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By Mr. Lee Sinclair
Im quite impressed with the phone but can be a bit slow sometimes. just gotta be patient with it. the keyboard is excellent and touch flo is a top notch way of using the phone without a stylus. havent used a lot of the features on it but ive seen some cool apps on xda developers for it!
By Richard H (Bath,UK)
I was looking forward to getting a business phone that could be a phone, modem for my laptop, browse the internet. What I got was a device that was confused in what it was supposed to do and performs poorly ... Various issues:
1/ screen blanks when making calls on phone
2/ general terrible performance from Windows mobile op system. Just can't keep up most of the time
3/ drops calls - will ring but no phone keypad to answer it. Durrr.
4/ usually answers the call before managing to take it out of my pocket, becomes a liability.
5/ alarm clock functionality badly thought out - use volume keys to turn off!!!!!
6/ battery sucks, but knew this from initial reviews
7/ internet browsing with opera doesn't really work with zoom, seems to snap back to LHS when want to move to right.
8/ too many peripheral apps instead of concentrating on primary function. ITS A PHONE !!! the weather in Dubai is secondary....
9/ touch screen does not seem to work well. Not easy to get the options that you are trying for
good points
1/ connectivity to laptop as modem faultless, works very well
2/ keypad v good for texting and writing
By Amnada R. Miller (Chester, UK)
I have been using this phone for about 9 months now and it is great. I have a 16gb micro hcsd card in it which alows me to run Copilot 7 on the phone whilst listening to audio books (Audible) and acepting the occasional phone call. Oh and I have more than 8GB of storage left for my MP3 collection. The screen is good enough to read ebooks during long flights.
The problem of rejecting phone calls whist in the pocket has been solved with the latest ROM update and a slider instead of a button press to accept or reject calls.
The keyboard is a great improvement over the TYTN2 as there is a seperate row of number keys. Emails are a breeze.
Cons. Opera will occasionally not do things, because it does not support Java or something like that. But when it does fall down I switch to Internet Explorer which is of course included in Windows Mobile 6.1
By S. Rea
I so wanted to fall in love with this phone, but the damned thing is just too slow and temperamental.
Take the iWannabe touchFlo interface which is, like, really cool. For about five minutes, after which you get fed up to the back teeth waiting for it to respond. Scrolling between tabs takes an age and often freezes. Attempting to navigate webpages on the woeful Opera random-zoom browser is hell on earth - it's got a mind of its own.
I couldn't believe the phone-answering-in-the-pocket business could be true, but - yup - HTC have designed a touch sensitive screen that becomes active in your pocket and rejects precisely 100% of your incoming calls. That must be number one thing on the "we're designing a touch screen phone: which problems are we likely to encounter?" list. Incredible.
Another maddening design aspect is the contoured Diamond back. You would have though this might serve some ergonomic purpose; but when you pull the keyboard out and place the phone on a flat surface it actually tilts away from you and rocks around making typing impossible. Uh?! The keyboard itself, although it feels like it is going to snap off the phone any time soon, is really very good indeed.
All that said, you can tweak this thing into quite a pretty good phone. The Answerkeys Disabler app solves the pocket problem. The TF3D Config app improves the TouchFlo performance no end. Using Internet Explorer over Opera gives more reliable browsing experience. As with all WinMO phones syncs with Outlook work like a dream. The screen, while a mite small at 2.5", is very sharp and bright.
I very nearly sent this phone back but have learned to cope with it. It's just a real shame it takes days of twiddling to get the thing working to its full potential. That's not really what you hope for in a ear-bleedingly expensive phone.
By J. Maurice (Leeds, UK)
After owning this phone for 8 weeks I am amazed how awful it is, if ever there is a case for "not fit for purpose" this phone is it.
HTC have tried so hard to create a slick graphic interface that they seem to have forgetten that this is in fact a phone, not just a screen with lots of pretty pictures, and it is as a phone that this device completely lacks any user friendliness.
This phone cannot perform the task of making and receiving calls with any reliability. The phone dialler interface has been designed without any thought.
The most annoying aspect of the phone is the inclusion of a large on-screen "END CALL" button, which is posibly the most stupid and pointless idea I have ever encountered on a phone. THIS IS A MAJOR FAULT WITH THE PHONE because you can't put the phone to your ear without rejecting a call, also if the phone is in your pocket, or in a case the phone will ALWAYS REJECT A CALL.
HTC must have found the same problem when they tested the phone, so instead of redesigning the inteface they have just disabled the screen as soon as a call is answered, making dealing with other incoming calls or checking messages very difficult. Words cannot discribe how useless this very expensive device is as a phone.
Is there anything about this phone that I like..hmmm lets think...no.
It crashes, the user interface is a step back from the previous one, the phone often needs restting, the reception is awful, the speaker is almost silent, the glossy case gets grubby almost instantly, GPS connection is slow causing Satnav software to lag, the Music player will not sync with Windows media player, the keyboard is buggy, battery life is poor, the on screen keyboard changes from alpha numeric to Qwerty and sync with Outlook can be problematic.
In summation, I have owned and used PDA's for around 7 years now, and this smartphone has to be the most awful device I have ever owned. I am so fed up with it I have begun using my old phone.
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