The HTC Hero is said to have an oleophobic fingerprint resistive touch screen like the iPhone 3GS. The oleophobic coating is supposed to repel oils from your fingers thus reducing greasy fingerprints on the screen. Below are a few photos of the Sprint HTC Hero and the T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2. The Touch Pro2 is using its included screen protector while the HTC Hero is using only its fingerprint resistive touch screen. Both are illustrative …
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Sprint HTC Hero Unboxing
We unboxed the European version of the HTC Hero a while ago, but now the Sprint version is available and it looks quite different. We’re also missing some accessories that were found in the other version. Also, what’s with the Photoshop disaster on the box? Originally published on Pocketnow on September 29, 2009. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWindows Mobile as a Business Platform
There’s an interesting blog post on MSDN about the advantages of using Windows Mobile as a Business Platform. The author, Reed, is a developer, not a marketing guy, so this post mainly details the technical advantages of Windows Mobile over other mobile device operating systems. Here’s a summary of his points, but please visit the original post for details. 1. Windows Mobile offers the widest range of device hardware to meet any type of user …
Continue readingSet Opera as the Default
If you’ve got a T-Mobile Touch Pro2 and you’re not happy with how Internet Explorer Mobile is the default web browser on the Internet Tab of TouchFLO 3D and throughout the operating system, you might want to set the included Opera 9.5 browser as the default. It requires a bit of registry editing as well as some changes to a Manilla XML file. However, luckily some one at XDA-Developers created a few CAB files that …
Continue readingBring Classic Word Completion Back!
WM Experts found a good tip for getting the native Windows Mobile word completion back on your HTC Touch Pro2. The registry edits might also work on other devices where word completion has been disabled. The instructions are also detailed on XDA-developers.com and there’s a CAB file auto-installer at PPC Geeks. If you have a registry editor installed, the changes are pretty simple. Be sure that: HKLMSoftwareTegiceT9XT9SupportMSSip has a value of 0 Change these two …
Continue readingA Taste of New PROBEX Touch Pro2 Themes & Skins
TouchFLO 3D is pretty nice on the HTC Touch Pro 2, but it’s kind of boring in black. The T-Mobile version brings a slightly different shade of dark blue to its TouchFLO 3D design, which is still kind of boring and honestly clashes with the brown coloring of the body. If you’re looking for a little more excitement and personalization in your Touch Pro2, here are a couple cool themes and matching Wrapz skins. The …
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