Kris Kumar
01-20-2008, 09:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-devices/review/2008/01/20/HTC-S730-Windows-Mobile-Smartphone/p1' target='_blank'>http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-devices/review/2008/01/20/HTC-S730-Windows-Mobile-Smartphone/p1</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"When Riyad and I first saw HTC's S710 we were both blown away. Riyad even gave it a coveted Editor's Choice award when he reviewed it in its guise as the Orange SPV E650. The reason for our fandom was simple. HTC had taken a Windows Mobile Smartphone and made it functional for text creation. Windows Mobile ‘Smartphones' don't have touch-screens, so there was no option for an on-screen tappable keyboard or handwriting recognition such as you find in Windows Mobile Pocket PCs, or, as we are obliged to differentiate them these days, Windows Mobile 6 Standard (smartphone) and Windows Mobile 6 Professional (Pocket PC) devices. All rather confusing especially when the term smartphone is commonly used to describe a phone with advanced, PC-like functionality."</em></p><p><img border="0" alt="" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1200850976.usr266.jpg" /></p><p>Sandra Vogel has reviewed the HTC S730 QWERTY slider smart phone. The reviewer has compared this unit with the older S710, the non-3G version, and wonders if there are enough updates to justify an upgrade. Check out the review for the final verdict. I love the TouchFLO inspired home screen. Wish it was available as a download for the other HTC smart phones. Our US readers should note that this unit does not support the US 3G networks. The FCC recently cleared the <a target="_blank" href="http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=32108">US edition of the S730,</a> codenamed WING200, but details regarding the availability and price are not known at this time.</p>