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igalan
31st January 2007, 10:24 AM
My Wizard has served me well, but it's beginning to freeze or crash too often when working. Last week I did a hard-reset, but it didn't help much. So I'm looking for an alternative device and the Herald is the natural succesor.

I'm looking for opinions. My top priority at this point is stability; I'm also considering the Hermes, but not having AKU 3 is a disadvantage. I want to run TextMaker or PlanMaker (SoftMaker Office 2006), QMail, and a few more apps like Resco 2005 and Pocket Weather, nothing too complicated. But I don't want to loose time because my Wizard freezed when I needed to access one document, or when connecting with Terminal Server.

Are you happy with your Herald? Do you recommend it for a Wizard user considering that it's almost the same PocketPC with a newer AKU and slimmer form factor? Thanks :)
vvv121
31st January 2007, 10:41 AM
Yes, it is. The device is much better built overall, and works faster.
pgp
31st January 2007, 06:53 PM
yes, i've upgraded and its much better
RpR
31st January 2007, 10:16 PM
I've just bought a Herald today to replace my Wizard, and so far it's looking very good :-)
igalan
1st February 2007, 09:41 AM
Thanks for the feedback :) . I'll probably get one this week. In fact some time ago I purchased a MicroSD for my Wizard in preparation for future upgrades (with a MicroSD to MiniSD adaptor, of course).
vvv121
8th February 2007, 08:58 PM
microSD to miniSD adaptor? I've never heard about such a thing. Are you sure?
igalan
9th February 2007, 12:31 PM
Yup, I'm using a Micro SD in my Wizard with this adapter. I wanted to make sure that I don't have to change the memory card, regardless of what device I could get in the future. And I also have a Micro SD to Memory Stick Duo to use another Micro SD on the PSP. I hate having docens of incompatible memory cards :) .

BTW, I'm running Faria's AKU 3.3 ROM on my Wizard, so right now I'm not going to replace it. And since WM 6 is just around the corner, it's better for me to wait a bit. If the Herald gets the WM 6 upgrade and the Wizard doesn't, then I will get one.
papamopps
17th April 2007, 07:36 PM
Two weeks and my wizard will be replaced by a XDA terra (Herald) with WM6 installed. WeŽll see what is better.
igalan
17th April 2007, 09:01 PM
In two weeks this XDA Terra is going to be released with WM 6? Then it will be the first device being sold with WM 6.

I think I'm going to (patiently) wait for the Toshiba G900. It has a lot more punch :) .