There’s absolutely no doubt where HTC drew their inspiration for this beauty. The huge screen, lack of physical buttons and touch interface all point in a distinctly fruity direction. Check out our Touch HD video review to see what we made of it.
Everyone seems to be gunning for the iPhone by launching rival touchscreen handsets. So far, they’ve all fallen short of the mark. Can Samsung do any better?
Find out in our in-depth video review of the Samsung Omnia.
Omio was the very first website with an unboxing video of the HTC Touch Pro. Then we added a video review, a second video review, a Q&A session, photographs from every conceivable angle, a live interactive webcast and - to cap it all - a full text review.
To commemorate this landmark event in Omio’s history we are giving you a chance to win this year’s hottest handset (if you love Windows Mobile): the original Touch Pro with its lovely high-res screen, GPS, accelerometer and fantastic slidey-out keyboard!
All you need to do is register as a user on Omio and write a review of your current handset! If you’re lucky enough to already be a member of Omio, simply add a review of your mobile on the relevant handset page, whether you love or loathe it.
Be sure to stick your name in the entrants thread in our forum too, just so we know who’s involved in the big competition!
Our only rules are that we would like it to be your own work (no stealing), be of significant length (no haikus), and be of an acceptable quality (no spammy spam). That’s it!
The competition closes on Monday 15th December and is open to all and sundry! Join Omio here!
It was surely only a matter of time before an intrepid developer made the logical leap between using an accelerometer for vital ball-in-the-hole games and using an accelerometer to check for earthquakes.
If you’re a seismophobic Touch Diamond owner, you’ll be relieved to know that a free download is now available to feed your anxiety. Seismo converts the jiggles of the phone in your pocket vibrations of distant earthquakes into a pretty graph which you can show your friends, or just feel anxious about.
Although the app’s appeal could be generously described as ‘niche’, it is - in principle - not as useless as it initially appears. The Economist recently explained that researchers at Stanford University are using a international network of volunteers’ laptop accelerometers to detect earthquakes in much greater detail than conventional seismometers.
Happily, the software is able to distinguish between the frantic repetitive motions that accompany some users’ surfing habits, and the vibrations of an oncoming cataclysm.
The Quake Catcher Network (QCN) uses the same distributed techniques as the easily mocked SETI@home project (which has millions of Star Wars fans harnessing their spare computing power on a fruitless intergalactic search for the real-life Yoda).
However, while SETI participants are desperate for a Jodie Foster like moment of extra-terrestrial epiphany, volunteers in the QCN are more likely to get early warning of imminent earth-shaking somewhere else on this planet.
If you still need further inspiration, here’s a thrilling video of the Touch Diamond app in action…
Source: PocketNow
You have to hand it to HTC. They keep finding ever-more spectacular ways to slap a thick coat of lipstick on the pig which is Windows Mobile.
The HTC Touch HD is their shiniest, most iPhone-like effort so far, featuring a large high-res touch screen, Touch Flo 3D and all the usual WiFi/GPS/accelerometer gubbins. Rather bravely, they’ve omitted a directional rocker - which won’t make it any easier to navigate Windows Mobile’s antediluvian interface.
Unfortunately for anyone with a red, blue or magenta logo on their monthly bill, Orange have snapped up a temporary exclusive that will last from “early November” until 2009.
And Orange being Orange, they will probably mangle Touch Flo with their ‘unique’ customisations. There’s certainly something ironic about the way they decided to showcase the handset’s “full internet” capabilities and massive screen by displaying a screenshot of the Orange WAP site in their promotional photos….
Anyhow, for people who want a decent iPhone alternative, or just really like slabs of very shiny plastic, the Touch HD should be available within a couple of weeks.
Nokia has an odd strategy when it comes to business phones. Other manufacturers busy themselves with touchscreens, smooth text, fancy transitions, pinching, sweeping, scrolling and crashing. Nokia ignores all that and produces solid handsets featuring ugly-but-usable interfaces, great reception and rock-solid reliability.
The E71 is the apotheosis of this strategy. So, check out our E71 video review in the E71 reviews section for our take on this great little handset.
If the Olympics wasn’t thrilling enough for you… If the Democratic Convention doesn’t ring your bell… Or if you just love phones… Today is the omio.com live webcast with the HTC Touch Pro.
It’ll be happening here at 4.30pm UK (that’s 11.30am in New York, 8.30am in Los Angeles and 5.30pm in Paris). Check the time in your timezone
If you got questions that you’d like us to answer, let us know in the Touch Pro forum thread
Click on the link below to view the cast!
We’ve been overwhelmed with the interest in the HTC Touch Pro.
So, on Wednesday 27th August at 4.30pm UK time (see this in your timezone) we’ll be doing a live interactive webcast with the Touch Pro.
We’ll be talking about and showing the phone’s features and software. And there’ll be a live-chat feature, so that you can ask us questions in real time, and we’ll do our best to answer them as we go along.
It’ll be Omio’s first live webcast and we’re pretty excited about it. More details to follow…
Our HTC Touch Pro has taken an absolute battering over the past week, as we pressed every button, checked every menu and tried to convince ourselves that HTC could make the Windows Mobile experience more enjoyable than pushing golden syrup up a sandy hill.
Meanwhile, the Omio forums have been filling up with questions. So here are some answers…
‘Bold’ still sounds like a silly name for a phone but Blackberry have done themselves proud with their latest emailing machine. Feast your eyes on our quick hands-on.
