Quick Look: Sprint HTC Touch (video)

Hello everyone. As previously promised, today's post will be another newer, hardware review. This time we will be taking a look at Sprint's HTC Touch. The Touch has been out for a few months and at times has been called the 'corporate iphone' due to it being a purely touchscreen pda (no hardware keyboard) and running WM6 (in turn, allows outlook/goodlink to be installed).

Here are some basic/quick specs:

• 400mhz qualcomm cpu


• 2.8" 65K TFT LCD
  
  
  
  • 240x320 resolution
  
  
  • landscape and portrait modes.
  
  
  
  


• 128 RAM, 256MB Flash ROM
  
  
  
  • (avail to user: 73/256mb respectively)
  
  
  
  


• Cellular: CDMA dual band, EVDO Rev. 0 and 1XRTT data


• Bluetooth 2.0 spec


• 2.0 MP camera / video recorder


• microSD slot (SDHC supported)


• tethering via BT or USB cable to laptop/pc (supports PAN bluetooth profile and bt dialup also)


• Windows Mobile 6 Prof Ed.
  
  
  
  • includes Mobile Office, IE, Outlook, HTC's Today Screen and launcher software and more)
  
  
  
  


• See Sprint.com for more/full details

I got about a full day to play and use the HTC Touch. Unfortunately I did my video quick look before really getting my hands on it. :) So lets take a look at the Touch and my quick look video. Read more and view the vid. (and yes, i do get a bit excited w/new toys.. hehehe).



[youtube 9HXWaVEt-Zg]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9HXWaVEt-Zg

Overall; a super sexy, nearly 'iPhone-killer' corp phone.

Things that are good:

• small and feels 'grippy' (has the rubber suede feel that lots of phones are using)


• nice display, decent touchscreen responsiveness, htc's today screen


• windows mobile 6 = corporate email and tons of apps


• HTC's builtin task manager program! every WM device SHOULD HAVE THIS!!!!


• HTC's touch interface (not perfect but a good step in the right direction)

Not that cool:

• can bog down w/lots of apps open (mediaplayer and ie and goodlinke email)


• screen gets really dirty, screen protector is a must!


• no motion sensing or flashdrive built in


• spendy! (esp the unlocked GSM version)


• weird ExtUSB adapter plug for headphones/while charger