OK, it's not often that so many devices fall into my hands in the same week, but last week was wild. I don't care who you are, there is no way humanly possible to review all 3 phones at once. I never thought about trying it, but being the "boss" gave me the chance to choose. Sure, I could have done them one at a time over the next couple weeks, but that would be selfish. So, what I had to do was choose which one I wanted and send the other two phones to members of our review team. So, what did I pick? I used each of them for a day or two... Here are my thoughts on each (in order of their arrival)
HTC Advantage
I was super excited about this device since CES. I had seen a leaked photo prior to CES, but touching the device in one of the "touch and feel, but don't talk sessions" we get sometimes, was enough to get REAL EXCITED. As the long launch played out, it became less and less appealing to me. Maybe it was just getting boring talking about it without it being actually for sale. Either way, I was reinvigorated with it's arrival. A couple days of playing, loading it up, customizing, and playing some more was enough to get a good idea how powerful this was. Long story short... It's a great PDA, Entertainment Device, or even a good mobile office, but as a primary phone... I can't do it. Sure, the Bluetooth pairing is fine, the speaker phone works good too, but I can't put it in my pocket as I run around day to day. I'd have to carry it in a briefcase or backpack and hope for great Bluetooth reception. Yes, I can dial and answer and all the other great things that Voice Command allows for. That is why I can not use it as my daily driver. As a PDA, Awesome! Big, beautiful screen. Fast. More storage than the Dell Axim x51V and the HP iPAQ HX4700 combined. Super video playback. VGA Out. What else can you ask for in a PDA? Sending this one to a special reviewer to look at.
HTC Mogul
It's a great Pocket PC Phone. I already knew that. Same phone, different carrier. I already looked at the T-Mobile Wing and loved it. I have purchased the Cingular 8525 before and used it too, nice. Not much to say about it that I haven't already. I'll let another reviewer get their mits on this one. Another opinion from someone that will use it more along the line of a PDA with a phone than a Phone with PDA Functions will be great. I won't be reviewing this one either.
HTC Libra (Qwest Fusion)
Ever since the HTC Vox showed it's face online, I knew this thing would be a hit. For me at least. It takes the popular design of the kjam, Cingular 8535, TyTn, whatever example you want to reference and adds it to the the candy bar style Smartphone. One of the complaints I have always had with a Candy Bar or even a flip style Smartphone is the T9 input method. The slide out keyboard on the Vox (GSM Version) and the Libra (CDMA Version) takes away that problem. I have used this phone for a couple days and today I am starting my trial in more depth. I really like as a phone so far. Time will tell. I have almost gotten over tapping the screen again. It's not that bad since I am so used to using the Treo 750 without touching the screen often. The Treo is so easy to use one handed without needing to touch the screen.
I have provided a video unboxing and 1st look for all three of these if you missed them:
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