I'm not to sure what the negativity is towards windows mobile. I have had nothing but positive results with the operating system. Windows Mobile is here to stay, it could use improvement yes(which they have continued to do), but it already offers far more features then any other OS for phones to date, and its not going to be succeeded any time soon. It will take a while before android or any other OS reaches the functionality and user base that Windows Mobile has claimed over the years of use is has compiled.
Personally I have used WinMo since before it was a phone, starting with my Ipaq 3800 and Ipaq hx4700, both of which has WinMo 2003(and if you did not know, the HP ipag\ hx4700's specs are still better then the newest phones out today!). It was a hard move to WinMo 5 because I was so used to the layout of 2003. My first WinMo 5 PDA..and first good Phone period was the cingular 8125. (came from a black and white screened nokia that did not even use a SIM card for cingular)
I was very happy with my 8125, it was a better version of the HTC Wizard I felt that T-Mobile had with their Vario. I loved being able to get onto myspace/facebook/ebay/email/aim and even to be able to use Excel for work schedules, Power Point for school slides, and Word for typing notes and even papers in a pinch. it may not have been as fast or snappy as my hx4700, but it got the job done, and thats what I needed.
I upgraded to a 8525 and sold the 8125 for $200. The camera on the 8525 was much better, I hated the physical buttons, but got used to them. It was hela lot faster then my 8125 (double speed actually) the only problems I ever suffered was the radio on my 8525's seamed to like to disconnect me from the internet. After 3 phone replacement's ATT sent me a Tilt for FREE
That was a year ago and I have NEVER had to even soft re-set my Tilt unless installing a program required it. My 8925(tilt) makes me so happy and has been super reliable through thick and thin. It's a valuable asset especially now that I have GPS and a 8GB sd card for my music ( goes nice with my Moto stereo bluetooth headset at the gym)
Although I see all these nice phones coming out, I see no added benefit to upgrading at this point. The X1 seams like the first choice because its will be well designed, will have a higher build quality and have good specs with a very versatile operation system that already has thousands upon thousands of applications made for it, and older versions that are compatible. not to mention the screen resolution and size is larger then the HTC's new line up (excluding the Touch HD which we will not see)
The HTC touch diamond will go to those that prefer to use the stylus for txt entry, and mostly use there fingers on getting quick up-to-date information with touch-flow 3d(which is a awesome program btw). Its very small for device that can do so much, and very nice looking too. The Pro version will feed those that need the physical keyboard and crave the VGA screen(actually both versions) and SD card expansion. I used to be ok with just text entry via a stylus from my old PDA's...but ever since my first slider phone the 8125 I got hooked..
I am very surprised that HTC did not bring the touch HD to the states. With the Iphone being so popular, it seams like it would be a solid competitor for those not wanting to jump on the iphone bandwagon, but still have a full large touch screen phone. Additionally the iphone caters to a different consumer then the windows mobile customers. The market is still there!
Good luck to every one in there evaluation on what phone suits there needs best. For me it's the Tilt. I do not NEED the VGA screen that the new phones are bringing...sure it would be nice, but my needs to not require it. Just like I do not need a faster processor or storage beyond the 32gb cards my phone will support. I have wifi, 3g, bluetooth, a awesome keyboard, and access to thousands of very usfull 3d party applications to suit my needs.
I even have a cell phone watch that I take with me when I do not need the functionality of my Tilt. This gives me hope that one day I can carry a MID around which will give me alost FULL PC specs to carry around in my pocket ;)
thats easily one of the longest comments i have ever read. But i would have to agree somewhat, i do like WinMo, but at times, with some lower end phones like the Q, it acts quite sluggish.
What the hell does your comment have to do with anything NightBlade wrote? Why not just comment instead of replying. I hate when people reply just to get their comment at the top.
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SEXI, indeed.
I'm not to sure what the negativity is towards windows mobile. I have had nothing but positive results with the operating system. Windows Mobile is here to stay, it could use improvement yes(which they have continued to do), but it already offers far more features then any other OS for phones to date, and its not going to be succeeded any time soon. It will take a while before android or any other OS reaches the functionality and user base that Windows Mobile has claimed over the years of use is has compiled.
Personally I have used WinMo since before it was a phone, starting with my Ipaq 3800 and Ipaq hx4700, both of which has WinMo 2003(and if you did not know, the HP ipag\ hx4700's specs are still better then the newest phones out today!). It was a hard move to WinMo 5 because I was so used to the layout of 2003. My first WinMo 5 PDA..and first good Phone period was the cingular 8125. (came from a black and white screened nokia that did not even use a SIM card for cingular)
I was very happy with my 8125, it was a better version of the HTC Wizard I felt that T-Mobile had with their Vario. I loved being able to get onto myspace/facebook/ebay/email/aim and even to be able to use Excel for work schedules, Power Point for school slides, and Word for typing notes and even papers in a pinch. it may not have been as fast or snappy as my hx4700, but it got the job done, and thats what I needed.
I upgraded to a 8525 and sold the 8125 for $200. The camera on the 8525 was much better, I hated the physical buttons, but got used to them. It was hela lot faster then my 8125 (double speed actually) the only problems I ever suffered was the radio on my 8525's seamed to like to disconnect me from the internet. After 3 phone replacement's ATT sent me a Tilt for FREE
That was a year ago and I have NEVER had to even soft re-set my Tilt unless installing a program required it. My 8925(tilt) makes me so happy and has been super reliable through thick and thin. It's a valuable asset especially now that I have GPS and a 8GB sd card for my music ( goes nice with my Moto stereo bluetooth headset at the gym)
Although I see all these nice phones coming out, I see no added benefit to upgrading at this point. The X1 seams like the first choice because its will be well designed, will have a higher build quality and have good specs with a very versatile operation system that already has thousands upon thousands of applications made for it, and older versions that are compatible. not to mention the screen resolution and size is larger then the HTC's new line up (excluding the Touch HD which we will not see)
The HTC touch diamond will go to those that prefer to use the stylus for txt entry, and mostly use there fingers on getting quick up-to-date information with touch-flow 3d(which is a awesome program btw). Its very small for device that can do so much, and very nice looking too. The Pro version will feed those that need the physical keyboard and crave the VGA screen(actually both versions) and SD card expansion. I used to be ok with just text entry via a stylus from my old PDA's...but ever since my first slider phone the 8125 I got hooked..
I am very surprised that HTC did not bring the touch HD to the states. With the Iphone being so popular, it seams like it would be a solid competitor for those not wanting to jump on the iphone bandwagon, but still have a full large touch screen phone. Additionally the iphone caters to a different consumer then the windows mobile customers. The market is still there!
Good luck to every one in there evaluation on what phone suits there needs best. For me it's the Tilt. I do not NEED the VGA screen that the new phones are bringing...sure it would be nice, but my needs to not require it. Just like I do not need a faster processor or storage beyond the 32gb cards my phone will support. I have wifi, 3g, bluetooth, a awesome keyboard, and access to thousands of very usfull 3d party applications to suit my needs.
I even have a cell phone watch that I take with me when I do not need the functionality of my Tilt. This gives me hope that one day I can carry a MID around which will give me alost FULL PC specs to carry around in my pocket ;)
thats easily one of the longest comments i have ever read. But i would have to agree somewhat, i do like WinMo, but at times, with some lower end phones like the Q, it acts quite sluggish.
@ TimjDav86
What the hell does your comment have to do with anything NightBlade wrote? Why not just comment instead of replying. I hate when people reply just to get their comment at the top.
I, for one, read the whole post. I want my two minutes back.
Why do you think that the Touch HD is not comming to US? It's not even out anywhere. ofcourse it will come to US but first to europe.
Windows Mobile is hot trash........