Windows-Based iPhone Rival for Business Users 245
MsManhattan writes "High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has unveiled a touch-screen mobile device that offers many of the same features as the iPhone but with an emphasis on business applications vs. entertainment value. The HTC Touch is based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS and features a 2.8-inch touch screen offering access to emails, contacts and appointments. But unlike the iPhone, which will feature large internal flash memory capacity for music and movie storage, the HTC Touch offers a microSD drive, and a 1G-byte microSD card comes with the handset."
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Re:Charge! (Score:4, Informative)
It's so bad, I actually unlocked my old Razr so I'd have something to take out with me at night.
Actual product link: (Score:5, Informative)
To be honest, you might as well say all Windows Mobile based phones are iPhone rivals. I would prefer to say it's just a competitor in the smartphone space, as iPhone will be when it arrives.
I own an earlier HTC WM5 smartphone model, and I'm guessing that despite having a new swish frontend, it'll still be not quite as nice to use as the iPhone will be. However, the big draw is that being Windows Mobile based, you'll be able to run any software you want on it without having to go through Apple, unlike the iPhone.
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Re:Buyer beware... (Score:2, Informative)
Not to mention the awesome support [xda-developers.com] for messing with it.
I LOVE my HTC, but I suppose YMMV.
Re:Price ? (Score:4, Informative)
So what's new? (Score:1, Informative)
Now that Saint Jobs has something similar (let's call it by its true name: iMitation), it suddenly becomes worth a
Videos of the device in action... (Score:1, Informative)
QVGA! (Score:4, Informative)
After trying to switch from a Palm TX (320 x 480) to a Windows Mobile QVGA PDA, one thing that stopped me was the beautiful screen on the Palm vs. the QVGA on the WM5 device.
Re:Actual product link: (Score:1, Informative)
That was a FUD-laden article that was really about Java midlets on a particular feature phone. T-Mobile is far more consumer-friendly than the likes of AT&T, Orange, and Verizon.
The perfect hardware crippled by stupid software (Score:3, Informative)
Physical buttons much better (Score:3, Informative)
Its the one thing (besides the built-in obsolescence) that would totally keep me away from an iPhone. I want my buttons.
Re:Charge! (Score:2, Informative)
This was not a hardware problem. I had the phone replaced under warranty five times with the same result. I ran no third-party applications. Every person in my company hates their 700w. That is not an exaggeration. I am the IT guy here and handle all the cell phones. Literally everyone has told me how much they hate the phone. I now use a 700p (palm OS) and have zero problems. As you may have gathered, I will never use another Windows-driven PIM and will take every opportunity (like this one) to expound on their crappiness.
Re:Charge! (Score:3, Informative)
If you are with Verizon and having issues with the 700w I'd suggest badgering tech support to give you and your coworkers new, not refurbed, 700wx units.
Re:It's GSM, you know... (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/technology/g sm-gprs.jsp [att.com]
You're welcome.
Re:Pictures! (Score:2, Informative)
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I have an 8525 as well, and am pretty happy with it, especially with the data plan.
That said, I'd love to have a bit more resolution than 320x240. 320x480 sounds damn nice.
(As AT&T users, we at least can trade up though, I hope!)
Re:Charge! (Score:2, Informative)
Hi, just a friendly reply to your complaints. Yours are perfectly valid, but I would like to comment.
I have no trouble dialing with my thumb.
The only browser that I've found that even works in a somewhat acceptable fashion is Pocket IE. Also, Google Moble [google.com] will rewrite pages for you to look really nice in the browser. Also, I rarely (its probably been months now) have to soft reset the device.
Orientation has always worked fine for me. Also, you can configure when the onscreen keyboard pops up (I turned it on but found I could work more efficiently with it on.
I just put everything on the SD card. That way I can back it up seperately from the device and move it from device to device quickly. Seems saner than leaving data on the device.
Also, you're on Cingular's GSM network. Switch to Sprint or Verizon and you'll see quite a boost in data speeds.