i kind of get the feeling from this review that Rene didnt really take the time to try and learn the device at all.

No its not an Iphone, It does things different than an iphone, and you dont have to stroke steve jobs off to get something as simple as a cut and paste feature

I’m different for different things. Many years ago I preferred Imagine to Lightwave for 3D rendering, because Imagine was more analytical to me. In many things I prefer having to de-construct, learn, and re-construct. Other times, that process annoys me and reduces my enjoyment of life. That’s why we’re all lucky to have so much choice.

Also from your iPhone mentality I accept that you don’t want/need to read a manual, that’s fine because that’s exactly the market Apple is targeting. That’s the genius of Apple, they know what you want. That’s why they are so successful.

But there are other type markets, somenhow I belong to the analytic type of guys, And my personal experience can be summarize with my wife example.

She belongs to the intuitive group of people, she opens every box and start doing things with whatever is inside, and more often than most I have to stop what I’m doing when I hear HONEY!!!

… I know what it was. It was something more complicated than a lipstick.

My wife also has a good sense of humor, she didn’t got offended with this post. You also have a good sense of humor, Right?

With WinMo phones there are a ton of apps out there and no one has to approve them. And of course, non technical people who don’t know how to install custom roms and don’t want to tweak their phones will prefer the Iphone. Where basically you can just set it and forget it, and wonder what Dear Leader Steve Jobs will allow to be released next? While he finally allow A2DP bluetooth in the next phone or is he ‘saving’ it for a future Iphone, video recording, better resoultion? This stuff was availabe when the Iphone 3G was released but again he has been holding back tech to make a buck, instead of making the best phone possible.

There are two kind of people in this planet the ones that watch what’s happening and the ones that make things happening.

One kind of people just touch and watch a basic phone is good enough.

Other people are creative and put efforts to produce results a versatile phone is good for them.

PmMann Says:

December 12th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

“It’s sad, for people who profess to love freedom.”

I agree. As much as they say “Think Different”, every ipod I have seen is exactly alike. Heaven forbid you want to change the skin of the UI, or even choose a different UI..

Mapple users are in the matrix, happy to be-bop along and let the MCP Mapple control everything for them.. I think they are the nerd-wanna-bes who could never figure out programming (or reading a manual) and now think they are really tech-savvy since they have an iphone.. Mapple has cultivated a thriving ever-spending crowd to harvest.”

Agreed!

I agree. As much as they say “Think Different”, every ipod I have seen is exactly alike. Heaven forbid you want to change the skin of the UI, or even choose a different UI..

Mapple users are in the matrix, happy to be-bop along and let the MCP Mapple control everything for them.. I think they are the nerd-wanna-bes who could never figure out programming (or reading a manual) and now think they are really tech-savvy since they have an iphone.. Mapple has cultivated a thriving ever-spending crowd to harvest.

Freedom? There are the iPhone freedom fighters who go their own way. Good for them. Most people just want a smartphone that is intelligent, friendly and fun. Life is hard enough sometimes without fussing over the technical stuff.

I think back to that 1984 Super Bowl ad, where the Mac’s avatar strides up to the big screen and supposedly, strikes a blow for the everyman against Big Brother.

Now look at you lot, grateful for being able to spend big money on a phone, then set it up AT HOME

Then when you do, you can install only Apple-approved apps. You can’t even change your own battery.

It’s sad, for people who profess to love freedom.

I never read an iPhone or iPod Touch manual, nor the Android G1, nor the Treo Pro, and I shan’t be reading the BlackBerry Bold why should the FUZE get, never mind need, special consideration?

And if it does, that sorta makes many of my points. I really don’t want a phone I need an instruction manual for, especially after having used PDAs and Smartphones for a decade already…

Let’s stick to technology, UI, radios, even styluses, and keep the personal stuff for the lesser webs, b’okay?

The tips did help somewhat, but I think my usage method was just too iPhone-trained to really do a good job with it in only a week. Switching to my nail made it better, but it never did what I intended it to do. I would even try just hitting the icon I want, when it was off to the side, and different things would happen at different times, and no matter what anyone says, if I drag sideways on the music app instead of up and down, no way should that activate the tab bar (which is nowhere near where I pressed) and shoot me into different apps.

Nailing touch is hard. I think we all know that. HTC names their like Touch. That’s a really brazen thing to do if you don’t nail the experience utterly and completely. I’d argue Apple did with the iPod Touch, and HTC absolutely did not with their line.

Maybe I could have gotten used to it if I spent more time with it, or if I’d spent money on it and knew I couldn’t return it, but — again — I don’t think, in 2008, I should have to.

We don’t know how he used the TouchFlo bar outside of his preview video, even though there were several responses to that thread that gave him tips on how to improve usability. He did not mention any of these tips in the final review, so he either did not read them, or ignored them to promote his original agenda.

I would say winmobo is more for business, productivity and the like. The iphone is more for games. could u imagine using excel using a capacitive screen, it would be hell. Resistive is more accurate, thats y a stylus was included. Capacitive is more responsive, but not accurate.

Also, i think the comment about the keyboard is not fair, because using an on screen keyboard covers up about half of the entire screen, they u have a tiny section to type the message, whereas a hardware keyboard lets you type with the full screen.

But to know how to do that, he would have had to read the manual. Apparently he didn’t want to do that.

If you press the Volume Down key, or flip the device it will mute!

i think it’s mostly due to the os rather than the phone itself however.

the thickness of the phone actually feels great in the hands and the flash for nightpics is a definite plus.

the only problem i have with most wm devices is the need for a stylus. i’d gladly trade any stylus for a good blackberry trackball or apple thumb anyday. stylus(i?) are completely and utterly tacky.

The rest of the review is fair, and highlights that each device has positive and negative aspects.

I also with you would have addressed some of the comments from the preview thread that gave you suggestions on how to better use TF3D (like mine). Were these tips helpful? Did you even try them? Or is it still not for you?

It’s a mess. Just like all Windows apps have always been since it’s beginning.

— Fan Boy Steve.

I do miss the screen and keyboard from my Fuze though..