[Touch HD General] itsallshots:
I thought I'd put my 2 pence worth here also...

Firstly there is a big trend going towards touch screens and this is mainly because of the iPhone so other companies are getting into that market also and clearly evident now. So iPhone is a bit of a trend setter, unfortunately windows didnt make it there.

Being a guy who loves gadgets and not really wanting to follow the crowd, I had bought a Touch HD. This was also because I had a Dell Axim x51v and disliked carrying that with my Nokia N82 purely due to lack of phone function, but needed a calander with easy input, to have my word documents handy and occasionally listen to music. If there were other apps which could provide a quick bit of fun and to show off the device, I would have installed them, but really didnt find much, or if I did the application looked as if it was on the Commedor 64 (maybe there is still hope if I buy something new??)!!

So I went ahead and got my Touch HD. First impressions, Hmm looks better than the Axim, had my basic functions like calander (still looked the same), store word documents and much, but........not very good as a phone (an average organiser/poor phone), lack luster appearance of the text messages and contacts page, could only add 1 mobile number (seriously) and more over the quality of the speaker were/is extremely bad (but im used to it now) and this business of crashing (you spend all that money for this??my dedicated mobile phones never crashed and yes I know there isnt much complexity there so should work better, but technology should be so much better now)!!

So I went to flash some roms and found Dutty's 3.9 which had a few improvments, nice to see a facebook integration made life a bit easier with remembering birthdays and general modification of graphics and buttons.

Then went to look for more apps (of course because my friends with iPhones had some brilliant apps and medical ones which I wanted).. did I find any, yes and no! The ones I found looked again as if they were made on the Commedor 64 and really lacked inspiration (you have to be kidding me, I have this expensive device and is restricted because there is nothing extra really that my Axim X51v couldnt do and thats ancient)??

So I used to say "oh its a power phone" but really was it?? I had no apps, average to use as a phone, certainly not much of a media centre due to poor speakers, slower than the iPhone, I wasnt sure what "power usage" I was getting from the HD?? Windows just hasnt marketed any of their phones well!! I've been looking forward to the HD2 and was supposed to be released this Monday, went to the shops and nothing there, most people didnt know what I was on about and this is supposed to be the iPhone killer??

Really apps make a huge impact here and its operating system which we clearly dont have, no one buys an Xbox360 or PS3 to play 1 or 2 games because the rest are just not up to mark or polished!!

I'm no iPhone guy or WM guy, I want whats best in terms of function and the HD2 just cant have much of a chance because the apps are still poor quality irregardless of it being a "power" device (faster at entering data into my calander, nice graphics for weather and still only 1 mobile number for each contact??)

The community here at XDA are brilliant, but unfortunately windows itself is just making your life hard and they've given you a limited canvas with cheap paint, so its not truely open ended with lots of functionality! Go back to your old phones which worked, so you receive you messages and can make calls with ease, until the higher powers sort this problem out!!

(bit more than 2 pence wort, more like £2.28)