HTC Touch HD Slide Phone Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ Use the built in Wi-Fi to connect up to wireless internet and use MSN and web brower on your phone.
Several text input methods, eg. QWERTY, phone keypad and transcriber.
5mp camera
Download weather updates

- Can be complicated to use at first.
No flash on camera.

+ The look
The display quality is good

- Very hard to answer a call
never know what volume setting is going to be , sometime i set silent then it rings!
hard to locate the things you want on the device
Difficult to manage photos
Camera is poor quality
Camera is very fiddly to use
Camera has a riddiculous delay when taking photos, people think it has taken when it is still thinking
Most photos are blurred because of above
photos sent to me by text dont download
when typing texts device hangs
hard to keep clean
difficult to manage music file

+ The screen is very nice. It has plenty of nice touches and could have been brilliant.

- Could have been brilliant but it is badly let down by software. Windows is clumsy to be honest, but the biggest problem; the bluetooth will not work with over a dozen in car stereo or media systems. It recognises, and is recognised, but it will always fail to conclude a hook up.This is because the software does not tell the system when to end its send. Instead it sends a never ending stream of information and a failure results. I have emailed HTC twice to no avail.

+ I bought this as a replacement for my PDA. I use it for email more than telephone calls. Overall, I am thrilled with my wonderful new toy. I made a great choice. It's quite slim, which is good, and reasonably large - large enough to accommodate a nice, big touchscreen but small enough to fit in my pocket comfortably. The 800x640 screen is a key reason I chose this model. It provides a superior quality of image: great for showing off your photos. Together with WiFI, using my 'phone to watch BBC iPlayer and YouTube in bed becomes an acceptable prospect. Facebook and Windows Live are feasible over HSDPA, but are more rewarding over WiFi. Similarly, some webpages (e.g. some BBC news reports) will not load if the data rate is too low. It can be a bit fickle. The Opera browser is good, though. The TouchFLO interface makes it easier and flashier to access the features you use everyday. This may be rendered less important once Windows Mobile 6.5 comes out. I can plug in my favourite headphones. The quality is good. The normal speaker isn't entirely bad either. Can't comment on the FM radio, because reception is non-existent round here. 8GB internal microSD card supplies enough storage for my current needs I was very pleased to see that my Memory Map Ordnance Survey mapping software works well, including connecting to the built-in GPS.

- The lack of hardware buttons means that some software (especially games) just can't work. I find that the minimum volume through the supplied headphones is unbearably loud. I think I have sensitive ears. It's fine with my favourite headphones. In common with most mobile 'phone cameras, the quality is limited by the aperture of the lens, so there is no point using 5 Mpx. It would be as good with 1 Mpx, and the file size would be smaller. That goes for both cameras. This one is a Windows Mobile problem rather than a problem with this model. I synchronise my email with my desktop computer through Outlook. However, I need a different account on the 'phone (pointing to the same ISP account) in order to send email. This means that I lose my record of sent mail. Lack of external SD slot means I can't transfer data from other SD devices. When making a 'phone call, the screen is turned off. This means that to enter responses to the automated telephone systems many companies have, I have to turn the screen back on and navigate back to the current 'phone call. I haven't got remote desktop working yet.

+ Has a lot of memory and is capable of doing amaing things

- Battery does not last too long.
Would not recommend to someone who isn't very IT literate

+ Smartest looking phone you'll find. Easy to use. Filled with loads of great features.

- None. It's a brilliant phone

+ TouchFlo is one the best interfaces, even when sat on top of Windows Mobile. Size, shape and functionality are all excellent. Even battery life is okay given the screen size etc.

- Windows Mobile, although good (especially for those who use ActiveSync) is still not the best performing interface and hampers the otherwise very powerful hardware. Perhaps it would run better with Android??

+ Excellent design

- WIndows Mobile operating system needs a complete re-write
Shame the Touch HD has not had the same mass-market media attention as the iPhone

+ Slick interface, navigation between applications, browsing, good battery life, HTC today screen, fabulous video rendering, sharp display resolution

- Answering calls using soft keys - often end up missing or dropping calls, no hard copy user manual in box (CD only), lack of camera flash

+ Design, spped and build quality.

- Difficult to think of anything bad about it.

+ it's stylish

- it has quite alot of complicated features and it alsof freezes alot.

+ beats the iphone in spec

- dosen't always work better off buying an iphone

+ Excellent features, great when on the move and receiving emails.

- Bit bulky, takes a bit of getting used to windows mobile but great once you do!!

+ super screem, great for surfing and playing videos

- A shame there's no D-PAD or other customisable buttons.

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- slow, no flash, browsing slow-lack of coverage. expensive