I am in the market for a new phone and started looking around. I go throught US Cellular for my service so I am some what limited in what I can get. Does anybody on here have the HTC Touch or the HTC PPC 6800? Supposedly they have the HTC Touch Pro coming in April but I went to Verizon to look at it and wasn't a fan of how it looked. Would I be better getting the Blackberry 8830? I would mainly be using it for internet access, email, and would put a good deal of use into Windows Mobile using Excel. Any help I can get would be great as I have very limited knowledge of blackberrys and smartphones.
Smartphone Advice!
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I have the HTC Touch and love it. It was my first smartphone and has a lot of cool stuff. It sounds like if you are a big texter, then you might want to check out the blackberryies since you use a stylus to type messages on the HTC. If you don't text that much, like me, then I'm betting you'll like the Touch. If you have any specific questions about that phone, let me know.
I too have the Touch from verizon. I love it. Best phone ever. Of course, I had to load a hacked rom from PPC Geeks to get it that way. But the hardware it come with is the best out there. I would never get anything other than HTC. If you are a high email user, I would go with the touch pro or the 6800, but if you are just a normal user, the regular touch is just fine.
Also, you don't need the stylus. I rarely use it.
Also, you don't need the stylus. I rarely use it.
How do you not use the stylus to type messages? You have toothpicks for fingers or what?:biggrin:
I used the PC for almost two years. Personally, I really liked it. You could get to almost everything with one hand, you could use a stylus to write/click, or you could use the slide out keyboard to enter text. I had a 2GB micro SD card with 1MB of music and the rest for pictures and documents. One downside is that if you use it a lot, you can run the battery down in less than a day. Of course, that was with taking pictures and communicating with e-mail quite a bit on a business trip.
I got iLauncher and Franklin Covey to go with it - just love those two programs!
I have considered the Blackberry curve, but wonder if I would miss the touch screen and slide out keyboard. Has anyone else used HTC versus Blackberry and have suggestions?
I got iLauncher and Franklin Covey to go with it - just love those two programs!
I have considered the Blackberry curve, but wonder if I would miss the touch screen and slide out keyboard. Has anyone else used HTC versus Blackberry and have suggestions?
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I had the ppc 6800 for about 8 months it crapped out twice and the last time I got a touch pro for a replacement.
And I love my touch pro, much much much better than the 6800. I have never used a blackberry but I would highly recommend the touch pro
And I love my touch pro, much much much better than the 6800. I have never used a blackberry but I would highly recommend the touch pro
I've had a Sprint HTC Mogul (PPC 6800) for about a year...and I love it. Be warned though, Sprint has announced that there will be no Windows Mobile 7.0 upgrade for the Mogul. I'm not sure If US Cellular has the same policy, but it may be wiser to go with a newer HTC if that's the brand you choose...
If you are into that whole ROM-cooking thing, then it probably doesn't matter...
If you are into that whole ROM-cooking thing, then it probably doesn't matter...
When does Windows Mobile 7.0 come out? I can't get my Moto Q 9 c to sync with my vista computer. There new vista software sucks...
WM 6.5 comes out in the fall but will only be released on the newest devices per the developers (though it'll be out unofficially for most w/ active communities). So far the beta's are decent. HTC has said they will most likely only release it for the Touch Pro 2 and Diamond 2 - not for the current Touch Pro or Diamond that is stateside.
WM 7 won't be out until the around May 2010.
WM 6.5 is a step in the right direction and the biggest enhancements are the new lock screen, finger friendly menus throughout and stability improvements.
WM 7 is supposed to be a bigger project but no feature lists have leaked as of yet.
WM 7 won't be out until the around May 2010.
WM 6.5 is a step in the right direction and the biggest enhancements are the new lock screen, finger friendly menus throughout and stability improvements.
WM 7 is supposed to be a bigger project but no feature lists have leaked as of yet.
Love my HTC Touch, but I'm on sprint. It was really awesome when I could internet connection share to my laptop for the same basic internet prices, but that is no longer possible without a login for sprint.
I'm not sure if my last rom upgrad killed that, or if they are intercepting my connection request now on the sprint network. I only used it when I really need it. Was playing around last weekend and it doesn't work the way it used to. Now a screen comes up asking for a user name and password when I try and turn on Internet Connection Sharing. Phone's internet works great. Use if for my GPS all the time, don't e-mail too much from it. But browse some of the mobile friendly websites.
(They claim that they will cut off your internet access if it is connected to a pc)
I'm not sure if my last rom upgrad killed that, or if they are intercepting my connection request now on the sprint network. I only used it when I really need it. Was playing around last weekend and it doesn't work the way it used to. Now a screen comes up asking for a user name and password when I try and turn on Internet Connection Sharing. Phone's internet works great. Use if for my GPS all the time, don't e-mail too much from it. But browse some of the mobile friendly websites.
(They claim that they will cut off your internet access if it is connected to a pc)
Verizon - will be releasing the Diamond in the next month (pretty much the Touch Pro without the slide-out keyboard), the BlackBerry Pearl Flip (Flip phone version of the pearl) and also has the BlackBerry Niagara in the works (CDMA version of the Bold). Not a lot else for the next few months.
US Cellular - Only regional so they don't get any device for about 6 months after Spring and Verizon. If you like gadgets, you've already left them.
AT&T - Decent current lineup but the biggest advantage is that you can use the Touch HD, Omnia HD, Xperia, etc on it by buying imports. Apple iPhone 3G version 2 will be out around June.
Sprint - Has a decent selection right now. Will release the Palm Treo Pro in March, the Palm Pre in 2Q '09 and that is about it for right now. The Palm Pre is a new device w/ their new WebOS platform that is written from the ground up to compete w/ the iPhone. Finger friendly, 3rd party apps, easy to build for, sliding keyboard, etc. It's Palm though so they'll find a way to screw it up.
Summary...
If you like touchscreens and live in Iowa, go w/ the Samsung Omnia, Touch Pro, Diamond or BB Storm (Storm has some great leaked OS builds that make it a completely different device than those at the store).
If you want a keyboard, go with the BB Curve, Pearl or Touch Pro.
US Cellular - Only regional so they don't get any device for about 6 months after Spring and Verizon. If you like gadgets, you've already left them.
AT&T - Decent current lineup but the biggest advantage is that you can use the Touch HD, Omnia HD, Xperia, etc on it by buying imports. Apple iPhone 3G version 2 will be out around June.
Sprint - Has a decent selection right now. Will release the Palm Treo Pro in March, the Palm Pre in 2Q '09 and that is about it for right now. The Palm Pre is a new device w/ their new WebOS platform that is written from the ground up to compete w/ the iPhone. Finger friendly, 3rd party apps, easy to build for, sliding keyboard, etc. It's Palm though so they'll find a way to screw it up.
Summary...
If you like touchscreens and live in Iowa, go w/ the Samsung Omnia, Touch Pro, Diamond or BB Storm (Storm has some great leaked OS builds that make it a completely different device than those at the store).
If you want a keyboard, go with the BB Curve, Pearl or Touch Pro.
Thanks, I saw that the Touch Pro2 is coming out at the end of this year in the US. Maybe I'll wait until then b/c it looks real nice and from the sounds of it will have WM 6.5
I have an SMT-5800... It's a WM 6.1 Standard phone (no touch screen)... I have had a PPC6700... and a Pantec WM5 standard flip phone.
I think my next phone will probably go back to a touch screen... they have come a long way since I left them.
I think my next phone will probably go back to a touch screen... they have come a long way since I left them.
