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May 28, 2008

Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: Excellent features
Cons: Unreliable handset, touch screen, motherboard
Opinion:

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"Good product, Bad workmanship, Bad company"

by rahulne (see profile) - May 27, 2008

Pros: Convenient, Value for Money

Cons: Handset not reliable, company policy irritating !!

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Bought this on 3rd May, 2008. Worked fine and was happy abt it. On 22nd May, the phone died. Cldn't charge, cldnt reset. Took it to the authorised service centre at Vikhroli, Mumbai, India.

Report - Motherboard conked off. Will replace mother board, not the handset. Why ? Because it's more than 14 days old and we don't replace the handset beyond this period !!

This is ridiculous. We are not talking abt a minor problem. The entire mother board conked off. The company HTC ... Read more

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terrible after service.

May 19, 2008

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: slim, and possibly one of the cheapest windows mobile OS PDA phone around.
Cons: bad after service, bad after service, bad after service,
Opinion:
this was my first PDA phone, and i chose this over other phones because it was a windows based OS.

problem 1.

when surfing WIFI, and once you loses the signal. they will disconnect your WIFI, and attempt to connect to your GPRS. and if you are unaware of it. you will be wasting your dollars because of the GPRS charges.

problem 2.

the phone comes with a chinese software, CE Star. Using it needs registration, and after i installed it. i decided to register another day. and then it slip off my mind.

days later, i realised i lost all the messages in my phone, because it all turn blank.

and it was because of a case of a stuck stylus, that made me travel all the way to their ONE AND ONLY service centre in HARBOURFRONT, that i realised if you did not register the CE Star, they have the "right" to ... Read more

bwilsonbp

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CDMA Touch Phone In the U.S. Much Better

Apr 14, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Fast processor, voice access to all functions, TouchFlo screen, easy-to-use WW6 interface, Sprint EVDO
Cons: Keyboard too small, as always, but s/w available to increase size, Battery life
Opinion:
Here's a case where mobile geeks in Asia using the GSM version of the Touch lost out. Sprint offers the HTC Touch CDMA version in the U.S. Great mobile device. I used it as an example of what's to come with Android-enabled phones. See my blog posts and "ideal Android phone" PDF on MarketingBeyond:

http://marketingbeyond.typepad.com/marketingbeyond/2007/11/ideal-android-m.html

bfe

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Basic PPC that will please the not so "spec crazy" users

Apr 7, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Reliable does not need hardresets often, Bug free, Basic
Cons: Touch screen less sensitive, poor finishing that is easily stained, only 1 programmable hardware button
Opinion:
I've been using the enhanced memory version (128mb/256mb) for around 3 months now. My previous phone was a 838pro, so its sorta a downgrade.. I changed because i was sick of carrying bricks around and don't use the keyboard much anyway.

I work on the touch almost 3-4 hours a day either using it to check my mail, scheduling tasks, or surfing the web using WIFI. With my "Heavy usage" I have to charge the phone every night as by the end of the day, only 50% juice would be left in the batteries. So far, i've installed various programs (Bible, Dictionary, TR Wikipedia, SPB mobile shell, SPB mobile suite, Scientific calculators, iGO etc.) with no observed lag in performance.

Its really stable and reliable. Only hanged on me once through my 3 months of usage. Think its more reliable than the previous version as it has more RAM. I couple it with a BT gps module ... Read more

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On Second Thought

Feb 11, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: Slim form factor, sleek design, affordability
Cons: Pretty much everything else
Opinion:
I bought this phone about 4 months ago and gave it a pretty positive review previously.
After using it for 4 months, i've come to discover that the phone is actually pretty disappointing.
I've realized that the phone is bug-ridden, when the Touchflo interface activates without reason - if you use the keys at the bottom of the screen, every now and then somehow the Touchflo interfaces is duped into thinking you have somehow slid your fingers across the screen and the cube appears - it's not a big issue, but it's an irritating bug nonetheless.
What vexes me is the problem of my reception breaking off for no reason, sometimes even acting as if nothing happened even though i've not had reception for a while (meaning my phone shows no apparent problem, but people are actually unable to reach me) - i've repaired the phone twice (if you can tolerate the extremely POOR after-sales service) and i've ... Read more

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