New HTC Advantage reviewed on the Mobile Gadgeteer
Podcast buddy Matt Miller, aka the Mobile Gadgeteer, is at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain and he got his hands on that new refreshed HTC Advantage that was just announced this week. Matt has published a nice review including video of that new haptic-enabled keyboard. Check it out and see why I am excited by this new Advantage.
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I’m personally more excited about the possibilites NVIDIAs new chipset offers. Can you prod one of your contacts at the show to get some face time with it? I want to see if that beautiful UI is as buttery smooth as I fantasize it to be…
Do you think this will cause the Original HTC to drop in price soon? For quite some time I could not see why I would want an Advantage, however, recently I am thinking it is almost a perfect device for my use. While I have an OQO +2 and an N800 and a P1610, all of which I like very much, they are just missing something for me. FOr pure portability the N800 is great, but I dislike a few things, mostly, I hate having to tether, which means always having another device with me. I carry a BB for business use, but it doesnt tether with it, so this means 3 devices. Getting to be too much. The OQO is fantastic, but 2 major problems. Battery life with standard battery is terrible. The double battery is ok, but now starts to get too heavy to carry in an inside jacket pocket. I want a device I can have in my pocket and can use (instantly) and not have to worry about the battery being dead. I also dislike the active screen. I know many people enjoy it, but its just not the same. This all brings me to the HTC. The only feature I use on the OQO that would be missing is One Note, but I can live without that at the times I dont have my P1610 with me.
Scott, OneNote has a Windows Mobile client – a bit limited, but at least it’s there. I’d also recommend looking at Evernote. The desktop version isn’t quite as good as OneNote, but the WM client is much, much better even in its current beta form.