Recent content by georg719

Hi Rushrl & Cyber Warror. Re the autosync I prefer to manual sync, as I don't have anything that I need to check more than once a day, & I can leave autosync & my mobile network switched off; the inconvenience is only slight & doesn't bother me at all. The weather widget, even when updated, is...

So if I switch off auto sync and the widget is not on any screen that I am using then it shouldn't use up battery or cpu?

I've read that widgets use up battery power & cpu(?) more than ordinary icons do. Can anyone tell me if widgets use these resources only when the widgets are visible on the screen that is in use, or are they using up resources even when the widgets are on a screen that is not being used? Eg is...

The battery life is a huge issue with the HD, as we all know! I've read all I could find about it, including an interesting article by 'battery university' (google it), which seems to back up its claims with scientific tests. It says that lithium ion batteries don't develop a memory effect so...

I've had my DesireHD for 3 wks now & although it's my first smartphone (had an old PDA before that but other than that, nothing really to compare it to) I think its an outstanding phone. I've looked at friends' smartphones & it seems HTC have thought about EVERYTHING, making each feature of the...

Thanks again! Will keep you posted.

Thanks for the reply, Baconator. The desire HDs that are available in my area are exclusive to a certain company who I don't want to have a contract with! (Hence the need to find an unlocked phone.) The phone has been fine so far, apart from having to find & set APNs for internet and mms. Any...

Hi! I'm George, & I've just joined this community. I use to own a Dell Axim X30 Windows 3(?)PDA I bought about 7 yrs ago. Now I have an HTC Desire HD & I see that things have progressed quite a bit since the old Axim days! The things smartphones can do nowadays are just awesome, & although...

I bought an unlocked Desire HD on the internet from a reputable dealer. Had trouble setting up mms so I phoned HTC, who told me the phone came from Germany (I live in Australia) & certain features might not work on this phone because it is set up for Germany (eg different radio frequencies). I...