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deepcoveruk · 28-11-2007, 04:51 PM

Ok, I have had a good play with it now.

The newness has rubbed off already, but I do like it! I have owned several XDA's before (wizard, universal, hermes & artemis) and this is the best one by far!

There are plenty of reviews regarding the kaiser hardware, and the one here is very good, all I will add is that I think the keyboard is not as good as those on hermes & wizard.

But the device is so small, barely larger than an orbit and the silver on the front looks fantastic.

The camera is the best I have seen on an XDA so far.

With regards to the ROM and software I was pleasantly suprised to see the lack of O2 bloatware, only the O2 custom task manager which I disabled and replaced with the HTC task manager.

I had HTC today and touch cube running on the device in no time.

TomTom 6 installed without any of the problems that I had heard of.

The faster processor certainly makes the device a lot quicker than the orbit I have been using.

However, I have now signed the petition over at XDA developers, as the video drivers in this ROM are no better than the other kaiser ROM's.

Video playback is worse than on the wizard. When I tried morphgear I got 30fps and could tell the device was getting caned, so decided the Stellar is not up to SNES emulation at the moment.

I gave WorldCard a whirl, it is excellent, when somebody extracts it from the ROM, I advise you all grab a copy!

There is a huge amount of space to install programs on this thing!

The headset remote that comes with the stellar is top notch too!

If you have been waiting for this like I was, you will not be dissapointed when it turns up!

28-11-2007, 04:51 PM	#35 (permalink)
deepcoveruk Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Xda Stellar Review Ok, I have had a good play with it now. The newness has rubbed off already, but I do like it! I have owned several XDA's before (wizard, universal, hermes & artemis) and this is the best one by far! There are plenty of reviews regarding the kaiser hardware, and the one here is very good, all I will add is that I think the keyboard is not as good as those on hermes & wizard. But the device is so small, barely larger than an orbit and the silver on the front looks fantastic. The camera is the best I have seen on an XDA so far. With regards to the ROM and software I was pleasantly suprised to see the lack of O2 bloatware, only the O2 custom task manager which I disabled and replaced with the HTC task manager. I had HTC today and touch cube running on the device in no time. TomTom 6 installed without any of the problems that I had heard of. The faster processor certainly makes the device a lot quicker than the orbit I have been using. However, I have now signed the petition over at XDA developers, as the video drivers in this ROM are no better than the other kaiser ROM's. Video playback is worse than on the wizard. When I tried morphgear I got 30fps and could tell the device was getting caned, so decided the Stellar is not up to SNES emulation at the moment. I gave WorldCard a whirl, it is excellent, when somebody extracts it from the ROM, I advise you all grab a copy! There is a huge amount of space to install programs on this thing! The headset remote that comes with the stellar is top notch too! If you have been waiting for this like I was, you will not be dissapointed when it turns up!