almost time for a new phone
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yep
user reviews have said the edge speeds are actually tolerable :dunno:
The Touch HD does not have US 3g bands. Good luck surfing on EDGE! 
HTC Touch Diamond 2 is pretty similar screen size plus US 3g and probably available subsidized thru the carriers. HTC Touch Pro 2 has similar screen size, plus slide out qwerty and brings back the tilting screen from the Tilt.
Otherwise if you want to go unlocked and Symbian the Nokia N97 brings will be similar slide/tilt qwerty touchscreen like the Touch Pro 2, and the Samsung OmniaHD is a similarly-spec'ed touchscreen-only phone.
I have a Tilt and I use the following apps to make it more appealing:
Google Maps - general mapping and location-based search
Live Search Mobile - like Google Maps but also does turn-by-turn navi and location-based gas prices (I used on Saturday when my gas light came on while driving from Chicago to Madison)
Opera Mobile - good browser for actually loading HTML
Skyfire - alternate browser, does Flash etc
Fring - IM & Skype client
Youtube
WM Internet Connection Sharing cab file - the unlocked HTC tethering app, better than AT&T crapware
WMwifirouter - turns the phone's data connection into a wifi hotspot (used this my whole vacation in Vegas when I didn't want to pay for the hotel's wifi)
PicoDrive - Sega Genesis emulator
Personally even though Windows Mobile is clunky, no other OS offers every single one of these options so I'm keeping my Tilt.
HTC Touch Diamond 2 is pretty similar screen size plus US 3g and probably available subsidized thru the carriers. HTC Touch Pro 2 has similar screen size, plus slide out qwerty and brings back the tilting screen from the Tilt.
Otherwise if you want to go unlocked and Symbian the Nokia N97 brings will be similar slide/tilt qwerty touchscreen like the Touch Pro 2, and the Samsung OmniaHD is a similarly-spec'ed touchscreen-only phone.
I have a Tilt and I use the following apps to make it more appealing:
Google Maps - general mapping and location-based search
Live Search Mobile - like Google Maps but also does turn-by-turn navi and location-based gas prices (I used on Saturday when my gas light came on while driving from Chicago to Madison)
Opera Mobile - good browser for actually loading HTML
Skyfire - alternate browser, does Flash etc
Fring - IM & Skype client
Youtube
WM Internet Connection Sharing cab file - the unlocked HTC tethering app, better than AT&T crapware
WMwifirouter - turns the phone's data connection into a wifi hotspot (used this my whole vacation in Vegas when I didn't want to pay for the hotel's wifi)
PicoDrive - Sega Genesis emulator
Personally even though Windows Mobile is clunky, no other OS offers every single one of these options so I'm keeping my Tilt.
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All I know is I definitely notice the difference when I attempt to do much of anything online while outside of 3g coverage. Browsing WAP pages is decent enough but anything more data-intensive (browsing regular web pages, Google Maps, Live Search, tethering, wmwifirouter, Youtube and Fring) gets pretty dicey. Some to the point of not being usable.
The Touch Diamond 2 with US 3g will be out in the not-too-distant future. It has the same screen as the Touch HD and weighs less. Spending $739 on a Touch HD, all while knowing about the Diamond 2, seems pretty foolish to me.
The Touch Diamond 2 with US 3g will be out in the not-too-distant future. It has the same screen as the Touch HD and weighs less. Spending $739 on a Touch HD, all while knowing about the Diamond 2, seems pretty foolish to me.
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the palm pre is coming out in May, but thats on sprint. HTC's new android phone is coming to t-mobile soon as the saphire or magic. those are the 2 hottest phones coming soon. the problem with the HTC phones is not the phone, its the interface. WinMo sucks