Sprint HTC Touch - First Impressions, Questions, etc.

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by willysp

Newsbreak works fine!

Thanks for testing!!! Now I need to seriously start thinking if I really need a hardware keyboard or not... I never used wi-fi, so that's a non-issue for me.

Originally Posted by Donatom3

It looks similar to the Mogul one just smaller. Honestly the touch fits great in my pocket.

Cool!

[breakuser]

One question. When the battery goes to savemode can you still see the screen or does the backlight shut off completely? I recall the mogul satys on very dim.

[Pibe38]

Originally Posted by breakuser

One question. When the battery goes to savemode can you still see the screen or does the backlight shut off completely? I recall the mogul satys on very dim.

The Mogul stays on very dim? Mine doesn't.

Originally Posted by k000

I have a very good side for that --> http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomp...d1=803&id2=771 but will check out ps as well.

If you want a visual size comparison, I use sizeasy
http://sizeasy.com/page/size_compari...Mogul-vs-Touch

[tbhausen]

The Touch is so small and sexy it'd be a sin to put it in a case IMHO. Gotta get a lanyard for it, though. Shame they don't include one...

Todd/Indy

[Donatom3]

Originally Posted by tbhausen

The Touch is so small and sexy it'd be a sin to put it in a case IMHO. Gotta get a lanyard for it, though. Shame they don't include one...

Todd/Indy

x1000

A pouch is all that should be allowed for the touch.

[soundworkspr]

Ok after having a whole day with it a work since 7 am been on battery power and had full charge going about my day i had msn messenger running al day connected on the evdo playing with it showing of the cube listening to music now and then got home just now and i have 70% battery still before i connected it to the pc to go online so with the battery hack it could go a whole day with out being charged its great anyone else had similar battery life??

oh yeah started out with 78 mb of ram and with out soft resseting had a solid 72 mb ram and 70% battery life at 7:01 pm since 7 am this morning

[willysp]

Originally Posted by breakuser

One question. When the battery goes to savemode can you still see the screen or does the backlight shut off completely? I recall the mogul satys on very dim.

Yes, it works like the Mogul - after the backlight interval (30 sec for me), goes dim, then in another 30 seconds goes dark. (Though the Mogul stays dim for over a minute - and I have both set to battery timeout=30 sec, ext power timeout=1 min). I just tried them side by side.

[jimh2k7]

Originally Posted by mpancari

So im on hold for account services to order the touch, its been 20 minutes and i think ive memorized the whole song they play when your on hold!! it goes like this... chachachacha nanananana nenenenenununununu nanananana nanananananana naaaaaanaaanaa HAHA!!

I have some questions about the Touch...

1.) is flash 7 a must for internet explorer? what browser does it work better with?
2.) does the touch come with MMS? If not, what is the best version i can install?
3.) Is there a screen locking program already built into the phone? (besides device lock)
4.) is the speaker phone and earpiece loud?
5.) does the camera have good picture qaulity?
6.) does microsoft live search work on the touch?

Thats all for now, thanks!!!!!

3) I do like the fact that you can map the extended hang up button hold to lock the device. One less registery tweak to stop Flight mode.

[willysp]

Couple more observations after carrying both today.

Both started with full charge 12 hours ago. Mogul has Seidio 1650 mAh battery (2 months old), Touch 1100 mAh stock. Mogul almost no use. Touch moderate use - probably equivalent to 1 hour on, playing, surfing, etc. Mogul at 60%, Touch at 70%.

Screen side by side comparision - both set at 2 ticks below full bright. Touch is brighter head-on and from all 4 off-axis directions. Touch is sharper and higher contrast head-on and 3 off-axis. From the 'below' off-axis (tilt top away from you) Touch significantly loses contrast. (Not a big deal for me - I've had it for a day and just noticed it). Start to see it at 30 to 40 degrees.