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Originally Posted by clintonfitchdotcom
Great review Don. It seems that you were quite keen on the trackball navigation and the VGA display. Have you had an opportunity to view the VGA display of the HTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro? If so, how does it compare to the Pharos?
(FYI - posted on the review in my RSS feed this morning)
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Actually, I'm kind of half-and-half on the trackball... it has a lot of potential, I think, but the implementation in the Traveller 117 is a bit 'cheap' feeling -- I would have preferred something stiffer and more 'rubbery' as a surface. And as I mentioned, right now there is no software which really takes advantage of the trackball's cursor-like movement, so you're basically just flicking in one of the four directions to get the same effect/movement as if you had pressed a d-pad key.
I did test the HTC Touch Pro a little while ago, and I'd have to say I like the 117's screen better. If not just because of the size, but also the colours are very vibrant -- even more so than the Touch Pro's. It's a close call though.