[Touch HD General] P996:
Before I write this, please be aware that I'm a longtime WM user and I'm not an Apple fanboy. This is based on pure experience and FACTS.

1. I don't find ANYTHING the Touch HD offers to me to replace the iPhone 3G (I own both and I plan to keep both for development reasons)

2. the 5MP camera of the Touch HD is practically unusable for taking pictures, the iPhone 3G 2MP camera delivers a better quality, especially if the lighting conditions are bad and/or when the subject is moving

3. the touch usability of the iPhone is firstclass, none of the WM or in fact any other touchdisplay gadget I ever had (and I had and have many) come even close to iPhone touch usage comfort and precision

4. without the work and passion of XDA developers and the people involved, HTC would probably be dead meat by now, simply because their products suck in many ways, even if they improved over time

5. the video playing capability performance of the Touch HD still sucks, rendering the great display almost useless

6. surfing the internet incl. zooming in and moving around using the Opera browser shows lag and isn't half as comfortable as with the iPhone

I could continue an endless list of things the Touch HD lacks.

The iPhone 3G offers a first class video/audio performance, display isn't only crispier and more vivid in colors, it is also brighter than the Touch HD display. Although the resolution of the Touch HD display is double the one of the iPhone, it doesn't really show in real life applications. Another annoying thing is that the Touch HD display is hardly readable in direct sunlight, compare it to the iPhone and you get the surprise of your life.

To make it short: the iPhone 3G has a bad 3G signal reception (it improved however with the latest FW), it lacks video recording capabilities and it lacks a very important feature for a multimedia device: a bluetooth A2DP profile. Thats actually it. Everything else, the iPhone does better than ANY touchdisplay device on this planet.

If you claim that you like the RSS Hub program on the Touch HD better than for example the app "Feeds" from the App Store, you must be blind or just ignorant or both.

This is a difference like day and night and there are hundreds of applications available which are absolutely great, I won't even start with mentioning the first class games with gorgeous graphics.

Yes, I'm not an Apple Fanboy but right now, the iPhone 3G beats everything on the market when it comes to touch usage/comfort and video playing capabilities.

Btw, a stupid question: how did you have an iPhone 3G 6-7 months ago? Apple introduced the iPhone 3G almost exactly 4 months ago. ;)

I also think that some of you, who probably don't have anything to do with REAL software programming, don't understand what Windows Mobile and what the iPhone OS are.

Windows Mobile has improved a lot but to be blunt: it is really usable starting with WM 6 only. Windows Mobile 6.1 was already another improvement and I bet that MS learned from past mistakes and will offer even better stuff with WM 6.5 and WM 7 but it is still a pretty resource hungry and limited OS. Things look different with iPhone OS(X) and Android which are based on Unix/Linux.

Don't let the hard work and passion of the ROM cookers here on XDA developers fool you: WM is a very limited and resource hungry OS and it took HTC with TouchFlo and pressure from RIM/Apple and Nokia to make clear to MS that people want more out of a mobile OS. Unfortunately MS is late with WM 7 development, an interim 6.5 may ease the "tension" but this is still not good enough.

Hopefully the delay is related to major improvements and finally a NATIVE touchdisplay support which gives developers finally the possibility to implement the same touch usage comfort people love on the iPhone.