To continue on my theme of commercial overkill, i've decided to have a rant on the subject of phones. The burgeoning new segment of smartphones such as the iPhone, the htc, and some of the new Samsungs have taken off and climbed to saturation point.
Trawling through the web, you can see almost million of choices on phones such as these. Think about it, the iPhone is today's techno hero, but the other manufacturers aren't far behind.
Fringe brand 'HTC' have already worked from the original entry-level Touch model to the touch Pro, to the Touch Diamond, and now the Touch HD (being hailed as one of the greatest phones around).
Then LG has released about 4 new phones (at least one of which looks uncannily like the bastard lovechild of the LG Shine and the Apple iPhone)
Then Samsung has begun giving teasers about their new range of good phones.
If you ask me for my (semi-) professional opinion, i tend to lean toward the HTC models. They look attractive, they've got decent stats in performance, and the interface is surprisingly weildy.
One of the things that will really change people's minds when they go to spend their hard-earned will be the interface...
the HTC TouchFLO interface is my personal favourite, Samsung's also seem pretty intuitive, but I found the LG system to be the phone equivalent of IE4 -- Slow, Clunky, Ugly and outdated.
This may all seem pretty confusing and worrying but don't be fooled. This is great news for buyers. All the while there is plenty of choice, there is also plenty of devlopment and plenty of competition which all adds up to... Smartphone Nirvana
Trawling through the web, you can see almost million of choices on phones such as these. Think about it, the iPhone is today's techno hero, but the other manufacturers aren't far behind.
Fringe brand 'HTC' have already worked from the original entry-level Touch model to the touch Pro, to the Touch Diamond, and now the Touch HD (being hailed as one of the greatest phones around).
Then LG has released about 4 new phones (at least one of which looks uncannily like the bastard lovechild of the LG Shine and the Apple iPhone)
Then Samsung has begun giving teasers about their new range of good phones.
If you ask me for my (semi-) professional opinion, i tend to lean toward the HTC models. They look attractive, they've got decent stats in performance, and the interface is surprisingly weildy.
One of the things that will really change people's minds when they go to spend their hard-earned will be the interface...
the HTC TouchFLO interface is my personal favourite, Samsung's also seem pretty intuitive, but I found the LG system to be the phone equivalent of IE4 -- Slow, Clunky, Ugly and outdated.
This may all seem pretty confusing and worrying but don't be fooled. This is great news for buyers. All the while there is plenty of choice, there is also plenty of devlopment and plenty of competition which all adds up to... Smartphone Nirvana
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