Sprint gets official with HTC Touch: November 4 for $249.99

[twospirits]

^ yeah, but the company has been touting this item since last year and at the rate the company is going, who knows when the 5.0 version is gonna ship much less the 6.0 version.

As for the other issue of it not having GPS, I am looking over the fact sheet and no where does it state GPS, yet in the actual Sprint version manual, (on page 47 and on pg 173 in the specifications section) it states it has an internal GPS. So at this point who knows if the Sprint Touch has GPS. Not even Sprint is consistant with the info. HTC isn't much help either. The European version manual only mentions External GPS on page 42 and nothing about an internal one.
Edit:
Although rumour has it a software update will provide GPS, I'm curious as to how often Sprint does these software updates.

[saqer]

I think whenever it says GPS it's referring to A-GPS for emergency/911 use only. It's unclear, however, when it states "Internal GPS Antenna" on page 167. I wonder if that's a typo.

Edit: The only we're only real know it by emailing HTC and asking specifically about an internal GPS antenna. Asking sprint will probably not yield much useful information.

[monster28]

heres a vid from sprint about the touch

http://www.buzzaboutwireless.com/cms...roduction.html

could find tthiss any were on herre

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by monster28

heres a vid from sprint about the touch

http://www.buzzaboutwireless.com/cms...roduction.html

could find tthiss any were on herre

Wow... pretty cool! I watched a couple of the videos. I see that MS Live Search seems to come pre-loaded, the HTC Home plugin does not have the Contacts tab but I guess that's because of the Contacts area on TouchFLO.

I also noticed that when he opened PIE, the Sprint launchpad site identified the Touch as the HTC 6900.

I have a question about finger scrolling. Does it work everywhere? I know you can scroll down/up on PIE, but can you do it with your contacts, e-mail lists, e-mails themselves? Has anyone tried it with 3rd party apps? One that comes to mind is Newsbreak, it'd be awesome to be able to use finger scrolling while reading RSS feeds on Newsbreak.

[SINNN]

ya! it does say 6900. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... i was hoping for the tilt to be the 6900.

[guitardoc64]

Originally Posted by Pibe38

Wow... pretty cool! I watched a couple of the videos. I see that MS Live Search seems to come pre-loaded, the HTC Home plugin does not have the Contacts tab but I guess that's because of the Contacts area on TouchFLO.

I also noticed that when he opened PIE, the Sprint launchpad site identified the Touch as the HTC 6900.

I have a question about finger scrolling. Does it work everywhere? I know you can scroll down/up on PIE, but can you do it with your contacts, e-mail lists, e-mails themselves? Has anyone tried it with 3rd party apps? One that comes to mind is Newsbreak, it'd be awesome to be able to use finger scrolling while reading RSS feeds on Newsbreak.

I'm using the new SPB pocket plus that adds scrolling in contacts and most apps, and tabbed browsing with touch scrolling. I really like it, despite a 5-6 second load time on reset.

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by guitardoc64

I'm using the new SPB pocket plus that adds scrolling in contacts and most apps, and tabbed browsing with touch scrolling. I really like it, despite a 5-6 second load time on reset.

Yeah I am too, but was wondering if the Touch has these things stock.

For example, Spb Pocket + will let you scroll through your e-mails, but not the e-mail itself after it's open. And if the Touch did this for every app, I may even consider switching to it.

Being able to finger-scroll through my RSS feeds and opened e-mails is a huge function. I use the side wheel on the Mogul, but it's not too fast.

Thanks for the input though!

[monster28]

well i just ordered mine can't wait should get it tues or wed

[betulike2know]

Just ordered mine too ... cant wait

[Pibe38]

Post your first impressions here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=11003