[vincespt]

A few years ago, I was using an imate SP5, and this was a great device for me size wise, decent battery life etc. I then upgraded to a TyTn (too bulky), an S710 (too heavy for its size) among other devices. Ultimately I wanted an upgraded version of the SP5, light, 3G, wifi and decent battery life.

Despite much being made of the recent HTC devices, the best thing I've found, which I now use is a Nokia E51. Navigating menus is much faster, it does everything I need, and is very pocketable.

HTC and windows mobile need to go a long way to match nokia in these respects....even their PC Suite software flies through a sync compared to active sync on my work PC. I can view and even reply to SMS messages on the phone using my Pc with the phone connected.

Finally is the issue of price...the new HTC devices are extremely expensive, if like me, you're buying them Sim free. an E51 can be had for well under £200 here in the UK, and even the new E71 (3G, Wifi, GPS, QWERTY) is only £300, compare that to some of the high prices of HTC devices....there's no comparison in my opinion.

I'll keep monitoring sites like this for news from the Winmob world, but at present I have no plans to return!

[vincespt]

A few years ago, I was using an imate SP5, and this was a great device for me size wise, decent battery life etc. I then upgraded to a TyTn (too bulky), an S710 (too heavy for its size) among other devices. Ultimately I wanted an upgraded version of the SP5, light, 3G, wifi and decent battery life.

Despite much being made of the recent HTC devices, the best thing I've found, which I now use is a Nokia E51. Navigating menus is much faster, it does everything I need, and is very pocketable.

HTC and windows mobile need to go a long way to match nokia in these respects....even their PC Suite software flies through a sync compared to active sync on my work PC. I can view and even reply to SMS messages on the phone using my Pc with the phone connected.

Finally is the issue of price...the new HTC devices are extremely expensive, if like me, you're buying them Sim free. an E51 can be had for well under £200 here in the UK, and even the new E71 (3G, Wifi, GPS, QWERTY) is only £300, compare that to some of the high prices of HTC devices....there's no comparison in my opinion.

I'll keep monitoring sites like this for news from the Winmob world, but at present I have no plans to return!

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by pjax

features?
3G, wifi, touch screen, music, video, BT. what more do you want?

3G coverage in more than 18 cities (according to T-Mobile's website as of yesterday)? Granted, that's not the phone's fault, but it is an issue going with T-Mobile. And people complain about AT&T's 3G coverage as regards the iPhone (275 "markets").

Currently, T-Mobile is the only major U.S. provider that doesn't provide 3G coverage in my city. Oh well, coverage will improve over time.

I'll be interested to see future, more polished Android releases. (esp. ones with a 3.5 mm headphone jack so I can listen to music and charge at the same time.)

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by benixau

I use a RIM Curve 8310.
It's hard to explain the difference between WM and a device that can be used with one hand.

There really isn't any difference -- if you use a Smartphone/WM Standard device. That's one of the main reasons Microsoft created the Smartphone platform, I think.

I have a Motorola Q9m running WM 6 Standard and can do everything with one hand.

Steve

[virain]

I try to keep an open mind. I am willing to give a shot to Google Phone. It maybe interesting experience while waiting for WM7. And I don't want to play devil's advocate here, but things like not to be able to use stylus and tools like handwriting recognition, because of screen limitations is turning me off. Yeah, that capacitive screen maybe more responsive while using your fingers, but what is wrong to applying a little pressure to it, ladies?

[Phillip Dyson]

All of this talk about one-handed use brings up a quetion that i"ve always been meaning to ask.

How is the iPhone for one-handed use. All the footage that I see is someone poking it with their index finger.

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by Phillip Dyson

How is the iPhone for one-handed use. All the footage that I see is someone poking it with their index finger.

Forget footage- the way you do it is the way you do it with any device: you hold it in the palm of your hand and use your thumb. Of course it entails having a thumb long enough to reach all areas of the screen and yet small or agile enough to press in the right area. Composing emails one-handed can be a chore, although I expect that's the case for many devices.

[ricksfiona]

Interesting. I've always been a Microsoft Exchange proponent... But with Google coming out with this phone, it's lead me to take a closer look at what Google offers in other areas. Now I'm seriously considering changing apps...

$50/year/user and 25GB of eMail space, terrific SPAM control AND hosted? Very tempting.

Wow, Google really is smart....

[sub_tex]

At this point I'm sticking with WM only because there is no Exchange support for Android. And the lack of eReader is a big one too.

Once both of those are out, I'll probably switch to Android.

I'm not a fan of the WM UI, and the HTC improvements, while nice, don't run as smooth as they would were they not running on top of the default WM shell.

Android runs nice and smooth out of the box.

When MS releases WM7 I'll take a look at that. Hopefully they'll have redesigned the UI from the ground up.

WM Standard to me is way better than Pro since it was built from the ground up as a phone OS.

WM Pro is basically the PPC with phone stuff added on and it shows.