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12月14日

O2 - see what we can't do

So... I went for the HTC Touch Pro in the end.  I have to say, the Touch Pro, the iPhone, the G1, and the Xperia... they're all awesome devices worthy of adoration and bring much fun and functionality to ones life.  For all their comparative measure, they're each top of the table in very distinct ways.  Go smart phones!

So yeah, I went for the touch pro on O2.  I ordered the phone and got an email telling me the order had been received.
I waited...
I enquired, being on hold for over 20 minutes, about porting my number over.
I got a response telling me I'd be able to do this once I could tell them the serial number and phone number of the phone that they were sending to me. 
I waited...
I waited...
I called, on hold for ... actually I'm about done spending time on O2, I'll just summarise briefly that they're pretty crap and were unable to sort out an account for me for no better reason than their software can't undo an administrative error.  This would be the same reason I left then years ago, as in, the exact same error that apparently was never solved - only 'paused indefinitely'.  Last time this error cost me bank charges and a lot of inconvenience - I didn't feel like giving them another few months to mess me around in and did not believe they would resolve the problem even if I did... so I cancelled the order and that's that.

This left me Vodaphone who stock the X1 and Touch Pro, but their contracts are a bit on the pricey side and I got to looking at the G1 again.  I decided to give it a go, and now own a T-Mobile G1!  It's been a fun toy so far - I hope software continues to come out for it, that's the main risk really, but it's got everything a boy could want and then some, and for surfing the web on, I think it might well be the best of the 4.

Maybe a post for the G1 when I've really explored it.  Until then, be good :)
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12月1日

The Final: SE.X1 Vs HTC Touch Pro

I’m agonising over this.  On the one hand we have the Xperia X1 and on the other we have the HTC Touch Pro.

They’re both very similar top-end all singing all dancing super phones.  They’ve got more memory and processing power than any other phones available, they have GPS, high speed internet, large storage capabilities, a long range of bluetooth capabilities, wifi, USB inc. master capabilities, and they… well it’ll probably be a shorter post if you assume they *can* do anything any other mobile device can do unless it’s said they can’t…

X1:

sony-ericsson-xperia-x1 

Selling Points
# It has a unique ‘panels’ interface, that allows you to change your ‘home’ page to one of 9 choices at the touch of a button.  The 9 choices you have at that touch can be changed so really there’s limitless possibilities, if only I could think of limitless things I want my homepage to and people could be bothered to make them, this would be awesome.  In fairness… I would like a homepage for work, socialising, and car computer functions but… that’s all… and there’s no real reason why I can’t just have an application for each of those things.
# It’s got the Sony media software in it – the kind of thing you have on the PSP and that all handles pretty nicely.
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What’s Missing
# The Xperia X1 does not have an accelerometer.  That means it can’t tell if it’s being tilted or moved – it doesn’t have a digital compass or a g-sensor.
# The slide out keyboard has very small keys – so small they’re a little difficult to use, at least at first.
# I don’t believe the interface is not perfectly smooth when you’re changing ‘panels’.

Touch Pro:

htc-touch-pro

Selling Points
# It’s got a higher resolutions screen than just about any other mobile device.  It’s full VGA.
What’s Missing
# The Touch Pro doesn’t have a headphone jack.  It has a mini-USB hybrid thingy that you can plug and adaptor into if you just want it to act as a mini-jack.
# It’s got the smallest screen of pretty much every phone in this genre.  It may even be too small… though it’s hybrid USB thingy is also a VGA out with the right adaptor… so you can probably turn a digital photo frame or a pc monitor or just about any screen you can find into your own little movie theatre if you have the cable on you… but… I’m not going to carry the cable with me.

Conclusions
The X1’s larger screen, panel interface, and headphone jack means it has a little more in the ‘extras’ category, but the lack of accelerometer, that the panel shizzle stresses out the hardware in places, and the tiny physical keys makes me think the Touch Pro is going to be just a little more fun/nicer to use.
I think I want the touch pro… but… I think I’d be happy with either.  Guess it comes down to what I can get the best deal on now, but if anyone has any bias for one or the other do let me know.
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