Dear Experts,
I have a question regarding the 2 models HTC Touch Pro 2 & NOKIA N97
What will be the best mobile between the above 2 options taking in consideration that i don't care about the nature of the operating system, however what i care about is the business use, stability, robustness & the most important is that it can sync with my outlook contacts, calendar and other office documents.
Awaiting for your reply ASAP
Regards,
Talal
Touch Pro 2 definitely
You shouldn't even compare!.
Touch Pro 2 is an enterprise device where as N series is in the Entertainment segment.
Dear Friends,
Thanks for your advice, and I will be waiting for the official release in order to buy it.
Last but not least about HTC, the company used to produce a new model with some new features or enhancements every few months which will effect the existing model or models.
Do you consider that HTC TP2 will sustain at least for 2 years and what about the rumor of the HTC touch pro 3
check the below link
http://marcustavares.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/htc-touch-pro-3-a-dream-pda/
Regards,
zongol said:
Dear Experts,
I have a question regarding the 2 models HTC Touch Pro 2 & NOKIA N97
What will be the best mobile between the above 2 options taking in consideration that i don't care about the nature of the operating system, however what i care about is the business use, stability, robustness & the most important is that it can sync with my outlook contacts, calendar and other office documents.
Awaiting for your reply ASAP
Regards,
Talal
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I am in the midst of the same decision , you say you don't care about the OS, but I think that that is the entire basis of the decision. Symbian or Windows Mobile. In it' s original pre-release specs the N97 would blow the TP II ( also pre-release specs ) away, but as it gets closer to release , Nokia is really stepping down the specs.
N97 cpu -434Mhz TP II- 528Mhz
N97 Ram-128 Mb TP II- 288 Mb
N97 Internal storage 32Gb TP II 512 Mb
I think it all comes down to which OS you think you can get along with the most.
I fear the advice where will be as biased as if you find a nokiaDeveloper forum and ask there
people who don't pref touch pro 2 would not be likely to spend that much time in this forum
zongol said:
the most important is that it can sync with my outlook contacts, calendar and other office documents.
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You answered your own question there mate.
I used to have an N80, so I know the N-Series are good. But my friend has an N96 and to be honest, I was dissapointed when I played with it.
I predict, as Denco has said, that the N97 won't be all that is hyped up to be and that the specs might be a bit exaggerated at the moment.
Go for the TP2. It will have an official WM6.5 ROM released for it in October and it's power and features are that of what other PocketPC manufacturers are going to be trying to match for the next year or so...
Thomas.
Rudegar said:
I fear the advice where will be as biased as if you find a nokiaDeveloper forum and ask there
people who don't pref touch pro 2 would not be likely to spend that much time in this forum
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More than agree
Go to a Volvo dealer and ask wich is better between Ford and Volvo...
NOKIA N97
No questions asked. This coming from a die hard fan of htc phones. Current TP owner. WinMo is awesome but is not and will not be a good OS for some time.
Respectfully
I would never think on changing WM for Symbian or any other, at least by now...perhaps in the future Android could be a good option...
There will always be a newer model avail every year or so. If you hold off on buying because of that you'll spend your life waiting for the next model. I say go with the TP2 for one simple reason......HTC!
Second the TP2 as the hot device out now...check out the excitement over in the Rhodium forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=488
I think you should go for neither, either wait for the Palm Pre if they can release it anytime soon or the new iphone i would assume both are about a month or so away. If you cant wait then go for the N97 for the simple fact that Nokia innovate and progress with their products, where as HTC create one product then put limitations on the hardware and then unlock these limitations and then sell the same product as new product. Pretty much almost all the new features on the TP2 derive from software upgrades and not hardware upgrades.
The N97 does actually give u more hardware for your money and with the advent of the Ovi Store (once its up and running properly) you will more than likely be able to pick up software to fulfill all your needs.
I would personally wait for another manufacturer to release an android phone or a windows mobile phone and go for that instead. Check out the Samsung i7500 or some of the upcoming LG phones.
Maybe too many htc fanboys here to give an unbiased opinion.
The symbian operating system will be totally limited to what it will allow you to do, there is very little room for modding.... really it's just tweaking, Nokia for sure has prevented access to the system files with newer Nseries phones, so there won't really be a whole lot of that....
Blows me away seeing how much can be done with Windows Mobile as far as changing the functionality of the phone....
But the N97 is a sweet phone, and I do plan to own one!
denco7 said:
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N97 cpu -434Mhz TP II- 528Mhz
N97 Ram-128 Mb TP II- 288 Mb
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Comparing these stats is meaningless. Diferent O/Ss will require diferent compiled exe's and diferent processors run diferent architecture which will also compile as diferent size exe's. Also, you cannot directly compare one clock speed with another unless they are the same manufacturer and based on the same architecture.
The only way to compare across such diferent devices would be in every day use i.e. open a word document, edit it and save it (see how laggy it is/isn't) or show a video and see how well it shows etc...
If you want outlook syncing then nothing that im aware of beats WinMob but, what would you expect from an O/S thats by Microsoft for a MS product? I can't comment on the Nokia syncing, never used one.
edit: HTC's internal ram has always sucked (as have many WinMob devices) instead, relying on expansion SD/Mini-SD. If you need such great storage, the best way I know of at the moment is a 16gig Omnia with a 16gig card in it (total 32gig).
imho...
Office integration on Symbian is much better these days. Though you may need to upgrade the Office software included to get fuller functioning.
One thing that still annoys me on Symbian, is lack of support for Outlook Catagories. I just don't understand why they don't just add it...
If you like to play and tweak OS etc. the go HTC.
If you like Social Networking stuff, Go Nokia. they are really making a big push on services support in this area. Good widgets for Home Screen etc.
If you want a decent camera/video recording go Nokia.
If you like high res screen, for HTC.
On a similar rant. I just don't understand why HTC can't just put decent camera hardware on thier devices...
Also, on the warranty side, Nokia are excellent (at least in the UK). You get 2 years. Any trouble, just pop into your local Nokia Repair Shop. They also tend to be geared towards actually getting repairs done for a 'reasonable' cost if it's not a warranty issue, with Parts being readily available.
This was not the case with HTC (a year or 2 back). May have improved now.
There is a grid by Steve Litchfield (allaboutsymbian, so slightly biased...) which I find quite fun.
It's at : http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/grid.htm
Me, I think I'm pinning hopes on the TG01 at the moment. But getting frustrated that I don't see a real release date/price. Might be tempted by the Omnia HD or N97.
Hope that's helpful.
Zuber
Zuber said:
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On a similar rant. I just don't understand why HTC can't just put decent camera hardware on thier devices...
..... I think I'm pinning hopes on the TG01 at the moment. But getting frustrated that I don't see a real release date/price. Might be tempted by the Omnia HD or N97.
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Same here, thats why my current is an Omnia I900 and its, not needed, replacement which arrives Friday is a Acer M900 - both 5meg cameras.
Dont hold your breath on the TG01. They just announced the good news, its processor is being upgraded to 1.3ghz, the bad news is that its not even going into Sampling until the end of the year. Phones reaching the shelves were scheduled for "sometime early next year" ... dont forget the inevitable delays
Hard to pick as I'm pretty unimpressed by both the N97 and the TP2 and wouldn't even think of getting either. If Windows Mobile, then the new Toshi phones - particularly the announced one with the capacitive creen - OR the Samsung Omnia HD (but that's Symbian).
If you ABSOLUTELY must to pick from between these two models, get the TP2. Nevertheless, to get a decent multimedia / camera phone, I also recommend getting a cheap, second-hand Nokia N95. Or, if you want gaming, an iPhone 3G or an iPod Touch 2G. The best of the two (three) worlds.
Monty Burns said:
Dont hold your breath on the TG01. They just announced the good news, its processor is being upgraded to 1.3ghz, the bad news is that its not even going into Sampling until the end of the year. Phones reaching the shelves were scheduled for "sometime early next year" ... dont forget the inevitable delays
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I read about that, but I thought it meant that there would 'also' be a faster version coming later with current release plans for June/July. Did not think it was 'instead of'. What's Toshiba playing at? If it's true, then I'm guessing they are still having some problems with it and decided to postpone...
Can someone point to something definate regarding the delay ?
Sorry to go off topic.
Thanks,
Zuber
Despite the difference of CPU or some other hardware... WM is much better than SB(Symbian, SB-->means "****" in chinese ^o^ )
How all began...
Few months ago, back in October, while browsing our beloving xda.devs forum, i bumped onto the "General" section, on a thread rumoring about a new HTC Android device. Some were claiming that specific's device name was the "HTC Dragon (Zoom 2)", the ancestor of Leo loaded with the forthcoming Android 2.0 OS, hoaxing as well, the one and only picture available, regarding the what was called "HTC Dragon". I started participating on that discussion, giving the 1st valid nfo about that device, that the named was faulty rumored with that name, but instead it would be called as "HTC Bravo".
As always ppl were fully douptful about those nfo's i gave (as usal), so i deciced to give a bit more, leaking for the 1st time, some known specs and the original name of coz once more. Discussion has been forgotten, till i possed few days l8r an "HTC bible" as i called it up to now, with specific device names of and original up-to-now, known specs of thoses devices.. So i deciced to spread the word out once more and give the exclusivity to xda's again, as i totally hoped (and still do to be honest) that a thunderstorm was coming from HTC, so leaking the nfo, would be the best, for all of u to have FIRST what others still seeking desperately and without any result, what our eyes will face and see and what our hands will hold thrilled in few months, after the arrival of 2010....
Presense...
I was changing my mind every single day, whether this should be or should not done, by providing ONLY the nfo about HTC Bravo and Bravo itself, but then i rethought, that its better to be done now and let u know, all about it in one specific thread. I duuno if this has be done in the past, here @ xda's, with such a massive amount of nfo gathhered in one piece/thread, coz it would be pointless to give all these nfo's on the thread which gave me the motivation for such action, the one i reffered above.
So what you and i bet so many other forums in lighting speed from 2night, as happened with Leo and its specs few months ago, will witness, are scanned images from the prototype brochure i own, with HTC 2010 Portfolio, presented in Vienna, on Ocotber 2009, (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-44-07_0002.jpg) on a global meeting about HTC's portfolio till June 2010, as company's strategy is to circulate what's has already designed up to the first 6 months of each and every year and leave the rest from June till December for another one, few months later.
At this point i would like to apologise, for the quality of the images i am gonna present you, as my scanner, though it's scanning capabilities are enough, for high quality results, keeps on messing up, but still, all my images, are coloured and visible enough for your eyes to see, high valiable and confidential stuff. I won't write for each and every device the specs, as thankfully all this nfo, is printed on them (the most basic ones and known by HTC so far, coz maybe will change something add and/or remove, as happened with Leo's extra RAM the very last mom before Leo's massive productivity, as they have found on specific apps, a general time dealy while handling these apps), so do base on those but do not start accusing me if HTC changes something on the near future, as they know their planes better than anybody else .
So on this brochure, HTC, categorises the devices, into segments, not only based on their OS (Android-WM), but on a more marketting consumer basis. So i will refer you now what these categories r and further on, make my own two, which are Windows Mobile Devices and Android ones. What is certainly sure, is that HTC AGAIN, performs a fantastic designing piece of work, but still stuck to some well-known-key-selling HW like small cameras (tops 5MP), 600Mhz CPU's and so on so forth...
Categories:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-45-07_0003.jpg
So, HTC categorizes these fones which i will say up to now is Q1-Q2 2010 list for the reason i explained before, in 4 main Categories, where the devices, have specific characteristics and specs:
Design / Lifestyle
Social
Performance
Productivity
Accordingly, the represenatives for each and every category are as following:
Design / Lifestyle
Legend
Salsa
Social
Tide
Buzz
Performance
Bravo
Productivity
Photon
Trophy
Tera (Pretty close to Touch Pro2)
Now, that we made things clear on how HTC sees its products, its time, for us to make our own discrimination based on those devices and categorise them, exclusively, based on their loaded OS (Android / Windows Mobile )
So here w go:
WM 6.5 Devices:
Tera
Trophy
Photon
Android Devices:
Legend
Salsa (With QWERTY keyboard)
Bravo (NOT Passion and/or Dragon)
Tide
Buzz
Perfect! Now that we settled down what we are about to witness,i think ist about time for the thunderstorm.... Will take each category one-by-one, make a small review for each and every device seperately and below of every device its photos respectively, not in thumbnails (as they are big in order to maintain their original quality and be more obvious for you to see them more clearly) but in http links to see the entire images as originally scanned.
Design / Lifestyle
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-52-57_0005.jpg
Legend
"Legend" is the ansestor of the most succsful Android device, along with "Magic", the "HTC Hero". Offers absolutely stylish look, covered with a metallic frame as you will see, slim with just 11.4mm, loaded with HTC Sense and a central bottom clickable Optical Mouse for easy navigation like with Magic and Hero and of course Android OS. Arriving March 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-55-54_0006.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-57-19_0007.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0618-59-01_0007.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-00-13_0008.jpg
Salsa
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-01-40_0009.jpg
"Salsa" is a Blackkberry styled, Android, handset, with just 8.6mm thickness, absolutely stylish, slimmest QWERTY keypad, distinctive "Edge" design and great for social networking as it fully supports all well known Social Networking sites, Facebook, Twitter etc, while also supports IM capabilities and browsing firends photo albums via Flickr pre-installed app.Arriving June 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-02-53_0010.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-04-16_0011.jpg
Social
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-11-48_0016A.jpg
Tide
With "Tide", user can njoy best of leading touch experience and a keypad. Like with Salsa, is great for social networking as it fully supports all well known Social Networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk etc, while also supports IM capabilities and browsing firends photo albums via Flickr pre-installed app. Loaded with Android OS. Arriving April 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-11-48_0016.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-13-26_0017A.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-13-26_0017.jpg
Buzz
"Buzz" at first look, seems like it will be the ansestor of HTC Tattoo, as it offers the capabillity of covers change, for those who love changing their phones, by having multiple full different coloured covers. It's and Android based has a huge 3.2" sceen, 5MP Cam with Autofocus and Flash, awesome design and it's designed for applications and applications sharing.Arriving May 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-15-21_0018.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-15-21_0018A.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-17-05_0019.jpg
Performance
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-05-45_0012.jpg
Bravo
HTC's hero model of Q1-Q2 of 2010 , a real flagship with exceptional specs and characteristics, will be named as "HTC Bravo". Rumors wanted this device with loads of different names (Passion/Dragon) and specs, but below you will see its original fotos allong with up-to-now specs. Bravo supposedly will follow the same good recepie as happened with Leo (HD2) and we can say, that if HTC had something in mind about an Android version of Leo, then Bravo is the one.
Representative of the Performance (and not by chance ) category based on HTC's categorization it has fantastic style and design, eqquiped with the sucessive killer Snapdragon QSD 8250 1GHz CPU (as in Leo), HD 720p Video caprure, 3.7" WVGA AMOLED screen, 256RAM (guess it will be increased to 512Mb accoridng to my latest inside nfo) with 16GB MicroSD card in-box, and 1400mAh battery capacity and HTC Sence of course, is certainly what eveybody would like to own, considering that will b loaded with the latest Android OS possible at that time. HTC's "killer phone" as they call it, will definately face on its way and will have to compete, Rachael X10i SE and time is left to tell what the results will bring to light And as HTC's latest moto is about their new 2010 portfolio, i will inheritate and say, "I want it NOW" Arriving April 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-07-17_0013.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-07-17_0013A.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-08-52_0014.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-08-52_0014A.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-10-13_0015.jpg
Productivity
Photon
When i first took a closer look to "Photon" (without looking to its specs) i was shocked by its design and immediately thought that comparing to "Bravo" that will be HTC flagship device of 2010, as its almost the same with Leo with slight differences. Its a WM 6.5 device, 3.2" HVGA screen, 256RAM, 5MP campera and eqquipped with Snapdragon MSM7227 600Hz CPU. As with "Bravo" it is expected to arrive on April 2010.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-19-23_0020.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-19-23_0020A.jpg
Trophy
A month later, on May 2010, another WM 6.5 device, coded named as "Trophy", will offer the opportunity of a touch phone with QWERT keypad, 3.0" VGA screen, 5MP Camera, huge battery capacity, 1400mAh and nice design.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-21-06_0021.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-22-58_0022.jpg
Tera
Last representative of the Productivity HTC category, we meet, the coded named device, "Tera". It looks so alike to HTC Touch Pro2, thats it hard to find any differences. Slided-up full QWERTY keypad, loaded with WM 6.5 OS, 3.2MP Cam, 256RAM and 1300mAh, its a device which i don't know if it has to show up something new, but will certainly b a medium consuming device.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-24-13_0023.jpg
Specs:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/NyoR/2009-12-0619-24-13_0023A.jpg
Final Word:
What was previously presented, is a product of a huge effort and work i've performed for over a month now, in order to be able to gather all the highly valuable nfo for you to witness. It took me more than half a day to compose it and more than 3hrs of str8 scanning and image editting and processing for the best possible result, crazy uploading time, of this huge brochure, which also including marketting stuff and analysis, which i don't think matters a lot, as the pics and specs is what ppl need nowadays. Once more i wanna clearly mention, that i am not responsible if those specs change for any possible reason within the forthcoming months as happened with Leo, the very last min, prior to ist mass production, so keep it low and slow and don't start accusing me that the nfo's were a hoax, as they are totally true up to now.
For those reasons, please i am asking to repsect this effort, give credits as it does matter, as apart that it was being so tough to be completed, its of highly of a risk of what am i doing as a profession, coz ur having from now and on, exclusivily, here on xda.devs, what others still only imagine or assume... Hope soon i will get back to you and keep this post further updated as much as i can (IF by tom i won't lose m job & end up caged on a basement giving explanations why did i do that ), with any other info and/or correction will be available, even if i have new devices listing to share with.Do handle these nfo really carefully and do not spread any other hoax around, i think ppl neeed real deal and not half way through stuff. My apologisies to the admins for being so detailed with this thread and for all of you, start dreaming as i am already doing, of having thses babies, on time, onto my hands, for squeezing them out to death for beta testing and modding as a new guy just joined where i work and h will b much of a help to suck those devices brains out!!
So, as my favo acting game hero Ben, stated on the epic adventurous, hard-rock Full Throttle game...
Let the demolition derby begins....Give'em hell Polecats
Sweet, thanks!
Just to clarify: You're saying that the Passion/Dragon is a completely separate phone from the Bravo, right? Or are you saying that the Bravo was just incorrectly rumored to be called the Passion/Dragon?
Also, what are your thoughts/insights into this rumor that the Passion will be released by TMob US in the first 2 weeks of January? Do you have any info on that particular phone (specs, dates, etc)?
Yey!
Oo, I have been waiting for this the whole day! Thanks!
Waiting with anxious!
Congratulations.
So no Passion or Dragon in january, just bravo?
Most probable yeah....unless something changes the very last min...
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So no Passion or Dragon in january, just bravo?
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Bravo in April. Nothing in January.
Thanks a lot for the excellent infoz B3ler3fonte.
Many of the pictures say "T-Mobile NATCO Day". Does this mean these phones are only going to T-Mobile and what is "NATCO Day"?
Do you think the April release date will be the earliest we see a new HTC performance phone?
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Thanks a lot for the excellent infoz B3ler3fonte.
Many of the pictures say "T-Mobile NATCO Day". Does this mean these phones are only going to T-Mobile and what is "NATCO Day"?
Do you think the April release date will be the earliest we see a new HTC performance phone?
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I was about to mention about the TMO logo on them, but i ran out of....15000 words limit , so i was watting for som1 to mention it. So, this logo was due to the fact that TMO is interested on those mobiles for the 2010 as @ Vienna each and every Operator, took its brochure with what has been already agreed.
To make things even more clear, no i DO NOT work for TMO, it just happned to have this brochure which was meant for TMO and the NATCO Day logo, is just for internal TMO days with global Ventors such HTC, to make deals and they call em NATCO days
If nothing will change soon b4 2009, then yes, the earliest of the next flagship HTC model, performance (see "Bravo") device from HTC, will be on April.
Wow this is awesome! The Bravo is by far my favorite of them all! Thanks so much for leaking this out!
B3ler3fonte said:
If nothing will change soon b4 2009, then yes, the earliest of the next flagship HTC model, performance (see "Bravo") device from HTC, will be on April.
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Too bad... I was really hoping for a 4.3" Android, Snapdragon 1Ghz phone. Guess I'll just have to wait for the WinMob HD2 since the "Passion/Dragon" doesn't even exist
Excellently presented Now we have lot's to digest & think about for the long April wait
jackhappy said:
Sweet, thanks!
Just to clarify: You're saying that the Passion/Dragon is a completely separate phone from the Bravo, right? Or are you saying that the Bravo was just incorrectly rumored to be called the Passion/Dragon?
Also, what are your thoughts/insights into this rumor that the Passion will be released by TMob US in the first 2 weeks of January? Do you have any info on that particular phone (specs, dates, etc)?
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@B3ler3fonte, Aw Snap. Please, just stab me through the heart one more time. You are NOT saying that the Dragon/Passion is a separate phone. You are saying that Dragon/Passion does not exist. You are saying there is only the Bravo and its coming out in APRIL?!?! I just need to understand this clearly so I can go out and buy a MotoDroid tomorrow.
Thanks for the wonderful work (no matter how much it hurts).
jackhappy said:
Sweet, thanks!
Just to clarify: You're saying that the Passion/Dragon is a completely separate phone from the Bravo, right? Or are you saying that the Bravo was just incorrectly rumored to be called the Passion/Dragon?
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I am wondering this also.
The Bravo is looking so hot!
thank you very much for posting this, we appreciate it!
I and many other will be disappointed to not see a 4.3" android device.
Just one question: you say this is a brochure of phones T Mobile was interested in? does this mean there could be other HTC devices to be released that aren't in this brochure because T Mobile isn't interested in them?
I agree with MinotaurOnyx..I guess this means I can get the Droid Eris now..No sense in waiting for a phone that does not exist...At this point we don't even know if the HTC Bravo will even be a US phone.
I think the Passion/Dragon does exist in one form or another, remember it was in the leaked 2.1 ROM list. Also, from what I recall of the rumors, the Passion/Dragon was supposed to be released Q4 2009, and this is a 2010 brochure. So the rumor of a so-called Passion coming to TMo in early Jan might still be true--it may have been targeted for Dec but just got pushed back, therefore it does not appear in this brochure.
However, that image the Unlocker had a few months back of an Android device with a big screen probably was the Bravo, as B3ler3fonte suggested.
So the big question is, if that device with the big screen was the Bravo, what the heck is the Passion/Dragon?
Also, those of you that are now thinking about getting the Hero or Droid-- get a one year contract. It's only 70 bucks more for the phone under a one year contract on Verizon. Too much good stuff coming out next year to get a 2 year contract.
The Bravo is just perfect. Nice to see it can read DivX on a beautiful AMOLED display.
I think that 3.7 inch is just perfect for the screen, 4.3 is way too much.
4 month to wait, just for my birthday
So the successor of the Hero will be the Legend I think. Nice evolution, new screen and new processor too.
B3ler3fonte said:
If nothing will change soon b4 2009, then yes, the earliest of the next flagship HTC model, performance (see "Bravo") device from HTC, will be on April.
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Thanks for the further description.
What are your thoughts about the list of HTC codenames listed by an XDA member a few days ago? The list mentioned the Bravo and the Passion/PassionC/Dragon separately which suggest they are separate phones.
source: AndroidSpin
The info in that link is no where as credible as what you have just posted but given the overlap in some model names and your knowledge, it would be good to get your opinion of it.
Hello, I have recently been contemplating buying a replacement phone for my dead Galaxy S-International. I am taking into account the screen size of the phone, its form factor, and above all, the amount of development/modifications present and or available for the phone.
Now I would very much appreciate it if anyone would very kindly name/recommend some of the phones with the most Android development, and mind you I do not care much for the new dual-core phones.
Thank you.
I would say currently it's the EVO
Mobile Frequency
Sorry I should have stated that the mobile phone should be compatible with T-Mobile's frequency/AWS, due to the fact that the mobile carrier I am planning to register with in the future, here in Toronto (Wind/Mobilicity), uses AWS frequencies.
I have made a shortlist of the mobile phones that meet my requirements and have considerable development:
- HTC HD2
- Nexus One
- HTC T-Mobile G2
- Nexus S
- HTC Incredible S
I quite sure it's HD2.
I mean, on what device you can run Android (Sense 2.1/2.2/2.3 from Desire/Desire HD/Icredible S, Vanilla Eclair/Froyo/Gingerbread/Honeycomb, CyanogenMod 6/7 and custom ROMs), Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5 (w/ or w/o Manila 2.5 called HTC Sense), Windows Phone 7, Ubuntu and not fully operational MeeGo, Windows 95/98 and so on! And you can dual/triple boot them almost as you wish.
Show me on device capable of running almost everything possible! No doubt that HD2 is unofficial KING of XDA.
On second place I think is G1 with MASSIVE support since the beginning of Android to this day (it's even running Honeycomb, though it's useless).
very interesting. You have almost completely influenced my decision on buying the HD2. I will however wait for more posts before I can go about with finalizing my selection.
You might want to consider getting a Desire instead..... the price of it and the HD2 is usually more or less the same. The Hardware itself is not that different but the Desire packs some upgrade in screen, battery life, camera and form factor. Quantity of ROMs is worthless as you should be concern mostly with the quality of the ROMs, and the Desire certainly has quality ROMs. Go search for some HD2 vs Desire threads.