Hi Dansus, welcome to 4WM. So, you don't rate the E61 then, I was tempted to get one to play around with, as I've never had a Symbian platformed phone....

Not tried the Beta of Flash2, I'll give it a go at some point, any sites you can recommend for Flash A/V to try it out on?

The E61 is great device but the Wifi on mine never worked, im told if you buy a carrier less version ie from Nokia its works just fine, but im going to wait for the updated version with FP1.

Makes me think that the carriers have disabled the wifi somehow cos i could never get more than 386KB exactly on the five devices i tried. (w**kers)

As for sites, well any site that has a flash player, ala youtube, but that might be a bit data rich, so i would start with a podcast site like mine or Odeo.


Podorb

Hi Daniel- welcome to 4WM

You run a nice looking site- need some time to browse!

Well I've had the v1605 from Vodafone now a few days and heres my findings if anyone is thinking about getting one. I've done a fair bit of my own research online before buying.

1. Build Quality - very good indeed. I may have to lug this phone overseas and I would have no problems taking it. How it would hold up if really whacked, I don't know as I am still carrying it around like a newborn at the moment.

2. Audio Quality - SUPERB. I've read that HTC took notice of previous models having poor audio quality, and I can tell you that this is a cracking player for music and video. I loaded up a music vid and both visually and audio-wise it was all good.

3. Supplied Headphones - No problems here. They don't look anything special but the sound quality is great. Also bear in mind that you can replace these for a bluetooth headphone/headset if you wish.

4. WIFI - mmmm....I read (and confirmed) that the wifi on this baby is not that sensitive. My old Netgear WGT624V3 was inaccessiable downstairs in the front room. I was getting annoyed with the Netgear on other fronts (dropping connection despite firmware flash/general tweaking), so opted for a Belkin G MIMO. MY GOD that was worth its weight in gold, and at 54 pounds sterling a steal also. With MIMO, I am getting 2-3 bars on the v1605. So if you are worried about sensitivity, check your wifi. All that the v1605 did is confirm my Netgear was pants.

5. Speed - at 400Megs its a good cpu but you will still get the odd stutter if you push it, no surprises. I went to town on the v1605, thrashing it with multiple apps and audio/video etc. It still holds up, compared to my IPAQ, so no worries. Just don't compare it to a desktop or a laptop, and you'll be fine!

6. Connectivity - the lack of audio jack for headphones almost put me off, as I like my all-in-one to have headphone capability. BUT, now I have it, the USB-supplied fones rock, so don't panic.

7. Price - I was told in the shop that it would cost in the region of 150-250 to upgrade. I phoned up Vodafone and they were brilliant, offering me a deal for 100 pounds plus reduced monthly installments. YOU CANNOT GO WRONG! Remember that this is a fully fledged PDA, drop the SIM card out and you have a very powerful PDA in your hand, worth 500 quid sim-free.

OVERALL - I really like it, its going to take more getting used to as its not as sleek as my previous mobile. But my mobile didnt have QWERTY keyboard, audio capabilities, wifi, bluetooth etc etc etc. When it comes to convergence, this baby rocks.

Buy, and bye!

Some good comments and worthwhile insight there keyops, thanks for sharing!

Welcome, also, to 4WM

Indeed welcome Keyops, glad you are happy with your new purchase - any questions you know where to ask!

Hi Keyops, I'll agree with you, I've had my Hermes for a while... And I've just got some Stereo Bluetooth headphones to use with it, they are great!!!

I just got mine yesterday. Unfortunately everything was in Japanese including the windows disk. I managed to download an english manual online but have yet to connect and sync it to my computer. I am also wondering about GPS type software and if it will work on here. I would love to get one of the golf course application and take the phone on the course and get yardages etc. Has anyone done this?

I've done it in the past with my Smartphones using Intelligolf. There's no built in GPS with the Hermes so you'd need a bluetooth one. It worked really well with my Smartphones and this setup.

hi. i just got my new softbak xoiht (htc hermes 200) but all in japanese. how to change it to english? tq.