I've received my new Hiptop OS update for the T-Mobile Sidekick II. Having played with it for about a week, I can say that this is absolutely a great update so far. Good job, Danger Inc! Here's a quick listing of what I have noticed so far. Refer to my previous write-up of the release notes for a complete feature list.
- Faster web browser performance. Much faster.
- Javascript in web browser. Seems to work okay. Posting to Typepad caused my device to reset but I've only tried that once so don't draw any conclusions.
- Better visual rendering of HTML and CSS. This is a pretty big deal because sites are more readable and less stressful to look at.
- Copy text out of a web page. There's only a select all option for now, probably because there is no cursor with which to highlight sections of text.
- Slideshow capability in photo gallery
- The Terminal app that stopped working with a previous update now works again. I can use SSH/Telnet from virtually anywhere now.
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