Choosing between two windows mobiles!

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Hi pals
My first post at the forum

.. I am planning to purchase a pocket pc. I searched every other site for a better perspective. At the end, I have selected two models that fall in my budget. HTC Touch(14K) and Asus P320(12.5K) .. Both of them have the same featues, same processor. But the main diff being that Asus offers an inbuilt GPS, while HTC touch doesnt. Also the screen is a bit smaller for Asus. So, according to you which one should be purchsed? Or , maybe some other model in the range of 10-14K?

Thanks

imo...go for the asus...gps should help!

Go for HTC. It is a proven brand.

If you are not into touch screens, go for MotoQ, it beats the above two in terms of speed.

The Touch no doubt. It's got MultiTouch. And both of them are equally slow.

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Asus P527. U wud get it for around 15-16k ... a slight overstretch on your budget but worth it.

Pathik said:
The Touch no doubt. It's got MultiTouch. And both of them are equally slow.

MultiTouch ? I dont think so!

@OP: Go for HTC Touch without second doubts.

1. Should brand name be really a problem when two almost similarly popular bands are in queston? I mean Asus doesnt suck; thats for sure; no matter what anyone says.

2.HTC one has multi-touch? Weird!!

Oops. Not Multitouch. I dont mean the Apple Multitouch. The Touch FLO 3D esque Touch.

a few days back i had posted a small write up about my experience with HTC Touch. here it is..

i bought the HTC touch just last week and i gotta tell u that its a phone for people who want touch screen functionality + windows mobile features on a budget. dont expect it to do wonders. the sound quality isnt that good. the volume cranks very easily even on moderately high level. the videos dont look too sharp. although if encoded correctly (i use, 15FPS with MP4 video format and mp3 video format) they look pretty decent.

I repeat....go for HTC touch only if u need a touch screen + windows mobile.

Nokia e77 is a great phone but lacks touch screen

both are bad! my friends use them and am not happy with the quality.. the ASUS gps also never gets connected! Better take a look at both in hand and decide..

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Why do you need windows mobile ? What will it do that other phone in that range cant do. (except touchscreen )

^^Agree
Windows Mobile is not a need if you are targeting at personal use. Nokia E71 or E66 is good but may not be in budget. HTC Touch is ok, but stretch your budget and think about the touch diamond. The touch is less responsive as stupid iPhone but a good phone.

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Oh, thanks for all those responses. I was offline for 2 days(BSNL sucks

,servers went down.. )! But I have purchased HTC TOuch, and for the last two days, I am happy.

@the.kaushik
Exactly, The final decision was made by looking at both in hand.

I would say, NEVER buy ASUS.. it is bad, in fact the screen quality,sound,GPS,build everything is bad. Touch is way ahead of it. I didnt like Diamond that much. I needed a windows mobile to be precise, hence I has some limited options in hand looking at my budget. Touch aint that slow, if you have 2-3 apps running because it has 128MB RAM, which is pretty decent in my opinion. ASUS P320 has 64MB ram, hence that might be slow. I will post a complete reeview of both the phones in comparision to iPhone, for the Indian users

Thanks all for helping!

welcome to the family bytecode....for ppl like us on a limited budget the HTC touch is by far the best choice.

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Thanks for welcoming me

.. 4 days with HTC, everything seems good, just getting used to touch keypad.

^^ dude..download the software called PocketCM keyboard....a really nice software..i use that only for typing..

oh and if u want iphone like interface, then download this software called ifonz.

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Just curious , why did you choose windows mobile ? I mean do you need to run some windows only software . Or just because its "Windows "

moshel said:
^^ dude..download the software called PocketCM keyboard....a really nice software..i use that only for typing..

oh and if u want iphone like interface, then download this software called ifonz.

The best keypad to use is the Touch Diamond one. By far, the most usable virtual keypad I have ever used.

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bytecode said:
Oh, thanks for all those responses. I was offline for 2 days(BSNL sucks ,servers went down.. )! But I have purchased HTC TOuch, and for the last two days, I am happy.

@the.kaushik
Exactly, The final decision was made by looking at both in hand.

I would say, NEVER buy ASUS.. it is bad, in fact the screen quality,sound,GPS,build everything is bad. Touch is way ahead of it. I didnt like Diamond that much. I needed a windows mobile to be precise, hence I has some limited options in hand looking at my budget. Touch aint that slow, if you have 2-3 apps running because it has 128MB RAM, which is pretty decent in my opinion. ASUS P320 has 64MB ram, hence that might be slow. I will post a complete reeview of both the phones in comparision to iPhone, for the Indian users
Thanks all for helping!

Not meaning to be sarcastic but i thought one of the downers for the Touch was its 64mb RAM. Has a 128mb version of the Touch come out?

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@ Pat : I know you have always said that Basic GPRS (Vodafone Live & Airtel NOP) works on all Windows Mobile phones. Just wanted your confirmation that it works on the HTC Touch & the Asus P320 in particular.

^^Yes. I don't think its specific to any device. It works on all phones with windows mobile.

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Pat said:
^^Yes. I don't think its specific to any device. It works on all phones with windows mobile.

Thanks !!

bytecode said:
I would say, NEVER buy ASUS.. it is bad, in fact the screen quality,sound,GPS,build everything is bad. Touch is way ahead of it. I didnt like Diamond that much. I needed a windows mobile to be precise, hence I has some limited options in hand looking at my budget. Touch aint that slow, if you have 2-3 apps running because it has 128MB RAM, which is pretty decent in my opinion. ASUS P320 has 64MB ram, hence that might be slow. I will post a complete reeview of both the phones in comparision to iPhone, for the Indian users
Thanks all for helping!

@bytecode: Awaiting your review.

My friend who has just purchased an Asus 527 is showing me his cell daily for the last few days so much that I have got tempted to buy it.

I noticed the bad review bytecode has posted about Asus above but I am still not convinced.

Can somebody do me a favour by talking me out of buying the Asus P527?

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nikeel said:
Can somebody do me a favour by talking me out of buying the Asus P527?

Thats very easy. It has Windows Mobile !! That should be sufficient reason not to buy it

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@twisted_mind
I have the 128MB RAM Touch

@Tamoghno
Ah, well I wanted to move on from "regular" phones and iPhone is a "bit" out of budget for me

@nikeel
I am using Airtel GPRS without any problems.. About Asus P320, once you compare HTC touch with it, definitely there is no reason(other then if u want GPS) to buy an ASUS and not Touch. The short comparision of both phones is attached,.. Umm, i dont know how to post a table in the post here.. so i have attached it

There are many more things, like market re-sale value, HTC is proven brand etc. I was too tempted to buy ASUS in the begninning, but I am happy that I got Touch. I will post an in-depth review along with tested softwares soon!

bytecode.

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The reasons I find Asus P527 better than the HTC Touch are:
1. It has a normal keypad in addition to touchscreen
2. Has GPS
3. Has FM (not really a deal breaker but is a welcome addon)

Its now available for Rs. 14700.
Thats why I am so tempted to give Asus a try.

The negatives are only 64 MB RAM which is a major negative. I also agree that HTC has better secondhand value and is a better brand.

But these 3 things above are really tempting me for the P527

@bytecode: I was unable to open your word file. I don't know whether its only me. If possible pls try to reattach it.

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if any1 can inc his budget then i wud suggest them to go for the Samsung SGH-i780.
damn good fone for 19k.getting it nxt week for myself.has a 2.5" touch screen with 320x320 res,128MB of ram and 256MB of ram and the best part is the 624MHz procy and GPS & A-GPS.also has a ful qwert keypad.so typing sudnt be a prob 4 any1.

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hellgate said:
if any1 can inc his budget then i wud suggest them to go for the Samsung SGH-i780.
damn good fone for 19k.getting it nxt week for myself.has a 2.5" touch screen with 320x320 res,128MB of ram and 256MB of ram and the best part is the 624MHz procy and GPS & A-GPS.also has a ful qwert keypad.so typing sudnt be a prob 4 any1.

Only problem with this phone is a non standard display resolution which could lead to incompatibility problems with various software

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use of custom firmware solves this prob to 90%.

hellgate said:
use of custom firmware solves this prob to 90%.

How can firmware solve the problem if the app itself doesnt support such a weird resolution

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How about an iPhone? But you would surely have to wait for it. I Recommend that you go with ASUS

Go for HTC instead of Asus...It has a brand value...

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@pat from wat i've read on the net, custom firmwares + a software called RealVGA (which allows u to change dpi) does allow u to run most of the softwares and games.

RealVGA...Hmmm..But dont forget that the screen and its contents will then look skewed and not so good.