HTC Touch PDA/Smart Phone

canadam · 02-06-2008, 08:02 PM

I really want an iPhone, but it's not available in Canadia without running an unlocked/un-upgradeable version on a network that blows goats in my area.

Has anyone played with an HTC Touch extensively?

bean · 02-06-2008, 10:26 PM

No but I love my "customized" mogul, now with GPS!

Gairloch · 02-07-2008, 06:42 AM

I've played with one a little in the store. The interface isn't nearly as nifty as the iPhone and the interface is really the main thing the iPhone has to offer. Personally I think both phones are bad rice.

canadam · 02-07-2008, 09:33 AM

I've played with Windows Mobile on Palms before, and I like it better than the Blackberry interface, but the iPhone definitely takes the cake. I just can't have one

Just like I can't have an MR2 Spyder

wagonis · 02-07-2008, 10:42 AM

I've played with/owned several HTC phones and played with an iPhones. I can honestly say that the iPhone is pretty much a cool gadget...but that's all. You can download an application for a Windows Mobile OS that emulates the iPhone interface. The whole touch and drag is WAY overated, and there is no WiFi on the iPhone either which is standard on just about every HTC.

In the end, I bought a Helio Ocean and got rid of everything else, but I don't know if you guys have Helio in Canada.

Gairloch · 02-07-2008, 11:58 PM

Are the Helio phones GSM? Do you know which OS their smart phones use?

wagonis · 02-08-2008, 12:37 AM

Helio does not work on the GSM network, it actually uses the Sprint PCS network. As far as the OS, it is a proprietary operating system and the custom applications are not availabke as easily for it. However, it does have a lot of capabilities with the built in apps and the ones that are available. I has a viewer for most e-mail attachment files as well as a new exchange server app.

Gairloch · 02-08-2008, 01:22 AM

I'm with Sprint now. Trying to get away from them.

wagonis · 02-08-2008, 07:51 AM

Keep in mind that while Helio uses the Sprint network, it only leases it from Sprint, and has no affiliation with Sprint. Helio is actually owned by Earthlink.

Gairloch · 02-09-2008, 12:05 AM

That just means that they can't compete with Sprint on price. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the Android looks like.

wagonis · 02-09-2008, 12:16 AM

You mean Sprint can't compete with Helio. I got my plan for $99 per month, and that's with unlimited minutes, data and text. Basically unlimited everything. I use my phone last month over 3500 minutes, and I get at least 100 e-mails per day, and text (picture) messages between my kids and wife and myself. And the price is still $99 + taxes. Don't think Sprint can beat that.

Gairloch · 02-09-2008, 12:17 AM

Oh, I'm sure they could but I'm just as sure that they wouldn't

wagonis · 02-09-2008, 12:20 AM

I'm sure they could if they wanted to, but it's just not required for them just yet. Pretty soon all mobile phones will have unlimited plans. With MetroPCS teaming up with Cricket and a couple of other small companies, they are going to pretty soon offer low cost no contract unnlimited plans all across the country. So all the big guys (AT&T, Sprint, Alltel, etc) are going to have to either match it, or lose.

Gairloch · 02-09-2008, 12:22 AM

I just want to see what Google's offering is going to be.

Mister2.2 · 02-09-2008, 01:22 AM

Get off the damn phone.

wagonis · 02-09-2008, 11:17 AM

^ Wish I could

but I attend meetings on it, hours at a time. I sometimtes forget to take off that stupid bluetooth off and walkaround with it everywhere I go.

PearlJammzz · 02-11-2008, 12:07 PM

checkout the HTC Kaiser...it's sweet, minus it's vid drivers issue, but that'll soon be resolved.
iPhone is for people who don't rlly use phone. It's like a cooler razr for most people...

MRtuned · 02-11-2008, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gairloch

Are the Helio phones GSM? Do you know which OS their smart phones use?

Helio. don't call it a phone.

Gairloch · 02-11-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PearlJammzz

checkout the HTC Kaiser...it's sweet, minus it's vid drivers issue, but that'll soon be resolved.
iPhone is for people who don't rlly use phone. It's like a cooler razr for most people...

Which OS is it using? I really dislike windows mobile.

canadam · 02-11-2008, 03:52 PM

Any word on when/if Google will release anything?

I don't use my cell a tonne, I just thought it'd be nice to consolidate my iPod and phone into one piece instead of 2

02-06-2008, 08:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
canadam MidshipExpress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 9,546 Thanks: 117 Thanked 129 Times in 112 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (29/100% )	HTC Touch PDA/Smart Phone I really want an iPhone, but it's not available in Canadia without running an unlocked/un-upgradeable version on a network that blows goats in my area. Has anyone played with an HTC Touch extensively?

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	I've played with one a little in the store. The interface isn't nearly as nifty as the iPhone and the interface is really the main thing the iPhone has to offer. Personally I think both phones are bad rice. __________________ "Inside the car, the world beyond the driver's immediate horizon ceases to exist. Alone with the solitude of his desire, survival sense numbed by the speed, he's outrun the mediocrity of the outside world, slipped the shackles it tries to clamp on us all. He is running free, chased only by a fear of failure, for failure is to risk ejection into the real world." ~Mark Hughes

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02-06-2008, 10:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
bean 91 NA Hardtop Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SC Posts: 522 Thanks: 16 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	No but I love my "customized" mogul, now with GPS!

02-07-2008, 09:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
canadam MidshipExpress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 9,546 Thanks: 117 Thanked 129 Times in 112 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (29/100% )	I've played with Windows Mobile on Palms before, and I like it better than the Blackberry interface, but the iPhone definitely takes the cake. I just can't have one Just like I can't have an MR2 Spyder

02-07-2008, 10:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	I've played with/owned several HTC phones and played with an iPhones. I can honestly say that the iPhone is pretty much a cool gadget...but that's all. You can download an application for a Windows Mobile OS that emulates the iPhone interface. The whole touch and drag is WAY overated, and there is no WiFi on the iPhone either which is standard on just about every HTC. In the end, I bought a Helio Ocean and got rid of everything else, but I don't know if you guys have Helio in Canada.

02-07-2008, 11:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Are the Helio phones GSM? Do you know which OS their smart phones use?

02-08-2008, 12:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	Helio does not work on the GSM network, it actually uses the Sprint PCS network. As far as the OS, it is a proprietary operating system and the custom applications are not availabke as easily for it. However, it does have a lot of capabilities with the built in apps and the ones that are available. I has a viewer for most e-mail attachment files as well as a new exchange server app.

02-08-2008, 01:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	I'm with Sprint now. Trying to get away from them.

02-08-2008, 07:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	Keep in mind that while Helio uses the Sprint network, it only leases it from Sprint, and has no affiliation with Sprint. Helio is actually owned by Earthlink.

02-09-2008, 12:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	That just means that they can't compete with Sprint on price. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the Android looks like.

02-09-2008, 12:16 AM	#11 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	You mean Sprint can't compete with Helio. I got my plan for $99 per month, and that's with unlimited minutes, data and text. Basically unlimited everything. I use my phone last month over 3500 minutes, and I get at least 100 e-mails per day, and text (picture) messages between my kids and wife and myself. And the price is still $99 + taxes. Don't think Sprint can beat that.

02-09-2008, 12:17 AM	#12 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Oh, I'm sure they could but I'm just as sure that they wouldn't

02-09-2008, 12:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	I'm sure they could if they wanted to, but it's just not required for them just yet. Pretty soon all mobile phones will have unlimited plans. With MetroPCS teaming up with Cricket and a couple of other small companies, they are going to pretty soon offer low cost no contract unnlimited plans all across the country. So all the big guys (AT&T, Sprint, Alltel, etc) are going to have to either match it, or lose.

02-09-2008, 12:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,848 Thanks: 125 Thanked 258 Times in 228 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	I just want to see what Google's offering is going to be.

02-09-2008, 11:17 AM	#16 (permalink)
wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 50 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	^ Wish I could but I attend meetings on it, hours at a time. I sometimtes forget to take off that stupid bluetooth off and walkaround with it everywhere I go.

02-11-2008, 12:07 PM	#17 (permalink)
PearlJammzz Cage Fighter Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,140 Thanks: 9 Thanked 70 Times in 66 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	checkout the HTC Kaiser...it's sweet, minus it's vid drivers issue, but that'll soon be resolved. iPhone is for people who don't rlly use phone. It's like a cooler razr for most people...

02-11-2008, 03:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
canadam MidshipExpress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 9,546 Thanks: 117 Thanked 129 Times in 112 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (29/100% )	Any word on when/if Google will release anything? I don't use my cell a tonne, I just thought it'd be nice to consolidate my iPod and phone into one piece instead of 2