[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by ina-nyminute

Awesome review, thanks.
If it's okay I'm going to post a mention about it (your review)on hofo.

Thanks, and feel free to link the review on HoFo. :-) I will be glad to answer the questions of the HoFo readers.

Originally Posted by ina-nyminute

The phone looks really big.

The phone is big. Definitely not designed with pockets in mind. :lol:

I hope your dreams come true. ;-)

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by ina-nyminute

Awesome review, thanks.
If it's okay I'm going to post a mention about it (your review)on hofo.

Thanks, and feel free to link the review on HoFo. :-) I will be glad to answer the questions of the HoFo readers.

Originally Posted by ina-nyminute

The phone looks really big.

The phone is big. Definitely not designed with pockets in mind. :lol:

I hope your dreams come true. ;-)

[alphaxi3]

I have read several articles concerning this phone (at least five) and have yet to see it mentioned that the phone has no touch screen. To me this is one of the main features of a smartphone, not bluetooth, and it negates the need for a qwerty keyboard, for me at least. Being able to sync wirelessly and walk around like a nerd with a wireless headset, woooooo, don't turn me on. I need more practicle reasons to need something. Every time I see somebody with one of those bluetooth headsets I just laugh.

One practical item you did bring up that I hadn't seen anywhere else is that it is application locked, which is pretty big. Another main feature of a smartphone is the ability to costumize it for oneself . I will have to search the net to see if someone has found out how to unlock this phone if it can be done at all.

All in all I give the article 2.5 stars out of 5.

PS you think this phone is big you should see my current phone the Kyocera 6135.

[Jerry Raia]

Originally Posted by alphaxi3

the phone has no touch screen. To me this is one of the main features of a smartphone

No Smartphone running the MS OS has a touchscreen. You might be confusing this with a PocketPC Phone Edition which does have a touchscreen.

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by alphaxi3

I have read several articles concerning this phone (at least five) and have yet to see it mentioned that the phone has no touch screen. To me this is one of the main features of a smartphone, not bluetooth,

This gets into the classification of smartphone. This device is correct in not having a touch screen. It's meant for 1 handed operation and focused on being a phone first and foremost.

Smartphones are meant to be a phone first, and do data second. Where as a wireless handheld is meant to do data first and phone second. Sure, it may sound like a small difference, but that's pretty much how the industry classifies these devices. While Palm may call the Treo a Smartphone, it's really a wireless handheld because it's aimed at data first and has that touch screen. :?

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

This gets into the classification of smartphone. This device is correct in not having a touch screen. It's meant for 1 handed operation and focused on being a phone first and foremost.

And the i930 works great when it comes to single handed operations.

[trog]

How were you able to get the thumbboard to work? I can't get it to work with the i930, but can with other Nextel phones. Help, please!!