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Old 05-10-2008, 04:48 PM
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"Phone flipping" is flimflam for GenZ. I just press the red button to stop an unwanted call ... what do you do ?
Ah, but can you press the red button while still maintaining eye contact with the person you're talking to, or without having to look down at your device? That's the one thing I quite like about this "flip" thing, it's something you can do with less attention paid to the device.

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Without the slot, flexibility is lost; the crippled GSM and UMTS bands severely limit the device geographically.
I agree with you on the microSD card slot, but on the GSM bands, I think HTC's answer is that the device isn't being released into the US market, they'll have a US version of the device that has the bands we need here in North America. Although I do know what you mean about needing all the bands if you travel...
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Old 05-10-2008, 05:28 PM
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Ah, but can you press the red button while still maintaining eye contact with the person you're talking to, or without having to look down at your device? That's the one thing I quite like about this "flip" thing, it's something you can do with less attention paid to the device.



if u dont want to pay attention to your pdaphone, just let it rings! after 4 rings, it automaly goes to voicemail!
 
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Old 05-10-2008, 05:36 PM
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if u dont want to pay attention to your pdaphone, just let it rings! after 4 rings, it automaly goes to voicemail!
But who wants to let their phone ring four times? If you're with someone, or in a meeting or something similar, that's just plain rude.

Look, I'm not saying the "flip" feature is somehow AMAZING and will make the Diamond an awesome phone for everyone - I just think it's neat and it's nice to see HTC innovating.
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This is not the best device a mobile warrior could hope for, that's for sure. And that mainly due to its lack of a card slot and limited connectivity (regarding the GSM/UMTS area).
But it's good enough for me to crave after one

From the video review I've noticed that it reacts pretty sluggish when changing the orientation of the display - that's pretty unpleasant
 
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Old 05-10-2008, 07:23 PM
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From the video review I've noticed that it reacts pretty sluggish when changing the orientation of the display - that's pretty unpleasant
Yeah - the bar has been set, and unless it's as smooth and fast as the iPhone, it's not good. HTC and Microsoft need to do better.
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Old 05-10-2008, 09:32 PM
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I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but it is very odd that this site presents You-Tube videos which can't currently be seen on my Treo 700W. I use that phone quite a bit to view the Thoughts web sites when I am traveling or simply away from a desktop computer. It is irritating to see articles that mention videos that cannot be viewed on my device. Is there any video technology that allows the Pocket PC Thoughts/Smartphone Thoughts experience to be seamless regardless of whether the viewer is using the desktop or a smartphone? If so, these websites should be using that technology.

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Old 05-10-2008, 11:30 PM
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It is irritating to see articles that mention videos that cannot be viewed on my device. Is there any video technology that allows the Pocket PC Thoughts/Smartphone Thoughts experience to be seamless regardless of whether the viewer is using the desktop or a smartphone? If so, these websites should be using that technology.
I appreciate your frustration. The only solution is for you to use a browser that supports YouTube Flash videos (perhaps Opera Mobile - I'm not sure). There's nothing on my end that I can do present Flash in a format that Pocket IE can understand. You can blame Microsoft for not including a browser that allows you to access the content you want.
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First of all Horace Luke explained what touch exactly means.Great that its made of temper glass and it doesn't brake because lots of phones coming now-a-days are not much resistant, If we throw them down about 6 to 7 times, they are over. And the flip technology what he showed was really great.
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Old 05-15-2008, 12:07 AM
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If we throw them down about 6 to 7 times, they are over. And the flip technology what he showed was really great.
Well, I don't know if it would survive 6 or 7 throws, but I did see it get thrown to the ground once and it survived.
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You are right Jason.
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