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Comparing to other WinMo devices - Palm devices have great performance and good stability.

Not the fanciest but alway practical - just like I love it!

Exclusive pictures of the Treo Pro in here:
http://mobilespoon.blogspot.com/2008/08/exclusive-pictures-of-palm-treo-pro.html

Well, of course I meant to write TouchFlo. Sorry...

It's funny how you guys become aggressive when someone is simply trying to say: "I tried it for a short while - and got disappointed..."

Call it a review, call it first time impression, call it personal feelings about something which involves technology - it doesn't change the fact that I was not impressed with it as was expecting to be.

And for the last time: I am not an iPhone fan (what is that all about? is there some kind of a secret war I'm not aware of? Can't I say the word iPhone without getting tons of complains? Next time I will say Blackberry...) I never had an iPhone, nor even an iPod for that matter. In fact - I don't even eat apples! ;-)

And in regards to Clay's funny comment about switching the OK button - I can do that, but once I do it - I won't have the 'back' functionality any more - right? the point I tried to raise was that I was missing those extra 2 hardware buttons which I'm used to. Some may find it a small concern - but for me it's pretty important.
Thanks for your comments, I liked the things you wrote.
I'm totally not an iPhone fan (not that there's something wrong with it...) but indeed - I think that some of the things HTC are doing on top of the Windows Mobile is good - but limited.
As someone who develops applications for Windows Mobile - I know the limitations but also know the huge strength of the WM platform.

I assume Windows Mobile 7 will be much better for all of us, until then - it will be hard to get the same look and feel the iPhone has.

BTW - try out the SPB Mobile Shell - I think it's even better than the TouchPro (even though it still has few bugs) in terms of shortcuts and stuff.
First of all, I can, and I did, as long as I say from the beginning to take my words carefully (which I also did...).

I think that at least some of my points were good: missing OK button is hard when you get used to it, why not talk about it?

The iPhone thing was a joke, and a nice one if I may... (how could you miss that?)
My blog is about taking the mobile stuff which interest me in an easy way. And for me this is part of the fun.
I invite you to check it out every once in a while.
Hey Phoenix,

The reason I removed your comment was that it was too aggressive not to say a bit offending.

It's true that my review was not based on days with the device, and I mentioned it couple of times.
I accept some of your critics, but I wish you would have said it more nicely.

Believe it or not, I'm actually a Windows Mobile fan. But it doesn't mean I have to like every new device HTC releases, and it doesn't change the fact that I was dissapointed with the Diamond.

As I wrote, this is a beautiful device, but I still think it misses practical features I'm used to, maybe the Touch Pro is the answer...

My R&D Manager once told me that a good UI is one that is self explanatory, people don't like reading manuals. I really think that the UI is not intuitive enough.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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