Early Reviews of the HTC Prophet

[Darius Wey]

<img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20051128-Prophet.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-prophet-en.shtml">Mobile-review.com</a> and <a href="http://www.mrpalm.com/list3.php?cont_id=56">MrPalm.com</a> (in Thai) has published a couple of preliminary reviews of the upcoming HTC Prophet. The device resembles the HTC Magician and comes complete with a TI OMAP850 200MHz processor, 64MB RAM (47.46MB usable), 64MB Flash ROM (44.08MB usable), quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11g/i Wi-Fi, an SDIO/SD/MMC slot, a 2-megapixel camera (no flash), a 2.83" QVGA (240 x 320) TFT-LCD, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Hardware-obsessed geeks might notice a few flaws that would make the HTC Prophet lose out against the E-TEN M600 and O2 Xda Atom.

[saru83]

OH CRAP!!!!! why HTC WHY??? :bad-words: why this SLOW processor again... i'm not buying HTC anymore, QUANTA ROCKS :rock on dude!: , I'm getting the XDA ATOM :evil:

[WorksForTurkeys]

OH CRAP!!!!! why HTC WHY???


Right!

Someone explain to me why I should buy a new device that runs less than half as fast as my Magician? Is it half as expensive as my Magician? Its making the Atom look better and better, and affordable.

[karlth]

OH CRAP!!!!! why HTC WHY???


Right!

Someone explain to me why I should buy a new device that runs less than half as fast as my Magician?

Because hopefully the battery will last twice as long.

To some that is the major issue when it comes to a smartphone device.

[saru83]

Because hopefully the battery will last twice as long.

To some that is the major issue when it comes to a smartphone device.

okay, i agree that the battery will last longer but NEVER twice as long, while compromising a lot of other things its not worthit, like video play back and even the s/w's r getting more advance that means u r gonna get stuck with old s/w's with week multimedia capabilities, eventually u r almost truning it back to PPC2000

i'm sorry but this is my opinioin!!

[Darius Wey]

okay, i agree that the battery will last longer but NEVER twice as long, while compromising a lot of other things its not worthit, like video play back and even the s/w's r getting more advance that means u r gonna get stuck with old s/w's with week multimedia capabilities, eventually u r almost truning it back to PPC2000

i'm sorry but this is my opinioin!!

And it's a fair opinion. When it comes to these devices, there are obviously two markets. While this device performs well for the standard user who is concerned more with basic functionality than raw power, it might not perform well for the power user who is obviously concerned more with the raw power as well as the basic functionality, so that he/she may run their CPU-intensive applications. HTC has obviously targeted the former market with the Wizard and the Prophet. If you're after a device which performs well and has the specs to prove it, then the M600 or the Atom are suitable alternatives.

[Paragon]

This has been said about eleventy million times lately......

PROCESSING ABILITIES ARE NOT MEASURED IN MHZ

I have heard so many people who don't own a Wizard tell me how slow the OMAP850 200mhz processor is, yet I have heard almost no one who actually owns one complain about its abilities.

Complaining about the available ROM may be better placed...... The Wizard has 128mb of ROM, with less that 50mb available. This device has half that amount. My math tells me there is a serious problem here. ;)

Dave

[Darius Wey]

Complaining about the available ROM may be better placed...... The Wizard has 128mb of ROM, with less that 50mb available. This device has half that amount. My math tells me there is a serious problem here. ;)

Yeah, that's the biggest downside. Why the Prophet has been crippled with 64MB ROM is something I'm still trying to work out. For basic tasks, the OMAP works fine, and the benchmark figures have proven it.

[Paragon]

Yeah, that's the biggest downside. Why the Prophet has been crippled with 64MB ROM is something I'm still trying to work out. For basic tasks, the OMAP works fine, and the benchmark figures have proven it.

I'm wondering if they are reporting it differently....the Wizard has 128mb less the partitions for the OS and extended ROM leaving the 40 something. Perhaps this has a 64mb chip entirely user accessible?

......the OMAP850 does much more than basic tasks, btw. ;)

Dave

[karlth]

Because hopefully the battery will last twice as long.

To some that is the major issue when it comes to a smartphone device.

okay, i agree that the battery will last longer but NEVER twice as long, while compromising a lot of other things its not worthit, like video play back and even the s/w's r getting more advance that means u r gonna get stuck with old s/w's with week multimedia capabilities, eventually u r almost truning it back to PPC2000

The huge emerging enterprise market wants battery life above video or game playing performance.

I fully understand many users wanting and needing the fastest processors but most business users only use the office and communcation part of the machines. For them battery life is all important and it is not like the Prophet's processor is dead slow anyway.

[Darius Wey]

......the OMAP850 does much more than basic tasks, btw. ;)

Well, my use of the term "basic" covers a broad spectrum. I mean, really broad. Beyond your broadest imaginations. ;)

[brian_r_baker]

This looks like a nice, compact-sized device. I'd be interested in side-by-side comparisons to some of the Smartphone devices, like my i-mate SP3i.