Argh, they got the clock wrong again . The video shows the time as 10:08, but the clock widget displays 10:23.
No, no. It's just incredibly accurate fractional time-zone support! GPS-based for your exact longitude.
HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
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Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#32now you'll just need to find a provider who will actually allow you to use VoiP over 3G.
The British network "3" (that's their name!) actively encourage it, selling dedicated Skype phones and running a fairly heavy ad campaign promoting "free calls forever": http://www.three.co.uk/Company/3G_Network/Skype
Calls made via Skype don't eat up your data plan and aren't charged by the minute - they're actually free. I have one and it works surprisingly well, even in patchy coverage where voice calls break up. Whether it really will be forever, I don't know...
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#33Which US carrier will this be available for? Any guesses? It's T-mobile in the UK.
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, it also helps with hand contour. And it makes it easy to identify the phone's orientation by touch. And it encourages you to put the phone in your pocket the right way around... If you read the G1 user manual (yeah, yeah, I know), there is a curious passage advising you to keep the back of the phone 1.5 cm from the body.
That's in case the battery goes boom. The bend at the bottom is an absolute dealbreaker for me.
The pictures make it look a lot worse than it actually is.
I have a G1 and the bend isn't noticable unless you lay it flat on the table and look at it in profile.
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#35Can the Sense interface be disabled if you want to use the default Andoid interface?
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#36now you'll just need to find a provider who will actually allow you to use VoiP over 3G.
The British network "3" (that's their name!) actively encourage it, selling dedicated Skype phones and running a fairly heavy ad campaign promoting "free calls forever": http://www.three.co.uk/Company/3G_Network/Skype Calls made via Skype don't eat up your data plan and aren't charged by the minute - they're actually free. I have one and it works surprisingly well, even in patchy coverage where voice calls break up.…
Yes, but that only works with their supplied phones. You can still use Skype on other phones, but you'll have to pay the bandwidth cost of £5 / month for 1GB.
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
The British network "3" (that's their name!) actively encourage it, selling dedicated Skype phones and running a fairly heavy ad campaign promoting "free calls forever": http://www.three.co.uk/Company/3G_Network/Skype Calls made via Skype don't eat up your data plan and aren't charged by the minute - they're actually free. I have one and it works surprisingly well, even in patchy coverage where voice calls break up.…
Yes, but that only works with their supplied phones. You can still use Skype on other phones, but you'll have to pay the bandwidth cost of £5 / month for 1GB.
£5 per month or per GB?
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but that only works with their supplied phones. You can still use Skype on other phones, but you'll have to pay the bandwidth cost of £5 / month for 1GB.
£5 per month or per GB?
You get a GB, which is valid for a month. If you want more, you can pay another £5. (or £2.50 for 500MB which is valid for a week)
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#39A better (more future-safe) link would be http://www.htc.com/www/product/hero/overview.html
Interesting, it says "HTC Magic" on the left navigation frame. HTC forgot to update its template?
Re: HTC Hero - Full Flash, Skype over 3G, custom Android UI, multitouch.
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you sure about this? Wouldn't it be easier to write FLV support on the iPhone than to re-encode hundreds of millions of videos?
I think the problem there is Apple - they don't want Flash support on the iPhone. They haven't explicitly stated so, but I think they don't want it because it would give people the ability to develop full iPhone applications that don't go through their store and approval process.
That's also why they're never going to support HTML5, client-side storage, or geo-location in Mobile Safari.