[Touch HD General] Banjo2:
6 months in...

For “new” potential users I’m 6 months into using my Touch HD.

Good points.

Screen – I use Pocket Informant with mini text in the month view and I can actually read enough of each entry for each day of the month to plan at a glance.

Any kind of detail to look at and the screen helps, it is both large enough and has good enough resolution to see detail. The Iphone looks bright and very crisp but doesn’t get down to the text and other detail the HD can.

Size – it’s a good compromise between screen size and pocketability. It’s also quite slim.

Battery life – I’m pleasantly surprised – it lasts a good 2-3 days and using stuff like CoPilot as a SatNav doesn’t pull it down too quickly.

Stability – a few resets but relatively few and usually because I’ve been a dumbo about doing something.

Multi tasking – recently used the phone on a Bluetooth headset, whilst also guiding the caller using the satnav and also looking up the company he wanted on the internet…all at the same time – stunned it all worked, I even managed to navigate between the various active “screens”.

The “What’s that” factor! – most average “joes” have got into Nokia, Motorola, Iphone etc but the Touch HD is a relative rarity – so if you want to be different!

Phone – signal reception and call quality beat my previous Motorola Rizr Z3 hands down. Also my boss has an Iphone and his call quality is awful. My Touch HD is almost like using a landline – certainly better than the last 3 dedicated phones I’ve had.

Pulling out the stylus wakes the device – great and so obvious!

The actual device itself is still as new! I do use a case though.

Loads more…

Bad points.

I don’t use “touch flo” – many of the things I need to do mean using the stylus so for me its either all or nothing – TF doesn’t do for me!

Few hard key options – I used to have a one key push to bring up my diary (HP4700).

Useless LED “alarm” light on top – too small – too dim.

Camera – sunshine and its OK otherwise not great – no flash etc.

Battery life – it’s good but we are all waiting for more! Surely everyone wants at least a week without charging so you don’t lug a charger everywhere you go.

Stupidly small space of a couple of lines to answer text messages – duh! (I know there are fixes but I’m cautious about warranty and unrecoverable ****-ups!)

Installed…

CoPilot live 7. Works well (especially with the recent free screen resolution update to suit the HD)

Pocket Informant – best PIM/Diary/Contacts program I’ve ever used – I have a lot of diary stuff and quick access to good info.

Magic Button – useful although somewhat overtaken by changes in WM6x

Gsen – tweak for the G sensor options.

HD tweak – useful for customising a load of twiddly things.

Memaid – cleans up a bunch of iteme WM6x leaves woolly.

Pocket TV – useful for viewing various “movie” formats.

Resco File manager – MUCH better than the native WM6x file explorer – how can you live without it?

Accessories…Piel frama case – its ok but the leather around the screen blocks left margin stylus actions slightly (I’m left handed). Also it would be better using a magnetic closure instead of a popper, you can flip a mag closure shut with one hand movement but not the popper version. The front cover is a bit too soft so it would still allow something to crack the screen at a push. It also means if you receive a call by the time you’ve hauled the thing out of your pocket you’ve carried out some unknown screen clicks by gripping the case. Having said this I’ve tried two other cases and gone back to this one.