Originally Posted by gsvnet
Some background: I'm a business user and currently have a Diamond. I fully intend on swapping to the Touch Pro if possible, and I now have a taste of what it'll be like as I use the Diamond as my primary device for the time being. For the past year up until September, I have been using the Mogul as my primary device. I've only had one Mogul, so either I just didn't notice the problems with it, or I got 'lucky' with a decent unit.
I go through hundreds of email messages each day, and it's important that I'm alerted immediately to them. Outlook is the number one app I use.
I find the G-Sensor to be annoying, except if I'm bored and playing something like Teeter which obviously requires it. I'd love if it could be enabled/disabled as needed.
Opera is pretty fast, but I'd like if it would open faster.
Some things that are going to make me more productive, as a business user:
1. More RAM - easier multitasking, not as worried about closing apps...granted I am one of the people that don't mind the RAM (or lack thereof, as some would say) on the Mogul, I did spend some time daily on memory management with the Mogul and I've love to forgo that.
2. 5-Row keyboard. I often have to type long emails (yeah, I know, I just get by the Diamond at the moment, it's not nearly as fast as a hardware keyboard) and use symbols and numbers very frequently. It's going to rock just reaching up to the number keys as needed, just like I would on my laptop.
3. Flush screen - this makes up for not having a proper OK button, etc as I can now easily hit the button on the top right with both a Diamond or Touch Pro. All without the stylus, of course.
4. Performance - the Diamond is much faster than my Mogul....especially Outlook and trust me, there are some days that I see over a thousand emails, I'd definitely be the person to notice the difference here. I don't like TF3D, but once you strip that out and go down to the core utilities into the device, you'll see a big difference in performance. You don't have all that RAM and a processor upgrade for nothing!
5. Camera - I take lots of pictures, and the camera quality is a heck of a lot better. The Diamond actually doesn't have a flash, and it's still much better. I can't wait to see how the Touch Pro will be, as I have read that the flash LED is very bright.
Overall, the Diamond just feels like a "cool" phone to me (not that it isn't good), the Touch Pro feels like an actual pocketPC simply because of the different usage habits I'd have with the full keyboard. I prefer a bigger device, as it gives me something to actually 'hold' on to. It makes a night and day difference for me. But, based on what I see from the Mogul to Diamond, I can't wait for the Touch Pro.
I feel that the next generation HTC devices are definitely headed toward the right direction, at least to an extent that makes me want to upgrade.
Hope this helps...
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