05-31-2006, 09:00 PM
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Magi
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PDAGold Takes a First Look at the HTC Hermes
"At first glance, the Hermes... did not look that cool. The device looked sort of wishy-washy; simply a boring grey mouse. There were too many input controls (I have counted 14 altogether, including a cursor-pad and a rotary wheel!), the material appeared to be cheap plastic to me, and, above all, the slide-out keyboard did not promise much with its manufacturing quality� Fortunately, I did not take this first glance too heavily into account, and even if the stated features are not improved (and they perhaps will be improved, it is just a sample after all), everything else deserves appreciation."
Check out PDAGold's first impressions of the HTC Hermes. The specs are certainly appealing with a slide-out keyboard, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2MPix camera, and HSDPA support for "high-speed dating" (I tell ya... I learn something new everyday!  ). Anyway, it's not a review! Pavel makes that very clear! The review comes later once the finished product is in-hand and he's had more time to play with it, but certainly the early impressions seem positive despite its rather understated appearance.
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05-31-2006, 09:42 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Just correction: It's not HSPDA (not sure if you have High Speed PDA :wink: :devilboy: ), but it's HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA
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05-31-2006, 11:42 PM
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Magi
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Originally Posted by beecher
Just correction: It's not HSPDA (not sure if you have High Speed PDA :wink: :devilboy: ), but it's HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA |
Whoops... that was a typo!
Thanks for the catch!
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06-01-2006, 03:33 AM
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Wait a minute! It has a "rotary wheel" on it?! Could this FINALLY be a Windows Mobile device that has a true JogDial type scrolling option?! Oh Please! I hope so!
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06-01-2006, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Johnson
Could this FINALLY be a Windows Mobile device that has a true JogDial type scrolling option?!
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This is hardly new to Windows Mobile - there've been quite a few WM devices with jog dials over the years (though maybe not available in the US).
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06-01-2006, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by hishamh
This is hardly new to Windows Mobile - there've been quite a few WM devices with jog dials over the years...
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Maybe all the really cool toys were held back from the US market. There's never been one "JogDial" (continuous scrolling) unit I've seen in the US, only a bunch of the lame "toggle-wheel" (up/down/select) ones.
I guess the BlackBerry has a real JogDial on it, so maybe that's put the pressue on for WindowsMobile to release some units here in the US with one.
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06-01-2006, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Johnson
There's never been one "JogDial" (continuous scrolling) unit I've seen in the US, only a bunch of the lame "toggle-wheel" (up/down/select) ones.
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I'm not sure I understand the difference here? What do you mean by 'continuous scrolling'?
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06-01-2006, 09:28 AM
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Pupil
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Difference is that JogDial is around rotating wheel and with toggle-wheel you just push it in direction you want to scroll/move. When you release it, it will get back to center position. Toggle-wheel is more like joystick, but it's not so big...
Unfortunatelly, JogDial in Hermes has just only three directions. Up, down, push, not five (left and right more) as has Sony original JogDial.
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06-01-2006, 09:36 AM
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Ah...thanks! In that case I take it back - I've never seen that on a Windows Mobile device. The Hermes version is just like mine. Any link you can give me to have a look at the Sony 'jog dial'?
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06-01-2006, 10:52 AM
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Re: PDAGold Takes a First Look at the HTC Hermes
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Originally Posted by PDAgold.com
with any device including an integrated phone, it is always necessary to choose between performance and power consumption
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this is totally a bs statement.
and yea, compared to e.g. my qtek 2020i, this device is total crap, of course.
wm5 = crappy cpu & low memory & crappy hardware in all
is this the ultimate new formula to go with or what.
are microsoft and partners seeing their best mobile market opportunities in kindergarten or what.
htc shouldn't be producing poor devices for poor men only today, they also have to produce decent devices like they did in the past.
and you all know WHAT made htc so big, right? exactly, these "old" and decent devices.
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