[Jason Dunn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5o6tj7yFBQ

A couple of things jumped out at me as I watched this video: first, that the Snapdragon processor/chipset of the HD2 allows Windows Mobile to finally be as responsive as the iPhone - and in fact, I'd argue it's even more responsive. HTC has continued to evolve TouchFlo 3D - seeminly now officially re-named to HTC Sense - and with this new release they've gone deeper into the guts of Windows Mobile and replaced even more than previous devices. You can finally create new calendar appointments in a finger-friendly way, and HTC Sense has been expanded in terms of built-in functionality; there's now a Twitter client, and the photo viewing software taps directly into Facebook photo albums and allows you to browse them as if they were local to your device. The rich, deep functionality of HTC Sense and the associated apps that HTC has created is truly impressive.

The question is, will HTC release this new version of HTC Sense for the Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 via a future ROM update? Or will they continue to use HTC Sense as a "buy a new device to get the new software" ploy that alienates HTC customers? Only time will tell...

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5o6tj7yFBQ

A couple of things jumped out at me as I watched this video: first, that the Snapdragon processor/chipset of the HD2 allows Windows Mobile to finally be as responsive as the iPhone - and in fact, I'd argue it's even more responsive. HTC has continued to evolve TouchFlo 3D - seeminly now officially re-named to HTC Sense - and with this new release they've gone deeper into the guts of Windows Mobile and replaced even more than previous devices. You can finally create new calendar appointments in a finger-friendly way, and HTC Sense has been expanded in terms of built-in functionality; there's now a Twitter client, and the photo viewing software taps directly into Facebook photo albums and allows you to browse them as if they were local to your device. The rich, deep functionality of HTC Sense and the associated apps that HTC has created is truly impressive.

The question is, will HTC release this new version of HTC Sense for the Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 via a future ROM update? Or will they continue to use HTC Sense as a "buy a new device to get the new software" ploy that alienates HTC customers? Only time will tell...

[Eriq Cook]

Wow, that is impressive. I wonder if HTC has plans on integrating the Touch-flow 3D interface pretty tightly with its first Winmo 7 device. I would assume so. And if the device has a physical keyboard too, that'd be a great way to kick off Windows Mobile 7. Q3 2010 can't come fast enough.

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Thanks for sharing this. I just watched both the Sense walk-through video as well as the browsing comparison with the iPhone.

Wow! Microsoft would do well to leverage HTC TouchFLO interface in their WMv7 release (though the skeptic in me says MS won't do that). The browsing demo was extremely impressive as well.

I left WM a while back... my last device having been the now-ancient HP hx4700 (I'm using a combination of Nokia e51 phone and my hybrid HP dv2z laptop for all of my mobile needs)... this device could make me rethink WM though.

Great stuff!