HTC Touch Review

Overall Rating

Compact size
Good screen
Windows Mobile 6
Wi-fi
Syncs well with Macintosh with third party software
Micro-SD compatable

No keys to type SMS
Virtual keyboard tiny
SIM / memory card cover
Tiny stylus (although you can easily use your finger!)
Can be rather slow

Further to my previous review of the HTC Touch, I have to retract some comments! I've now had the use of the HTC Touch for a little longer and am increasingly liking it. A couple of things I still find annoying are the lack of any sort of keys for texting (doh, so why did I buy the phone!) and the virtual keyboard is far too small - however, you can use the in-built 'transcriber'. As I said previously, the cover for the SIM card and memory card is rather flimsy - I know that SIM cards shouldn't need to be changed much but just getting the SIM in on the first attempt was quite a trial and I cannot imagine the cover lasting very long as it appears to be attached to the phone by a couple of flimsy plastic 'bits'. Having said that, I do have a habit of changing phones regularly and therefore moving my SIM from one phone to another - just call me a 'blonde female airhead'! However, Wi-fi seems to work very well and I like the 3D 'cube' although it can be rather sluggish. The trick to speeding up the responsiveness of the phone I find is to ensure that when you've finished with a programme, that you close it. The main thing I do love about the phone now is the fact that there are no 'bits' to break off (apart from that SIM cover) and it is so neat and small that it will fit into anyone's jeans pockets or whatever. OK, so the camera is pretty dismal but what do you want, a camera or a phone!? I also have the Nokia N95 which has a fantastic camera but it is so much more bulky than this phone. This phone is not 3G (3rd Generation) so if you want to see someone when you speak to them or download stuff from the internet quickly, then this is not going to be the phone for you. However, if you want it for just checking emails occasionally, you can use the built in Wi-fi! One note, be careful about clicking on the weather 'bit' of the cube as every time you do this, you will be charged for downloading data, unless of course you have a data package included in your tariff. I got 'stung' with this a few days ago!

In summary, I WOULD now recommend this to a friend - no phone is perfect and this I think has got to be better than the iPhone which has no 3G, 2mp camera and is generally very limited (and indeed, out of date) compared to other phones on the market - also, the iPhone has a 'fixed' battery and Apple are notorious, I believe, for bad batteries!