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Originally Posted by Sonist
I believe you are confusing the Touch HD, which has 3.8" screen, and the Touch Pro 2, which has a 3.6" screen.
I do like HTC hardware (I've had two.) And I did consider the Touch HD, and the then upcoming Touch Pro 2.
But I ended up giving up my HTC, for the iPhone 3G S. The HTC sets are nice, and can do so much on paper. Unfortunately, underneath the HTC UI, lives WM.
I find the iPhone so much more more enjoyable and easy to use, it's not even close.
BTW, if you think Apple is overpriced, you should check out the price of the Touch Pro 2.
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I will possibly buy the new HTC superstar or the Samsung with hardware keyboard and AMOLED screen, because I want a new processor. Not the outdated one in the touch pro 2.
Actually, your price comparison is not really correct. Unsubsidized the Iphone 3GS is about 800 and the Touch Pro2 is less than 600. I had WM phones for years and last September listened to the hype and bought an Iphone 3G. I find it rather frustrating to use, more of a toy than a mini computer, WM phones can do so much more. You have to jailbreak the iphone to use it all (background operation and video) and Apple skimped on RAM and ROM so that even then it doesn't work correctly, I never can keep even one IM program consistently running in the background. Just open 2 pages in Safari and RAM is down to 10MB! All that journalists' hype has played up the iphone, but I can do a lot more with my 2 year old flame than with my iphone! I can watch TV, chat, send and receive SMS, and have several browser pages and widgets open at the same time with no slowdown. And nothing beats a really good hardware keyboard. Admittedly the iphone is easier to use, unfortunately it can only do half of what an advanced WM phone can. The Iphone looks good, it made bigger screens popular, and caused HTC and others to lower prices.
If you really believe in that "slip-and-slide" interface, get an add on for WM like Mobile Shell. It is fashionable to talk down Windows Mobile. But you can turn it into anything you want, it is that customizable. I personally have come to dislike the Apple straight jacket.