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msmobiles.com_robot · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 16777215

Stephen Fry is a world-famous in UK when it comes to comedy, TV series and movies. Now he is also writing about gadgets and today British left-wing tabloid The Guardian has published his text, where he is talking ab...

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BrianC · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

Why are we talking about multi-touch which is a feature, when we should be talking about user benefits, if any. I think the Apple marketing is doing very well indeed.
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polo4455 · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 7

To get a large screen and keep the dimensions small, you need to get rid of the buttons. To get rid of the buttons without compromising the functionality, you need to have an appropriate GUI. For such a GUI to function smoothly without taxing excessively the resources of the system, you need an appopriate OS (Multitouch can also help because such screens can "register" more commands than single-touch screens - and is far more responsive). Bottom line: it is not HTC's fault that screens in ppc's ended up being small. It's MS's. The solution is not in the hardware. It is in the software...

alcedes · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

Do not many of HTC's QVGA also use 2.8 inch screens?
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netboy · Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 349 Location: Bayarea, CA USA

"Conclusion: if you need Windows Mobile phone with big display then Samsung Omnia is coming next month already! It is a pity that HTC Touch Diamond has small display (only 2.8 inch) but in all other respects it is a worthwhile phone."

you actually see less stuffs with that QVGA junk on Samsung Omnia!
is it better to see with 1 eye (seeing less stuffs) then seeing with both eyes?

EJR · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 2629

BrianC · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

One size doesn't fit all. Smaller guy (like me) or girl may prefer a smaller phone (meaning smaller screen) to carry around. Larger guy with larger finger would be happy with larger phone and larger screen.

Perhaps phones should be like fashion, and have S, M L sizes for all to choose. Then eveyone would be happy.
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kieranEire · Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 282

I was playing with an omnia for around a week. It was imported from singapore. It has the same touch wiz interface as the Samsung Tocco or F480 if you wanna see it. The screen is closer to a widescreen format and is much better than the standard 2:3 ratio. The device is also more responsive than the Diamond. Only downer is the poor performance of the screen in direct sunlight, similar to the diamond.