Touch or Mogul, undecisive!

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Originally Posted by slypher

...I went with the Mogul because i heard that many of the flaws of the 6700 were fixed...

What flaws? I have no problem with my XV6700 whatsoever. The only complaint I have is the incompatibility with Rev A.

Originally Posted by slypher

...Same headset with the Mogul, lots of drop outs.

Again, I never have such problem, and I am using a Jabra BT headset with my XV6700. By the way, the drop calls could be because of the network coverage and not the Bluetooth.

Originally Posted by slypher

...Personally, i can live without a hard keyboard and wifi. Once you get a really good software keyboard (or a set of keyboards ) you may be able to adjust to the Touch. Also look into an app like AEB Button Plus which allows you to assign up to four functions to each of the very limited buttons on the touch.

Keep in mind that emails are not the only things that need typing. Will these onscreen keyboards work with MS Excel, MS Word, and so on? With half of the screen or most of the screen covered up by the onscreen keyboard, will you be able to see what you are entering and the proper format?

I will keep an open mind as the Touch et el seem to be nice devices, but I have to see it to believe it.

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Originally Posted by substring

What flaws? I have no problem with my XV6700 whatsoever. The only complaint I have is the incompatibility with Rev A.
Again, I never have such problem, and I am using a Jabra BT headset with my XV6700. By the way, the drop calls could be because of the network coverage and not the Bluetooth.
Keep in mind that emails are not the only things that need typing. Will these onscreen keyboards work with MS Excel, MS Word, and so on? With half of the screen or most of the screen covered up by the onscreen keyboard, will you be able to see what you are entering and the proper format?

I will keep an open mind as the Touch et el seem to be nice devices, but I have to see it to believe it.

You know, you raised an interesting point, i never thought about how i would use ms word or excel with the touch. I guess i'll cross that bridge when i get to it.

The 6700 does have flaws, hence the release of the 6800. Don't get me wrong the 6700 is a great device, especially with all the custom roms out there and the many fixes that are out there, but a stock 6700 has a lot of issues.

Unfortunately the drop outs that i experienced only happened with a BT headset and i could recreate them at will using most of the stock Roms (the Alltel one seemed to have the best BT performance) When i held the handset while talking or used the wired headset in the same areas, no problems or drop outs.

Bottom line, the Touch is not for everyone, which is why i say to try it first before you drop any money or start emailing Sprint to have them send you one.

-s