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I think I'm the first person to post about the new HTC P6300 but why no EDGE or 3G?

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Posted by: shawndh

I get the feeling that most are not interested in this device because it's so big (69.8 x 129.7 x 18.8 mm, 200g) but I'm 6'3", 240lbs with big fingers. I'd love this device with it's big 3.5" screen but.....what I don't understand is why did they give this phone a great spec with power, memory, an SDIO slot, and all the bells and whistles but no high speed internet?! I could deal with the size, I could deal with the WM5 instead of WM6, I could deal with it not having a scroll wheel, hell, I could even deal with the miserable telescoping stylist, but why not at least EDGE support in 2007! Who the hell is this product for?

HTC's products continue to be the interruption right before the orgasm for me. I love the build quality on most of their phones, like the way they function for the most part, but something is always missing. I originally wanted a phone with GPS and only wanted an HTC phone. All I had to choose from was the P3300 which only has a 200Mhz processor and no key board. For the money, I want 400Mhz and not have to take my battery off to get to the SD card!. So I look at the P3600 but it has a mystery QualCom chip which has mixed reviews but doesn't work as well as SiRF III. You buy the phone for $700 then you hope to get the ROM flashed correctly to get the GPS to work. Then you have to figure out what software works best with it. Too complicated to spend all that money hoping your GPS will work.

Then I settled on just getting a phone without GPS but with the other features I wanted most. Only thing reasonably priced with support available in the US is the Wing (T-Mobile) which currently has memory and software problems. Then I looked at the 8525, but you have to flash the ROM to get it to work on T-Mo Ntwk. Then I looked at the TyTN - way too much money. Then I thought, maybe just get an old MDA but I'll need BT 2.0 for Parrot 3000 and BT GPS. So, I'm stuck waiting on the Kaiser since it has the keyboard and GPS. I hope this isn't a big disappointment as well. Namely, support for the GPS. If I spend the cash on this thing, I do not want to have to flash the ROM to get the GPS working on a brand new phone. You made the thing, why should I have to risk bricking the damn thing to use it's functions. DELIVER for crying out loud! Apple did. ***End Rant***

All in all, I may consider buying the P6300 if the price falls way down even though it doesn't have EDGE. (what a waste) I like the fact that is uses an SD card slot where I could also use devices. I hate the new micro cards. What's next, molecular cards?


Posted by: shawndh

Nevermind my rant. I just realized that it's triband. I can't use it anyway. Oh well, hope the states gets something similar.


Posted by: jarod_lavay

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Originally Posted by shawndh
HTC's products continue to be the interruption right before the orgasm for me.


Quite possibly the best one-liner description of HTC ever.

When I look at that device I have flashbacks to using my old Qtek 2020i.


Posted by: maevro

Heh, I love the name HTC Panda.

From pictures, that phone looks very thin but when I look up the specs, it says that it is
129.7 x 69.8 x 18.8 mm

I went with the Trinity (P 3600) because I don't need the keyboard, and its 400Mhz, has 3G, WiFi and comes with TomTom 6. I also put WM6 on it and I love this phone, nothing at all about it lets me down.

Looks great, performs great.


Posted by: shawndh

Quote:
Originally Posted by maevro
Heh, I love the name HTC Panda.

From pictures, that phone looks very thin but when I look up the specs, it says that it is
129.7 x 69.8 x 18.8 mm

I went with the Trinity (P 3600) because I don't need the keyboard, and its 400Mhz, has 3G, WiFi and comes with TomTom 6. I also put WM6 on it and I love this phone, nothing at all about it lets me down.

Looks great, performs great.


I really like the Trinity, but those little 2.8 screens are just too small for me. Putting in text is just such a chore on those screens. However, it's not as bad when you have the slide-out keyboard.

So I could skip on the keyboard if I had a screen the size of the 6300 (or close). But if I get one with a 2.8 screen, I want the keyboard. I hate that all the new ppc phones have that tiny little screen and the micro SD slot. I know, my reasoning sounds kind of odd, but I don't mind the larger device. Something in-btween the size of a 6300 and a 3600 would be perfect. The 6300 would be perfect if it was just thinner and had EDGE/3G. GPS would be the ultimate but you really wouldn't need it with BT 2.0 and an SDIO slot. Actually, it would really be killer if it had two SD slots. Maybe one micro and one SD. I could go for an mini or micro with that set-up.

So it looks like a 3600 with a keyboard = Kaiser.


Posted by: shawndh

Quote:
Originally Posted by jarod_lavay
Quite possibly the best one-liner description of HTC ever.

When I look at that device I have flashbacks to using my old Qtek 2020i.


Yea, it's really old school. Back in the day when that huge device was just the a PPC with no phone but it had an SD slot, CF slot, 400mhz, serial port, USB port, 8-track, flux capacitor slot , you name it! Like my old Toshiba e755. It has and SD, CF, 3.5 headphone jack, 400mhz processor and like 50 Megs avail at boot. Now those were the devices! I still have mine. Still, it's a little smaller than this 6300 though.


Posted by: maevro

Quote:
Originally Posted by shawndh
I really like the Trinity, but those little 2.8 screens are just too small for me. Putting in text is just such a chore on those screens. However, it's not as bad when you have the slide-out keyboard.

So I could skip on the keyboard if I had a screen the size of the 6300 (or close). But if I get one with a 2.8 screen, I want the keyboard. I hate that all the new ppc phones have that tiny little screen and the micro SD slot. I know, my reasoning sounds kind of odd, but I don't mind the larger device. Something in-btween the size of a 6300 and a 3600 would be perfect. The 6300 would be perfect if it was just thinner and had EDGE/3G. GPS would be the ultimate but you really wouldn't need it with BT 2.0 and an SDIO slot. Actually, it would really be killer if it had two SD slots. Maybe one micro and one SD. I could go for an mini or micro with that set-up.

So it looks like a 3600 with a keyboard = Kaiser.



You see, I HATE heavy phones and the kaiser is way too heavy. It is 192 grams and that is even heavier then the TyTN by a decent amount. The Trinity is nice and light and I use SPB Keyboard with landscape and I can type just as fast as I could ever do on my 8125 or 8525.


Posted by: shawndh

Quote:
Originally Posted by maevro
You see, I HATE heavy phones and the kaiser is way too heavy. It is 192 grams and that is even heavier then the TyTN by a decent amount. The Trinity is nice and light and I use SPB Keyboard with landscape and I can type just as fast as I could ever do on my 8125 or 8525.


I'll have to see if I can find a trial of that "SPB Keyboard" and try it on my wifes MDA for a while. I'd have to really like it to rule out the keyboard though.


Posted by: maevro

Quote:
Originally Posted by shawndh
I'll have to see if I can find a trial of that "SPB Keyboard" and try it on my wifes MDA for a while. I'd have to really like it to rule out the keyboard though.


http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/fsk/?en

You can use the trial version, just install the .cab. It will ask you in the setup if you want to try it or if you have an activation code.




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