couple of question on Exec, please have alook

[mmmalas]

hi all

I am getting O2 XDA Exec

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

Does skype work over gprs at all?

if yes, how much skype will use interms of gprs bandwidth

2- can you play video 640x480 @30fps


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

5- incase it was simlocked, does anyone know if O2 does unlock the phone

thanks for your time

[mmmalas]

comon people someone must have few answers

[mmmalas]

all those views and no replies?

[vapor]

i only have the question to 5 and as far as i know, O2 Exec is not sim locked

[majdi]

for the Skype, it didn't work with me over GPRS, no matter what i tried.

for the gaming, personally i don't play games on it whatsoever (exept for the buble breaker), but one friend is spending most of his time playing 3Ds on it, but i never saw the PS1 emulator on it & i sure don't know if it's gonna work fine on it.

cheers

[l6cum]

where do i get the ps1 emulator, plz i know i can get snes emulator etc but if you can get me the software or the link i will gladly check it for you!
thanks

[mmmalas]

this is the ps emulator link is:

http://fpsearm.psxfanatics.com/

speed depend on game, so I am mainly looking for final fantasy 7

[mmmalas]

have you tried the emulator?

can you inform us on the results

[tomsyota]

I have played movies at 30fps at 640x480 using pocket dvd studio to rip the dvd. It's a littly choppy at times and sometimes sputters but for the most part it works fine. I haven't tried playing them without all the background stuff running like voice command etc. - maybe that would help with the choppiness. If you're looking for top of the line quality without any hiccups you might be disappointed though.

[mmmalas]

this is what I am trying to feel, I am expecting too much from it.

I had not owned PDA before. thus I have really high expectations from it.

I think the Universal is not for me, gonna get a PDA phone when its mature enough

[kinkybookworm]

As to the video playback, I use ImToo DVD ripper and then convert to Pocket PC format using Windows Movie Maker. Tthis gives me quality video and stereo sound without a large file footprint.

[mmmalas]

by the way majdi, I am from jordan too (same country) but I am living in the uk

can you inform me on the exec price there?

and would appreciate if you gave me you msn ID

salam

[Southern_Man]

Does skype work over gprs at all?

>> It depends on the operator. With Vodafone NZ it does, but consumes about 1mb an hour just being logged in

2- can you play video 640x480 @30fps

>> Yes, but you need to get Betaplayer (do a google search)

5- incase it was simlocked, does anyone know if O2 does unlock the phone

>> Xda Exec and Mini S ARE NOT SIM LOCKED.

[cktlcmd]

For playing DVDs on my O2 XDA Exec I use Pocket DVD for PALM (which I bought for my TH55/E1). I use TCPMP to play them at 15fps without any slow downs, glitches, nor loss of sound. It plays smoothly like watching a movie on a small DVD player. The only drawback is it uses about 400MB of my SD Card memory. I use the following settings:


DVD / Movies SETTINGS:

Fullscreen: 464x288 (134 kPixel); 24 kbps audio 6 channels; 490 kbps video (6th setting)

Widescreen: 464x224 (104 kPixel); 24 kbps audio 6 channels; 486 kbps video (5th setting)

[l6cum]

re DVD
i use pocket DVD studio which can be downloaded from www.pocketgear.com and it is about $39.

i convert my movies 320X240 at about 15fps
the result is good decent quality audio and video on the exec and a typical movie 2 hours length is done at about 210Mb.

originally converted movies for my Blueangel (XDA2s) but now using same files on the exec and not a major difference in quality except for the odd fast action sequences which become pixelated and blotchy but a fair compromise between size and quality!

on the whole i can live with these settings. i play the files on Betaplayer. Top quality freeware, doenst use a lot of memory and perfect for playing all types of files.

thanks

[mmmalas]

most of you use 15fps, does the video look strange at that frame rate?

aslo if someone could clarify speed on games, that would be nice

[l6cum]

finally got it to work! downloaded emulator and the bios file
i had destruction derby 2 for the ps1 at home so i created the 'backup' image file and put the file on the memory card
fired up the emulator and the emu works fine and applied the bios
loaded the image file of the game and it also started loading BUT was tooo slow.
on the pc version of the emu i had about 200fps whereas on the exec was 15fps at best, way too slow to play. sound was too loud and distorted and graphics were ok-ish.
so this experience for me was not a good one and will not be pursuing ps1 emulation on the exec.

hope this helps