Penny for a thought: HTC's Advantage X7510

As with last week's How Would You Change, this iteration too involves the mobile crowd. Unlike last week, this rendition revolves around a much less pervasive device: HTC's Advantage X7150. For those of you who coughed up some serious cash in order to claim one, how would you like to see it tweaked? Deposit your comments right over here.

[SoulinEther Posted Aug 8th 2008 9:56PM]

According to the massive number of replies so far... it's either absolutely perfect or FUBAR...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 11:24PM]

Its Fubar, why would anyone buy this, if you want occasional internet and such buy an iphone or an htc or any one of the number of internet / cell phone kits out there. If you want portability and document editing capabilities as well as internet, get one of the new inter-books, the eee pc the mac air there's many. Why would anyone buy this?

[Sarig Posted Aug 9th 2008 9:24AM]

Because this is a heck lot smaller than a 13.3" macbook air, and still a lot smaller than a netbook, and it's got the battery life laptop makers would die for.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 11:03PM]

Well, since I appear to be the only person on the planet to own one....

I'd change the keyboard so that the sound could be disabled while keeping the vibration feedback it offers. I would put either a joystick or scroll wheel of some sort on it. Flush mounting the display would make it far more finger friendly, too.

If I'm really gonna ask for the starts, I'd make the keyboard slide out and somehow permanently attached. The device is just so bulky with the leather cover on, and the magnetics are not strong enough to keep the keyboard in place without it (it will slide off when removing it from a pocket, for example).

Nice device, but really few scenarios where it makes sense.

[themyers Posted Aug 9th 2008 9:26AM]

I seriously thought about buying one of these, until I played with one. It is to big for a phone and does to little to be a laptop. I wasn't a fan. I bought iPhone and MacBook air instead. The shift would be a better buy. You'll get full featured windows vista anyways.

[keithwwalker Posted Aug 9th 2008 11:51PM]

I have the 7501 and didn't buy the 7510 for one big reason, HTC REMOVED the joystick!

Most useful input on the machine!

As for people who gripe it's too big, if you scrap the useless keyboard and just use stylus input, then it fits into your pocket, barely.

How would I improve the 7510?
Joystick
32 or 64GB SSD
Silicone case for carrying without KB
Drop the stupid magnets
Real VGA mod, as standard
Netfront Browser v3.5 (this is Steve Jobs wet dream of a browser)
TomTom maps and software included as standard

Anyway, whenever I pull this out to take a photo, jot some notes or video, people ALWAYS ask about it. Everyone is impressed.

Ultimate power PDA and laptop replacement. Whatever happened to convergence devices? Only HTC has the ballz to make one.