http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/ Engadget Comments for HTC's Touch with TouchFLO -- the Elf with new 3D sweep interface http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
That said, it's still lacking a hardware keyboard, and that's a deal breaker. In this day and age of mobile email, on-screen keyboards and stylii don't cut it. The hardware buttons are also horrifyingly tiny - they've got the real estate, so USE IT.

Still, that's just whining about the phone - if they can get that interface on the PPC-6800, I'll be a happy camper.]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.htctouch.com/

Regardless of what it is and what you call it, this really breathes some excitement into windows mobile 6 for me. If only they, uh, added "Zune Media" features we'd have a worthy ZunePhone.]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
It's 2007. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung are all producing 3G smartphones en masse. Why can't HTC?]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
I have a WM5 smartphone and have never once connected to the Internet with it other than just to see if it could be done.]]>Jun 5th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
It's 2007. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung are all producing 3G smartphones en masse. Why can't HTC?]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3899

Cheers ~ Arne]]>Jun 5th 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 6th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
I got to play around with the T-Mobile Wing last night and I tried using it without the stylus (because it was missing) and it wasn't a cool experience. I have skinny, artists hands and I still couldn't navigate well through Windows Mobile 6 with just my finger.

A really good UI for touchscreen mobile phones has to have big ol' buttons!!]]>Jun 5th 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/The design for the exterior is nice although it needs a couple more hard buttons at the bottom and one more on the side.

The screen sucks - HTC has made VGA for 2 years now - they need more VGA phones.

Where the heck is the GPS - such a tiny thing - why not put it on all phones to take advantage of free services that include full FREE gps navigation? Take a lead from Eten and others.

More memory - not sure what isn't clear about that - MORE memory - say it with me double cheese burger, onion rings and a large orange drink - say it!

And no, for anyone interested those features don't require bigger phones, just look at what the other manufacturers like Eten and Imate have made into very small units as well.
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I have a ppc with wifi and use it on occasion, but we all know that a screen that is 2.8 inches in not big enough for surfing the web. This phone is more of a media device and thus the cool interface so they can keep up with the times. People who are using their phones for business hve no need for anyhting like this and should stick to their ppc's that have keyboards and 3G for their e-mail.

Personally, I love this phone and will be handing over some cash real soon to get it. I use my phone for mainly media ( I love all in one devices so that I don't have to carry my mp3 player, cell phone and camera everywhere I go. )]]>Jun 5th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
Here's the top 10 selling phones in the UK - http://www.intomobile.com/2007/04/30/top-selling-phones-in-the-uk-lg-sony-ericsson-and-nokia-top/

Every single one has 3G.]]>Jun 5th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
I don't care how much people use it or don't. I use it very often with my 8525. And for those that thinks its expensive, I pay $30 for unlimited 3G data and 1000 text messages. And browsing the net on my phone is not the use I'm concerned about. I tether it to my laptop when I'm on the road (or my power goes out). So if they want me to spend my money and upgrade, they will have to give me the features I want.]]>Jun 5th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
It's still just a bit of software tacked on to Windows Mobile, it doesn't make Windows Mobile really any better - you're still reliant on its contacts, internet and phone applications - all of which still look clunky, slow and old fashioned (and ultimately still require a stylus to be used properly).

Windows Mobile in Apple clothing? Perhaps. Yes, I know Apple didn't invent this 'let's touch the screen' malarky, but they certainly gave HTC a tip off or two on the design of this interface - fortunately Apple isn't reliant on the Windows Mobile underbelly.

-Leemo]]>Jun 5th 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
And for those of you complaining over a stupid camera; first of all, cell-phone cameras suck. Its better to simply have more memory, and get yourself a seperate, high quality camera. Unless you want heavily pixilated photos and no place to put them... :D]]>Jun 5th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/Jun 5th 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/
That main screen does remind me a bit of the desktop on the NeXT OS]]>Jun 6th 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/--
This thing is nothing like the iPhone.Obviously. This is a GPS for fishermen, right?]]>Jun 6th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/htcs-touch-with-touchflo-the-elf-with-new-3d-sweep-interface/The downside, the touchflo interface is almost non configurable, you have 5 small areas which you can fill with your own program presets, the second downside, you run constantly into wince, touchflow is a combination of wince program starter and a handful of applets and programs on its own, in about 60% of all day to day cases you run into windows ce programs where you have to pull the stylus, mainly the video player and normal phone works without it, as soon as you hit sms, you have to pull the stylus.

As for memory and slowing down, true, due to windowsces idotic program management, fortunately you can turn on that a press on the x will close the programs instead of hiding it, so that is a non issue, once you have figured that out, but one thing htc screwed up here is, that the X still is in its original wince size, making it hard to hit without a stylus.

Overall a nice phone, really small and with a long lasting battery, but dont expect any extraordinary usability, this is just wince with a nice program starter frontend and 2-3 adjusted programs.

I hope HTC improves the touchflo a little bit, it definitely has potential.
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