I'll be picking this up. Been waiting ever since I cracked the screen on my Wizard (Cingular 8125), and have since been borrowing Dave's Herald (TMobile Wing).
Honestly, I would have preferred a 1GHz tegra/snapdragon, capacitive multitouch, windows 7, video-calling phone. But I'm tired of delaying the purchase of a new phone for fear of what's coming ahead. Because there's always something coming that I'd rather have. When this comes out, it will be the best phone on the market for what I want, and I will enjoy using it for however long it lasts.
As a side note, anyone want to buy a Wizard with a broken screen?
Windows Mobile 7 (or whatever they call it) may or may not be that exciting anyway. If the TP2 doesn't suffer the same interface lag that the TP did then this looks like a pretty nice phone!
Windows Mobile 7 (or whatever they call it) may or may not be that exciting anyway. If the TP2 doesn't suffer the same interface lag that the TP did then this looks like a pretty nice phone!
You're just saying that so that I give you your phone back!
But seriously... It lagging too much would probably be the only thing that would keep me from buying it. But it would have to be pretty bad to be beat out by this thing!
I called T-Mobile, to ask if I can preoprder this thing, Rep said no! It will be available in stores on Aug. 12 and that's it. In the main time, she tried to shovel My Touch down my throat, literaly. I had to be very firm to make her understand I want TP2and nothing else.
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Windows Mobile 7 (or whatever they call it) may or may not be that exciting anyway. If the TP2 doesn't suffer the same interface lag that the TP did then this looks like a pretty nice phone!
Unless T-Mobile buggers it up, it should be snappy - my hands-on time with the TP2 was impressive...I really liked that phone! Video coming up next week.
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I got a chance to play with one in the store yesterday. The phone is pretty large and feels about twice as heavy as other WinMo touchscreen phones. It has an accelerometer, but few programs make use of it. The Touchflow screens completely ignored the accelerometer and only Internet Explorer made use of it.
I didn't have a chance to do much with it as the T-Mo employee was scrutinizing my every move. The GUI felt plenty fast. The display is the best I've seen on any Windows Mobile device. Viewing photos on it is a whole different experience from other devices. A friend of mine raves about his Sony Xperia X1, but to me, the TP2 is a better choice for someone who wants to carry a small computer that also happens to make phone calls.
I tried to get pricing info from them, but they were pretty quiet about it. All they would say is that their discounted phones rarely go for more than $249. I'm guessing that this will cost $299 with a 2-year contract since it's such an expensive phone. The Dash 3G is $169 with 2-year contract and it's a far less expensive device.
T-Mobile lags for Win Mobile units. Had the Shadow for a couple of years and wanted a touchscreen unit again. Couldn't wait - ended up with unlocked MWg Zinc II. It is a peppy little unit, and a fraction of the cost of HTC HD I really wanted. The Pro2 does look a little thick - but may be phot angle. Now if TMob ever got the HD (word is supposedly not coming to States tho) - I would jump at it.
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