Hi,

I know there are alot of guys here with alot of technical knowledge. I am a girl, and sooooo not tech savvy, so I had trouble deciphering some of the many 41 pages of this thread. I have the following questions, which I hope a kind and patient gentleman/men can help me answer

I went to check this phone out and played around with it for about 45 minutes. It did what I basically needed it to do, and I am quite comfortable using the internet functions (which is primarily my reason for looking at ths phone in the first place)

Questions:-

1) I was offered RM1688. Is this a good price to be getting this at? the package comes with 2GB SD card + the usuals.

2) I will use it basically for phone, sms, email. Will the processor speed be sufficient? (I am thinking yes, but just to be sure) I don't really download alot of songs, tho I may have some. I don't play games or use multiple applications at once. I may use some office functions but I am guessing I will only be using most things one at a time.

3) Is there any news of the HTC launching a newer model in the near future? (I don't want to buy this and kick myself in the butt when they do if it's gonna be very very soon)

4) Any other input in concise and not technical format so I can understand will be very much appreciated. Comments like whether it is an overall user friendly phone, value for money, any noticeable kinks/problems after using it for a while, battery life, hangs often or not, durability as in easy to maintain or be scratched etc..

I have small hands and thus small fingers. I like the way it looks and how it fits my palm. I have no problems using my fingers as well as the stylus.

Thanks guys..really appreciate your time, comments and input. I have already gone to see it twice. First when I was shown it, second when I used it to send email and check internet just to try it out, and if I go again, it will definitely be to buy it and I want to go today if possible!! You know lah girls..when feel like buying want to buy straight away So if you guys can advise me before I buy and if this is a mistake, pls let me know soon!!

Thank you all kindly

guys...need some assistance here regarding my Touch..

suddenly i cannot here anything while in calls (incoming / outgoing) but if switch to speaker phone mode, all loud and clear..  

issit the speaker faulty or just a software glitches?

anyone has any experience sending it for warranty to SIS? i dont mind sending it for warranty just concern about all my 500++ contact list inside there...    

1) i believe RM1688 is HTC Touch (64MB Accessible RAM), my suggestion is to go for HTC Touch II (128MB Accesible RAM) which will give you more memory and price would be around RM1899 ~ RM1999.

2) as a beginner, HTC Touch II is the best choice for simple usage for phone / sms / email.

3) the latest model is HTC Touch Cruise ( 128MB Accesible RAM / Wifi / 3G / GPS / Bluetooth )Price range around RM2899 ~ RM2999.

4) HTC Touch or Touch II most suitable for girls which it fit into their palm. but with Window mobile you can explorer further so my advise is to go for more powerfull device who know you might explorer deeper which touch or touch II  at that time not enuf for you. every pocketpc / phone will become slow if you to access too many programs if did not completely close it. most problem occur on pocketpcphone is incompatible applications which likely will hang your ppc. ppc wont hung often unless you know how to utilize your program usage. battery life 4hours max talk time with bluetooth on + wifi. to prevent scratch there is few case protector.

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Added on March 4, 2008, 5:25 pm

HTC_3450 - HTC Touch (Elf) - 128MB/64MB
HTC_3450 - HTC Touch Enhance (Elfin) - 256MB/128MB

Hi all,

isnt the HTC touch enhance code be HTC_3452? Cos i am just curious, the touch that i bought is the white colour enhanced version, but when i check through the system setting - device ID, it shows me HTC_3450 and also the hardware code is ELF0100 instead of ELFIN. (memory size is correct at 128/256)...

Can anyone clarify these to me, or is there anyone using the Touch Enhance that can check their pda's info and compare it to mine? Just worried mine is not the original but a modded set. Thanks.

Dont worry dude ... I got the same one as you ... as long as memory size is at 128/256 then confirm its touch enhanced d ... coz thats the only diffrence between touch enhanced and touch

1) I am sure this is not the HTC Touch II coz its too cheap to be true ... what more it comes with a 2GB SD card... and I bought mine during CNY for RM1999 for 2GB + 1 Bluetooth headset ...

2) If you think the phone is slow, there is always overclocking or flashing new roms =)

3) New phone = Pay More    xD

4) The phone is fantastic if you like using the stylus to sms or to write or to email ... Battery life is about 2 and half days (depending on usage and settings of the phone) My HTC Touch II havent hang b4 even with the use of custom rom (Shadow V2 WM6.1)

My hand very big, palm also very fat but still can use ... so i am sure small hands should be great =)

sending and checking email is quite fast but again ... writing an email (the long long type) do take a lot of patience...

1 thing i love about the HTC is coz its running windows mobile which is good coz got tons of freeware or even shareware which you can use, if you like the program then u can consider buying them...

I am thinking of selling off my HTC Touch II (White) ... if you want ... drop me a PM ... I bought it from Digital Gadget at Low Yat during CNY and comes wit a 2GB card and bluetooth headset ...

Why am I selling it ??? Coz i am sick of writing sms ... lolx ... thinking of upgrading to cruise ...

thanks man, phew ...that sure takes some doubts off my mind n now i can fully enjoy playing around with it. 

lolx =) ... if you are planning to flash the roms ... do remember to unlock ur UPSL first ... in any doubts ... ask evilpuppy ... xD

free advertising for evilpuppy ... hehehe

guys,
apart from the "on-screen keyboard", wat other methods of alphabetical input is embedded for writing sms/email WITHOUT the use of stylus(aka handwritting recognition)?

is there a "on screen numerical-keypad-like" feature?

Guys,

I'm a new user of Touch. Do you have any idea,where can i get the Iphone look skin?

hi all,

i'm getting used to the HTC Touch, thanks to all for your tips.

i tried to watch streaming videos from m.youtube.com from my device using IE, and unfortunately it gave me an error message (0x8007274d) while streaming it via WMPM. i googled for help and came across this HTC streaming player, but i still can't get the video to load, i received another error message (failed to connect). is there any OTHER way at all i can watch youtube from my HTC Touch? (i'm on wifi btw).

thanks.

Guys,

I'm a new user of Touch. Do you have any idea,where can i get the Iphone look skin?

you might want to try opera instead default IE, im using Opera to browse www.youtube.com instead m.youtube.com. then using mobileyoutube downloader to download.
try to google around for mobileyoutube downloader
here , i've been using this for a while.. good iphone skin and iphone applications on WM. look at youtube below very resposive. 


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OMG...this is freaking awesome...i wonder if it works as well on the HTC touch enhanced or not since the demo is using touch cruise which is a higher processing power pda....