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5.0 stars
"This is the swiss army knife of Phones!"
Pros: I don't know where to begin....
Cons: I treat it like my own 4 year old daughter. My wife gets jealous sometimes...
Summary: I have a decent collection of e-books, over 200 I think, mostly in PDF format, and I wanted to buy an e-book reader for them. But, they go for around $300. So I searched a little online and read and watched everything I could find about them. But then a bright and shiny light bulb appeared above my head! Why not get a multi-tool?!
So I searched some more?and found out I could have an e-book reader, GPS navigation, a camera, a miniature PC with an internet browser, and a phone all in one convenient package!
I bought the HTC Touch HD.
This is what I have to say about it:
1) Using the beautiful interface is as natural as getting up and walking. Bravo! BRAVO INDEED! Beauty, simplicity, and function in one package. Audi wouldn't have done it better.
2) With that awesome display and sweet resolution I can now spend my evenings reading in bed. After massaging my wife, of course...
3) I had to do an inventory recently and typing all that data in Excel using the flawless QWERTY touch keyboard was certainly a pleasure.
4) I also had to take pictures for my inventory, and the camera is...hmm...as long as you take pictures in well lit areas, or day light, then the pics come out great. But no xenon flash means low quality shots indoors or at night. This is one, if not the only, negative this baby has got.
5) My father owns an iPhone. And when the new iphone comes out in a year or two, it will be better than the Touch HD is now. But by then 1Ghz+ processors in the next generation phones like Touch HD or Xperia will be a standard. And the only thing that the iPhone has on the Touch HD right now is HYPE.
6) Windows Mobile 6.1...it works. From the opinions and reviews I've read, it works a bit faster and smoother on the Touch HD then it does on the Xperia. I use Bill?s software at home and at work so the WM6.1 on the HD is a plus for me.
SOOOOOOOOO.....Overall? I love it. This is a miniature computer for professional business people, or a great toy for gadget freaks like me.
I give the N96 0 out of 10....I owned it for a week. Stay away from this one?
I give the iPhone 8 out if 10. Seen and used it.
As for the TouchHD, considering the alternatives available today...I give it 9.5 out of 10.
Where to buy
HTC Touch HD (Unlocked):
$569.99 - $574.99
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