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Ever since Apple‘s new fashionable must-get gadget iPhone came out on this Earth, it has radiaclly numbed and hypnotised millions of people around the world that a touch-screen phone is the only way to go for handphones. Since it’s ascendacy to Gadget Heaven, it has urged other phone companies to make copies of it (Unlike LG; thanks to Athalar for pointing out that it came up with the KE850 before the conception of the iPhone)
However, i begin to wonder what’s the hype really about touch screen phones. Is it more of a modern ingenuity or just a brilliant marketing ploy? Nurul has gotten two touch screen phones. Yes! Two within a space of 2 months. Hehe. BUT, i don’t blame her. If it was me, i would have done the same thing. She began with the LG KS20 and then moved on to the HTC Touch Dual.
Why?
Nurul and I both prefered the LG KS20. It was way more stylish, sleek and oozed sexiness. It was a phone to die for. Unfortunately, quirks began popping up. Things which we have taken for granted (Ever being spoilt by Nokia’s innovations) left us wanting for more. The LG KS20 wasn’t able to count the outgoing talk time (vital for users under a fixed outgoing talk time plan) and you have to count your outgoing messages manually. A major flaw is the alluring part of the phone itself. No KEYPAD!
Don’t get me wrong, i know you will go like Duhhh! Of course there’s no keypad, it’s a touch screen…. We thought that we can adjust easily to it. However, we were dead wrong! Nurul was finding difficulty in messaging and she still wasn’t used to the either the touch screen typing with her stylus or the usage of the hand writing recognition. I was starting to get annoyed as she messaged me coded gibberish messages (thanks to the hand writing recognition) or she was taking some time to reply even till the point of not replying them due to the difficulty in messaging. Indeed, it came to an extent whereby i kept calling her as i wanted to get an answer immediately.
After some time of deliberation, we decided that it’s about time to change the KS20. It’s perfect for users which are accustomed to the touch screen typing (especially O2 and PDA users). However, Nurul and I needed to get one which enable us to type normally with a Keypad. We were looking at numerous phones (I didn’t like those Blueberry or O2 phones as it lacked style and looked more like a business man phone) However, the answer was right under our noses. Or rather, it was with Nurul’s father.
HTC TOUCH DUAL
Specifications
Network 3G HSDPA 2100
Size 107 x 55 x 15.8 mm
Weight 120 g
Display TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
TouchFLO finger swipe navigation
16-key standard keypad
Handwriting recognition
Ringtones Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3
Vibration Yes
Memory Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0
Infrared No
USB Yes
Camera 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video; secondary CIF video call camera
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
Pocket Office(Word, Excel, Outlook, PDF viewer)
Java MIDP 2.0
MP3/AAC player
Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1120 mAh
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
The HTC Touch Dual is indeed a charmer with its 2 MP Camera (an ease for us to take pictures for our blog), easy to use Windows software, 3G Video Call (A vital tool for Nurul & I to contact each other) & especially still having the style & allure of a stylus-touch screen phone. Its sleek black and fits comfortably in your hand. I know Nurul is certainly happy with it.
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