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Steam Mobile Client Preview

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So, Valve were nice to me and let me have access to their beta mobile client for my HTC Desire phone and iPod. I haven’t yet tried it on my iPod so the information below is solely from my phone.

At a quick glance they seem to have done pretty well with integrating chat, game purchasing, groups, news and profiles into the application. There are still a few things not working, which clearly say are still a work in progress. This is not a review, nor is it to be considered one. This is simply a post showing some screen shots of the app that is in development.

Below are screen shots of each of the major sections with a little explanation of each. Click the images for a larger view!

The Profile

This is the main profile page. Click the image for a larger view

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HTC Desire Camera Bug

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If you have a HTC Desire and have used the video feature of it and noticed that your video becomes all messed up? For example, when recording video on my phone, the image tends to be purple one half of the image is “magically” moved to the other side of the screen.

It turns out that this may well be a software conflict issue, and there is an easy way around this problem.If you, like me, live in a city where it is hardly covered by 3G or faster, you are limited to using the GSM network to establish your internet connection. Using this GSM connection while your camera is active causes a software conflict some how.

The best solution to the problem is to either switch off your GSM connection or switch to 3G or WiFi. I have done numerous tests with my camera and have noticed that it does not have any issues when my GSM connection is not active.

Unfortunately this issue is not localised to one particular version of Android on the HTC Desire. I was having the same issues when I first got my phone. It was using Android 2.1. Tthe issues continued through 2.2 and 2.3 also. Unfortunately, HTC are no longer going to update the Desire, so a permanent solution will not be found.

If you have this same issue, have you found any other solutions? Has solution I have provided worked for you?

Android 2.3.3 on my HTC Desire

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After a load of reading on the many websites that I visited since the update was announced by HTC, I decided to take the plunge and update my phone to Android 2.3.3.

To be honest with you, there aren’t as many differences between 2.2 and 2.3.3 as one might expect. Below I will outline the main differences between the two with some screen-shots as no websites I found with reliable information had provided enough of a description for each new feature.

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HTC Desire running Gingerbread?

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So the news has been out for many hours now. HTC Released an RUU ( Rom Update Utility ) for the HTC Desire to upgrade to Android 2.3. With the release HTC quite nicely released some shocking news that some things had been removed from the update due to memory constraints. Another awesome bit of news, in their disclaimer;

… certain functions may no longer be usable after re-flashing the ROM if you are using an excluded variant (listed below), including but not limited to MMS and SMS and HTC also disclaims liability for any unusable functions.HTC disclaims liability for the loss and/or leakage of any personal data resulting from the re-flashing of the ROM.

So not only have they taken out some applications, they are saying that in certain regions, you may not be able to use SMS or MMS; luckily these are limited to Germany (Deutsch Telekom), North America, South America, South Korea, and Japan. Which should mean that all networks in the UK should experience no problems at all!

I will be awaiting more news on the matter before proceeding with the update on my phone. First of all, there are issues with some latest applications that I use. I will not update these unless their issues are fixed, but by upgrading, I will effectively be installing these defective products when the time comes around to installing them, which I certainly do not want!

If you are on O2 Pay and Go and have installed the Android 2.3 upgrade, what’s your thoughts on it? Did you have problems?

Twitter for Android Version 2.0

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Good news for the Android users out there. Twitter has just announced that it has released an update to it’s official application for the Android platform. Twitter for Android v2. It seems that they have made a radical change to their application. It now resembles what once was Tweetie on the iPhone, which Twitter aquired some time ago now ( 1 month after I purchased it, they made the damn thing free! ).

Anyway, lets get to the real purpose that this post is being written for. It’s to blatently call the re-vamped application crap. Of course though, it does have some good features which I will outline, but ultimately, it is still far from being a “good” application!

Good points

  • Coarse GPS now works
  • Image upload gives progress
  • Image upload is easy
  • Fantastic new layout
  • Easy to switch between different tabs – ie home, replies, DMs etc
  • Easy to mention other users through “twitter address book”
  • Easy timeline manual refresh by pulling down on timeline like on iOS version

Bad points

  • Links are not distinctive in home view
  • No possibility of multiple accounts
  • Widgets are complete shite
  • Cannot view profile pictures
  • No image resizing options for uploading on slow connections
  • No support for moving to SD card
  • Camera activation is very slow
  • Profile images on tweets tend to dissapear on slow connections
  • No option to turn off image previews
  • No option to view images in app after clicking image link
  • No visual aid to see number of unread tweets unless notifications is switched on
  • When taking an image, the image size of said image is not reported as it is when just attaching one

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O2 – A huge Disaster?

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Im really annoyed at O2 at the moment. I’m annoyed because of an update to my phone, which has been out almost 4 months, was finally released on the 7th September, and then borked up by my phone network!

Google brought out the update on the 20th May 2010, HTC obviously got their hands on it around that time, if not before to start slapping on their Sense UI to make it look all pretty, and released that in August, O2, got their hands on that shortly after and started slapping on their branding and bloatware.

O2 finally attempt to release the Android 2.2 update 2 days ago ( the 7th September ) and from what I can tell, failed immensely! Not only has this update been out almost 4 months, my phone network operator, has borked it so much, that they have bricked the HTC Desire and messed up Dells new tablet, the Dell Streak, which isn’t even the latest version of Android, its the 2.1 version, which came out in October 2009!

I like many others have vowed in the future to buy a totally network unbranded phone next time I upgrade. Im sick and tired having an update available for a device that I own, and then not being allowed to have it when it comes out. Instead I have to wait many months before I get the update! The wait between the initial release of Android 2.2 and HTC slapping on their Sense UI was long enough, May to August, I now have to wait an undisclosed amount of time before O2 can pull their fingers out of their asses and fix the mistake that they have made when releasing the update!

I now regret going for the cheaper option of buying my phone second hand. I should of bought it from The Carphone Warehouse brand new and unbranded, instead, I bought it from a guy that worked in the O2 shop, who didn’t want it any longer, because he had a Dell Streak, but then i think who should I feel more sorry for? Him or myself?

HTC Desire O2 Pay As You Go Settings

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I have had some trouble with my phone recently. It hasn’t wanted to send multimedia messages ( MMS messages ). It turns out that O2 don’t support my phone at all and I shouldn’t have bought it in the first place!

I have been phoning O2 and scouring the Internet intensely for settings that would work. I came across some settings on the O2 forums, but their Internet settings didn’t work but their MMS settings worked like a charm!

I have therefor decided to put the settings I currently use on here in a nice and easy fashion for others to be able to find and use for their HTC Desire phones who are on the O2 pay as you go network!

Follow the instructions below to be able to insert these settings into your phone. If you know how to then you can skip this part!

  • Press ‘Menu’.
  • Tap ‘Settings’.
  • Tap ‘Wireless & Networks’.
  • Tap ‘Mobile networks’.
  • Tap ‘Access Point Names’.
  • Press ‘Menu’.
  • Tap ‘Add APN’

O2 pay as you go MMS settings

  • Name : O2 MMS
  • APN : wap.o2.co.uk
  • Proxy : http://wap.o2.co.uk
  • Port : 9201
  • Username : o2wap
  • Password : password
  • Server : http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
  • MMSC : http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
  • MMS Proxy : 193.113.200.195
  • MMS Port : 8080
  • MMS Protocol : WAP 2.0
  • MCC : 234
  • MNC : 10
  • Authentication Type : <Not Set>
  • APN Type : mms
  • Press ‘Menu’
  • Tap ‘Save’

O2 pay as you go Wap Settings

  • Name : O2 Pay and Go
  • APN : payandgo.o2.co.uk
  • Proxy : 193.113.200.195
  • Port : 8080
  • Username : payandgo
  • Password : password
  • Server : <Not Set>
  • MMSC : http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk
  • MMS Proxy : 193.113.200.195
  • MMS Port : 8080
  • MMS Protocol : 2.0
  • MCC : 234
  • MNC : 10
  • Authentication Type : <Not Set>
  • APN Type : *
  • Press ‘Menu’
  • Tap ‘Save’

Once finished inputting these settings make sure that there is a green circle next to the O2 Pay and Go setting, as this will need to be used as your primary connection or it will not work!

htc desire settings

These settings work for me and I have tested them out by sending a picture message to Kate, and being connected to the Internet and viewing web pages and getting emails. These settings should also work for similar phones such as the Google Nexus One, but there have been reports that these settings work with older HTC Model phones!

Update!

I have been talking to Terry and she has been able to find settings for her HTC Desire, thats unlocked and not branded like mine. Check out her settings in the comments section, if the ones above do not work for you!