Thunderbolt: The phone after your dream phone?

Hello fellow cellphonetechies! I just want to go ahead and admit: I have a problem. I am addicted to new phones. That's right. I got a new Droid X in August of 2010 and since December I have been contemplating on getting a new phone. One of the phones I have recently looked into is the HTC Thunderbolt. Ever since the HTC EVO came out I always wanted one due to the excellent reviews on other sites such as phonearena.com. It rated great for overall performance so I was always very interested, the problem was I have Verizon Wireless. I wouldn't call it a bad thing but let's just say I can make phone calls 99.9% of the time. Since I am a techie I am blessed to be able to work with people around me that have similar interests.

Two if my coworkers have an HTC EVO on Sprint service. Each of them hardly ever have their phone wi them because their phone is not wireless because of the demand they have to charge it as often as they can. So let's face it the battery life SUCKS but me being the geek I am I bypassed that potential problem. When I began to hear rumors of the new HTC Thunderbolt coming out I thought my prayers were answered, an EVO for Verizon. So it was announced as the first 4G phone coming to Verizon in January. It was advertised as the big and bad. By February we all began to hear rumors from various phone reporters about release dates. The dates began to get pushed farther and farther back. This concerned me and it also concerned the Android community. Later It was discussed that HTC was working through "issues" on battery life with the device. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Bad thing is users might encounter the same battery life issues the HTC EVO has but the good thing is Verizon makes sure every device is thoroughly tested before it is announced and released to the public.

Yesterday the HTC Thunderbolt was officially released with Verizon and Retailers. Meanwhile I wait around for a big in depth review on the battery life and the phone overall. The first things I find is the 4G speeds. Ok, that's great but tell me more about the phone. Still no in depth reviews but one thing that turned me off to it. Phonearena.com did a speed test using a 4G service on the Thunderbolt and 3G service n the Motorola Droid X. Guess who won? Not who you think. The Motorola Droid X was slightly faster in rendering pages compared to the Thunderbolt. Big disappointment. So those of you thinking about one. Think carefully, I'm sure it's a fine phone but it has slow 4G and it IS 2011. This would have been great last year where dual core processor phones were not on the rise. I'll keep an eye out on the Thunderbolt. If I find a goof in depth review, I will be sure to let you all know.


-Shante' Stallings
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HTC Still Touchin'?

When I first saw this phone I thought, it's about time! Who likes using a touch screen all day? Well......there are some.......The HTC Touch Dual supports the touch screen AND the sliding keyboard. Although the Dual is still small, of course it will be thicker but it's no biggie. The Dual is a GSM version (damn it!). For it to be a GSM phone, it sure does have some pretty low talk time. I mean...... 3 hours MAX! Still supporting the Windows 6.0 or 6.1, Dual may still have some of the bugs that the OS (Operating System) may have had inprevious versions. I am a fan of big screens and I feel that it is great when you want to take pictures, watch movies, etc.

My main isue with touch scren phones is if you want to dial with one hand like with driving. Plus the numbers are alligned sorta like a regular phone so dial with your eyes closed (just not while driving). What some may not like is if they are spoiled with their QWERTY boards, then they may shy away from this product but who knows? I went from QWERTY to SureType. Their keyboard is sorta like the Samsung's Blast keyboard. This has a 400 MHz processor as opposed to the original HTC Touch, 200 MHz processor. Hopefully consumers will receive a little less lagging as far functionality goes.

That is it for the HTC Touch Dual! There is no official release date for it yet but rumors are that it may be October or November. I think HTC did a great job in making ths decision.