Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

Really? HTC shows the same 2.8 inch spec. Maybe because Vogue is shorter, thinner, and less massive - its screen seems larger relative to overall device.

TP specs are here...
http://www.htc.com/www/product/touch...ification.html

Vogue specs here...
http://www.htc.com/www/product/touch/specification.html

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

I managed the phones at my old company a year ago and could pick any phone I wanted for my personal use, and chose the Vogue. After I left the company I purchased a Vogue.

I like it because it will fit in ANY pocket, it light and unobtrusive. With the new custom ROMs it performs a lot better than when it was new. Waiting to see the HTC Touch 2!!

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

Word...
I think the diamond has pretty well replaced it, though. I wish the jade would have been released with cdma.
Here are my perfect specs for the touch2...

cdma and gsm versions with the same hardware (I'm on alltel, go figure)
wifi
3" - 3.2" 480x800 (I'm getting tired of seeing these 4" screens, I think the overall size of the omnia is about perfect)
snapdragon (I noticed the diamond was noticeably slow with some vga games)
3mp - 5mp camera with autofocus and led (the omnia really jumped my expectations for cell cameras)
extusb (the omnia had the standard samsung proprietary connector)
3.5mm headphone jack
attached stylus (the omnia had one but it was separate)
all day battery (the omnia would commonly be dead before I got home from work, the touch and diamond have great battery life)
buttons (power on the top, volume on left-top, camera on right-bottom, two small buttons on the front-top, and a real 5-way on front-bottom, no soft-buttons all hard clicky buttons)
resistive screen (I don't care how cool multitouch is windows mobile just isn't finger-friendly enough, if we could get away from little checkboxes and bars then capacitive and no stylus would work better)
bluetooth
microsdhc
no hardware keyboard (that's what makes it a "touch")

I think that's about it. I would buy that phone in a heartbeat. When you look at it, most of what I want is on the touch that we already love. It just needs a proper refresh. Those weren't in order of importance, but when I thought about them.
To me, one of the biggest things that sets the touch apart from the new phones is the real 5-way buttons. That is something that phones seem to be loosing, and it's a real turn-off. Of course, I just bought the msi bgp100 (bluetooth gamepad for cellphones), so it may not be that big of a deal. I'd much rather be able to hold the phone, sideways, in my hands and play, though.
JJ

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

I'm definitely anxious to get one of the new handsets that are on the horizon. The new larger higher definition screens are what I'm looking forward to the most since I watch a lot of video on my phone, and I really really want one of the phones that has a 5MP or better camera (kinda wanting the Omnia2).

That being said, I'm in no hurry to get rid of my vogue, it just works well =D>. I hardly ever have to hard reset, it has great battery life, and is easy to use. One of the good things that can be said about older devices such as the Vogue is that they have been "debugged". All the apps developed for these devices have been in use for awhile and refined extensively, all the reg edits/tweaks have been found and perfected, and solutions for most of the devices flaws have been discovered and fixed. When I do decide which new handset to purchase, I'll be putting the trusty ol Vogue into storage as a back-up handset, cause I know I can count on it.

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

The Vogue has been the best most reliable phone I have ever owned. Simple and intuitive strait out of the box and with limitless customizations if you have the paitience to learn. I'm due for a full upgrade now but will wait to see how many of the HTC models perform before I jump ship. When I do the old Vogue will still stay in the family. I just couldn't stand to let it go.

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

haha. that's like your standard post when it's a girl...

I've actually been seeing more and more and more people get the vogue.
Well regular users. Not sure how many are actually unlocking/flashing the phone.
I still wish I had my vogue as it was a really good phone except for the fact that I got tired of texting on it.
I don't really think it will die off for the average user.
but for the power user it is getting outdated.
I mean every developer has done what they could to the phone,
and it's modded like no other now.

I agree with alot of the items you chose here.
But..I personally love keyboards(ones that aren't a major fail by HTC.)
The 5way d-pad was really nice when it came to games, but now I have a gsensor that does all that for me with a tilt of the phone, so I don't mind that it's not on most of the phones.

I kind of like the bigger screens also. but the novelty might wear off after a while, and I definitely wouldn't like screens much bigger than that on my phone.

I recommend waiting till WM7 gets launched.
Pointless to buy a phone that won't have the hardware necessary to take full advantage of the new OS.

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

Eh...
I don't know of many games that can replace the d-pad with the gsensor (marbleworld and a couple racing games). My biggest gaming on the cell phone is emulated games. If there are emulators that can do that, then I might reconsider.
JJ

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

I don't really use emulators. but there is a program I saw somewhere that you can set the g sensor up to simulate pressing certain buttons. The app was in beta stage the last time I seen it, and that was like a month before I disappeared from here for like two months haha.
So yeah, it should be out now.

Plus if you have a actual keyboard,
that's all the keys you need.
You get to remap those keys to whatever you want so it's like a gaming controller.

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

We are talking about the vogue, here.
Hehehe...
JJ

Re: Is the Touch/Vogue still popular?
 

The touch still rocks. Yeah its missing a g accelerator and wifi and there are some cool toys on the horizon but going on year 2 the touch is still great.

Seems alot of newbies are picking it up prob cause its very cheap now. Its fun to see some wide eyed newbies on here trying to figure out the power of this phone. Also seems to be a bunch of aps coming on line lately.