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]]> By: Peter Pan http://www.digitgeek.com/htc-touch-pro-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3600 Peter Pan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:09:01 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1293#comment-3600 I have to say that I couldnt disagree more with the 9 out of 10 score for this device. Compared to the I-Phone 3g I give it 6. I have used smart phones since the first incarnations produced by HTC, with the C500, M600 and M700 (Orange names) as my last three phones. The models have all shown good progression in terms of software interaction build quality and longevity. The M700 is the latest I have used and the most mature, but using the stylus is a pain in the provebial and the software lags too often. A quick look of any youtube vid of the Touch diamond shows this lag which reeks of poor quality implementation, probably due to the underpowered processor in the Touch Dianmond. I was amazed to see the same lag in Touch Diamond Pro. My father purchased a HTC Touch Pro a few months ago and so I have had a good chance to play with it. The software interaction is simply not in the same class as that of the I-Phone. One is often dropped back into tiny menus that require the stylus, which completely distroys any prentensions towards the best GUI prize. Everything runs as smooth as silk in the I-phone, and EVERYTHING can be done with a finger. The differernce was highlighted for me by the Resco keyboard for windows mobile 6.1. This mimicks the Iphone keyboard quite well and can be used with the finger, but it misses half of the presses that you make. It is therefore pointless because it is frustrating and you end up using the stylus again. The I-Phone keyboard simply works! I would say that you are getting alot of technology in this new HTC device. You can use your phone as an MP3 player (as long as you dont want mind the USB converter for the 3.5 jack which destroys the sound quality on the M700) you can use it as you diary linked to outlook (so can the I-Phone). I do this for my work diary and it works well. You can use it as your SATNAV with TOMTOM, which I will always find amazing in a phone (I use mine as a SATNAV and it works great when driving or walking in the city) and here is where the I-Phone comes off worse. No TOMTOM as yet. I am due to finish on my contract in Nov. I will be running to the nearest O2 shop to get my shiny new I-Phone 3G. The m700 can live in the glove box for use as the SATNAV. The smooth and silky I-Phone experience will be in my pocket, doing 95% of what I use the m700 for but making me smile a few times a day. It really is that good. Thats what I think anyway! Cheers guys I have to say that I couldnt disagree more with the 9 out of 10 score for this device. Compared to the I-Phone 3g I give it 6. I have used smart phones since the first incarnations produced by HTC, with the C500, M600 and M700 (Orange names) as my last three phones. The models have all shown good progression in terms of software interaction build quality and longevity. The M700 is the latest I have used and the most mature, but using the stylus is a pain in the provebial and the software lags too often. A quick look of any youtube vid of the Touch diamond shows this lag which reeks of poor quality implementation, probably due to the underpowered processor in the Touch Dianmond. I was amazed to see the same lag in Touch Diamond Pro. My father purchased a HTC Touch Pro a few months ago and so I have had a good chance to play with it. The software interaction is simply not in the same class as that of the I-Phone. One is often dropped back into tiny menus that require the stylus, which completely distroys any prentensions towards the best GUI prize. Everything runs as smooth as silk in the I-phone, and EVERYTHING can be done with a finger. The differernce was highlighted for me by the Resco keyboard for windows mobile 6.1. This mimicks the Iphone keyboard quite well and can be used with the finger, but it misses half of the presses that you make. It is therefore pointless because it is frustrating and you end up using the stylus again. The I-Phone keyboard simply works!

I would say that you are getting alot of technology in this new HTC device. You can use your phone as an MP3 player (as long as you dont want mind the USB converter for the 3.5 jack which destroys the sound quality on the M700) you can use it as you diary linked to outlook (so can the I-Phone). I do this for my work diary and it works well. You can use it as your SATNAV with TOMTOM, which I will always find amazing in a phone (I use mine as a SATNAV and it works great when driving or walking in the city) and here is where the I-Phone comes off worse. No TOMTOM as yet.

I am due to finish on my contract in Nov. I will be running to the nearest O2 shop to get my shiny new I-Phone 3G. The m700 can live in the glove box for use as the SATNAV. The smooth and silky I-Phone experience will be in my pocket, doing 95% of what I use the m700 for but making me smile a few times a day. It really is that good.

Thats what I think anyway!

Cheers guys

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