http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/ Engadget Comments for Palm, i-mate, others moving manufacturing contracts back to HTC? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.htcclassaction.org/ FTW]]>Jan 17th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/what's the point of having decent hardware in these devices if there are no software to take advantage of it!
it's effectively buying hardware without using it. can you imagine buying a graphics card for your PC and using generic windows VGA drivers, letting the CPU draw your desktop at seconds-per-frame?
of course not, you bought the hardware because you expect that performance. so with HTC not providing the software drivers to hook into the hardware, you effectively have a device that is using the CPU for everything. not exactly the reason you shelled out hard earned cash for that multimedia hardware-equipped phone is it?

imagine buying a ferrari and found it had a volvo engine inside....how is it legal?
actually maybe a hybrid electric/gasoline car with one engine disconnected would be a better analogy.

this is illegal false advertising and companies shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.]]>Jan 18th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/
As an HTC Universal owner (in the form of an O2 Exec) I don’t feel it’s that they’re exceptionally cheap but “exceptionally good” pretty much trumps anything else.

I’ve been looking at all the releases of other “Smart” Phones recently and nothing, including the iPhone, comes close to what I’ve had for close on two years.

I’ve spent too long in the IT industry and been disappointed too often to be a “fanboy” of any sort but HTC just seem to deliver what people want. For that they get my vote in the form of my pounds.

Now about that Omni… WHEN? WHERE DO I FORM A LINE?
]]>Jan 17th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/A very happy HTC Touch camper here.
Was Samsung i730 then Treo 700w then 750. Palm was a big disappointment...
]]>Jan 17th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/i also have the XDA EXEC and have loved it since almost 2 1/2 years ago.
the screen size, the keyboard WITH NUMBERS (what's this bullshit recently with no number row?), the CPU (still keeping up today), the clamshell design (keeping the screen protected and clean)etc all good things.

now i've been looking and keeping up with developments for years always having the knowledge ready so that whenever i need to upgrade, i have the list in my head and know what to choose from.
nothing has met my needs for a universal replacement.
the OMNI, a dream it may exist internally at HTC but it's a phantom at the moment.
the HTC Kaiser was ALMOST what i was looking for, just the bloody idiots made it with a QVGA screen...again...IDIOTS!

there have been all sorts of "almost" devices that just failed to have the best combination of features i want. devices from toshiba, gigabyte, HTC's own OMNI ( i need it to exist and be released!), LG, nokia..the list goes on.

lately i was thinking about the i-mate 9250, but i refuse to have the 2.5" screen after living with 3.8" all this time.
the sharp EM-one would be an AMAZING device...if it was a smartphone and not jst a data-enabled PDA :(
the eten glofish m800 may be a decent upgrade , not sure yet. seems it's not the killer WOW! the universal packed when launched.
Asus M930 Communicator looks good on paper, but when released?
Toshiba Portege G920 looks like an ugly better specced universal, but no release certain...
now i see at CES 2008 Qualcomm's "snapdragon" platform and the prorotypes thay showed were EXACTLY what i waant. although the prototype wasn't running on actual snapdragon hardware, it used msm7200 chipset just to show the features capable in snapdragon, the prototype is the design i've been waiting for to leave my HTC universal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdMww-LFPik]]>Jan 18th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/
If only HTC actually listened to customers instead of pawning off a driverless brick as the "most-powerful" device on the market.]]>Jan 17th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/
The PPC6900 is, IMO, the best phone sold by Sprint. (Formerly the Samsung A900)

HTC is to phones what ASUS is to laptops. Fantastic.
(ASUS sells under their own brand, but manufactures for other companies, as well. I believe ASUS makes or assembles the macbook shell, as well as Toshiba's laptops)]]>Jan 17th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/
Even if you have a working one you have to deal with Windows Mobile instability. I can't wait to see if the Google Android devices are any better.]]>Jan 17th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 17th 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 18th 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/palm-i-mate-others-moving-manufacturing-contracts-back-to-htc/Jan 21st 2008 12:03AM