HTC Touch HD / HTC Blackstone Review Analysis | All Features Rated & Tested

price

0.5

It's also expensive
It's real pricey
It's real pricey, too
Very expensive
entire package is expensive

It's one of the most expensive smartphones available
Expensive
only to be half the price in six months.......crazy
and explain to me how these phones are more expensive than a decent laptop or desktop computer, only to be half the price in six months.......crazy
the Samsung Omnia while not being quite as good is half the price and next best and therefore best bang for buck
Sadly, the Samsung Omnia while not being quite as good is half the price and next best and therefore best bang for buck
more expensive than the sony vaio FZ core2 duo
Soo expensive
price
price , speaker

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LCD

5

Very fragile screen
Resistive screen is a turn-off
still hard to see the screen on sunny day

large screen
Excellent screen
Great screen / Design / Powerful
Pouch/screen protector/extra stylus included
3.8-inch screen

3.8-inch screen, design
screen
gorgeous screen
weight and screen
large clear screen
Quality feel, large clear screen
I used it today as an impromptu photo copier and the writing it was perfectly legible on the PC screen
The windows mobile, GPS, nice response on the touch and screen keyboard, and WOW the big screen with high resolution
Nice screen
Big screen
awesome screen
auto screen rotation
GPS, strong bluetooth performance, awesome screen, auto screen rotation, thin(ish
outstanding screen
3.8" Screen
only the screen
At this stage, only the screen
Probably only the size of the screen
Screen, Camera, Touch Screen, "Operating System?!", Expandable Memory & Hapticts
Screen size and quality
Big Screen, fantastic performances, 5 mpx
Wide screen
Stylish, big screen, good sensivity, easy working
Great Screen
Screen size
Screen size, slim, charming
fantastic lcd display
Fast, easy to use, fantastic lcd display, wifi, weather, stock update, etc
Comes with screen protector
Neat screen and features
full vivid HD quality screen and WORKING touch screen
Office works well, full vivid HD quality screen and WORKING touch screen
huge screen
excellent screen quality
excellent size screen

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interface

5

The touch-screen interface is not quite what we have come to expect
Not suitable for basic mobile phone user
music player interface only good for Pictures no practicall at all

great email interface and good usability
Excellent screen, great email interface and good usability
TouchFLO 3D interface
touch interface
Screen, touch interface, surprisingly easy to control for Windows Mobile

nice flow interface
Nice design, nice flow interface
And TouchFLO 3D user interface is beautiful
Fantastic User Interface
good ram & Touchflo interface
Big screen, sleek design, good ram & Touchflo interface

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keyboard

2

typing with fingers takes some time to get used to
typing with fingers takes some time to grasp
no keyboard

excellent selection of keyboard options

battery

3.5

short battery life
microSD slot and soft reset hole is under battery cover
Very bad battery life
Very bad battery life, Phone cover terrible, Could not enable rotation feature in XL files
heavy on battery

Battery life
Decent battery life
Good battery life
good battery life for given size
good battery life for given size, weight and screen

No qwerty, heavy on battery
Bad Battery Lifespan
battery life (tolerable)
Battery life can be drained quickly and data charges can be high

Has the potential to be the leader of the pack
User replaceable battery
excellent battery
Great design, excellent battery, good performance, outstanding screen
good battery
Great Screen, stylish, good battery, excellent performance
Fast, Large Screen, Good battery, Excellant radio compared to other HTC phones

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reception

5

good reception

portability

4.5

Weight is only just about acceptable for a shirt pocket
button on top keeps switching phone on in your pocket

surprisingly light and compact for its screen size
sleek and portable
not to heavy in hand
thin(ish
very light

slim

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size

4.5

Feels big in hand
Large
Large, Windows Mobile, Bluetooth image transfer is a pain
Too large for some pockets
big hassle

Big icons
Has a large
Size
Size, features
not a bad size

Big Scree
large screen , large RAM , 5 MP camera , audio jack , very light
Big screen, fast response, big RAM, modern & classy design

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connectivity

5

3G bands
Lacks US 3G bands
Bluetooth image transfer is a pain
we Americans do not get to enjoy this bad boy in 3G
First and foremost, we Americans do not get to enjoy this bad boy in 3G, that by itself is the biggest issue

and offers integrated Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
3.5mm headphone jack
3.5mm audio jack

No Bluetooth
No Bluetooth, is that correct?
A standard Mini USB would've been nice
Non-standard USB port grrrr
No 3g in USA
battery life not great when running WiFi or Bluetooth
Apps not easy enough to find, battery life not great when running WiFi or Bluetooth

Naturally, you've got GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, an FM radio and a media player on board, and remember that all (recent
Connectivity
Display, design, HSDPA capable, 3.5mm headphone jack, TouchFLO 3D interface
Includes 3.5mm headphone jack
WiFi/aGPS/FM Radio/HSDPA/HSUPA
3.5mm jack
Build and looks, large clear display, good touch responsiveness, smooth operation, 3.5mm jack, GPS, Wi-Fi
3.5mm headphone socket
GPS and Bluetooth
screen, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth, Plenty of memory, 5-megapixel camera
INCLUDING BLUETOOTH (iphone users suck eggs)
3.5 mm audio jack
Audio Jack
Big Scree, Audio Jack
3.5 mm jack
wifi
WiFi and all the other connectivity features
3.5mm earphone with speakers
USB Cable
Comes with screen protector, 3.5mm earphone with speakers, USB Cable, charger, etc

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usability

3

Even with TouchFLO 3D Windows Mobile still isn't that finger-friendly
Poor one-handed usability
Not practical for business users
It gets seriously hot when in use or charging (mentioned on the FAQ page at HTC)
Bad usability - click on Blue Tooth and you get System Status (not Blue Tooth

Everything is finger-friendly
Easy to use
Easy to use, once it get used to you
smooth usability
easy to navigate around the unit

easy working
Good battery life, easy to use

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build quality

4

the included pouch could be a bit more sturdy

Very good size and construction
Build and looks

image quality

4.5

it cannot play quality videos

Quality feel
call quality

focus

5

Auto Focus Camera
Big Screen, Auto Focus Camera, 3½mm output, good layout

screen

5

Cannot re-orient display to landscape permanently
Weak display performance in direct sunlight
Tend to leave finger prints on the display screen
in 6 month you dont know if your unit is outdated when WM 6.5 or WM 7 comes out so its not a good investment

Huge 3.8-inch WVGA display
Its display has two and a half times as many pixels as the iPhone
Display
Upload to YouTube right from the device
3.8" WVGA display

3.8" WVGA display, Very good size and construction, This is the phone for document viewing
large clear display
large display
Gorgeous display promises to be infinitely appealing to a videophile
Large display screen and WVGA resolution
expansive display
expansive display, touchflo,increased RAM and ROM
Huge display
Large Screen, Large SMS / Menu Display, Quick TouchFlo Response, Improved Voice Commander, Have Everything One Needs When On The Go (except $ that is), Bundled 8GB Card
Large 3.8" and crisp 800 x 480 display
TouchFlo 3D looks quite pretty on such a big display

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design

5

Slim design
nice design
design
Super sexy design
Internet Sharing, A2DP, 5M Camera, GPS ready, FM Radio, Opera pre-installed, Accelerometer, better processor and more memory, slick and simple design, not a finger fat magnet and of course the 3.8-inch 480x800 ridiculously beautiful screen

Excellent looks
it all looks very reliable but i havent actually seen on yet
looks the beez neez
not a bad size, not to heavy in hand, looks the beez neez
looks fantastic untile it plays up
Good looking
Sleek looks
Sleek looks, great layout
but looks good
Dont know yet, but looks good
looks good
Great design
sleek design
Stylish
modern & classy design
Good looks

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remote control

1.5

Lack of Directional Control
Lack of Directional Control, especially when it comes to scrolling for Contacts or Programs, Finger Print Magnet

surprisingly easy to control for Windows Mobile

color

0.5

They should be displaying in color like the iPhone 3G
TouchFlo design needs to be updated with different colour schemes

black level

0.5

Icons are black and white

flash

0.5

Still no Flash support in Opera Mobile
it def could use a dedicated button to take the pics and it would be great to have a flash
A flash would certainly be nice
A flash would certainly be nice, but where would they put it
No LED Flash (>_<")

No LED Flash (>_<"), Don't Quite Like TouchFLO 3D
no flash
only touchscreen, no keyboard, no flash
no flash, touch flow 3D is extremly Slow & useless not practical only good for demostration, no directional keys,no upgrade path you are at HTC blessing if they want to upgrade you

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maps

5

no free GPS program good old demonoid here i come lmao

and GPS
GPS
A-GPS satellite navigation technology
you've got GPS
Good rotation features and GPS accessability

google maps
Great browsing, call quality, google maps
maps
weather
I like everything the HTC Touch HD currently offers: 3.8" big screen, HD, GPS, maps, exchange emails, fast internet browsing, weather, play MP3, video, twin cameras...Can't ask for more

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lens

5

Operating System?!

sensor

0.5

Call quality is not as clear as a regular cell phone

zoom

0.5

so you zoom in on web pages differently
No multitouch, so you zoom in on web pages differently

control panel

5

an FM radio and a media player on board

product quality

0.5

glossy front-side finish collects fingerprints

voice guidance

5

Improved Voice Commander

resolution

5

weird-ish screen resolution

high resolution screen
Has a large, high resolution screen
both resolution-wise and in terms of touch usability
screen, both resolution-wise and in terms of touch usability
Great screen resolution

and WOW the big screen with high resolution
In comparison to my O2 Flame, slightly smaller, more RAM, better resolution, more networks
high resolution
big screen, high resolution
gorgeous high resolution display with reasonably form factor
great screen size and resolution
great screen size and resolution, easy to navigate around the unit
resolution
screen, resolution, performance

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video

2

and the video performance is disappointing
The smartphone can be sluggish at times, and the video performance is disappointing
Needs a more robust built-in video player

Video Playback was excellent for me as was all other
video
Call Recording
Call Recording, Browser, Cool Games, Hand writing recognition,,the list goes on

performance

3

slow start-up
Currently, it cannot play quality videos, Weak display performance in direct sunlight, More lag in the menu compared to Touch Diamond
Some instances of lag
I would add a higher contrast and a slightly faster processor
Very slow lagging web mail (gmail

Solid performance
Excellent performance
speed of programs and internet features
big RAM & ROM and fast processor
Large screen, big RAM & ROM and fast processor

Slow-hangs and freezes - hard reset required
Slow surfing with Opera - same with Internet Explorer
The softkeys are a bit slow to respond when using to dial and hang phone calls
Processor could be a concern
I would like to see a stronger processor in this model
As with most HTC, I would like to see a stronger processor in this model
Camera and Video shutter speed too slow
GPS respond very Slow takes 3 to 4 minutes to find your location

strong bluetooth performance
Fast connections for almost everything it has onboard
fast internet browsing
fast cpu
good performance
Quick TouchFlo Response
fast response
Fast
performance
fast access to Internet

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memory

2

Small onboard memory
Package (no memory card)
and explain to me how these phones are more expensive than a decent laptop or desktop computer
Lacklustre on board memory - a common trait of HTC is a disappointment despite including a microSD slot
no huge user memory but i think that expansion slot woul do the job

Plenty of memory
great memory
Large touch screen, speed of programs and internet features, great memory
and the expandable memory option is great
Video Playback was excellent for me as was all other, and the expandable memory option is great

does not come with default huge storage area
Soo expensive, does not come with default huge storage area
memory
Qualcomm chipset, memory
no internal storage

only on computer
HUGE expandable memory availability, with a Great screen & 3D TouchFlo returns with Full Implementation
288 MB RAM
WVGA, 3.8" Screen, 288 MB RAM, 5M-Pixel CMOS
increased RAM and ROM
large RAM
Expandable Memory & Hapticts
big RAM

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menu

3

supermodel-smug TouchFLO 3D interface lurks a gang of pizza-eating geeks forcing you through thousands of miniscule menu options and then stealing all your memory
Behind HTC’s swanky, supermodel-smug TouchFLO 3D interface lurks a gang of pizza-eating geeks forcing you through thousands of miniscule menu options and then stealing all your memory
More lag in the menu compared to Touch Diamond
Call drop out

Let down by the above oversight
Large SMS / Menu Display

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