HTC Fuze
I got a new toy this last week. I upgraded my phone to an HTC Fuze – still with AT&T. It is touch screen smartphone with a full flip out keyboard. It includes: GPS, Wifi, 3G, 3 megapixel camera, and stereo Bluetooth.
I have spent most of the week customizing and tweaking. It took several days to get Wifi and internet connection sharing to work but everything is working now. AT&T seems to try to limit what can be done on their locked phones. However, with Windows Mobile Pro. 6 on the phone most settings can be changed.
So far I am quite happy with the phone. Later I will post a list of the software and tweaks that I have found most useful
Well, it has been about a month since I got the Fuze. It has lived up to my expectations, though it took some customizing and tweaking.
The tweak that had the most impact was installing a new Windows Mobile ROM. That alone boosted the phone performance tremendously. The ROM is an official but not yet officially released ROM.
The new ROM also improved the initial response time of the GPS. Now Google Maps works very well utilizing the internal GPS. And no, you do not need to use AT@T’s GPS software.
I finally got internet connection sharing working. The registry has to be edited. AT@T have this disabled by default.
WIFI also works well. Again, it took some tweaking. There is no 3G available where I live so it is great to be able to use my wireless home network.
Here is a partial list of applications (freeware) that I have installed:
Advanced Config
Diamond TF3D Config
Diamond Tweak
GSen
Google Maps
LightSaber
Manila Customizer
PHM RegEdit
SKTools
SkyFire
WifiProfiles
BeyondPod
** I was able to get an 8GB SDHC card from Ebay for about $18 so I have plenty of room.