http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/ Engadget Comments for AT&T page confirms HTC Touch Pro as "Fuze" 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/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/ALWAYS putting stupid names on phones.]]>Sep 5th 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 10th 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
:)]]>Sep 6th 2008 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Its not the software that is impossible to use, its the dumbass user like you.
ever heard of an id10t error o_0 ?]]>Sep 6th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
I think Christian might poop on your faces.

P.S. I like Touching pros]]>Sep 5th 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
Seriously though, there has got to be enough of us who don't give a flying fnord about apple or the iPhone to justify a decent amount of attention devoted to a phone of this caliber after it launches in the US. If you don't believe me, run a poll if you must, but seriously guys.]]>Sep 6th 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
I walked into a sprint store today and asked for a touch diamond and the guy actually opened some boxes in the back trying to find one in the days mail but sadly none have shipped yet... said something about 14th or 15th of this month but that sprint had been delaying launches time and time again now. I just want to dump this crappy moto phone and get a real phone. ]]>Sep 6th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
There has been a fair amount of coverage and anticipation for the HTC Touch Pro, and I think the big news is that even if HTC works WM over for 3 years, they can't impress reviewers like Walt Mossberg. MS has a widespread scaling problem for its OSs that Apple has addressed successfully, in part by supporting only a half dozen hardware variants. If people lack a compelling reason to upgrade to Vista and keep going further into Linux based "UMPCs" and "netbooks," there are fewer reasons to get into WM. In general, the computer free smart phone with a fast cellular data network is here. People want to sync, but it's better to sync with everything than one OS. Apple hasn't done a perfect job here by any means either: why build a smart phone that doesn't need syncing and add on a cloud syncing service, and not think you might need an emergency firmware push on the device itself?

If HTC were thrilled with WM and the direction it's been taking, they wouldn't have hooked up with Google. It looks like MS will start to shift the direction of WM, but not until the next version...and we all know how WM updates usually go, especially for existing phones: slowly.

In any case, as soon as Android is out, we'll all be enjoying a flood of posts in which Android goes on one slightly different WM smartphone after another. And this HTC phone will be one of the first victims of the coming wave of Androidization, what with the capacitative touchscreen and sleek, metropolitan design. ]]>Sep 6th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 7th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
In my opinion, as long as phones keep using windows OS...there's only so much you can do to hide the sheer unfriendliness of windows.

And thats why Xperia X1 will fail. And so will Touch Pro.

In fact, the only phone I see competing with the apple is T-mob's android phone.

On top, AT&T's customer service...is well, I think maybe just above Sprint in how much it sucks! I've had issues with reception in my area...and must've spent close to 8 hours on hold today with customer service, not to mention having been disconnected on 2wice when I did get through.

It's gonna be either T-mob with it's Andriod phone, or Verizon (who've got some good phones and decent service) or Sprint with their phones and $99 everything plan.]]>Sep 5th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
I find the Omnia easier to use than the iPhone and settled on the former.

You say po-tay-toe. I say poh-tah-toe.]]>Sep 6th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/iPhone is aimed squarely at consumers, WinMo has always been aimed at business. Both are trying to cross the divide, both have rocky records of crossing over. Throw Android into the mix and you still have the same situation. Blackberry is more of a threat to WinMo than Apple is, yet all the focus is on Apple. Yes, they sell alot of units, but mostly to the fickle consumer space- what makes anyone sure the iPhone is not a fad? It has all the marks of one.
I have a Tilt- older than the iPhone 3G- that can switch between GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA on the fly with no drops/delays. I have all day battery life- and if I didn't, I could quick-swap the battery. I have real security on my phone, I have secure access to actual push e-mail and built-in support for SMS/MMS. Which of these features do you think is unimportant to the business world?
There is no be-all mobile device- not WinMo, not iPhone, not Helios, not Android. If you're going to compare apples to oranges, write the full story, not just the bits that suit you. Or just stop comparing apples to oranges.]]>Sep 8th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/]]>Sep 7th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 5th 2008 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
As my contract is up next month, I will be getting one of these bad boys and getting back to WinMo.]]>Sep 6th 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
hello fuuuzeeee]]>Sep 6th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
Bring on the Touch Pro! Man, I can't wait to get a subsidized price on this beast.]]>Sep 6th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 7th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/And yeah, sure, winmo is a bit clunky and was not built for finger use, to large extent because it was built a long time ago, and while it has been developing over those years, the Jesus phone was not really, well, even in existence...
So, you know, there are people out here in the wild who actually want more from their phone, or things that just don't exist on the iphone. I am one such person.
On my phone I can do an amazing amount of useful and cool stuff.
the one thing I like that the iphone has is an accelerometer, and this phone has now got one, so it would complete my feature wishlist....
Back to subject. the iphone is good looking and seductive, but it is limited. For instance, I have a drawing/photo editing app, it is one of the main things I dig on my phone, can't do that on the iphone... I can actualy make a movie on my phone, shoot the vidi, make the graphics, record the sound and edit it all together.
winmo + htc interface stuff and some more customization and I have a phone that is informative, capable, cool looking, productive and entertaining. iphone isn't there yet for me.
Point is, there is actual usable value in a winmo phone for many people that trumps the industrial/graphic beauty of the iphone.]]>Sep 6th 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/Sep 6th 2008 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/atandt-page-confirms-htc-touch-pro-as-fuze/
I live in the Dallas area and ATT has the best coverage by far than any other carrier. And I want a Fuze! But can I get one next week....or in November? ATT frustrates me in that regard.

Other than that, I've had no problems with customer service, their coverage beats Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile in the DFW area, and I've been running 2 phones with a contract that expired a year ago so I'm constantly getting special offers begging me to re-sign. Wonder how much they'll make it worth my while for the Fuze......

One thing: there is an internal competition between the Company owned ATT phone stores and the on-line ATT website. Especially if you're in a situation like mine or a new customer, check with both of them to see who will give you the better deal. You don't get instant gratification over the web, but the money saved may make it worth the wait.

And I'm going to me nice and give my opinion of the iPhone, Apples's Marketing Stategy, and the lemming who buy the latest version every 4-6 months like it's the second coming. I've got a box full of old phones, but not full of phones less than a year old.]]>Sep 6th 2008 4:21AM