A different approach coupled with an interesting device make for great reading on a new review  from Just Another Mobile Monday and Gear Diary.  This review has the shared thoughts of Doug (comments appear in black normal typeface) and Judie (comments appear in italics typeface).  In part, they say: 

Even if you have never used a device branded by HTC, you have probably used an HTC device. Most of the popular Pocket PC?s available today were designed and manufactured by HTC, including: the Dell Axim, the HP iPaq, and the Palm Treo (to name only a few). So, it came as little surprise when HTC began branding devices on their own, or that their self branded Pocket PC?s would became some of the most popular devices on the market. Their latest offering, the Sprint Mogul by HTC (otherwise known as the PPC-6800) is no exception.

I will admit that I was a bit of a skeptic when it came to this phone. Its predecessor, the PPC-6700 had been much maligned. The general consensus seemed to be that the PPC-6700 looked great, but looks can be deceiving.

I was one of those that bought an HTC Apache or PPC 6700, and after the grand excitement of "Hey! A Windows Mobile phone that is available for Sprint!" wore off, what I was left with was a PDA that had phone capabilities, but that wasn?t all that great of a PDA nor was it all that great of a phone. It was a thick and blocky device that came with memory issues, finish issues, and other quirks that eventually drove me to a different PDA phone altogether. That?s not to say that I didn?t like or appreciate the sliding keyboard form factor, but in several ways the 6700 just felt like an unfinished product.

The discussion continues with a lot of discussion, explanation, pictures and thoughts that eventually lead up to their conclusion which in part was:

It is not often that I completely change my opinion in the middle of a review. Typically, by the time I start reviewing a device, accessory, or program, I am already relatively familiar with it and have begun to formulate some opinions which form that basis for the review. With the Mogul, however, all of my preconceived notions turned out to be completely wrong. My expectations were for a device which would be nothing more than an update of the Sprint PPC-6700. In fact, although the Mogul and the PPC-6700 do share similar roots in their family trees, they are no more related than men and apes (take that for what you will).

I totally agree. The Mogul may share the sliding keyboard with the 6700, but otherwise it is light years ahead. It feels better in hand, is more efficient, works faster, and other than perhaps the screen size has very little in common with its predecessor.

Check out the review of the Sprint Mogul here at Just Another Mobile Monday or here at Gear Diary

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