Comments on: Sprint’s HTC Touch review [update]

By: jessee

jessee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:02:09 +0000

Alright well right now I have the rumor and there’s nothing wrong with it but since the Touch is only 20$ I’m kinds looking at it. But the problem is I don’t have Internet and I don’t think I will be getting it, should I still get this phone even though I won’t have Internet ?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:46:01 +0000

why nomore? nyou stopped lovin it

By: BJ

BJ — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:14:45 +0000

There is a law on the books that when your contract is up, a cell phone company has to give you the ability to unlock your phone.

I realize this doesn’t necessarily answer your question, but if you cancel after your contract is up in theory you can unlock the phone and use the WiFi feature without having a Sprint account.

At least I hope so, because I have a WiFi phone and plan on canceling my Sprint account and I hope they don’t disable my WiFi capability. But you never know these days with everything locked down and proprietary.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:59:00 +0000

i am on the ntelos network(local wireless company, $40 for u limited everything and works great) i have recently purchased the lg 260…AKA the lg rumor. the lg has bugs and viruses, and im interested in purchasing this, but the customer support say that its only touch screen so if it were to break i couldnt use it, but i would get the insurance…anyways, since it has windows media player, which is great, is it worth selling my ipod touch to purchase this? how long does the battery last? oh and i have read that it has wifi!? ive heard mixed answers…so i want the real one! anyways…is it difficult to use, like texting, adding contact, calling/dialing?thanx so much for your review!im deffinenlty shelling out $250 for it!

By: kaylo

kaylo — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:08:37 +0000

This phone can be versatile but the durability is poor.Everytime it is dropped the back falls off and battery comes out. Much of the silver color has already come off.The battery life is very poor mine never lasts a day with full usage and I keep my screen on the lowest brightness.It also calls people when I leave it in my purse I guess do to the touch screen.The internet on it is very good though and the “cube” can be handy but I will probably never purchase a touch screen phone again.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:45:17 +0000

I have to agree with Ashley. I am both frustrated and disappointed with this phone. Everything you said happened to me as well. I am glad to see that you were able to change phones. I have had mine for only 2 months and I am going into the sprint office tommorrow to get a different phone.

By: Francois

Francois — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:44:57 +0000

Sprint HTC touch’s new firmware update adds GPS to the bundle.

By: vince

vince — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:19:03 +0000

does this htc touch need a data plan like internet and other stuff like tv and navigation? or can i just have a simple plan with talk and text?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:04:36 +0000

I’m not sure how much sprint paid you to do this review, but I had this phone and it was such a disappointment. The keyboard is cramped. The battery-life is very low. I only had the phone for about 6 months before switching to a new phone. The battery wouldn’t even last a full day. Also there were lots of glitches. I had to exchange my first Touch within the first week. The second Touch I had froze up and wouldn’t receive phone calls. I called Sprint and a rep said this phone has to be reset often because it is more of a computer. She said I would have to turn off the phone and remove the battery when I noticed I wasn’t receiving calls. Sounds like Sprint needs to get the kinks worked out before it tries to compete with the iPhone. Overall, I was very disappointed, and I don’t recommed this phone at all.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:40:33 +0000

I have this phone and all I can say is it was a waste of my money. Its slow and freezes. It shuts off and all I want now is an IPhone. I am done with Microsoft.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:04:34 +0000

hi there,
Currently using o2 Zinc XDA its always hang ,very frurstrating thought of switching to HTC TOUCH .Pls advise

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:21:43 +0000

HEY, I LOVE THIS PHONE. IT DOES (ALMOST) EVERYTHING I NEED IT TO DO. IF ANYONE CAN FIND A WAY FOR ME TO MAKE THIS PHONE STREAM INTERNET RADIO AND WATCH YOU TUBE VIDEO’S PLEASE LET ME KNOW THOSE ARE THE ONLY 2 THINGS I NEED IT TO DO , CAUSE OTHER THAN THAT THE PHONE I GREAT …THE EXCEL WORKS PERFECT FOR ME AND ALL THE OTHER FEATURES I DO LOVE THIS PHONE. SO IF ANYONE OUT THAN CAN HELP ME WITH THIS .. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.. THANKS..OH ONE MORE THING NEEDS A LONGER LASTING BATTERY AND A FLASH TO MAKE IT PERFECT..

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:43:01 +0000

I have the touch and it is ok. Since the guy up top gives you the pros I am going to give you the cons…
I was really ticked off about the GPS navigation not being an option. I was told by both the sprint store that I purchased it from as well as sprint customer service that it had GPS but they were both wrong.
Good luck dialing a number in the day light cause you can’t see the screen.
Sprint’s scrolling music not available on this phone, again contrary to what the store and sprint them selves said.
And the camera is about useless if you are not in a very well lit atmosphere
It is a pain to send a picture msg. you have to have the other persons MMS email address for their phone.

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:24:51 +0000

ive had my touch for a few months and anytime i talk for more then a few min my phone heats up alot is there anything i can do about it is it a manufacturers defect or do i just have to deal with it

By: alex jb

alex jb — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:18:45 +0000

I heard on another PPC chat site that the gps update is canceled after how much trouble they had getting the update out for the mogul.
I hope not, I’m loving the sprint touch I just got, GPS would make it better, decent battery life would make it perfect!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:54:26 +0000

So much for the GPS unlock during the first quarter. Any one hear the new theory on the update that will unlock the GPS?

By: EG

EG — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:03:36 +0000

If this phone is so great, then Sprint would make a lot more money if they would just keep the Wi-fi enabled like that other phone. But Sprint will just keep losing hundreds of thousands of customers each quarter.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:21:53 +0000

Does this phone use anytype of “graffiti” or “jot” input?

By: curtis

curtis — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:28:53 +0000

Reading this review of the HTC Touch was very helpful and the comments following the review lead me to buy one. Thank you all for your great input on the phone and to help point out the great features this phone as to offer.

By: jrichardson

jrichardson — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:33:16 +0000

i think you are comparing the non sprint version of the touch. it is a 400mhz