By Joseph Hanlon, on 08 February 2008 02:10 PM
Tags: windows mobile, mobile phone, htc, touch, dual
Manufacturer: HTC
Its very good overall. Lightweight, loads of features and smart.
The good: Size v. features
The bad: Battery life - WiFi. Found out the battery life can eeeextend way further if you turn off the HDPSA in the connection settings. Yup a bit of a turn off, but fine if you're not downloading movies onto the phone. The battery lasted 5 days when i turned this feature off!!
I hate this thing!!!
It has poor functionality especially if you spend alot of time on the road
However does survive being based around on the steering wheel!!
I have to have this phone for work however would not choose it personally
The good: Dual touch and keypad means you can use it like a standard mobile phone
The bad: Constantly cuts out calls even when full mobile service shows on screen Freezes when incoming calls come in - have to reset phone - an ordeal in itself Heavy Battery life less than a day Cannot charge & use handsfree at the same time Stylus too short however also quite wide which makes typing on the screen "keyboard" quite hard at times
This phone suffers from poor reception. We've tried other phones with the same SIM card on the same network and this is one of the worst. In some case it can't even maintain a call, whereas other phones have no trouble.
The good: Good Windows Mobile from the PDA point-of-view. Handy having a variety of input methods including a physical keypad.
The bad: Poor reception. No wireless. No GPS.
I have had a HTC Touch Dual for 15 months. during this time it has been great. But now, the touch screen features are not woirking and all the PDA functions - Word, etc are not functioning. I contacted HTC - not interested as its out of warranty. Contacted Ryda.Com where I bought it - also not interested. Both HTC and Ryda agree that the Dual should not need repairs after 15 months, but neither are prepared back up their claim and repair the item. Very disappointed with quality and thus would not recommend the product. I have lodged a complaint with Fair Trading as this behaviour is in breach of consumer protection legislation.
You may find that a brand new HTC works well... however as soon as they hit the 12 month mark they are continually 'at the phone doctor'.
We use these throughout the company and not a day goes past without someone having to hand me a broken phone for repair...
Problems range from cutting out, not charging, not turning on, no sound when calling, etc
What the Touch Dual lacks in hardware it makes up for with style. If the absence of Wi-Fi and GPS don't turn you away then the Touch Dual will serve as an excellent business assistant.
RRP: AU$929.00
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I love my HTC Dual Touch. I previously had an Imate JasJam which was similar in many ways ... but the HTC is more reliable. It doesn't lock up and the touch screen actually WORKS. I don't miss the WiFi one bit.
The good: Slim - fits easily in my pocket. Syncs with Outlook on my PC to manage contacts, notes, calendar etc FM Radio works well. Not a bad MP3 player either! Results from camera are better than I expected (and far better than previous camera phones I've used)
The bad: Only problem I've had is the continual opening of the small rubber cover over the USB slot to enable recharging and PC synchronisation caused the rubber to stretch and not fit correctly. My solution was to cut in half, leaving the USB slot continually exposed. A built-in GPS would have been nice ...