[About XDA developers] rambo6:
After 11 days of trying to get a Mogul, two finally showed up on my doorstep. For the past few days I've tried the Mogul side by side against my 8525 Hermes run on AT&T. Here's what I've found so far.

I have spend hours and hours perfecting my WM6 Heremes. It works flawlessly. The Mogul is the first HTC device I've used which is works perfectly right out of the box.

Most of my prior HTC devices had to use a custom ROM to work perfectly or speedily. The Mogul is quick and even the A2DP works and sounds great right out of the box. I also added Microsoft Voice Command. It works too.

There is a lot of unnecessary software on the device which I'd like to remove.

The ergonomics and buttons are not as well placed as those of the Hermes. The Internet Explorer and Mail Hardware buttons are lit up as are the other hardware button controls. However, the keyboard does have the light monitor which causes it to light up like on the Hermes. You have to hit a key to get it to light up the keyboard. The keyboard however is better than the Hermes. Keys like the colon, semi-colon, and quotation marks are easier to utilize than on the Hermes.

The Hermes has a D ring with a center button. The Mogul has more of a joystick type button. It doesn't feel as good as the D ring and center button. It does work and may take a little getting used to.

The Mogul really is smaller and thinner. My son thinks it looks better than the Hermes. I like the feel of the more rounded corners of the Hermes, but I do like the thinness of the Mogul.

I downloaded Google Maps and it works. I'm still a bit pissed that the GPS does not work. They put the GPS in the advertising. I understand it has a GPS which does not work off satelites but which works off cell towers. There's some talk that the GPS can be activated so that it could be used to show one's postion on programs such as Google Maps. If anyone knows more about this, I'd be very interested.

Now for the speed tests. In Salt Lake City AT&T has great HSDPA network. Sprint has an EVDO network. Both cover the entire Salt Lake Valley according to their maps. I took both devices around the city with me over the past few days and did dozens of dowload speed tests using dslreports.com.

I nearly every spot, the HSDPA was faster. Mostly twice as fast. Wherever I had 900 plus kbps with the Hermes, I had around 500 kbps with the Mogul. 500 kpbs is pretty fast. However, there were many areas where got 400 to 500 kbps with the Hermes and the Mogul was at 200 kbps or below.

So far my conclusions are as follows. The Sprint service is very inexpensive. The cheapest data plan is only $15.00 compared with $45.00 at AT&T. That $30.00 more would almost by a new phone in 12 months. Also, Sprint has many more areas with the EVDO coverage than AT&T has with either HSDPA or UMTS.

If Sprint does the EVDO Rev. A upgrade, the speed difference will narrow. The Mogul is a pleasant experience. I'm spoiled by the 700 plus Kbps that I experience with the Hermes. I'm not sure I'm ready to give it up for this fact alone.

I do hope some expert will figure out how to create custom ROMs. I may even give it a try if I can get help from one of the Pros.