09-20-2007, 09:11 PM
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What about the weight? I am very leery of that 190g! How "pocketable" is it? I don't use a holster. My device sits in my pants pocket or my inside suit pocket. Thoughts?
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09-20-2007, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by cmw
Great review! It's enough to make me switch back to AT&T!
Quick question about application startup time, especially for the camera? Of course you know that the Wizard is terrible for camera use (I've got the Tmo MDA)... you never can catch a kodak moment, and the camera pictures are horrible, besides. The Kaiser looks orders of magnitude better!
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Took about 5 seconds from power on to camera on to camera shoot! Much faster than I remember the Wizard being.
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09-20-2007, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by freddiemac
What about the weight? I am very leery of that 190g! How "pocketable" is it? I don't use a holster. My device sits in my pants pocket or my inside suit pocket. Thoughts?
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I put mine in a pants pocket most of the time, and haven't felt it weighing me down. It's pretty pocketable, in my opinion.
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09-20-2007, 10:39 PM
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I have been using mine for over a week on TMobile. I am amazed at how fast and stable this phone is.
For all those asking about battery life. I have direct push (as it arrives) enabled for my corporate mail, random web browsing, about an hour of e-book reading and at least 60-90 minutes of talk time per day.
By 10:30 at night I am down to usually 15% battery and I charge every night. Would I like a bigger battery? Sure, but all the positives more than make up for this now. Besides soon there will be a charging cradle I can set up on my desk.
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09-21-2007, 03:32 AM
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09-21-2007, 04:01 AM
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You mention that you replaced the HTC today plug in with PhoneAlarm. I too love PhoneAlarm and tried to do exactly the same with my HTC Touch which did not work out as the device would not wake up once switched off. Bruce is working on a fix for the next release of phonealarm.
Just wondering that the minor stability issues you said you had were attributable to phonealarm.
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09-21-2007, 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mountain343
Hmmmm so close.. yet.. so far. No 3G and no CF
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Well, it has 3G capabilities, just not in the US! As far as the CF slot goes - I doubt you'll see another new device with a CF slot. Ever. |
What do you mean no 3G capabilities in the U.S.? AT&T is using UMTS/HSDPA. I have the AT&T 8525 (HTC TyTN) and have been getting 3G service. I get speeds up to 1 MB/Sec. I average about 800 KB/Sec.
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09-21-2007, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rainman1976
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
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Originally Posted by Mountain343
Hmmmm so close.. yet.. so far. No 3G and no CF
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Well, it has 3G capabilities, just not in the US! As far as the CF slot goes - I doubt you'll see another new device with a CF slot. Ever. |
What do you mean no 3G capabilities in the U.S.? AT&T is using UMTS/HSDPA. I have the AT&T 8525 (HTC TyTN) and have been getting 3G service. I get speeds up to 1 MB/Sec. I average about 800 KB/Sec. |
I wasn't clear on this. I meant to say no 3G on T-Mobile (Perhaps that has been stuck in my head all day!)
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09-21-2007, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by srmz
You mention that you replaced the HTC today plug in with PhoneAlarm. I too love PhoneAlarm and tried to do exactly the same with my HTC Touch which did not work out as the device would not wake up once switched off. Bruce is working on a fix for the next release of phonealarm.
Just wondering that the minor stability issues you said you had were attributable to phonealarm.
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It may be because of that, I'm not sure. It's not enough for me to ditch PA for my needs - I can deal with the daily soft-reset (Heck, been doing it for years already... :roll: )
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09-21-2007, 04:39 AM
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It's odd seeing "May be difficult to find power button at first!" as one of your cons on the first page without reading through. It's not like the power button is located underneath the battery (like some MicroSD slots) or doesn't have a label. :)
Now that I think of it, maybe I should've listed "Difficult to find battery in packaging" as a con in my review. Who would think to look inside the belt pouch case? Ha! |
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