In article <467fd505$0$27219$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> Todd Allcock wrote:
> > At 25 Jun 2007 04:06:17 +0000 Larry wrote:
> >
> >> The iPhone's ability to connect to any wifi it finds, bypassing
> > Verizon,
> >> entirely, will never be sold by Verizon unless those features are
> > turned
> >> off.
> >
> >
> > Um, the Verizon PPC phone (XV-6700) is a Windows Mobile phone with Wi-Fi.
> > It connects to any open Wi-Fi network.
>
> Yeah, and it's made by HTC which is making the HTC Touch, which is their
> iPhone competitor, and is more fully featured than the iPhone. No doubt
> there will be a CDMA version of the HTC Touch, though practically
> speaking the slide out keyboard on the XV-6700 is more useful for stuff
> like e-mail and text messaging than a touch screen.
>
> The big advantage of the HTC Touch is that it's a full PDA and an open
> architecture design, running an OS that has an SDK and thousands of
> applications. This probably doesn't matter to the typical iPhone user,
> who's not using the device for anything other than the phone, web
> browser, and music player, but it matters a lot in the corporate
> environment.
>
> Of course HTC can't match the Apple branding.

What you all don't realize that it's not about the branding as it is
about making a multi-function phone that everyone can easily figure out
how to use.

This is where every other phone mfr has fallen flat on their faces.

The HTC will basically only appeal to techies, as will all the other
similar phones out there.

It's been long overdue for a major player to raise the bar.

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