http://www.geardigest.com/2007/08/ [...] index.html

Can adding touch features to Windows Mobile mean there's competition for the iPhone?

I don't think its going to be a problem as Apple decided to lock with AT&T there will always be a limit to its Iphone sales.

Multi touch is nice,(in the desktop space it can kick ***) but how easy is it to use with one hand while holding the phone with the same hand? The seems to be how most and use there people hold there phones anyway. Well unless texting I guess but even then some still just one hand it.

Maybe to show its size your should slap it next to some other known phones iphone and razr maybe?

I prefer using a stylus anyway. If you don't want to whip out the stylus, the tip of your fingernail can do the job. I love my Samsung i730. It isn't as pretty as an iPhone, but it is more functional.

Sure, the iPhone is a long way from perfect, but this HTC offering is just as far away if not further.

I own the UTstarcom which is more powerful and a better implementation IMO, and it just died (ie white screens of death every 20 mins), and as a replacement, nothing is worthy of the money, not even the iPhone. The closest thing to the iPhone killer is the Toshiba G900 which is a much better smartphone, with it's major weakness being mediocre video and photos, but that's also the iPhone's weakness when compared to other models out there.

The HTC TOUCH solution has a long way to go, but there are other better offerings out there, even from HTC themselves.

Considering how clumsy these smartphones are at actually making calls, IMO the better smartphone would be something like the new Fujitsu mini-top tablet;

http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=2934

The iPhone isn't robust enough for true road-warriors (the 3rd party app situation is ridiculous for any existing smartphone owner), and it mediocre abilities as a phone sacrificing in the way most big candy-bar style smartphones do. My Kyocera and the new Pantech 8200 are great fusions of practical phone and useable but LIMITED PDA, however when up against something more robust while even as small but clunky as my old UTStarcom 6700 you might as well go whole hog with a mini PC like the Fujitsu, or OQO, or Sony Vaio U50 or Sony UX UMPC and then add a CDMA eVDO or Edge/3G card. Everything else is a trade-off, and IMO a mid-way point not a good solution.
There is no 'balance' between the two, until you get useable features scaled down, you want a big screen and 'useable' keyboard, but that means either big and clunky or thin and flimsy feeling. Touchscreen helps but it's still not there and sacrifices screen space.
Maybe extendable film screens will get us closer to the goal, add voice recognition that's better than ViaVoice and DragonNaturallySpeaking and maybe then it can be done 'right'.

No I don't think so.....Check this out.

http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/09/z [...] f-o-meter/ Damn link doesn't seem to work, sorry. Just do the google search for it and you'll find it.

Do a google search and you'll come up with a few articles on this. When the Zune phone hits, it will address any shortcomings of the iPhone and expound on it's strength's. IMHO.


* edited by TGGA to fix your link, should work now; be sure to use the URL tags around long links.

Just got my touch phone...... biggest piss off? It dont sync with vistas built in calandar,mail or contacts . it looks for outlook!

Should have researched before buying, o but they give outlook for 60day trail.... so nice wonder how many get hosed into buying outlook that had no intrest in outlook because they have vista

Samsung Omnia is probably the closest iPhone competitor out there, but it still doesn't have some of the Apple glossiness (why Samsung did a white UI I will never know).

Zune phone sounds interesting though