HTC? You can't blame yourself if you have no clue what brand is that. Many haven't heard of it before. The HTC launched its first range of products with what they call the HTC Touch. Touch as in "Touch down"? Maybe.
Let's take a look. You will see that design wise, this is a clean looking phone. Simple, and yet effective enough to look the business. The screen is even flushed with the front panel of the phone, which makes it look one piece, instead of different parts attached together. Quite a seamless design.
I think for PDA phone users, one of the common scenario will be that, even we love the capabilities of our devices, it looks like we are carrying a small brick. They are usually quite thick in dimensions. Therefore, it is pleasant the see that the HTC Touch is slim. What a relief! Weighing in at 112g with battery included, it is pretty good.
This fact aside, you will see that the design on the front is pretty much a minimalist concept, nothing more than a button for making and receiving calls. Now, the specs is a mixed bag of joys and wishes. This is a tri-band GSM phone, with wifi, bluetooth, 2MP camera, runs on Windows Mobile 6, but no 3G and HSDPA. I think PDA phones really need 3G and HSDPA, I am sure many data heavy users will agree. The specs may look decent for this phone, but at many times, I feel that some manufacturers tend to include features for form rather than function. Do they think buyers will buy the phone just by looking at the specs on paper? It has got to work well in reality to be an excellent product.
Take for example the camera. It is without autofocus. As expected, you can't expect much from the quality of the pictures. It's basic function is a PDA. Therefore, consider it as a PDA with added functions as secondary bonus. Again, if you look at the OMAP850 201MHz processor which powers this unit. Not exactly innovative, and it really slows down when you try to run more than a couple of programs or multitask. Therefore, I do not recommend this product.
Let's take a look. You will see that design wise, this is a clean looking phone. Simple, and yet effective enough to look the business. The screen is even flushed with the front panel of the phone, which makes it look one piece, instead of different parts attached together. Quite a seamless design.
I think for PDA phone users, one of the common scenario will be that, even we love the capabilities of our devices, it looks like we are carrying a small brick. They are usually quite thick in dimensions. Therefore, it is pleasant the see that the HTC Touch is slim. What a relief! Weighing in at 112g with battery included, it is pretty good.
This fact aside, you will see that the design on the front is pretty much a minimalist concept, nothing more than a button for making and receiving calls. Now, the specs is a mixed bag of joys and wishes. This is a tri-band GSM phone, with wifi, bluetooth, 2MP camera, runs on Windows Mobile 6, but no 3G and HSDPA. I think PDA phones really need 3G and HSDPA, I am sure many data heavy users will agree. The specs may look decent for this phone, but at many times, I feel that some manufacturers tend to include features for form rather than function. Do they think buyers will buy the phone just by looking at the specs on paper? It has got to work well in reality to be an excellent product.
Take for example the camera. It is without autofocus. As expected, you can't expect much from the quality of the pictures. It's basic function is a PDA. Therefore, consider it as a PDA with added functions as secondary bonus. Again, if you look at the OMAP850 201MHz processor which powers this unit. Not exactly innovative, and it really slows down when you try to run more than a couple of programs or multitask. Therefore, I do not recommend this product.
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