Touchscreen dillemma

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I need a new phone that supports Activesync (syncing email & calendar over GPRS).

Which phone should I get?

HTC Touch Diamond 2
HTC Touch Pro 2 (QWERTY keyboard is a +)

Nokia E75
Nokia N97

I drop my phones often so would a case protect it from damage? Or should I go for the E75 which is non-touchscreen?

What about the battery life?

Activesync & Good battery life is important. Not concerned about GPS/camera/storage etc, as this is a work phone.

Please share your experiences with the above phones.
 
I can only speak fromthe N97 perspective.

Being my first touchscreen phone, im quite impressed with its response to touch despite what I had read on the forums. Lots of nice features, but they suck the live out of the battery (heavy use - about 20 hours.....light use - just over a day and a half). I dont really like the OKI suite that comes with the phone....but it syncs and works just fine. I feel this is not a phone for the mixit generation that like number keys.......it has the qwerty keyboard and that works well for me.
 
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I can only speak fromthe N97 perspective.

Being my first touchscreen phone, im quite impressed with its response to touch despite what I had read on the forums. Lots of nice features, but they suck the live out of the battery (heavy use - about 20 hours.....light use - just over a day and a half). I dont really like the OKI suite that comes with the phone....but it syncs and works just fine. I feel this is not a phone for the mixit generation that like number keys.......it has the qwerty keyboard and that works well for me.
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Thats a bit biased mate, since it's your first touchscreen, you dont have much else to compare against.

I've had/have:
Imate Kjam,
HTC Tytn II,
Nokia 5800
and an iphone,

In terms of interface, speed, and usability, the iphone wins hands down,

in terms of lots of common out of the box features, you cant beat symbian (nokia 5800),
the two windows mobile phones were just a pain to use for me so dont even bother with that OS.

5800/n97 are great phones, but you will constantsly fight with the os to get things done, and when they slow down or freeze... :mad:

iphone has its tantrums too, apps quitting etc, but much much less than others, the only real fault with the iphone is that much of the common functionality takes a bit of know how and possibly a jailbreak to acheive..

poorly written i know, forgive the bad grammar, but i hope this helps.
 
I have a Touch Pro 2 - awesome little gadget.
If you don't mind fore-going a keyboard the Touch Diamond 2 is a good handset too

Battery life on my TP2
Last full charge: 15 July, 9pm
Standy time since: 133h 1m
Devise usage since: 11h 6m
I still have about 30% battery remaining

As for dropping it, I wouldn't know LOL
My baby stays in the leather pouch that it came shipped with. What I have noticed is that it comes pre-installed with some protective gear - the back panel is nicely fitted with a clear plastic film. I've had the phone for over two weeks and only noticed it today because, while doing research on an InvisibleShield, I read on xda that it had one :p
I will be investing in some of sort of screen protector to keep it pretty - the handset is quite big as it is and the pouch adds a lot of bulk.
The device does feel really solid though, not flimsy at all. I imagine it could survive a few falls, but oh how the thought makes my heart tremble!

I did comment on a few other goodies in my thread here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=182555
 
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Actually, I too had an Imate K-jam. i dont even count that as a touch screen phone cos it was sooo cr@p and never worked properly.
I played a bit on a IPhone.....while its very good i still felt i was missing stuff. Granted newer generations have come to the party.
I had some lockups on the N97 before the upgade (about 4 in 2 days)....but since the upgade no lockups.
 
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With Activesync being such an important requirement for you - and easy typing therefore also important (e-mails) - I recommend the Touch Pro 2.

I have an Nokia E90 and sync'ing my diary with my company's Exchange Server has always been problematic (using Nokia's Mail for Exchange). The e-mail works well but not the diary. The guys/girls using WinMo phones have no problems at all (works great). I found a product called RoadSync for the E90 that does everything very well, but it's expensive. Out of the box the WinMo devices do Microsoft Exhange better in my experience. Nokia claims the E75 does e-mail brilliantly, so I must then assume they got everything sync'ing properly with Exchange, including diaries.
 
HTC Touch Diamond 2


my upgrade next upgrade form a HTC S310 (I could never live without those windows mobile 6.1 features)
 
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