Ahh fucking mondays!

Good morning! How was everyone’s thanksgiving weekend? I don’t usually post on Mondays but I’m bored somewhat sick and not going to class today so. I figured I might as well do something productive other then just watch movies all day.

So there’s been a lot on the internet today about two Android products. First the HTC Hero, which looks pretty sick but they all look pretty cool. So I’m not going to even really  bother writing about it. If you are interested in reading about another Android phone (Click Here) The other was the rumored Google phone which would run on Google Voice or there own VoIP. That right there is worth getting excited for! If Google is telling me they can make my cell phone bill lower then I’m all about listening to what they got to say, and telling AT&T to go fuck themselves.

 

Also I just read some crazy shit over at Gizmodo that Department of Defense bought 2,200 PS3 consoles to build a supercomputer. Interesting very interesting.

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O novo posicionamento da HTC

Este é o comercial que apresenta o novo posicionamento global da HTC – fabricante de celulares com presença internacional e que tem na Aktuell uma das suas agências para o mercado nacional. O novo discurso está sendo introduzido em 20 mercados-chave para a marca de Taiwan, incluindo o Brasil.

O interessante do planejamento é que dois grandes conceitos são trabalhados simultaneamente: o slogan “Quietly Brilliant”, voltado para o caráter da marca, e a campanha “You”, voltada para o relacionamento com os consumidores a partir do conceito de diversidade e respeito pelas pessoas. Confira outro comercial:

O novo posicionamento foi desenvolvido pela consultoria londrina FigTree. Já a campanha “You” ficou nas mãos de uma das agências de maior ascensão no mercado, integrante da rede Lowe: a Deutsch Los Angeles, que acaba de surpreender ao ganhar a conta da Volkswagen para os Estados Unidos.

Corporativamente, eis algumas das mensagens que estão sendo transmitidas aos colaboradores da rede a partir de um simpático caderno de notas:

A seguir, o comunicado internacional que oficializa o novo momento da marca:

HTC UNVEILS GLOBAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AND NEW ‘QUIETLY BRILLIANT’ BRAND POSITIONING

YOU campaign brings new approach to mobile industry; represents HTC’s focus on each customer

TAOYUAN, Taiwan – October 26, 2009 – HTC Corporation, a global smartphone designer, today unveiled a global advertising campaign that is based on HTC’s new Quietly Brilliant brand positioning. As HTC’s first global advertising campaign, the YOU campaign is being rolled out across 20 countries in the coming weeks and features the tagline, ‘You don’t need to get a phone. You need a phone that gets you.’ This represents HTC’s commitment to focus on people, their needs and how they work and live to ensure that HTC devices suit them.

“Quietly brilliant is doing great things in a humble way, with the belief that the best things in life can only be experienced, not explained,” said John Wang, chief marketing officer, HTC Corporation. “The YOU campaign is the perfect embodiment of ‘quietly brilliant’ and is core to HTC as a company, innovator and partner.“

The YOU campaign is focused on driving broad, global visibility and understanding of HTC’s unique brand promise – that it’s all about YOU, the consumer, and in fact not the device. HTC worked with Los Angeles-based advertising agency, Deutsch LA Inc. to create the YOU campaign that will employ an integrated-media approach to reach consumers via television, print, outdoor and online. HTC’s design expertise will be echoed throughout the campaign, with commercial spots highlighting the unique functionality of HTC smartphones.

“We’ve come to have a very emotional relationship with our phones. Many of our key experiences in any given day come through this one device and yet most of the advertising in the category is still about utility,” says Eric Hirshberg, co-CEO and chief creative officer, Deutsch LA. “HTC’s whole design philosophy is very personal. They make phones where your experience is completely unique, so we think there is a connection between how people feel about their phones and how HTC makes them.”

HTC worked with London-based creative consultancy, FigTree to create the quietly brilliant brand positioning. The ‘quietly brilliant’ positioning was inspired by HTC’s culture of putting customers first, born from a heritage of creating breakthrough products and continued innovation. As part of HTC’s culture, the “quietly brilliant” positioning will be rolled out in all forms of communication and brand touch points across the company.

“Some of life’s most brilliant ideas started with a simple doodle on the back of a napkin,” said Simon Myers, CEO of FigTree. “HTC’s new look uses this visual language of doodles to explain all the quietly brilliant features and benefits of HTC devices in a simple and human way.”

About HTC

HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

 

Alisson Avila

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HTC HD2

Както ще са видели от нашите Unboxing и първоначалната сефте-на, на HD2 не е точно се пенсионират, дискретни устройство. Измерване в най 120,5 х 67 х 11 мм (4,74 х 2,64 х 0,42 инча) е дълга и широка, но изненадващо тънък, в сравнение Touch HD е 115 х 62,8 х 12 мм, а iPhone 3GS е 115.5 х 62.1 х 12.3 mm, което означава, че двамата малко по-къса и по-тесен, но всъщност ежеминутно по-дебела от HD2. В ръката тя се чувства дори и тънка, благодарение на постепенното намаляване на кривата на backplate и едва доловимо скосени ръбове, че това е разумно як устройството 157 грама (5.54 унция) в сравнение с Touch HD’s 147 грама (5.185oz) и 3GS “135 грама ( 4.8oz). Що се отнася до материалите, HTC са използвани меки на допир пластмаса за горната и долната част задните панели, разбити от корицата метал батерия; тя се чувства скъп, качеството на дизайна, и няма скърцане или огъване. То също е изненадващо джобни: ние сме били, че го носите в джоба пред нашия дънки с никакви проблеми, макар че той също фишове спретнато в джоба яке, главно поради Thinness.
Трудно е да не бъде издухан от качеството на HD2 ‘LCD. Цветовете са изключително ярки и ръбове свеж и снимки невероятно контрастно-богати. Докато стигнеш HTC Sense’s UI подобрения по-късно, на езика по подразбиране време – което не е мигрирала да бъде заключена в раздела, а сега изпраща облаци, гръмотевици, светкавици и дъжд роуминг в целия пълен екран начало – е хипнотизиращ и менютата са добре дошли цопвам на цветовете в сравнение с TouchFLO 3D е повече монохромен режим. Що се отнася до докосване отзивчивост, открихме HD2 изисква малко повече натиск, отколкото на iPhone 3GS, но това е една много малка разлика и случайни жестове спадове се чувстват физически и интуитивен. Ако се върнем към една съпротивителни сензорен екран след HD2, дори и за достоен един на Touch HD, е рецепта за разочарование.
Свързване идва разочарование, тъй като не било. В HD2 подкрепя Quadband GSM (850/950/1800/1900) и Dualband HSPA / WCDMA 900/2100 в Европа / Азия-Тихи океан форма, въпреки че HTC обещанието на последната ще бъдат променени за групи в САЩ, когато тя пристига в Северна Америка в началото на 2010. Освен това има и WiFi B / G, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (с почти всички профили, които може да искате, включително A2DP стерео аудио) и – за първи път на една HTC Windows телефон – MicroUSB пристанище, отколкото на дружеството собствени, патентовани ExtUSB конектор. На база, до пристанището USB, е стандартен 3,5 мм жак за слушалки.

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How can I sync my work email with the HTC Hero?

Question:
I have a work email account that we access through https://mail.atl.cbeyond.com/ which uses Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access
I want to access my work email through my phone w/o going onto the web browser and tying in the address and ect.
Any one know how I would go about doing that
Answer:
At a minimum, you're going to have to upgrade your data plan. Source(s): iPhone owner w/upgraded data plan

Pictures taken with the HTC Hero

Talk about déjà vu… Sure, the HTC Hero features a 5 megapixel camera, but compared to the 3 megapixel camera on other HTC devices, it’s just more of the same!

But I’m not complaining – “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

Like the T-Mobile G1, the Magic, and the Touch Pro, the resulting pictures (slide show) are quite nice. Low-light performance is decent, and so is exposure, but colors are a bit muted, and I was expecting more detail from the increased resolution.

Like the Touch Pro2 and the iPhone 3GS, the Hero camera supports touch-to-focus, but I’d still prefer a dedicated two-stage camera button. The macro is very good, requiring no user intervention, but there is no flash.

Video recording is extremely disappointing for a modern 5 megapixel camera. Resolution is limited to 352×288 pixels (CIF), and frame rate to about 15 fps. This is particularly unfortunate since the Hero provides initial auto-focus like the iPhone 3GS and Nokia N900.

Here’s a sample video (download original):

Phone shortage?

In the world of Mobile Phones, you don’t sell something until you’ve filled a warehouse full of them.
A week ago I ordered my HTC HD2 an was immediately told that HTC simply can not cope with demand and it was looking like there would be some delay.
Today, I rang Vodafone and asked what the score was in reality – only to be told that overnight they had received a load of them and mine was being dispatched today! The chap also gave me a tracking code that would be available online tonight.
However, It must be said that while this phone is far better than anything presently available on the market, stocks are indeed very low. The gentleman I spoke to told me that last night a further briefing was held on the matter and sure enough, not but minutes ago I received the ‘Unavailable until December’ official email.
So hopefully – a result, along with the 1st of several bespoke Wondering Brit phone cases being made and sent from China.

HTC Pure Vs. Garmin Nuvifone Vs. Samsung Impression..... Which one of these is better? (Detail Please)?

Question:

Answer:
I've been using the nuvifone g60 for almost 4 weeks now and love it. Mostly, the nuvifone is an excellent navigator and when you clip it the the windshield mount, it charges and has a great speakerphone. The thing that differentiates this from other smartphones is that you have REAL built-in maps so the navigator will work anywhere, anytime and simultaneous with phone calls and other applications. I don't ever have to charge the phone at home since I drive about 1 hour per day and it charges in the navigation cradle. The location based navigation functions are really cool and you can geo tag locations and photos. Once something is geotagged it can be shared with others via texting. You pay NOTHING for the navigation since the maps are built in, but there is a $5.99/month charge for the premium subscription service which includes traffic, yellow pages, gas prices, movie information, entertainment, flight status, white pages and other applications. The traffic is actually very accurate and useful if you live in a congested area.
As i know,the black one for at&t free now,check out!
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Spot Htc: You

Bella e ben fatta la nuova campagna pubblicitaria di HTC.
I protagonisti dello spot, in televisione in questi giorni, sono delle persone comuni, riprese dalla soggettiva del telefono, alle prese con la quotidianità e sempre con il cellulare a portata di mano dalla mattina alla sera!

Questa è la colonna sonora dello spot e la voce dello spot italiano è di doppiatore Luca Ward (doppiatore in vari film tra i quali Il Gladiatore, Pulp Fiction, Matrix e protagonista di varie fiction tra cui Centovetrine ed Elisa di Rivombrosa)

Nina Simone – Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat’s Heavenly)

HTC Touch 2 vs HTC Touch HD - The Colossus!

HTC Touch 2 and HTC Touch HD are the two hottest touch screen devices in the market right now. Both are the business devices from a leading mobile groundbreaker in the mobile phone industry.

Here are the features which make them distinguish from each other:

HTC Touch 2

1. Both are having 2G and 3G network support and come with the windows functionality. As these are integrating Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and Qualcomm MSM MHz processor. The best thing of the phones is 3.5 mm audio jack and A GPS navigation feature that help the users to search their all important locations whenever they want.
2. The touch screen of the phones are TFT type that supports 65k colors and the 3.8 inches touch screen phone is there in HTC Touch HD whereas the 2.8 inches screen is presented in HTC Touch 2.
3. Additionally, the HTC Touch HD has many other screen features like; touchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, touch-sensitive navigation controls, proximity sensor for auto turn-off and handwriting recognition while its contender embeds touchFLO finger swipe navigation and touch-sensitive zoom bar.
4. In terms of memory capabilities, the HTC Touch2 is powered with 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM whereas another one owns 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM memory. The MicroSD memory card slot option is also provided by the phones.
5. Connectivity features are GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA, WLAN Wi-Fi, wireless Bluetooth and cabled mini USB. Moreover, the HTC Touch 2 has one more advanced HSCSD feature.
6. Camera capabilities of the phones are quite different as the possesses 5 mega pixels camera and the Touch 2 plies a bit low 3.2 mega pixels with many imaging and video features. Plus the former one is also having second VGA CMOS camera which is useful for 3G video calling.

HTC Touch HD

We can expect the high end mobile phone features through HTC Touch HD as it has got music player with lots of supportive ring tones, FM radio with RDS, Microphone, speaker, Polyphonic and MIDI ring tones. Whereas the music player which supports MP3, MIDI, AMR, WAV, AAC+, eAAC & WMA music formats, polyphonic, WAV and MP3 ring tones are provided by the Touch 2.

HTC Touch HD 2 or HTC HD2 - An Extraordinary Gadget

Windows mobile are in vogue these days and keeping in mind HTC has come up with its another new creation namely “HTC Touch HD2”. It seems that HTC has decided to rule over other contenders surviving in the mobile phone industry by designing this highly efficient 3G capable touchscreen phone.

HTC Touch HD2

Killing Touchscreen & Measurements:-

The smartphone features a superb 4.3 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with high resolution of 480 x 800 Pixels and displays 65k colours. The image quality on this killing screen is quite good and it is capable to provide fantastic color representation. Just hold your breath to listen about its variety of supported attributes including Sense UI, Multi-touch input method, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Ambient light sensor, Pick-to-mute a call and Handwriting Recognition.

You may find the device little bit heavy as it carries approximate 157 grams weight and its overall measurements are 120.5 x 67 x 11 mm.

Business on your fingers:-

The outstanding smartphone is backed by Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional® Operating System and Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor. Pocket Office has been given to let you handle all of your documents in formats like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer. While using the phone connectivity is not a concern at all as there are multiple of latest connectivity options namely 3G HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth® A2DP and Mini USB. So flawless connectivity is guaranteed from it. By possessing this high end phone you can easily stay in touch with social media.

HTC HD2

Mind blowing Internet capabilities are the asset of HTC HD2 as it is Twitter & YouTube compatible phone and comes with HTC Peep™ support for Twitter and Facebook™ Integration as well as Opera Mobile™ Browser. GPS navigation system has become one of the most noticeable feature of mobile phone these days so the wonderful phone comprises it along with A-GPS support; NaviPanel and Digital compass.

Miscellaneous

To fulfill your passion of photography, HTC Phones has included 5 MP camera with lots of features. Music player supporting MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, MID, AMR, QCP, M4A & MP4 files and Video Player supporting of WMV, MPEG4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, M4V & ASF and Windows Media® Player have been presented for providing entertainment to the users. HTC Peep, HTC Footprints are some special features of the widget and also it has many other features. For data storage purpose the smartphone renders 448 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM and also embedded card slot option that allows expanding memory furthermore.

Motorola Cliq or Droid coming to Rogers

Rogers wireless president, Rob Bruce, said in mid-September that a Motorola Android device would hit Rogers early 2010. Then, people thought it would be the Motorola Cliq, but it could be the Droid, or it’s GSM brother, the Milestone. The Cliq’s GSM brother is the DEXT, which has already released around the world.

Rogers really needs a phone like the Droid because they’re smartphone line has been lagging in innovation recently, especially the HTC Magic and Dream being their only Android devices (thought that’s better than Bell). The Droid would help keep the competition with the Hero which came out on Telus this week.

Carta Aberta à HTC - 2 Capítulo

Fui surpreendido hoje por uma ligação da HTC.

- Boa tarde Sr. Daniel, sou Elaine da HTC. Estou ligando decorrente da sua reclamação via Twitter.

(…)

- Estou me comprometendo pessoalmente em lhe entregar o aparelho até o dia 16/11, quando as peças necessárias chegam para seu aparelho.

- Tem jeito? É isso ou ingressar com ação de obrigação de fazer. Esperar marcar audiência, perder um dia de trabalho para audiência, e lá vai tempo.

Ainda me surpreendo como as empresas em pleno século XI, podem achar que a internet é apenas um advento para dar eficiência aos negócios, pior, para dar suporte à execução deles. Ainda  mais surpreso que uma empresa de tecnologia como a HTC Brasil, tenha uma visão tão arcaica e amadora de tecnologias recentes como Web 2.0 afeta a vida das pessoas, e principalmente a imagem das organizações.

Casos recentes mostram como em questão de minutos um cliente insatisfeito, uma notícia de última hora, “bombam” na internet em sites como Youtube, Twitter, etc. Um cliente insatisfeito pode tranquilamente puxar seu celular, e olha que não precisa ser smartphone, e gravar um vídeo, tirar uma foto e imediatamente posta-la na internet, exibindo para milhões de pessoas e compartilhando o drama, com isso, formando opinião sobre a marca e ou produto.

Bem, sem querer “chover no molhado”, pare nós que vivemos de tecnologias, é bastante simples o conceito e aplicação disso tudo, mas fico realmente indignado quando percebo uma empresa negligenciar a gestão de seus clientes.

E foi exatamente o que acontece com a HTC Brasil, basicamente uma importadora de dispositivos móveis, com uma empresa de assistência técnica contratada e um péssimo serviço de atendimento ao cliente. Façam o teste buscando por HTC Brasil no Twitter. Fazendo uma avaliação como NOVO consumidor, como você avalia os serviços e produtos desta empresa?

E nisso que a HTC e tantas outras empresas precisam fazer para continuar sobrevivendo nesse novo mundo convergente. A terceira onda já passou, e passou levando mudanças a diversos setores como a indústria fonográfica, cinematográfica e tantas outras. Quem não mudar sua forma de pensar e agir, estará fada ao fracasso.

Não é criar um perfil nas diversas redes sociais para “empurrar” notícias aos clientes que as fará uma empresa convergida, mas a sua atenção na manutenção e gestão dos seus clientes.

Não precisa ser um gênio em CRM para analisar o meu caso e perceber a solução menos traumática:

Premissas:

- Cliente insatisfeito e Cliente detrator
- Imagem da empresa sendo negativada na internet
- Cliente tem razão, afinal já se passam mais de 30 dias sem solução.

Soluções Possíveis:

- Enviar um aparelho igual imediatamente para esse cliente.
(Cliente tem o seu problema resolvido, a empresa foi ágil na resposta e o custo seria irrisório)

- Enviar um aparelho mais moderno para esse cliente.
(Cliente tem o seu problema resolvido, a empresa satisfaz e recompensa e o custo é irrisório)

- A empresa pede desculpas, diz que dará prioridade e promete para o dia 16/11 o mesmo aparelho. (Ou seja, exatamente DOIS MESES entre abertura e resolução do problema)
(Cliente tem seu problema resolvido. Não reduziu o dano ao cliente nem a sua imagem.)

Obviamente estou citando um caso concreto, com total parcialidade de julgamento já que é o MEU CASO. Mas convenhamos, aplique um pouquinho de razoabilidade e faça você mesmo o seu julgamento.

Claro, você pode pensar. É fácil falar. Eu trabalho com também com a gestão de clientes, comercializo e suporto um produto onde não tenho margem para deixá-lo ser detratado nem meus clientes insatisfeitos, para isso, utilizo de bom senso e certa liberdade de concessão de benefícios para tratar os danos quando isso acontece. Jesus não agradou a todos, por que teria eu essa pretensão?

Conclusão:

Parece brincadeira, mas é assim que as empresas tratam seus clientes mais fanáticos. Quer dizer, ERA fanático, depois dessa péssima experiência, a HTC é “bonitinho”, “potente” mas não vale o preço que se paga, afinal não tenho suporte prestado a mesma medida do valor que investi. Logo agora que eu já havia praticamente encomendado o modelo novíssimo vindo da Europa. SAMSUNG, me aguarde, estou voltando, era feliz e não sabia como meu i710. Pesquisando valores e locais de compra do Samsung OMNIA II. A propósito, alguém interessado em comprar um HTC Touch ELFIN ? Vai de brinde com suporte veicular para usa-lo como GPS (iGO 8.3.4 Brazil 2009 e Radares), Bluetooth GPS Receiver, Carregador HTC original para carro.

My HTC Hero

I got a HTC Hero last week. I was debating between iPhone 3g (not 3gs as it is not available in India yet, you suck Apple!!!).  But what made me go for HTC hero is probably that it has Andriod and iPhone 3g is so last year. Hero is brand new model. However if iPhone 3gs was available for a simlar price I guess I would have got that.

I am happy with my Hero. It isnt laggy like they say all over the internet. Thats because my hero has the ROM update installed already. So I didnt face any performance issues. However for fun I did root my Hero and installed Modaco ROM v2. It was fun. I dont notice any performance improvement with Modaco but then like I said my Hero had an optimized ROM already. I bet I could never do such cool stuff with an iPhone 3gs which is locked as hell. So I am happy with my choice. The music player is surprisingly very good. Love it. The browser is adorable. You can pinch and zoom just like the iPhone. That’s what I always wanted in a phone, a easy to use browser and this one does the job perfectly.

Now what do I hate about it? The camera. Dont be fooled by its 5 mega pixels. I had a k790i sony erricsson before and it’s camera was fantastic and it had a powerful flash too. The Hero takes lousy photos and it has no flash. A real drawback since I love taking photos impromtu. Other than that I find this phone perfect.

[Mòbil] HTC Màgic

Una de les insígnies actuals de l’aliança Google/HTC es podria considerar el mòbil HTC Màgic o anteriorment anomenat G2. Va sortir a la venta l’1 de Maig de 2009.

Aquest mòbil de característiques semblants al HTC Dream ha destacat per a ser un mòbil més pròxim al estil iPhone, però basant la línia amb el SO Android, no incorpora teclat físic i les característiques de Hardware augmenten una mica la gamma del mòbil.Aquest mòbil va de la mà de Vodafone en exclusiva va fer una mica més de rebombori que el seu germà gran el Dream. A més a més ja incorporava la actualtizació de la versió de Android Cupcake v1.5 que millorava i estabilitzava aquest SO amb molts aspectes.

Endinsem-nos una mica amb les característiques més destacades (Aquí podreu trobar-ne totes les seves especificacions):

La bateria es ja major i dona una mica més d’autonomia al terminal:

• Capacitat: 1.340 mAh

La memòria ROM es superior a la del Dream que fa que podem guardar més quantitat de programes:

• ROM: 512 MB
• RAM: 192 MB

Al no portar teclat QWERTY les dimensions son més fines, també el disseny de la Màgic està més ben acabat:

• Mides: 113 x 55 x 13.65 mm
• Pes: 118.5 grams amb bateria

Conclusions: Estem parlant de un mòbil ja una mica superior i que ha marcat una mica la evolució d’Android ja que se n’han venut 1 milió d’unitats a dia d’avui. La màgic te els punts forts de ja només tenir teclat virtual que es el que tothom ( o casi be tothom) espera amb mòbils de nova generació i també una millor autonomia que es imprescindible amb mòbils d’aquestes característiques.

Evaluació: 4/5

 

 

Samsung omnia i900 or htc touch diamond 2 or htc magic ?? which one is best?

Question:

Answer:
I would go with the touch diamond2 because it reads cards up to 32 GB, has 5MP camera, 480X800 high resolution screen, comes with Opera Mobile web browser, has the new zoom bar and runs Windows Mobile Professional

here is a side by side http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/compare…