[HTC Titan] Phrozt:
Ok.. this post is going to be huge... First, I would like to do things a bit in reverse. I'm going to post my review, which mentions a comparison of the titan w/my parents' photons (gingerbread), but FIRST, after seeing them again at xmas, I'm going to post my updates. Second, I have a few comments on ClassickWORLD's post. Finally... because it's so big, I'll throw up my whole review of the titan currently listed on amazon.

Quick updates:

Since my review, I've added a ton more apps and my parents have been playing on their phones quite a bit. One of the nice things I noticed is that the auto sorting kicks in after you build up a decent number of apps (apps are listed alphabetically, broken up by letter. If you hit a letter, it goes to a grid of all letters.. touch on that letter and go right to that section. Much less scrolling).

I can get to any app I own in 3 touches. My parents have to scroll through a crapton of apps they never use, hoping they remember the name of the app they DO need... and hone in on it. I probably have WAY more apps than they do, but you wouldn't be able to tell due to the effort they have to put into finding theirs.

I see why android phones have so much memory.... and I'm dumbfounded by the fact that they operate so terribly. My mom's phone boots up and it's already using more memory than my Titan even has... yet my titan is ridiculously faster than hers. The amount of management that has to go into controlling all of the possible apps on an adroid phone is ... just... pathetic really. To be honest, I felt like I was back on windows mobile.

I don't know if it was android in general or just gingerbread, but.. well.. here's a quick timeline:

- Played w/my mom's phone on thanksgiving weekend. Went through at least half a dozen full battery drains w/all the time I put into it (at this time I still had my ATT Tilt2)

- Got my phone Dec 13, have been playing w/it nonstop (and as per my review.. it has still never frozen :)).

- Played w/my mom's phone again on xmas weekend.

In that time frame, I went from "wow, your phone is really nice ma!" to "wow, wp7 is so smooooooooth" to "am I back on windows mobile?" For me, Android went from awesome to extremely dated in 1 month.

Now, a few words on some of Classick's comments:

- Search has been addressed to you

- I agree there is 1 extra step that should not be there for making a call

- Add me to the list of "really?? You have a problem w/the keyboard? Everyone else thinks it's the best out there.."

- I loved swype on my mom's phone. Now that I've had my Titan, I can't even remember the last time I thought of swype.

- I do wish there was more voice integration for text entering.

- The only thing I miss on the browser is the forward button

- I don't think you're offering a fair comparison at all. Of course facebook/twitter are going to be optimized WAY more for the current smartphone market share leader, who's had more years and billions more poured into it. I'm wondering how/why this surprises you.

- That sounds like personal preference... Most people really like the tiles...

- I agree and miss when I could just open up my winmo phone as a folder and drag/drop. The biggest problem is at work where I cannot install anything, so there's literally no way for me to get to my files (other than sky drive). However I do have enough alternatives that this has not hindered me at all, and I'm having a lot of fun with OneNote.

- IMO, this argument is ridiculous. I was not a major app user and I already have WAY more apps than I thought I would have and download more all the time. Everything I need, I have...

I currently have:

- 54 apps (not games)

- 31 games

I have uninstalled most all of the bloatware (which was not much to begin with), and I've uninstalled a decent chunk of apps I didn't really want. I do not use all the apps I have, but I find myself using a lot more than I though I would. As for social needs (twitter/facebook), I'm EXTREMELY satisfied w/the unification methods that wp7 has employed. IMO, wp7 is the best social phone out there.

- IMO, you haven't spent enough time w/wp7. The tiles were one of the big things that had me on the ropes saying, "Yeah.. I really don't care how it looks! It's fine!! /whisper GOD THESE THINGS LOOK RETARDED!!!" Now that I've used it, I can't imagine a better way to handle a home screen. Again, my mom's phone seems ridiculous w/it's main sections of scattered app icons compared to my unified, tiled homepage.

Finally, my review.. unedited (except to highlight section headers):