[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SleepiTyme:
In comparison from a BlackBerry Bold to the Sony Ericsson X1a (even though this isn't the right thread, but it does work up into my decision and thoughts of getting either another smartphone [read Touch Pro 2] or wait for a UMPC/Smartphone hybrid [read HTC Thoth] BECAUSE I have a second active simcard with ONLY data services. My consideration of getting another Smartphone [which will be my next phone while my BB will be the dataphone] or a UMPC/Smartphone hybrid [which will obviously be the data device] is left up for conversation for another time) I have the following conclusions;

BlackBerry Bold 9000

-Easier tactile transition from Music, Browser & GPS through little use of the menu and mostly through customizable quick buttons

-Quick OS response when moving from program to program (it bests the X1a)

-Louder speakers and custom equalizer options

-Brighter screen and better outdoor daylight/daytime viewing

-Seems better to multitask with (average programs open; GPS/Google Maps, Music, Browser & reading e-mails/SMS)

-Better, easier, simpler (even more so than the Apple iPod/iPhone) music indexing. One screen to go to search for songs through Titles, Artists and Genres

-10 hours daily battery life (listening to music 50% of the time, instant messaging, browsing on 3G and taking roughly an hour of phone calls, 100% brightness without lighting adjustment, GPS is on now and then)

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1a

-Playful, fun and intuitive interface

-Media and information rich (by the help of applications such as YouTube, and TF3D tabs;Stocks, Weather, unique contact and messaging interface)

-Quicker internet browsing interface, thanks to Opera Browser and the 9.7 TURBO option

-5-6 hours daily battery life (listening to music 25% of the time, instant messaging, browsing on 3G, taking 30 minutes of phone calls, highest brightness without using GPS at all)

I recently walked into a TELUS store and played around with the Touch Pro 2, and it seemed a bit slow, just as much as the X1a (maybe it's the cost of my transition from BlackBerry to Windows Mobile?).

I loved how TF3D now completely engulfs the kind of ugly Windows Mobile facet.

However, the speakers that play music are MUCH MORE quieter, considerably so than the BlackBerry Bold.

I don't know how GSM Arena does their speaker tests, but the BlackBerry Bold in a loud environment is excellent and does better than the Touch Pro 2

Now all of this is based on a Rogers branded Sony Ericsson X1a and a TELUS branded Touch Pro 2.

It could be possible that they both have speaker volumes controlled by service provider.

Hopefully if that's the case, the T-Mobile one won't be hindered.

That aside, I did mention the battery performances above.

When I'm just playing music, doing a few phone calls and browsing a bit, the difference is close to being hardly noticeable. (The blackberry does still do well by 1-2 hours daily.)

I've read through the posts here in this thread, and it's mostly all about the battery life faults.

Can anyone say anything good about the battery life? Especially when it's used as heavily as I would use it?

-Music 50-70% of the day

-Browsing/Viewing websites 50% of the day

-GPS for about 5-10 minutes at 1-5 instances throughout the day

-Staying signed in on MSN and messaging around 1-2 dozen times during the day

-Minimum 30 minutes of talktime during the day

Mind you, most of this I do on 2G settings unless I'm actively browsing (I usually just use 2G to get to the page I want to read and read that page for about 30 minutes. Here is an example of what I'm reading; http://tinyurl.com/lczbvo)

AND with my music, I usually am changing the song often even though it's on shuffle. Usually I would want to listen to the same song within 15-20 minutes, so I am constantly going back to my phone, and giving not much time for the screen to dim out (because I also check the time as well).