HTC new smart phone: FAIL

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Don't talk sh!te. Not everyone wants what the iPhone provides, at any price.

My E71 does exactly what I require when it doesn't then I'll find a phone that does. I doubt it will be an iPhone as I'm not a fan of touchscreen phones.

Crikey Churchy - are you my brother? I know I'm a bit of a shortarse at 6'5" but we have the same phone for the same reasons.....

[minestrone]

Even Skype & Logmein?

Skype was utter crap on my WinMo phone. I didn't use Logmein at the time, but I seriously doubt it had the guts to use it.

Got skype on mine, works fine. I use terminal services on me phone if I want to remote into my home server.

[Lumiere]

Did he show you ..

Did he show you the TomTom app?

[Moscow Mule]

Did he show you the TomTom app?

I don't think it's out yet .

I guess my point is it's useful technology that seems to be gaining ground with the public - primarily because it's easy to use.

Apple did the same with the iPod, and that was a game-changer really.

They seem very good at taking a useful thing (smart phone) and making it more mainstream than the other technology offerings (win mo was a pos to use until the iphone came out and the other manufacturers started making better touch interfaces).

[thelace]

These posts are usually from someone who falls into one of two camps:

1) Someone who has never used an iPhone.

2) Someone who is green with envy because they don't/can't have one.

Which are you? I would guess 2

errrr no!

Put me in the "don't give a tulip it's only a phone" camp.

Why would anyone on this board be green with envy for ****s sake?

We all run our own businesses and could therefore chose whatever we need as a phone!

[Amiga500]

Got skype on mine, works fine. I use terminal services on me phone if I want to remote into my home server.

I have had every iteration of Windows Mobile from the 1st to last gen having worked for Microsoft for some years.

To even argue that WM is the same shows you have not used an iPhone or the app store and have no idea.

It's like arguing for a mangle over a washing machine.

[Amiga500]

errrr no!

Put me in the "don't give a tulip it's only a phone" camp.

Why would anyone on this board be green with envy for ****s sake?

We all run our own businesses and could therefore chose whatever we need as a phone!

As long as you're not locked into a contract with someone else etc.

[minestrone]

I have had every iteration of Windows Mobile from the 1st to last gen having worked for Microsoft for some years.

To even argue that WM is the same shows you have not used an iPhone or the app store and have no idea.

It's like arguing for a mangle over a washing machine.

I was asked if I could do a set of things on my phone and I answered yes.

Phone, text, picture, maps, remote desktop, web, contacts, diary, skype? Yes.

Running a bath through my phone or a 12 key piano program? no, no need.

[Amiga500]

I was asked if I could do a set of things on my phone and I answered yes.

Phone, text, picture, maps, remote desktop, web, contacts, diary, skype? Yes.

Running a bath through my phone or a 12 key piano program? no, no need.

Windows Mobile is tulip and unstable. I had someone arguing this point with me on a contract recently, sticking their stylus in their phone to reboot it whilst making the argument, that typifies the attitude (I have had to constantly reboot all the Windows Mobile devices I have owned).

WM is based on a subset of Windows CE, which originally was a scaled down version of the awful Windows 9X code based, the iPhone uses a version of OS X - which itself is based on FreeBSD Unix the most stable OS in the known universe.

But if you're happy with your buggy mini Win 9x - good luck to you.

[Churchill]

Windows Mobile is tulip and unstable. I had someone arguing this point with me on a contract recently, sticking their stylus in their phone to reboot it whilst making the argument, that typifies the attitude (I have had to constantly reboot all the Windows Mobile devices I have owned).

WM is based on a subset of Windows CE, which originally was a scaled down version of the awful Windows 9X code based, the iPhone uses a version of OS X - which itself is based on FreeBSD Unix the most stable OS in the known universe.
But if you're happy with your buggy mini Win 9x - good luck to you.

Come back when you know what you're talking about.