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Another review of HTC S710 smartphone with Windows Mobile 6 published May 02, 2007 [MS Smartphone] | By Edward J. R. HTC S710 is the first smartphone (without touch screen) powered by Windows Mobile, that features display orientation switching - that happens upon opening of the slide-out keyboard... The only problem is lack of 3G: For data the S710 has 2.5G EDGE with fallback to GPRS, but alas no 3G. The Vox's lack of 3G is its only gap in an otherwise cutting edge feature set. Being an everyday user of 3G devices such as the Treo 750 and Samsung Blackjack, I dreaded the return to EDGE; but was pleasantly surprised by networking improvements in Windows Mobile 6 that made web pages download and render much more quickly. In short the device felt more like a UMTS 3G phone, which is to say not bad at all. UMTS, with a max download speed of 384k is the lower of the two GSM network 3G standards, and HSDPA is the faster. Web pages loaded noticeably faster than the T-Mobile Dash (HTC S620), Cingular 3125 and even Pocket PC phones like the i-mate JAQ3. We also noticed improvements in application download times: we downloaded the free 3.9 meg 3D Golf Game from Microsoft's Windows Mobile web site and it took a few minutes rather than 5 to 10 to download. Nice. If you need a phone to use with a notebook for tethering, then you'll likely want a 3G phone. However, if you plan only to use the data connection on the phone itself, then the S710 is acceptable. To read the review, that contains also original photos, click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]
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