The topic of this post has been one that I personally have been looking forward to find out for sometime. Over at WMExperts, they’ve published a well written detailed comparison of these two phones. The verdict?
Well, in general the HTC Touch does seem to be more of a phone that suits businessmen, people who really need a handheld for work purposes, for organisation. While both phones deliver about the same functionality, such as Wifi, bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera and of course a screen with unique finger touch-flow capability.
On the other hand the iPhone gains its merits particularly in the field of entertainment, of course the iPhone wouldn’t be half as popular as it is now if iPod hadn’t existed and having iPod integrated within the iPhone is certainly the most attractive feature to many… But I’m also attracted to the fact that it doesn’t use Windows Mobile (proves I’m kind of bias myself!) and uses Safari instead of IE to surf the net! In addition to that the iPhone has just got an absolutely @#$%^&* amazing clear screen, the iPhone is also slightly thinner than the Touch by the way.
More on what we think after the break…
Ever imagined what the future of Google would be like? This might give you some clue… Here’s the winner of a recent Photoshop contest by Fark.com, the theme of the contest was “Google 15 years in the future”, enjoy! 
[via MakeUseOf.com]
This is just some press news we have been receiving today that as expected, Sony Ericsson’s number one candidate in the combat against the iPhone is expected to begin shipment just about…now! The press does say that the phones will be shipped from November 2007.
The Sony Ericsson W960i has been said to be a “a potent combination of slim UMTS and Wi-Fi? enabled phone with high performance media player”. It has a touch screen too! For more info, please check out our split W960i review which was posted along with a short demo video showing what exactly it will be like and why it’s been expected to be such a rival for the iPhone.
Meanwhile if you’re interested, read the full press here…
There is now a new Firefox extension called Gspace which allows you to use your Gmail effectively as an online file storage system in addition to its incredible email service. Because it’s a Firefox extension, all you need to already have is a Gmail account, Firefox and the new extension, you won’t need any extra software or application to manage files when uploading or downloading your documents.
Gspace is really simple to use and like most Firefox extensions, takes no more than two steps to install…
Steve Jobs has commented that he will not tolerate emerging sites like iphoneSimFree and HamGo.com …etc… from continuing to breach the Apple iPhone’s sim lock. With increasing number of service providers, companies and carriers in different countries now offering the iPhone for sale, Apple obviously has the duty to protect the right of those companies involved while at the same time not let Apple’s fame drift further away and become overwhelmed by more emerging iPhone hackers across the globe…
With the UK and countries from the EU like France and Germany beginning to prepare for iPhone launch, is unlocking your iPhone really a smart choice? While this may be for those who have no intention of using iPhone’s bundled services and strictly just want the phone. For future users like those in the UK may not want to choose to unlock their iPhones because these hacks may possibly disable specific functions that only serve to work on that specific carrier. In other words, unlocked iPhones may loose access to many of the pre-existing services that have been built into existing tariffs in the first place.
Some have also commented that wasting money on unlocking your iPhone may not be very clever, as Steve Jobs has already realised his plans to crack unlocking hacks, Apple could easily package clever ‘cracks’ which would ‘reverse’ sim unlocking hacks and incorporate them into future iPhone updates and service packs. After all, purchasing a crack to unlock the sim lock on your iPhone is in a way like using an illegal version Microsoft Windows. Without a valid Windows CD-key, you won’t be able to run Windows Update successfully, so do you then not run it and just leave it? Or do you find further hacks for your system to hide the fact that your Windows is illegal?
At the end of the day, its just like the situation of unlocking your iPhone, everything just keeps on repeating itself, I don’t see anyone winning this battle. But maybe not getting your iPhone unlocked will save you all the hassle that was entirely unnecessary in the first place!
There have been rumours recently that Gmail may soon be ‘going’ offline! By that… we don’t actually mean Gmail is about to collapse, why should it?
Google Mail which currently offers their users up to 2.9 Gb of mail space has indeed been one of the most popular emerging webmail services. In order to boost its popularity to the next level, Gmail is now exploring the possibility of allowing users to check their email without being connected to the internet. Precisely how this will work is still uncertain and much of this news is just being spred round. However, there is info that Google has already developed a software for this new service, therefore users will be able to read messages from their inbox, archive, etc…and manage their account completely ‘offline’!?
[via Gadgetell]
Ok, I’d hate to blog any bad news about the iPhone, especially just after having written a post celebrating the iPhone’s unlock. But this is actually quite serious, as you may already know, the iPhone is not like any other cell phone / mobile phone… the batteries do not pop out when it falls on the floor, the casing does not fall apart everywhere like you would expect with a normal cell phone (like the picture to the left), at least not usually.
This is what makes it so unique, however, in return there is a price to pay. Because the iPhone’s battery cannot be taken out and replaced by a new one, its quite obvious that your iPhone’s unique power source will die someday and along with it goes your iPhone…
To ‘help’ you prepare for this holy day, PCMAG has created an iPhone Death Watch. Given that your iPhone’s every functionality depends heavily on its battery, it was actually quite simple to setup a formula to calculate when exactly in terms of ‘after how many charges’ your iPhone will hit the bin.
Read on after the jump…
