HTC Touch - Expert Reviews

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: A great smartphone €" particularly for €˜voice' users. But we'd like to have seen the €˜touch' technology run deeper.

Verdict: It all makes the Touch more one-hand friendly than any WM6 device before. But the first difference is the welcome screen. The most important information is most prominent: a big digital clock sits above prod-friendly buttons for new email, text ...

Review summary: A lack of 3G connectivity and a slow processor are sour points, but the stylish design and touch screen are attractions.

Verdict: The HTC Touch is a compact and stylish smart phone that uses touchscreen navigation to provide quick access to key features. Running the new Windows Mobile 6 OS, the Touch responds to movement, and recognizes the sweep of your finger to launch a ...

Review summary: It was a welcome surprise when Apple quietly updated the Mac mini to include Intel Core 2 Duo processors.

Verdict: On the whole, we like the TouchFLO overlay on the HTC Touch handset, but HTC has missed a trick by leaving out 3G - and it should be more straightforward to make calls. This is a handsome, well-constructed keypad-free handset but, for all its ...

Review summary: You will love the new Windows Media 6, but will hate the machine its on.

Pros: Windows mobile 6 does have something new, Looks good

Cons: Slow Interface, TouchFLO not very responsive, Messaging a problem, NO flash on camera

Verdict: The phone is supposed to give you approximately 5 hours of talktime according to the manual. But it manages only 2 1/2. This is bad considering it's a business phone. However, you can reduce the backlight and save some battery. It's a well known fact ...

Review summary: Reviews on a website should be definitive. Apparently, it's a sign of weakness to show dissent between reviewers. And yet, people's opinions differ about things all the time. This is the reason you see so many three star reviews for films - when one ...

Verdict: Texting also appears to require the use of the stylus. I couldn't figure out how to use the onscreen keypad to text with, which would have been a useful feature. Although with my newly discovered fat fingers, no doubt I'd have trouble performing this ...