Comments on: Quick look at HTC’s WinMo smartphones http://winjade.net/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:37:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: xplode http://winjade.net/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-991 xplode Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:36:03 +0000 http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/#comment-991 Well if you look more closely, the hardware in HD and TP2 is exactly the same (same phone difrend shell) they both have same results in multimedia benchmarks (which is normal because it uses same CPU on the same speed). Samsung CPU berforms a lot better in multimedia than any HTC phone so far (tested Acer m900, and Acer f900 with Touch HD and Touch Pro 2 - and HTC devices can not handle video even close to HD). Also tested HTC Universal (good old phone) with HD, and the result was that the HD is a little better in performance (same test video 1-2 FPS difrence). And if you looked at the recent news HTC is one of the companies which sue Qualcomm because of crappy performance of their cpus (which are in at least 3 generations of HTC phones). So please reserach a little before made posts like this. Well if you look more closely, the hardware in HD and TP2 is exactly the same (same phone difrend shell) they both have same results in multimedia benchmarks (which is normal because it uses same CPU on the same speed). Samsung CPU berforms a lot better in multimedia than any HTC phone so far (tested Acer m900, and Acer f900 with Touch HD and Touch Pro 2 – and HTC devices can not handle video even close to HD). Also tested HTC Universal (good old phone) with HD, and the result was that the HD is a little better in performance (same test video 1-2 FPS difrence). And if you looked at the recent news HTC is one of the companies which sue Qualcomm because of crappy performance of their cpus (which are in at least 3 generations of HTC phones). So please reserach a little before made posts like this.

]]> By: Jason http://winjade.net/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Jason Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:03:15 +0000 http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/#comment-989 haha, crappy? The touch pro 2 is miles better than the touch HD. haha, crappy? The touch pro 2 is miles better than the touch HD.

]]> By: xplode http://winjade.net/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-988 xplode Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:36:09 +0000 http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/#comment-988 Why do you only show the crappy HTC models ? The new HTC phones have poor quality (i can not say this about Touch HD), cheaper matherials (look like toys) nothing revolutionary for their price, you can only compare the latest prones to the chinese unknown brands of WM phones... It is sad that HTC go this way. I hoped that HTC will make better phone than HTC Touch HD in 2009, but all the phones produced have far worst quality. Take a look at Acer new phones, after Acer bought ETEN, their first phones look very promissing. Also Asus have few devices which will show up in Q4. If HTC continiues this way they will loose. Why do you only show the crappy HTC models ? The new HTC phones have poor quality (i can not say this about Touch HD), cheaper matherials (look like toys) nothing revolutionary for their price, you can only compare the latest prones to the chinese unknown brands of WM phones… It is sad that HTC go this way. I hoped that HTC will make better phone than HTC Touch HD in 2009, but all the phones produced have far worst quality. Take a look at Acer new phones, after Acer bought ETEN, their first phones look very promissing. Also Asus have few devices which will show up in Q4. If HTC continiues this way they will loose.

]]> By: TwelveBaud http://winjade.net/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-990 TwelveBaud Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:32:13 +0000 http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/07/htc-winmo-phones-2009/#comment-990 There's an additional phone by HTC coming out in 3-6 months not reviewed here. Those of you who know me in person know that I have a ridiculously huge "phone", the HTC Advantage X7500, or codename "Athena". It comes with a 4.7" VGA screen, detachable magnetic keyboard, and pretty much the same ridiculous features as the HTC Touch (minus the TouchFLO frontend software, but with the VueFLO gravity sensor). It also supports TV and VGA output, and is even compatible with some USB storage devices. The only downsides are the size, weight, and inability to be used as a standard handset (a headset is "required" in the literature, or you can hold the phone in front of you and have it speakerphone the call). HTC is coming out in September with an updated version of the Advantage, codename "Thoth". It retains the same form factor, but includes double the RAM, a larger hard disk, a 1GHz processor (double the speed of the ones in the phones Bryant reviewed as well as the Athena's), an ATI ImageOn 2D/3D graphics accelerator, and the latest version (6.5 according to reports) of Windows Mobile Professional. The "Thoth" probably will not be suitable as a crackberry replacement, as it retains the difficulty taking calls without additional hardware. However with the large screen size and extra RAM, it's quite suitable as a handheld PC, for those who need to check their e-mail, view the latest metric graphs in Excel Mobile, and surf their intranet and the Internet in Mozilla Fennec. (For the record, I do not physically have a Thoth, but I do have a copy of the maintenance manual and spec sheets.) There’s an additional phone by HTC coming out in 3-6 months not reviewed here.

Those of you who know me in person know that I have a ridiculously huge “phone”, the HTC Advantage X7500, or codename “Athena”. It comes with a 4.7″ VGA screen, detachable magnetic keyboard, and pretty much the same ridiculous features as the HTC Touch (minus the TouchFLO frontend software, but with the VueFLO gravity sensor). It also supports TV and VGA output, and is even compatible with some USB storage devices. The only downsides are the size, weight, and inability to be used as a standard handset (a headset is “required” in the literature, or you can hold the phone in front of you and have it speakerphone the call).

HTC is coming out in September with an updated version of the Advantage, codename “Thoth”. It retains the same form factor, but includes double the RAM, a larger hard disk, a 1GHz processor (double the speed of the ones in the phones Bryant reviewed as well as the Athena’s), an ATI ImageOn 2D/3D graphics accelerator, and the latest version (6.5 according to reports) of Windows Mobile Professional.

The “Thoth” probably will not be suitable as a crackberry replacement, as it retains the difficulty taking calls without additional hardware. However with the large screen size and extra RAM, it’s quite suitable as a handheld PC, for those who need to check their e-mail, view the latest metric graphs in Excel Mobile, and surf their intranet and the Internet in Mozilla Fennec.

(For the record, I do not physically have a Thoth, but I do have a copy of the maintenance manual and spec sheets.)

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