[General Topics] HTC Touch Freak:
This is a response to the first post. I havn't read all posts yet, just part of teh first page. Just so you all know I love my Touch Elfin and can't wait for the Diamond2. I really can't stand windows sometimes because it's ugly but it works. With the "6.5" rom I installed yesterday it's a little nicer. I like the customizability of WM and that it comes on a variety of devices. Not one big ugly chrome bordered device that people walk around with like drones.

I got the same dissapointing feeling to tell you the truth. WM 6.5 is meh.... it's just there to hold us off till WM7 and should be free and not made as special as microsoft is trying to make it. It's nothing major.

One thing to keep in mind is WM OS actually works like you'd expect a phone to work. I'll say this over and oever. The iphone in my eyes is not the best phone out there but it is a GREAT MEDIA Device. So in turn I think they should have just made the ipod touch and that's it. It's flashy and toy like but things bother me about the phone part of it.

I would say otherwise. It just SEEMS that they are listening. In all reality it's just Apple playing catchup in their own way. Most of if not all of the features of the OS 3.0 should have been in place from the first launh of the original iphone.

I agree completely that microsoft has lacked majorly in updating the OS. WM6.5 is probably the biggest change they've made visually but it's always done what's been needed from the begining.

WM6.5 and Most all of apples new OS's are just simple updates. It's not like it's a whole new overhall. I'm dissapointed at both companies acting like these are MAJOR OS updates when they are just updates that could be released free without calling it a NEW VERSION.

I think you're wrong and right in a way. Apple may win this time around but WM has a wider selection of devices. Beleive it or not people don't want to have the same phone as people they know has or that EVERBODY has. That's one downside of the Iphone THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. Even the ipod touch is the same minust the phone. So I don't think a lot of people will drop all things when they're contract ends and switch to the iphone.

Take this into consideration. The Iphone is not timeless in any way whatsoever. It's look is the same for the last two years besides a change of metal to plastic for the back. It's old and looks boring. Look at the touch HD. Print a picture of both these devices and put them on your wall side-by-side. They are, dare I say it, SIMILAR. But which could you look at the longest? Which is more easy on the eyes to look at and which still keeps it's classic look and amazing styling no matter how long you look at it or how many times you've seen it. The Iphone is like the Wii..... I love the Wii... but it's a novelty. My Touch Elfin is in pretty good condition after 1.5 years of having it and people still ask what it is and who makes it and how nice it looks. It's not a really timeless look but you have to admit it still does look good.

I think the only real threat... If HTC and other companies produce nicer looking phones is Android. Their 2 phones so far from HTC ... well my dogs crap looks better. I got to play with the Android OS for the first time yesterday at a T-mobile store and I have to say that it looks promising and like WM there will be many different hardware models from different manufacturers.

With all that said WM7 Better deliver, Apple hypes up their products too much and people make up their products greater than they really are. The update really isn't THAT major. I still find it stupid that they use the excuse that you cannot run multiple programs on it because they want he end user experiance and battery life to last. PUT a BIGGER BATTERY. If people close the programs they will not drain the batt so fast. Even though nothing runs in the background the battery of the iphone still sucks.

I find it stupid that to copy and paste a picture in an MMS you have to go to the picture app. Copy the picture, Close the App, open the MMS and paste the picture. Where as in WM and OTHER OS's you open an MMS click insert and select the pic... all within one App.