BigEgo Not suspended 24374 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?device=HTC+FUZE(TM)&q_sku=sku3090226
it's so pretty i might not even use it 11/19/2008 12:23:06 AM |
moron All American 34142 Posts user info edit post |
If HTC could find something better than Windows Mobile, they could compete with the iPhone. Their hardware is some of the best.
The new Blackberry Storm seems pretty compelling to me too. 11/19/2008 12:25:17 AM |
BigEgo Not suspended 24374 Posts user info edit post |
i like the blackberry storm, but it's not AT&T. I can't complain about AT&T since my parents pay for my phone bill 11/19/2008 12:34:54 AM |
El Nachó special helper 16370 Posts user info edit post |
eh. buttons.
[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 1:09 AM. Reason : That's where the screen is supposed to be, yo.] 11/19/2008 1:08:42 AM |
Noen All American 31346 Posts user info edit post |
FYI, everything I've heard about this phone is that it's annoyingly slow/laggy, and has all the problems of Windows Mobile 6 + the problems of their TouchFlo on top of it. 11/19/2008 1:12:12 AM |
krs3g All American 1499 Posts user info edit post |
ATT just got the Blackberry Bold, very sexy piece of equipment IMO. 11/19/2008 1:51:34 AM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I may have mentioned before that I'm sort of a gadget fiend. I am especially fond of getting new cell phones. While I loved my iPhone I was also patiently waiting for that "iPhone killer" to come along. As time went on I got more and more tired of my iPhone. The problem was I couldn't justify switching it out because nothing else available really compared. Eventually my thirst for a new gadget outweighed my better judgment and I picked up the new At&T Fuze. This is just their version of the HTC Touch Pro. I was interested in the slide out keyboard, but mostly it was the promise of their "TouchFLO" interface that got me excited. I've had the phone now for about three days and I can honestly tell you that TouchFLO is a pile of shit.
Actually that's not true, TouchFlo is like a very thin candy shell over the stinking pile of shit that is Windows mobile. Looking at my text messages for example is at first very cool. As I scroll through them each new message spins up from the bottom of the screen in what looks like a tornado of whirling letters before coalescing into a readable message. however as soon as I want to reply or get more information the TouchFlo interface disappears and I'm shoved into windows. This is true for each and every one of the phones features. contacts, programs, email all of it. It all looks great for about a second but as soon as you try to actually use any of this stuff the facade disappears and you're navigating through fucking windows.
TouchFlo is also ridiculously slow. Often times it can't keep up with my scrolling. The phone turns off when you hold it up to your ear but then doesn't turn back on when you move it back down to input commands. It often doesn't know when I have it landscape mode and when it does it takes forever to make the switch. The touch screen is unresponsive so I usually end up just using the click wheel. There's so much frustrating bullshit about this phone I could go on for a while. The only good things so far have been the very pretty screen, the nice speaker phone and I had a very good experience with AT&T's GPS navigation program. In the end I feel like that's hardly enough to warrant me keeping this thing. I have thirty days to return it so I guess I'll be exchanging it for a 3G iPhone. The gadget freak in me doesn't want to go back to it, but I really feel like it's spoiled me. I've seen sites online that have tips about optimizing you're fuze but they all involved editing config files buried deep in the bowels of the phone. I'm not a fucking programmer and I shouldn't have to be to make my phone work. I have no desire to scroll through lines of text so that I can change a 0 to a 1. I purchased a phone not a hobby." |
11/19/2008 8:09:01 AM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18966 Posts user info edit post |
I have the phone. It's the best iteration of windows mobile yet. the interface isn't quite as fast as I hoped (iphone speed with the windows mobile backend) but it's no slouch. faster than the g1 I used. it's an htc device and hopefully will support android soon 11/19/2008 11:14:24 AM |
BigEgo Not suspended 24374 Posts user info edit post |
It's still really fucking pretty. 11/19/2008 12:06:02 PM |
jdbyrd All American 633 Posts user info edit post |
i have sprint/nextel(sux) and am HEAVILY leaning towards getting this thing... 11/19/2008 2:57:32 PM |
jdbyrd All American 633 Posts user info edit post |
smooth, what service plan do you have the phone on? is the touch interface easy to get used to? Haven't ever had a windows mobile phone, so I was wondering how you thought that worked with daily usage (nothing major) like txt, calls, internets...and the like... 11/20/2008 5:54:30 PM |