Sprint Touch - Video First Look

By Dieter Bohn
Posted on November 9, 2007 10:24 AM
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Our initial impression: pretty neat. Sprint seems to be making this an important device for their lineup this Christmas - they've bunded a heckuva lot of their own apps and services in there. I'm not sure I like that -- I'm especially dubious about their java-based Sprint Music app -- but the device itself is a big improvement over the original HTC Touch. More memory, a faster processor, and improved TouchFlo features make the Sprint Touch a winner - it's almost enough to make you forget they dropped WiFi on the device.

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Comments (6)

We've had two chances to get our hands on the Sprint Touch before - once at Digital Life and again at the CTIA Wireless Convention. Both of those were awfully short, so we're happy to have the Sprint Touch finally in house and in hand.

Our initial impression: pretty neat. Sprint seems to be making this an important device for their lineup this Christmas - they've bunded a heckuva lot of their own apps and services in there. I'm not sure I like that -- I'm especially dubious about their java-based Sprint Music app -- but the device itself is a big improvement over the original HTC Touch. More memory, a faster processor, and improved TouchFlo features make the Sprint Touch a winner - it's almost enough to make you forget they dropped WiFi on the device.

Read more at http://www.wmexperts.com/reviews/smartphones/sprint_touch_video_first_look.html

Hmm, are you sure that wasn't a doctored video? Or did MS pay you off? After all, the Sprint Touch is the "worst" phone in the past several years, according to Associated Press.

(That was all meant sarcastic given the loopy review from AP that was posted in the other thread.)

Seriously, nice demo; thanks for running though the highlights of the device.

Posted by mikec | November 9, 2007 10:49 AM

Looking cool. The keyboard certainly doesn't seem too bad and the responsiveness is nice.

...must resist swinging by a Sprint store, lol.

Posted by Malatesta | November 9, 2007 11:41 AM

Looking cool. The keyboard certainly doesn't seem too bad and the responsiveness is nice.

...must resist swinging by a Sprint store, lol.

Resistance is futile...

Yes, I keep thinking I will need a 3rd party keyboard, but that one seems okay.

Posted by mikec | November 9, 2007 11:45 AM

Resistance is futile...

Indeed. I was going to return my Centro and buy one off of eBay ($100 cheaper) but I'm afraid if I see the Touch, I'll just end up exchanging for it :D

Then of course the 800 will come out in a couple of months. Thankfully I have little interest in the Q9C come Black Friday, lol.

Posted by Malatesta | November 9, 2007 12:13 PM

LOL. Well, if you couldn't tell the voiceover is done after I recorded the video, if that counts.

And I DID leave in the keyboard snafus.

Sadly, this is another device that will require tweaking, if only to get rid of Sprint's crapware. But if you're savvy enough to care about not using Sprint's stuff, you're probaby savvy enough to know how to get rid of it.

Posted by Dieter Bohn | November 9, 2007 12:32 PM

As usual, a very nice initial review. Even so, I probably won't be getting the Sprint version of the Touch because they left out WiFi.

Also, why are they not enabling the gpsOne A-GPS application interface on introduction? I would seem to me that GPS navigation would be a selling point for this device.

Finally, after watching the Touch vs. iPhone part II video, even in YouTube quality the superiority of the iPhone display is obvious. I believe this has a lot to do with the fact that the iPhone's display is LED backlit. I've been searching for information on the Touch's back light technology without success. Does anyone know?

Posted by pelona | November 9, 2007 4:30 PM