Comments on: Huawei announces U8230 and C8000 smartphones

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:10 +0000

I realy like the Android device. This is what the first Android device should have looked like. I have a G1 and the screen is a little too small for Android. I think this phone would be very very successful in the US.

By: iDavey

iDavey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:47:14 +0000

Really?

I don’t think the U8230 will be “getting lost”
That phone is beautiful. I was hoping for the former design http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/images/news/huawei_android_1.jpg But I actually like the metal look better.

I can’t wait. Prays it goes to Tmobile or else I’m buying unlocked

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:36:20 +0000

That Android device is sexy. Makes the mytouch look decent at best.

By: Agent

Agent — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:24:56 +0000

An Android phone with a 3.5 inch is not “destined to get lost” unless it’s seriously deficient somehow. That does not appear to be the case.

By: semicoln

semicoln — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:14:12 +0000

It is so wonderful that Asia and Europe will be getting YET ANOTHER Android device…

By: Deaconclgi

Deaconclgi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:06:26 +0000

The funny thing is, or atleast to me, almost all new win-mo phones has some type of UI band-aid applied. Microsoft achieved what it set out to do, make a mobile version of of windows, with a start menu, same file system and so forth. At the beginning (before major competition and another way to do mobile smartphone UIs), it was great, now it seems like every manufacturer is saying “we want your compatiblity but not your UI”. It is funny. WinMo is supposed to look and behave just like the PC Windows. Consumers are forcing it to look nothing like Windows.

MS should change the name from WinMo to something else because the OS is looking less like Windows on every new device.

I also find it funny how people bash WinMo yet some of them download themes, shells and other programs to give them a Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 look, feel and structure on their non-windows phones……but hate the real mobile version of Windows.

I feel that WinMo is clunky (make fun of my daughter’s Wing all the time), but so is my PC Windows IF I compare it to a flashy Touch based PC UI or GUI.

I think MS should migrate WinMo back to the PocketPC arena in which it came from and develope a Mobile Phone OS from the ground up with the present-day needs of consumers in mind. Hey, but who am I?

By: wallyson

wallyson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:04 +0000

Good looking design on the left.

By: Joe the Plumber

Joe the Plumber — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:15:34 +0000

the U8230 reminds of a keyboard less touch pro2
which is good

By: tande04

tande04 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:55:59 +0000

Yeah, I think you got it backwards.

The one on the right is the android device.

By: ybandg

ybandg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:54:52 +0000

Wish you could edit comments.. this is probably the best looking Android device rumored so far and has the biggest screen. Digging the trackball too. Curious to where the home button is as many others are, but I’m sure this isn’t the final version. Either way.. we have a new contender!

By: ybandg

ybandg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:49:27 +0000

@BGR

PandaBarr is right.. You’ve flipped them. The U8230 Android is on the right w/ the 3.5″ screen. The Black HTC Touch-esque model is the WinMo. Lots of other sites reporting this.. fix it!

By: X

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:37:17 +0000

…but will they blend?

By: jpg

jpg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:33:13 +0000

six to eight hours isn’t bad, in fact, it’s pretty good. still, it’s not long enough for my transatlantic flights.

By: PandaBarr

PandaBarr — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:31:52 +0000

Interesting… by the looks of the photo I would have imagined the one on the right to be the Android powered device, rather than the one on the left. Though I guess if you put WinMo on the left one you’d basically have the HTC Touch all over again.