Even though there is no particular reason to consider the guys at Engadget’s experts on all things Windows Mobile, their reviews nevertheless get read by many many potential buyers.
Joshua Topolsky tested the HD2, and ended up impressed with the hardware. However, he seems to have some issue with Windows Mobile – his final verdict delivers a thorough beating:
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All of these improvements are really handsome and obviously quite welcome, but when push comes to shove, what really matters is the phone’s performance. So, does Sense make Windows Mobile 6.5 a great OS? Does it circumvent or fix some of the obvious shortcomings of the aging platform? In a word… no. While there are many cases on the phone where Sense corrects issues that Microsoft’s mobile operating system has right now, there are also many places where plain-jane Windows Mobile rears its head — and that thing ain’t pretty. Obviously HTC couldn’t go about rewriting every app out there to play nice with its UI, but once you dig down into certain areas of the phone, you get that creeping feeling that you’re not in Kansas anymore. Not anywhere close. Look, we’re not asking for much, but when you’re using Excel, it would be nice to be able to use the accelerometer functionality to get a landscape view — instead, that kind of natural, familiar movement isn’t present at all. In other areas, it’s just the plain clunkiness of WM that ruins the experience; sure, the new homescreen and its staggered icon arrangement are fine, but take a look at the file browser, or even Outlook, which is what HTC’s nice (though not very functional) mail widget dives down into. It reminded us most of looking at the Palm OS at the end of its lifecycle. And that’s not good.
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Further information can be had at the URL below:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/htc-hd2-review/
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