HTC Imagio (Verizon Wireless)

Pros: Smooth, finger friendly interface.
Hides the disadvantages of WINMO well
WINMO 6.5 instead of 6.1
SD-micro card compatible
Beautiful screen
Responsive resistive screen - but no multitouch (see below)

Cons: Old processor - not quite up to handling touchflo3d well
limited onboard memory (which some programs have to run in)
REALLY bad battery life - see below - with some workarounds
Resistive screen - so no multitouch

Summary: Overall, I like my Imagio.

On the plus side, the interface is excellent. It shows a commitment by HTC to convert the stylus-only WINMO interface into something a finger could navigate. Essentially the interface hides pretty much ALL of WINMO on the surface. However, if you dig down a bit, you'll see WINMO in there with all of it's stylus loving glory. In any case, for daily and routine use, Touchflo3d becomes the operating system. In addition, it's WINMO 6.5, which is better than 6.1 on many levels. (Google Windows mobile 6.5 vs 6.1 for more details).

Of course having an SD-micro-HC slot is great, but as any WINMO fan knows, there are many programs that will not run off of the card, and there is LIMITED onboard usable program memory available. It is what it is. If you want your phone to be your computer, you may want to look for a device with more onboard memory.

The screen simply defies words. It's great (despite having a color depth of only 65k - thanks WINMO). It's bright and BIG. It also may be a big power suck. Luckily HTC built in the now accepted features of a face sensor to turn the screen of when the phone is against your face, and auto-off timers etc. My wife (a iPhone 3Gs user says it easily outclasses her screen, and I agree) It's not OLED though (oh well)

The touch functionality of the screen is actually very good. It is a resistive (as opposed to a capacative) screen, and does not have multitouch features, but it does have great response. I can actually type faster on the keyboard (portrait or landscape) than I could on my i760 (which actually had a physical keyboard) with the same or ever fewer errors. It seems to register keypresses well and accurately. I would love the ability to pinch zoom and all that jazz, but the zomm bar at the bottom is a nice alternative, and works well. Navigating the web is reasonable, but a bit slow because of the processor.

The processor bears mentioning as a minus for the device. It's the same processor that captains many of HTC's (and numerous other) devices, and is really a previous gen processor. That being said, for most things, it's fine. But you will see some slower load times, and sometimes a pause or two as the processor catches up with the demands of the user. It's frankly annoying. 95% of the time for the average phone user, it'll be ok, but if you're a power user, or like to load up your devices with high power programs and surf the net significantly, you MAY be disappointed. This issue may be what makes me take the phone back to Verizon to await the Omnia 2, which has a much better processor (but possibly WINMO 6.1 - ack)

Finally, the wooden shoe that nearly made me take the device back to Verizon yesterday... and I'll copy from my own comment left on another review earlier...

"I too had the battery life issues with the Imagio, leading me to nearly return the phone. I tried everything that I thought would help, but continued to lose around 10% of battery charge every 30-45 minutes or so, leading to an inability to complete the workday with it. What helped was turning off bluetooth and outlook push, and setting my phone to CDMA only, which slowed down the battery drop to a trickle. What is weird is that when I had either of those services ON, my handset would get fairly warm, leading me to believe that it was burning either transmission energy, or CPU cycles on some non-essential task. (perhaps trying to connect with every bluetooth or cell tower all the time)
This is disappointing, and may be secondary to some misprogramming, and will hopefully be corrected with a software/firmware update. I still may return it and go back to my old i760 (which would last for days) and wait for the Omnia 2."

I hope that this issue is just a firmware fix away from being solved, but this is a serious PITA (pain in the kiester). I had resorted to carrying a USB to 5pin USB retractable cord around with me to charge from any available computer as I go. This was not really acceptible, and until I discovered the workarounds above, I was about ready to chuck the device. I still am not happy to have to turn off most of my FEATURES/CONNECTIVITY to keep the phone alive. A 1500 mA Li-Poly battery should REALLY last longer than it does in this device. I'm not the only one who's had this problem. When I called Verizon, they said that they've recieved several calls like mine. (and the extended battery is sold out... wonder why?) We'll see what happens, and I will keep you updated through comments on my review below.

Thus overall the phone is summarized as follows...
- Pretty phone, nearly as sleek as the iPhone
- I like touchflow 3D
- Slower processor compared to new phones on horizon
- Limited memory
- Nice responsive but resistive screen
- Craptastic battery life unless you disable bluetooth and outlook push, and go straight CDMA. (unless I just have a lemon or a bum battery)