Phone quality of Trinity and some other questions.

[starkman]

Hello all.

I'm actually falling in love with Trinity but I'd like to ask about the quality of the phone module of this PPC.

I mean, is it ok as a phone? Has anyone encountered any problems such as echo, digital noise, etc? A lot of PPCs have these problems [for example 1) users can hear their own echo, 2) the other party can hear his echo, 3) digital noise when they speak, etc].

Some people mentioned that the now enabled GPS only works when the radio module is working, meaning that when you remove the sim card (so GSM or GPRS are not working) then the GPS module does not work. Is this really happening to anyone?

I'm also concerned about two other things...

First thing is the lock options for the phone. I know it doesn't have any lock button so what are the options for the locking of the phone or the screen? I mean if you have it in your pocket locked and it rings, and one button is pressed accidentally, does it mean that you are unlucky?

Second thing is the task manager. Is there any application that we can use to map it to a keyboard button so that we can switch tasks? Let's say I'm running a navigation application, and I want to switch to the phone pad to make a call, how could this be done?

Finally, what about the memory handling and the rom memory? How much free ram is available when you turn on the mobile (with the initial applications that come with the phone, or/and with the latest -enabling GPS - rom)? And how much free rom is available with the original rom and with the customized one (the one that enables GPS)?

I would appreciate it if you could answer some of these questions.

thanx in advance :)

[anonimo]

Hello all.

I'm actually falling in love with Trinity but I'd like to ask about the quality of the phone module of this PPC.

I mean, is it ok as a phone? Has anyone encountered any problems such as echo, digital noise, etc? A lot of PPCs have these problems [for example 1) users can hear their own echo, 2) the other party can hear his echo, 3) digital noise when they speak, etc].


It's more than OK as a phone!


Some people mentioned that the now enabled GPS only works when the radio module is working, meaning that when you remove the sim card (so GSM or GPRS are not working) then the GPS module does not work. Is this really happening to anyone?


I am not using the GPS ROM yet but keep in mind that removing the SIM card from the Trinity is so uncomfortable that it's not something you want to do very often!


I'm also concerned about two other things...

First thing is the lock options for the phone. I know it doesn't have any lock button so what are the options for the locking of the phone or the screen? I mean if you have it in your pocket locked and it rings, and one button is pressed accidentally, does it mean that you are unlucky?


There are several lock options, some requiring a password to unlock. When the phone is locked and you receive a call the only button to work is the answer key, which is pretty much the same as with all other phones.


Second thing is the task manager. Is there any application that we can use to map it to a keyboard button so that we can switch tasks? Let's say I'm running a navigation application, and I want to switch to the phone pad to make a call, how could this be done?


Whatever application you are using if you press the "call" button you will go straight to the phone pad.


Finally, what about the memory handling and the rom memory? How much free ram is available when you turn on the mobile (with the initial applications that come with the phone, or/and with the latest -enabling GPS - rom)? And how much free rom is available with the original rom and with the customized one (the one that enables GPS)?


I don't know with the new GPS ROM but with the standard HTC ROM I think you get about 40MB of storage and 40MB for program execution after a hard reset.

[starkman]

Ok thanx for the reply.

I hope with the new roms that are being released the free storage space will be greater. 40 MB is not that good. I've had 63 MB at my Asus P525.