HTC Bravo renamed Desire, released March 26th

Woody75_2

Morning peeps

Just thought i'd give you some feedback after having had the phone since Friday now. The phone itself is fantastic and is by far the best piece of mobile kit i've ever used. If you've never used a smart phone before it will be a little overwhelming at first.

All this tech wizardry comes at a price and your battery wont be lasting 5 mins until youve tweeked your settings and turned off non essential apps updating themselves every 5 mins. Be prepared to be charging your phone nightly!!

To get the most out of it i'd say have a look at some of the forums already mentioned on here:

Android Forum

xda Developers

Threads on how to make the most of the battery are especially useful if not essential reading

Also download 3G Watchdog app from android market as soon as you can (or something similar). This will monitor your Internet data usage and give you an idea what your using daily which can add up surprising fast by doing very little and just having certain apps just auto updating constantly. This may not be needed with a T-Mobile 3gb data cap but if you have an Orange or Vodafone 500mb cap then you'll probably need it

Lastly if your with Orange then prepare to be disappointed and frustrated with the cr*py user guides supplied. There is only a quick start guide from HTC which will get you off the ground but not much else and pretty useless Orange guides

Here is the official downloadable HTC guide from the HTC website which is pretty darn good and easy to read

HTC Guide

Hope some of you find this useful

mcthegooner

Thanks Woody, I'll have a look after work. I didn't trust DPD to deliver to the wrong address again, so picked mine straight from their depot. I haven't stop playing with it since. My unlimited internet doesn't kick in til the 1st of may so having to make do with the wifi connection, which seems to use quite a bit of battery.
I found the HTC Guide file in the pdf viewer app. Like you say very easy to read.
Has anyone got the Traffic tv app? i clicked on it to see what it was all about and got a message saying it was free for the first month and then a rolling subscription. I cannot seem to cancel it.

Woody75_2

mcthegooner wrote: »

Thanks Woody, I'll have a look after work. I didn't trust DPD to deliver to the wrong address again, so picked mine straight from their depot. I haven't stop playing with it since. My unlimited internet doesn't kick in til the 1st of may so having to make do with the wifi connection, which seems to use quite a bit of battery.
I found the HTC Guide file in the pdf viewer app. Like you say very easy to read.
Has anyone got the Traffic tv app? i clicked on it to see what it was all about and got a message saying it was free for the first month and then a rolling subscription. I cannot seem to cancel it.

Apparently connecting through 3G appears to use power around twice as fast as connecting through wifi. Have not tested this myself yet. Also because of the Amoled touchscreen using a dark wallpaper can seriously save on battery drain over a bright one/live wallpaper. Anything with Black is good, white is terrible!

maxtweenie

DCFC79 wrote: »

the desires connector for what sorry, ill be getting 1 soon sop anything i can pick up from other users would be useful

I think the OP means the micro usb connector? Isn't that the new standard for phones & chargers though?

buenfoxa

3 are now doing a pre-order offer for exisitng customers who are eligible for an upgrade (their Blog confirmed this on Friday).

Well I rang them up just now and have been offered the following:

HTC Desire - £50.00
500 Mix & Match
300 3-3 Mins
Unlimited Internet (1GB Fair use)
18 month contract
£23.00 month.

How does this sound? Would be £464 in total.

three1ne

This isnt new but just alerting people to T Mobile's Desire deal.

£164 upfront
100min 100 txt ,Unlimited Internet and the flexable booster available for £10 a month for 24month.

Total cost £404.

£20 quidco although im sure if you phoned up you could get the handset reduced too. Tempted myself although not sure if i definitely want one yet.

scoot1on1

mcthegooner wrote: »

Has anyone got the Traffic tv app? i clicked on it to see what it was all about and got a message saying it was free for the first month and then a rolling subscription. I cannot seem to cancel it.

Ive done this also...cant see how to cancel :mad: I hate it when apps are preloaded.. click on them then suddenly in a months time you find out you have been charged £5 for them.
It does give me a phone number to call says something about being a temporary user..bloody con if you ask me.
Can someone let me know how to delete the Orange preloaded cr*p if at all possible or just how to delete anything would be a good start.

Other than that phone looks good but this is my first smartphone so still accidently touching buttons with apps opening and closing everywhere ie TrafficTV ... I dont even !!!!in drive

hrafndot

DCFC79 wrote: »

the desires connector for what sorry, ill be getting 1 soon sop anything i can pick up from other users would be useful

I meant the cable that runs between the plug and the phone which can also be used between the pc usb slot and the phone, is that any clearer?

hrafndot

maxtweenie wrote: »

I think the OP means the micro usb connector? Isn't that the new standard for phones & chargers though?

I think it is the new standard; however I'm not finding it easy to connect "cleanly" it feels as if I may be harming the unit connection and think that a "docking type" connection might be a little easier

mcthegooner

scoot1on1 wrote: »

Ive done this also...cant see how to cancel :mad: I hate it when apps are preloaded.. click on them then suddenly in a months time you find out you have been charged £5 for them.
It does give me a phone number to call says something about being a temporary user..bloody con if you ask me.
Can someone let me know how to delete the Orange preloaded cr*p if at all possible or just how to delete anything would be a good start.

Other than that phone looks good but this is my first smartphone so still accidently touching buttons with apps opening and closing everywhere ie TrafficTV ... I dont even !!!!in drive

Yeah same here , but if you do find out how to cancel it let us know here