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HTC confirms Diamond with VGA touchscreen launch next month? {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 29th 2008 5:29PM Isn't it time for an HTC WinMo phone with a 3.5" screen? I refuse to switch to the iPhone, but I'm getting tired of dealing with teeny-tiny virtual keyboards and itsy-bitsy font sizes so I can cram a decent amount of my spreadsheet onto the screen real estate.
Hands-on with Sprint's HTC Touch {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 26th 2007 7:01PM I've followed the rise of the Touch-interface handset for more than a year now, and after serious research, this is the phone for me.
I've had the Touch for about 3 weeks now and love it. Once you've (easily)customized your HTC tabbed home screen, you can navigate around like lightening.
I've played with friends' iPhones, and I prefer my Touch. Even out of box (no 3rd party apps), my calendar and contact info is already better organized and presented than it would have been with an iPhone. (And when I get Agenda Fusion on there, it's going to be perfect: I'll have my color coded categories back!).
The keyboard takes a little longer to get speedy with than the iPhone's. (I'd say a week, vs. a couple of days with the iPhone), but once you get past that week, it's great.
I've got my Pocket Word and Excel, so I can edit documents on the fly.
I haven't purchased a headset yet, but everyone on the forums is pairing up bluetooth with zero problems.
Yes, Safari is better than either Pocket Internet Explorer or Opera Mini. And the Windows Media Player isn't ideal (although now that I've got my playlists set up, it's really not an issue).
But the Touch is actually smaller, truly pocketable, and because of all the wonderful people out there developing third party apps, I have a funny feeling the user-friendly gap is going to get bridged very quickly.
That's not even mentioning the faster EVDO data. And the affordable SERO voice/data/text plan.
It took more than a year for the right phone for me to hit the market, but for me, this is it.
Sprint event showcases CDMA Touch, LG Rumor, and more {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 17th 2007 3:57PM Unfreakin' believable. I've been waiting and hoping for the Touch on Verizon. Sprint? Sprint is not the favorite service provider (reliability-wise) in New York City. Bummer. Now I'm going to have to go back into service-provider research mode... I'd always just left Sprint entirely off the list.
Engadget iSwitchers defend their decisions {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 19th 2007 9:34AM Yup. I use cut and paste. I pull strands of text out of emails or off the internet and pop them into the notes section of my appointments when I have client meetings... pithy reminders of things I wanted to discuss, appended right where I won't miss them. (I'm not getting an iPhone (at least yet) because the calendar doesn't work for me.) My 2 cents.
Giveaway: have an iPhone on us! {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2007 9:35AM Looking forward to the absolutely do-able data plan prices. And having ONE device to manage my mobile life/entertainment, instead of three.
iPhone rate plans revealed, at-home activation announced {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 26th 2007 9:56AM Wow. When the higher data price rumors were floating around, I had been getting ready to say "forget it, do I really need data service that bad?" but this seems affordable. I'm not lining up on Friday -- I'm going to need to wait until the reviews come in -- but Apple & AT&T have found a price point that'll get me on a data plan. Bye, bye Verizon!
iPhone data plans to surface before launch day {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 22nd 2007 12:40AM I am SO curious about the data plan prices. C'mon, it's Edge, not 3G (and yes, I admit, the only reason I know there's a difference is because I started following the whole convergence device hype last October as the iPhone/LG Prada rumors started flying). I just can't imagine that MASSES of people are going to pay the $600 up front for the device, and then another $39.99 monthly for the data plan (standard rate for "PDA device" data plans on Cingular/now AT&T) not to mention whatever you're paying for your voice plan. So if they're thinking this is going to be a device that merits hiring 2,000 extra salespeople, I hope they're not thinking they can double dip with an expensive device AND expensive plan. Just saying...
Samsung outdoes itself with Ultra Smart F700 {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 13th 2007 3:12PM That is insanely beautiful. And only 16.4 mm fat? Way too feature laden (read: expensive) for me, and of course, way too gorgeous to actually make it to the good ole U.S., but a girl can dream. [Sigh.]
LG has two Windows Mobile 6 devices slated, one similar to the Prada {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 12th 2007 12:07AM Hmmm -- this may be the one I've been waiting for... I'm not a "power user" but I do need to keep my calendar with me all the time, and would love to trade in my three (iPAQ, iPod, ancient Kyocera mobile) devices for one. But I'm sure NOT paying Prada prices for it. Would rather wait for the 2nd (3rd?) gen iPhone to get all nice and reasonably priced.
More details surface for Verizon's PN-820 {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 22nd 2007 8:14PM Well, at last: a FlipDA on Verizon, but Convergenista thinks it's ugly (stubby antenna in this day and age?). Why couldn't they get the Qtek 8500? Oh, well, looks like I'm leaving Verizon when my contract is up in July. Unless, of course, there's some BRILLIANT windows mobile touch screen device waiting in the wings...
