I notice that the difference between the HTC Touch PRO 2 and the Blackstone is related to the keyboard. Same cpu speed, same memory. I'd like to know if the touchFLO 3d is the last one, the one installed on the diamond 2; if it's upgradable. I'd like to know if it's better for me to wait something new from HTC or if i buy a great product.
Thaks for suggestion. I did it.
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As my hermes is broken now I am need for a new phone.
Things is care for: WM6 os, touch screen, in built gps, bluetooth, microsd slot and lightweight body
Things I don't care: keyboard, 3G etc
What do u guys suggest? Sony Xperia looks good but has a keyboard. I can live with it but prefer not to have it in order to reduce the bulk. HTC touch?
Any other suggestions?
gondalguru said:
As my hermes is broken now I am need for a new phone.
Things is care for: WM6 os, touch screen, in built gps, bluetooth, microsd slot and lightweight body
Things I don't care: keyboard, 3G etc
What do u guys suggest? Sony Xperia looks good but has a keyboard. I can live with it but prefer not to have it in order to reduce the bulk. HTC touch?
Any other suggestions?
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I love my Kaiser... Its like a Hermes on steroids. Lots of ram and storage space. I know you don't care about 3G, or a keyboard, but I still think you should at least look at it.
-Jay
NM - Sold on eBay....
Jay2TheRescue said:
I love my Kaiser... Its like a Hermes on steroids. Lots of ram and storage space. I know you don't care about 3G, or a keyboard, but I still think you should at least look at it.
-Jay
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People complain a lot about missing video driver and sluggish response on kaiser when refreshing screen or using video, gps etc....Did u notice any of those? I really don't care about video or camera in the phone. It will not be major issue with me.
One more thing - Kaiser is 20 gm heavier than hermes. If i get touch cruise then it will be 60 gm lighter than kaiser. Touch cruise also has the same missing video driver problme.
I never used keyboard on my hermes so I think I should get something without keyboard to slash some weight off my pocket.
How about Eten or atom devices like x800 etc. Are they as good as HTC performance wise?
gondalguru said:
People complain a lot about missing video driver and sluggish response on kaiser when refreshing screen or using video, gps etc....Did u notice any of those? I really don't care about video or camera in the phone. It will not be major issue with me.
One more thing - Kaiser is 20 gm heavier than hermes. If i get touch cruise then it will be 60 gm lighter than kaiser. Touch cruise also has the same missing video driver problme.
I never used keyboard on my hermes so I think I should get something without keyboard to slash some weight off my pocket.
How about Eten or atom devices like x800 etc. Are they as good as HTC performance wise?
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I haven't had any big issues with the video drivers, but my old PDA phone was quite old and slow (HP iPAQ hw6515). Especially with the new ROM that att just released last week the menu response is really fast, and the video is better, but like I said it still was far better than my old device. I run TomTom Navigator 6 on my Tilt, and have had no problems with video issues. I don't do stuff like YouTube though, so I can't comment on that.
I was just suggesting that it should be something to consider...
-Jay
I'm nearly at the end of my contract for my T-mobile vario II. It looks like my next phone will either be the X1 or the touch HD. I read a lot of ebooks and web pages so the bigger screen is going to be great.
I like the fact that the X1 has a slide out keyboard and dpad. These should help when writing emails or playing games. However the simpler package of the Touch HD does look very nice.
One thing that sucked about the vario II was the sluggish interface - from the few videos I have watched the HD seems a bit slicker than the X1 - am I right?
If possible I would like to install android on my next device - is this more likely to be possible on the HD?
So what are your views - which is better?
Mercedes or BMW.
Two similar but quite different animals.
Need the keyboard... X1
Need no keyboard .. T' HD
It's simply a choice only. Some point or other.. a HardSPL and cooking of roms will be well underway.. along with a vast choice of rom shape and size, along with inbuilts. The only thing that will not change is the Hardware shape. (guts are the same)
The Touch HD is not even out properly, and the HD manilla is already available and installable on the X1. the Sony panels will no doubt hit the Touch HD.
I have bought 2 X1's..along with an Omnia... Will get a HD also.. but this is because i'm a picky sod.. and have money to pee away.
Please don't tell my wife!.
Well the Touch HD is technically using HTC's "2nd" version of TouchFlo3D, after Diamond/TPro, so understandably they've put some effort into getting it to run more smoothly. SE's panels will debut on the X1 so it's probably buggy just like TouchFlo3D was when the Diamond first came out.
That said, XDA got even the stock Diamond interface running really well, so there's no reason they can't do it with the X1's panels. It's not a question of if but when.
I think if you're going to reading most of the time, the HD will be the better choice (bigger screen, and you dont "need" a hardware keyboard to read). But I must say if you do a fair amount of messaging, a real keyboard is second to none -- there's just no going back after you've used one (imo).
As for Android, only time will tell. My guess is yes for both, but it might not be fully functional for some time. There are just too many unknowns right now for there to be an easy answer.
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Mercedes or BMW.
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For me the answer to that one was BMW!
harvsingh said:
I have bought 2 X1's..along with an Omnia... Will get a HD also.. but this is because i'm a picky sod.. and have money to pee away.
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If you are so flush with cash feel free to mail me one of the X1's!
fhseih - I do read a lot and the physical size of the screen on the touch hd would be very nice for that. However the actual resolution of the X1 is the same so it should be almost as good in that respect. As you say, once you get used to the keyboard you never go back. I have got used to having a keyboard on my vario II. I love the way that you can type without wasting screen space on a virtual keyboard.
Maybe what I really want is a Touch HD Pro - any rumors that we will see one of these soon?
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For me the answer to that one was BMW!
If you are so flush with cash feel free to mail me one of the X1's!
fhseih - I do read a lot and the physical size of the screen on the touch hd would be very nice for that. However the actual resolution of the X1 is the same so it should be almost as good in that respect. As you say, once you get used to the keyboard you never go back. I have got used to having a keyboard on my vario II. I love the way that you can type without wasting screen space on a virtual keyboard.
Maybe what I really want is a Touch HD Pro - any rumors that we will see one of these soon?
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Even though i have capital... and enough to buy a handset i want when i want it on the network i choose to be with.. i am certainly no charity.. so i'm sorry.. if the second x1 goes anywhere its back to supplier... and get a HD instead.
I think getting a Touch HD pro is pointless.. HD is such because its not bulky. Its slim and basically a screen with a send and end key.
Adding a keyboard to it = not a Touch HD Pro but a X1.
Lack of G-sensor on X1 is the thing i think when it comes to using different roms and software. Hardware apart from this and keyb is the same. (except screen size...res is the same)
I think... i will keep one x1 and get a HD...
that way.. i'm covered.
Really wish the DX900 Glofiish had been released... 2 sim cards... one phone with VGA/GPS/WIFI/Bluetooth/3G/HSDPA .. but as yet.. its just due... due .. and due....
who could want more?
Does the Touch HD run smoothly with the new stuff from the future diamond 2 and touch pro 2? Or will the newer hardware perform much better?
Just trying to see if I should bite the bullet on a Touch hd or wait for the diamond 2 ...or omnia hd...
Thanks all-
The hardware is actually the same. TP2 has a slightly smaller screen (3.8' vs 3.6' on the Pro2) and QWERTY keyboard, while TD2 is pretty much a smaller version of the HD (it also has no 3.5'' jack).
So yeah, it runs the new software just as good as TD2 and TP2 do.
In the end it really boils down to Touch HD vs Omnia HD (seeing as Diamond2 is not as good as the Blackstone), which isn't even out yet (but it'll probably be the bomb when it comes out).
Oh, and Omnia HD is no longer called that. It's referred to with a code which I, of course, forgot. They want to keep that brand to WinMo devices.
hi, i have decided, im either buying a touch cruise or touch cruise 2.
there is about a 120$ difference in price, but its not important.
what matters most is the performance..
touch cruise surly has better performance than diamond.. no big lags.
but did anybody try the the touch cruise 09 to comment about performance?!!
is it better than the cruise 1 and the diamond?
please help me fast..
Hello, depends on what you mean by "performance". As for the speed/response times, I'm pretty sure new cruise is little faster than the Polaris - it has faster CPU, more RAM... Maybe these SPB Benchmark results (czech review) might be interesting for you. As for the Diamond, it is slower mainly because of the demanding VGA display and TouchFlo3D, otherwise it's not that bad device.
Although the Polaris was impressive phone when introduced (Dec 2007) and Iolite lacks some of it's features (FM radio, front camera), personally I wouldn't (and didn't ) go into Polaris these days as long as the price is not the only important parameter.
thnx for ur opinion..
by performance i mean how fast the device opens applications, (i use it mostly for my medical programs like those on skyscape) and responsivness..
money is not an issue..
the country im in doesnt support video call!!! and i hate music!!!
so fm radio and another camera are useless to me, but so is gps...
so if the new cruise opens applications faster, then its the way im going..
anybody can confirm that..
I have read dozens of reviews of the htc touch hd which really got me interested after ditching my iphone for an xperia. The xperia is quite fun but have many bad and good experience with it. Its really getting on my nerve about how slow it is sometimes and not much of a keyboard user except sometimes where its really useful. I want to know is the responsiveness on the htc touch hd any good compare to the iphone or xperia i have no troubles typing on a touch screen except those few grammar errors. The htc touch pro 2 really got me with the tilting action which is great for videos but has no fm radio nor does it have 3.5mm so please give me some opinions
Simply answer Touch HD is better choice for hard keyboard haters like me... HTC is very smart company, they produces for different customer profiles
xperia and hd share the same hardware so its the same old story, you wont get a hyperfast machine if u aint into tweaking and possibly rom flashing (eg kwbr's topix unleashed is a really fast rom, and duttys 3.4)
for tp2, i would never ever use a device like ours without a 3.5mm jack
maybe it's personal view and getting used to it but i type on hd better than on iphone
Not sure if you have seen this but someone has posted a comparison of Blackstone and TP2 in the Rhodium Forums. For me personally I don't like the bulk of the Rhodium. It's about 30 grams heavier than a Blackstone and more than 50 grams heavier than a Topaz. Suppose it's good to have choice of different form factors though
Sorry... should of read before posting...