Noob want to buy Universal

[mmmalas]

hi all

I had been here for a while, I got the impression that the best HTC device is the o2 exec. so I am getting one.

I would glad if you can clear out the following points from someone who already owns one:

YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY HOW TO DO IT, SIMPLE ANSWERS WILL DO

1- does skype work fine like the pc version, if yes then does it work over Wifi and gprs?

2- can you play high reolution videos, since I would like to watch movies on my exec, can you divx, at what resolution\ bitrate.

3- is there a problem with tom tom 5?

4- now the most important question, how well does the exec handles games. I am mainly looking at worms, might be playing some 3d games.
and mainly will be playing playstation one emulator.

5- is it possible to unlock the phone i.e. using diffrent networks? how much would it cost?

thanks for your time

edit: mod feel free to move it if its in the wrong place

[N2h]

Hi I went for the XDA exec because it looked better in black then the other SP versions.

answers for you.






1- does skype work fine like the pc version, if yes then does it work over Wifi and gprs?

>>Yes have used it over WIFI not used it via GPRS- quality is still not all that.

2- can you play high reolution videos, since I would like to watch movies on my exec, can you divx, at what resolution\ bitrate.

>> Yep I use The Core Media Player (TCMP) works great for Divx etc

3- is there a problem with tom tom 5?
>> You can get tomtom5 working but needs alot of tweaking, loadz of info on the forums.

4- now the most important question, how well does the exec handles games. I am mainly looking at worms, might be playing some 3d games.
and mainly will be playing playstation one emulator.
>> I play worms world party works a treat no freeze ups or lags.
Havent tried another realtime stratgery game (cant remmber the name sorry) worked great.

5- is it possible to unlock the phone i.e. using diffrent networks? how much would it cost?
>> Most of the Execs that have been bought come already unlocked I bought mine from o2 online and it was unlocked, but mate bought his from the store and it was sim locked, so depends on were you buy it from, dont know if the ones now being sent from o2's website are sim locked or not.
I belive O2 charge between £20-25 for the NUC- but not to sure on the price.
There is work being done on this site for an unlocker.

thanks for your time
>>My pleasure mate iv got no complaints so far on my device and im geting my monies worth out of it.
N2h

[mmmalas]

thanks for your reply,

can you clarify on the video quality, does it work at 640x480 @ 30fps without glitches, the best way to describe the video quality by knowing the maximum bitrate it can play.

As for games, if anyone can share his experiance with PSX games that would be appreciated.

if unlocking cost around 25 pounds I dont mind paying it.

[belfast-biker]

can you clarify on the video quality, does it work at 640x480 @ 30fps without glitches, the best way to describe the video quality by knowing the maximum bitrate it can play.




I had to play with the settings initially to avoid a 15 secondly pause of a few secs, but I notice no problems now - couldn't tell you if it's keeping up with that bitrate or not, all I can say is that I was playing the latest ep of E-Ring on it this morning and it was gloriously lovely. Alternatively, when you stream the movie over wifi, which I did for something I'd forgotten to install to SD card, the bit rate goes down when there is a lot of movement, but not uncomfortably so.

With a screen that small though, you could probably re-encode it with tempest or something, and have it play at 320x240 with little visible loss of quality and 30fps regardless of wifi.


This device really does do it all... all I need now is remote control for my PC winamp via wifi, and I'm sorted... :)