Played with HD2 today and -hmm

[cbreze]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

or TouchPal 3.5.

Using TP & their T+ technology, I can type INSANELY fast (much faster than even the TP2 hardware KB)

~John

I've been using TP with my imagio and see that for me anyway there is a bit of a learning curve. I'm getting better at it tho. I've finished the trial and bought the app. I hope to get as good with it as my TP2's hardware kb. Just a matter of time spent using it, I think.

[cbreze]

Originally Posted by Noir

no cdma will get non keyboard devices due to lack of sales

Can't agree much with that as while the imagio is certainly not a big seller, there are several non hardware kb androids and the wave of the future seems to be soft kb devices. It seems apple gave this a big push forward a couple years ago and better and better soft kb apps like touch pal for one are making the non hardware kb experience very tolerable. Most folks seem to like the lighter weight and thinner devices(as I do) that comes from no physical kb also. Then theres the whole wm series due to start coming out later this year and again, I would imagine most of them will be soft kb's. If you think verizon and sprint will not get onboard that wave because of soft kb's it would be a mistake. So guess I don't understand where your coming from with that train of thought.

[ajac]

I hope they tak the htc hd2 + touch pro 2 (keyboard only mainly) and make the touch pro 3 I will be in heaven.. and also be awesome if they make a dual o/s phone running andrioid and win mo. man that would be sweet!! Android 2.1 + windows 7 mobile

[RidleyJ329]

Originally Posted by eman

Make a perfect phone and you would not need to make other phones....Just ask Apple.

nothin like a one trick poney to get the job done

[Noir]

Originally Posted by cbreze

Can't agree much with that as while the imagio is certainly not a big seller, there are several non hardware kb androids and the wave of the future seems to be soft kb devices. It seems apple gave this a big push forward a couple years ago and better and better soft kb apps like touch pal for one are making the non hardware kb experience very tolerable. Most folks seem to like the lighter weight and thinner devices(as I do) that comes from no physical kb also. Then theres the whole wm series due to start coming out later this year and again, I would imagine most of them will be soft kb's. If you think verizon and sprint will not get onboard that wave because of soft kb's it would be a mistake. So guess I don't understand where your coming from with that train of thought.

I didn't say it
htc has gone on the record to say no cdma devices without keyboards due to low sales.
Will that change with android and cdma? tough to say but for wm and htc touch diamond/touch hd series, no cdma

[chronster]

I have a feeling these glorious phones coming out are going to start phasing out physical keyboard. Everyone wants to copy Apple, and all the brainwashed apple morons think onscreen keyboard is better. No, it isn't. It's only better from a manufacturing standpoint because you can support multiple languages with software changes.

But to be honest, I would definitely trade my keyboard for a snappy device with a large capacitive screen like the hd2

[pesok]

Originally Posted by chronster

But to be honest, I would definitely trade my keyboard for a snappy device with a large capacitive screen like the hd2

And thats exactly why HTC will make big screen TP3 with hard keyboard. If you follow HTC logic: TP(1)-2.8" , HD(1)-3.8", TP2-3.6", HD2-4.3" , TP3~4.1"

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by chronster

I have a feeling these glorious phones coming out are going to start phasing out physical keyboard. Everyone wants to copy Apple, and all the brainwashed apple morons think onscreen keyboard is better. No, it isn't. It's only better from a manufacturing standpoint because you can support multiple languages with software changes.

But to be honest, I would definitely trade my keyboard for a snappy device with a large capacitive screen like the hd2

So you have to be "brainwashed" to feel as if the on screen keyboard is better? Actually i can type faster on screen in landscape mode than I ever could with my qwerty. As a matter of fact i hardly even used the qwerty. Different strokes for different folks.

[PropagandaX]

I got to play with the hd also, but really I prefer the size of my TP2, if only it had a little more processor ass. Like all the phones we get from sprint about the time they reach us the hardware is way old.

[JokeZony0u]

Come on folks, by this time nxt year (maybe the year after), you'll all be sulking and saying that the HD2 is obsolete. I bet we'll have a device running two snapdragons soon enough.

The big hype to this phone? It's giant and it's the first majorly announced 1Ghz processor phone. Get over it and don't waste your money. Sure it'll be faster, but wasn't the Touch Diamond a breakthrough a mere 3 years ago? Now it's almost useless compared to the TP2. Same logic applies here folks