Asus Glaxy 7 gets manhandled for your viewing pleasure
Ahh Mobile-Review; we love that they take a million pics with each of their reviews since we can’t understand a word they say. Who needs to understand it anyway? We’re happy just sitting back, relaxing and taking in all the phone pr0n. This time around, the upcoming Glaxy 7 from Asus gets the hands-on treatment and we have to say – for yet another Windows Mobile handset with an all-too familiar form factor, we’re kind of digging it. The build is reportedly quite solid (mmm, metal and pleather), the responsiveness is spry and the spiced up Glide UI is a welcome facade. Don’t get us wrong, we love TouchFLO 3D but it’s nice to see something new thrown into the mix in an effort to make the user experience less, err, Windows Mobiley. On the down side, the 800 MHz processor that the Glaxy 7 was rumored to house is nowhere to be found. Instead, a 528 MHz Qualcom MS7200A processor makes the handset tick and puts its performance and speed on par with like models. In any event, it’s a solid showing from Asus and while we won’t exactly be jumping out of our seats to snag one we also probably wouldn’t kick it out of bed.
[Via wmpoweruser]
Windows Mobile is an epic fail, therefore Asus has already failed.
Navigating WinMob my BB Curve’s trackball… creepy
^ HATERS!
my omnia is sweeeet!
While we can kind of blame iPhone for the form factor…
Really, what more can be done with a touch screen device? It’s probably going to be rectangular, fit in your palm and covered with glass.
Not much more you can do – other than the back and/or sides…
For awhile, I think this is the form factor we are going to have – we should get used to it.
@Dick Ward: For an epic fail it’s sure been doing what I need it to do for a while. Keeps my calendar, email, contacts and tasks synced to the phone at all times over the air. Lets me get GPS directions with TomTom, Google, Live, etc. Lets me listen to streaming shoutcast and Pandora wherever I am. Lets me browse the web. Not sure how that is an epic fail when it has been doing all that for me for the past year and a half. Oh, right, it’s not pretty all the time. I guess to some folks it’s more important how you look. I prefer versatility any day.
@neodorian
I Hear you on WinMo. I was a long time WinMo user also and it worked as advertised. Yeah, WinMo phones don’t look all “pretty” like the “vowel” phone, but has many more applications and is well supported.
I have myself a G1 now, and I hear the same criticisms about looks etc. The “vowel” phone wasn’t perfect out of the box either and still needs work.
Don’t let the “pretty” phone people get you down.
BB Pearl trackball anyone?
Let’s try “Galaxy”.
@JL: I was really tempted to get a G1 because it kept the slider QWERTY I love but added a better screen and a new OS. Unfortunately it is missing a few things I use regularly so hopefully later devices make that up. I need full Exchange sync (calendar, tasks, contacts, email), a working GPS (the G1 I tested had me across town regardless of GPS settings), and streaming radio (ie: shoutcast and Pandora) if I’m to switch from WM. The day Android gets these things either out of the box or via apps I will probably get an Android device.