I love mobile devices, mainly because I haven’t really seen the “right” one yet. But I know that there is an incredible advantage to who ever gets it right. Now the Blackberrys and Treos out there get close, but depending on your industry and computing needs, it is hard to trust one of those smartphones as a convenient replacement for your laptop or desktop.
That said, I have just stumbled upon a device that gets dangerously close to the “bullseye”; It is called the HTC Advantage. Here is my list of Pros and Cons for this device:
PROS
That said, I have just stumbled upon a device that gets dangerously close to the “bullseye”; It is called the HTC Advantage. Here is my list of Pros and Cons for this device:
PROS
- 8 Hours Battery Life, 5 Hours Watching Video
- 5 inch touch screen
- Keypad and tablet form factor, with cool magnetic connects as the keyboard or cover
- Wifi b/g, bluetooth, and high speed cell/wireless
- cell phone
- large storage
- vga out
- Instant/Always on Operating System
CONS
- Large
- Weird Keyboard placement, would have to feel to see if it was usable on the go
- Windows Mobile OS, specifically the browser. Internet Explorer Mobile is a poor excuse of a web browser, and a simple connection to the web and a fully supported browser takes care of 95% of anyones productivity needs.
- super big phone, would have to be used with a bluetooth headset, but I sort of do that already
- not sold in us
- expensive
So, basically, I love it! haha. With the storage space it seems entirely feasible to “hack” it and install linux on it for a full os. But then you would lose all the cell phone, messaging, and syncing ability - which entirely defeats the purpose of the device.
Are there any other mobile gadget geeks out there? What do you think?
