Comments on: HTC Touch launches; first impressions and thoughts as an iPhone rival

HTC Corp., announces the HTC Touch. The Windows Mobile smart phone offers a touchscreen interface and could be a potential iPhone rival.

[mongoos150]

Rival? Please.

The pure fact that the media is comparing every new touch device to the iPhone - a product that has not even been released - practically secures its popularity and dominance in this market. What other device has received SO much hype and attention *months* before release? Its unique interface, it's amazingly streamlined performance (from what we have seen in demos and commercials), and the way all its apps are seamlessly integrated with one another (say, that reminds me of... OS X!) will secure the iPhone's success as the everyday person's smart phone.

[Wolfie2k5]

Put the crack pipe DOWN fool....

[b]...will secure the iPhone's success as the everyday person's smart phone. [/b]

You DO realize that MOST of the "everday person's" you mention can't afford $500 for a phone. There's little obstacles in the way - things like rent... Food... Gas for the car... Everyday life.

Secondly... The interface isn't all THAT unique. It's a touchscreen. LOTS of phones have 'em. My Motorola A1200 has a touch screen. It also runs Linux. It also does MP3 files (and even DRM free AAC files). It's got most everything the iPhone has and stuff NO other phone has. Not even the iPhone. It's got a business card scanner that automatically reads the data from a business card and imports it into the phone's address book. No data entry (beyond the occasional spelling correction) required.

It also has features MOST phones have today that the iPhone is lacking - an end user replacable battery and a transflash slot to name two.

You Mac freaks really need to chill. Sure... it's probably a nice phone - but that's all it is.. a bloody PHONE.

[drsparks]

iPhone? Whatever...

It's apples and oranges. Get it? HA! Anyways, how's the weather in Cupertino, Mongoos15? I think the point I am trying to make is WHO CARES? The iPhone is for those people who bought iPods for the hipster effect unlike the rest of us who actually use our devices for more than trying to look cool (like working...what? work?!?! OMG!)

[BillyDonovan]

just got data plan. what to download

I just figured out how to get adult movies on my phone. So, easy mac, the clap on, "Baywatch" reruns, and "Jerry Springer" uncensored aside -Sex on Cell TV is bound to be a new American staple. It's the portable sex that is quite possibly the wave of the future. I just pointed my phone to http://sexoncell.com for adult mobile movies.