps, worked ok. Except when I wanted to set GPS options: a crash with an error message occurred then.
Not sure what the cause for these problems was. There must have been something in the memory. Maybe an overflow? I still had more than 47M available. I deleted manually all emails in my inbox on the phone - more than 250. Tried again to sync, but still did not work.
But when I woke up this morning, the email problem had "healed" itself! The inbox was filled with new emails, and the connection to the Windows Exchange server seemed to be ok. Not sure what solved this problem... I will try to monitor.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, March 13, 2008
A new toy: XDA Stellar
Yesterday, Wednesday, I got a new toy: a mobile phone with built-in GPS - the XDA Stellar. It replaces the XDA Exec which I had now for more than 2 years.
Here is the story (well, not really a story...): After my move to the UK, I had tried for several weeks to get a mobile phone contract, but one has to live here for at least 3 years, to get banking references etc. What a nightmare that was, until I finally was able to convince the store clerk that I would be able to pay for a monthly contract. I could write a long story about the O2 phone hotline, when first my order had been accepted, then had been cancelled after a credit check... and nobody was there to take any responsibility... but that story os long over, and I had gotten my XDA Exec in January 2006. Very nice device, phone with a keyboard. I could not write SMS on those "normal" number-only keyboards - takes me way too long. But the Exec had a few flaws: a tiny memory of 128 MB. That was really not sufficient, and I had constantly to delete files and to close applications, as the memory was getting full, and then the memory would actually overflow. I noticed that when the "free memory" indicated a negative number! A sure sign of this was when the display suddenly became fully bright, even when on battery. And then I always knew that it was time to reset the Windows Mobile 5 device.
But overall the phone was great, and I kept it after the 18 month contract ran out (switched then of course to a cheaper contract).
A few days ago I saw the XDA Stellar: same capability, with keyboard, slightly more memory - and a built-in GPS! So I went, ordered it, and yesterday I got it.
Here a few first impressions:
- the device is smaller and lighter than the Exec - very nice. Has fast network - so I upgraded to unlimited internet. I would recommend this, because one can quickly exceed the standard allowance of 1MB per month.
- the keyboard is a bit smaller, keys are standard QUERTY, but there are no numbers on top. Still is fine with me.
- there is no software for the GPS included. This is a pity - the Copilot 7 is only included in the XDA Orbit 2, but not with the Stellar. So initially I did not have any opportunity to test if the GPS is actually there... I downloaded and installed the 3dTracking software, and when I tried it out today, it actually worked ok. But the documentation gives no clue what settings should be used, and how to interface the GPS.
- the built-in camera is quite good. BUT: it does no automatic Geo-tagging!!!! what is the point of having GPS and camera in one device, when they do not even talk to each other????
It seems that there is still some work to do for the developers at HTC. This is a nice device, but it surely needs development and integration to be really useful.
Here is the story (well, not really a story...): After my move to the UK, I had tried for several weeks to get a mobile phone contract, but one has to live here for at least 3 years, to get banking references etc. What a nightmare that was, until I finally was able to convince the store clerk that I would be able to pay for a monthly contract. I could write a long story about the O2 phone hotline, when first my order had been accepted, then had been cancelled after a credit check... and nobody was there to take any responsibility... but that story os long over, and I had gotten my XDA Exec in January 2006. Very nice device, phone with a keyboard. I could not write SMS on those "normal" number-only keyboards - takes me way too long. But the Exec had a few flaws: a tiny memory of 128 MB. That was really not sufficient, and I had constantly to delete files and to close applications, as the memory was getting full, and then the memory would actually overflow. I noticed that when the "free memory" indicated a negative number! A sure sign of this was when the display suddenly became fully bright, even when on battery. And then I always knew that it was time to reset the Windows Mobile 5 device.
But overall the phone was great, and I kept it after the 18 month contract ran out (switched then of course to a cheaper contract).
A few days ago I saw the XDA Stellar: same capability, with keyboard, slightly more memory - and a built-in GPS! So I went, ordered it, and yesterday I got it.
Here a few first impressions:
- the device is smaller and lighter than the Exec - very nice. Has fast network - so I upgraded to unlimited internet. I would recommend this, because one can quickly exceed the standard allowance of 1MB per month.
- the keyboard is a bit smaller, keys are standard QUERTY, but there are no numbers on top. Still is fine with me.
- there is no software for the GPS included. This is a pity - the Copilot 7 is only included in the XDA Orbit 2, but not with the Stellar. So initially I did not have any opportunity to test if the GPS is actually there... I downloaded and installed the 3dTracking software, and when I tried it out today, it actually worked ok. But the documentation gives no clue what settings should be used, and how to interface the GPS.
- the built-in camera is quite good. BUT: it does no automatic Geo-tagging!!!! what is the point of having GPS and camera in one device, when they do not even talk to each other????
It seems that there is still some work to do for the developers at HTC. This is a nice device, but it surely needs development and integration to be really useful.
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