HTC S730 gets previewed

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 14th 2008 at 8:18PM

The Vox and Libra have been largely overlooked in the US market (though Verizon's finally looking into fixing that issue), which is a crying shame considering the cool side-sliding QWERTY WinMo Standard form factor that remains largely unique to HTC. The S730 succeeds the Vox, adding most notably 3G and a supposedly better keyboard, and Tracy and Matt's Blog have given the bugger a thorough once-over. It seems that the phone is a little fatter than the already-fat Vox, a potential problem for those hoping to discretely pack it in a pants pocket; battery life was a little weak, too, with normal usage resulting in a nearly drained device at the end of the day. On the positive side, though... well, where the heck else are you going to find this form factor running 3G and Windows Mobile 6 Standard?

[Via pocketnow.com]

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: htc, qwerty, s730, windows mobile, windows mobile 6, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6, wm6

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Tony2X @ Jan 14th 2008 9:52PM

Urm, isn't the Pantech Duo the same form factor, 3G and WM6 Standard?

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Chris Ziegler @ Jan 14th 2008 9:56PM

Yes, yes it is. Note my verbiage: "...remains largely unique to HTC."

Chris

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Tony2X @ Jan 14th 2008 11:54PM

My pedantry was aimed at... "On the positive side, though... well, where the heck else are you going to find this form factor running 3G and Windows Mobile 6 Standard?", the answer is of course the Pantech Duo.

Thanks for indulging!

:)

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JK @ Jan 14th 2008 10:44PM

Does this thing actually do 3G in the US on ATT or Sprint? or is it only 3G over seas?

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john @ Jan 14th 2008 10:59PM

Uh... why would I want it to run WinMo? Some of us have standards, you know.

The real question is: where's a linux phone in this form factor? Still waiting for Nokia to deliver an N810 based device with GSM/HSPA.

Or even an iPhone II with a slide-out QWERTY. Sure, I'd be stuck on AT&T, but it'd be better than running Windows :-}

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xB Owner @ Jan 15th 2008 5:56PM

Depending on what you are looking for, your answer may come from Samsung.

Check out the U700 (GSM / Vodaphone Import) if you prefer AT&T or T-Mobile. Or if you can wait a couple months, check out the SCH-U940 on Verizon. Virtually the same phone save for the camera and we're still waiting to see of Verizon allows Samsung to stick with the Croix OS.

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Dave @ Jan 14th 2008 11:38PM

still waiting on htc to come up with decent working video drivers for my AT&T Tilt...:(

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JEFF @ Jan 15th 2008 9:53AM

I have this phone and so far I love it. But there is 1 thing that some people may have issues with. The 3g is not tri band but 2100 so it only works on european networks right now. (it appears a rom update is under way to fix this since pre production units had tri band 3g). About battery life, I get 2 days out of one charge with moderate use. But if you leave bluetooth and wifi on all the time I can imagine your battery would drain quickly.

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