Comments on: It’s New PDA Day http://crypticlife.net/2007/09/17/its-new-pda-day/ infrequently updated... like my mind Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony Chung http://crypticlife.net/2007/09/17/its-new-pda-day/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tony Chung Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:46:05 +0000 http://crypticlife.net/2007/09/17/its-new-pda-day/#comment-23 <p>Hi Rob,</p> <p>I read your <a href="http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/htc_tytn_ii" rel="nofollow">review of the HTC TYTN II</a> and feel pretty much the same as you. I just bought it at a mall kiosk on Friday night and find the tiny beast to be impressively fast, and adds some interesting usability elements that replace applications I needed on my old device.</p> <p>When using the camera, I never experienced the problems with artifacts as you did. I find the lighting sensitivity of this <em>cell phone</em> camera to be quite capable, even without a flash. And the picture quality is smoother than your sample image.</p> <p>That said, the shutter lag is way too slow when shooting at 3MP (one of the main draws to this phone). I've counted a 6-second delay from the time I click the button to the time the photo saves. When tracking my two very active elementary school aged sons, I lose them before I get the shot off. Fortunately there's a burst mode that takes up to 30 shots in rapid succession, albeit at 640 x 480. What's with THAT? </p> <p>The usability feature I love the most is the redefined X button and battery indicator. In WM pre-6, the X minimized apps instead of exiting them which would free up RAM. The new X button can be held to close the current app, or tapped from the home screen to display all running apps that you can close by tapping their individual X. I also like having the quad-stage power meter visible as well. Combined, it does the function of <a href="http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx" rel="nofollow">Transcreative's Magic Button</a> app. Though, Magic Button's battery meter is more descriptive. I may install it on this device to see if it affects performance.</p> <p>I wasn't going to buy a PDA phone until after I compared it to the I-Mate Ultimate 9502, expected to be released next month. I just got so sick of my old clamshell phone shorting out when I answered a call, and my pocket PC rebooting itself while listening to tunes at the gym. And my wife got sick of hearing me whine about the problems I was having, so she gave me the green light.</p> <p>We're on day two, and I've just started experiencing problems using this phone with my bluetooth headset. That's the next on the upgrade list. Stereo headset on the way....</p> <p>Peace,</p> <p>-Tony</p> Hi Rob,

I read your review of the HTC TYTN II and feel pretty much the same as you. I just bought it at a mall kiosk on Friday night and find the tiny beast to be impressively fast, and adds some interesting usability elements that replace applications I needed on my old device.

When using the camera, I never experienced the problems with artifacts as you did. I find the lighting sensitivity of this cell phone camera to be quite capable, even without a flash. And the picture quality is smoother than your sample image.

That said, the shutter lag is way too slow when shooting at 3MP (one of the main draws to this phone). I’ve counted a 6-second delay from the time I click the button to the time the photo saves. When tracking my two very active elementary school aged sons, I lose them before I get the shot off. Fortunately there’s a burst mode that takes up to 30 shots in rapid succession, albeit at 640 x 480. What’s with THAT?

The usability feature I love the most is the redefined X button and battery indicator. In WM pre-6, the X minimized apps instead of exiting them which would free up RAM. The new X button can be held to close the current app, or tapped from the home screen to display all running apps that you can close by tapping their individual X. I also like having the quad-stage power meter visible as well. Combined, it does the function of Transcreative’s Magic Button app. Though, Magic Button’s battery meter is more descriptive. I may install it on this device to see if it affects performance.

I wasn’t going to buy a PDA phone until after I compared it to the I-Mate Ultimate 9502, expected to be released next month. I just got so sick of my old clamshell phone shorting out when I answered a call, and my pocket PC rebooting itself while listening to tunes at the gym. And my wife got sick of hearing me whine about the problems I was having, so she gave me the green light.

We’re on day two, and I’ve just started experiencing problems using this phone with my bluetooth headset. That’s the next on the upgrade list. Stereo headset on the way….

Peace,

-Tony

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