Lilleput
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Yeah Sergei is pretty cute
he HTC Touch HD has a huge screen, which looks to be about 3.8 inches, is WVGA at 800?480 pixels and is only 12mm thick. It does however finally feature a 3.5 mm headphone jack (finally!) and is an otherwise well specified modern WM Professional device, with HSDPA, GPS, 256 MB ram and 512 MB Flash ROM, microSD slot and a 528 Mhz Qualcomm processor. In addition is has a 5 megapixel camera with no flash. It is a full-screen device, with no D-pad and only 4 buttons: Phone, Answer, Home and Return.
The device is 115mm x 62.8mm x 12mm big, and has a 1350 mAh battery. The informant has said the device should be in stores by Christmas this year.
I don't like Windows Mobile. As soon as you go in a bit deeper under the cool skin you're back in the world of Win 3.1 graphics...
I don't like Windows Mobile. As soon as you go in a bit deeper under the cool skin you're back in the world of Win 3.1 graphics...
I think the HD tries a little too hard to compete head on with the iPhone... Apple fanboys have been complaining for ages that all touch smartphones are iPhone ripoffs, but the HD truly is given it looks exactly like the iPhone. In fact I think any phone that tries to be the 'iPhone killer' will be pointless.
Second, as much as it tries to be an iPhone killer, it's not because it still comes with a stylus which means the screen is merely resistive... so it's going to be the same touchscreen shortcomings as all other WinMo phones.
You went with the HD as in decided on getting it, right? Or did you magically acquire one already?
Biggest reason i went with the HD is xda-developers, there is no community like that around any other phone, too bad really.
... I agree about the xda-devs thing, nothing like that exists for the Omnia or any other phone... which is a little weird, seeing as how the OS and much of the hardware is similar. None of the accelerometer games made for the Diamond work on the Omnia for example.
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For now I'm loving the Omnia though as it does everything imaginable... from live geotracking to FM radio with RDS and recording function, and with the help of some nifty freewares I even made the interface look quite cool. No iPhone-ey stuff though, don't get people who opt to buy a WinMo device and then go about giving it an Apple GUI. If anybody is interested I'd be happy to share some good apps I've found.
Oh, and the battery on the Omnia is un-freaking-believable. My previous Samsung dumbphone got like 1/3 of the battery life of this mini-computer.
....Have you guys been following the Xperia X1 launch at all? The initial impressions I have read are mostly negative. Can't say I'm surprised, I never got the big deal with the X1 other than Sony forcing content down your throat when you buy it.
You went with the HD as in decided on getting it, right? Or did you magically acquire one already?
I agree about the xda-devs thing, nothing like that exists for the Omnia or any other phone... which is a little weird, seeing as how the OS and much of the hardware is similar. None of the accelerometer games made for the Diamond work on the Omnia for example.
I just had some cash that was burning a hole in my pocket, and I know no phone's ever gonna tick all my requirements.
For now I'm loving the Omnia though as it does everything imaginable... from live geotracking to FM radio with RDS and recording function, and with the help of some nifty freewares I even made the interface look quite cool. No iPhone-ey stuff though, don't get people who opt to buy a WinMo device and then go about giving it an Apple GUI. If anybody is interested I'd be happy to share some good apps I've found.
Oh, and the battery on the Omnia is un-freaking-believable. My previous Samsung dumbphone got like 1/3 of the battery life of this mini-computer.
I just updated the ROM to the latest HI1 and the battery life and speed of it has improved.
Not sure how true it is, but apprently HTC are the manufacturers of the Xperia so I'm sure there'll be plenty of support for it at xda-developers. Looks like we poor Omnia users still have to wait for those ports
My pov sony ericsson w800i had RDS