Comments on: Are MID-Phones Too Big to be Buddies?

By: Terri Trevino

Terri Trevino — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:24:46 +0000

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By: Colette Spears

Colette Spears — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:27:42 +0000

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By: Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Steve 'Chippy' Paine — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:22 +0000

@c_davies My problem with the HTC HD2 – http://bit.ly/1PNaNw

By: animatio

animatio — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:02:31 +0000

for most people this size is to big. i do not speak of geeks, techies, some business people or fashion geeks. actually, chippy you adressed the main point: the dilemma of size and resolution. as today’s websites mostly are designed for screen sizes around 1200×800 (a foolish move anyway, considering there are still a lot of devices with smaller screen sizes around and will continue to be) this paradox will continue to exist and can’t be resolved.
this is one of the main reasons why i personally carry a combo of pda/smartphone and small 9 inch netbook.

By: gadgety

gadgety — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:02:37 +0000

4.1 screen, 4.3 screen. Both will work as long as the bezel is small or non existent. My trousers have large pockets, as do my jackets. No problem. I will never hold it up to my ear to talk, but rather use a BT earpiece. With one of those BT watches I could get all the necessary notifications (see smartmadsoft.com), vibration for incoming calls, call reject, sms:s etc. Only whip out the 4.3 phone when I needed som screen real estate or to type messages.

By: apa7714

apa7714 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:47:41 +0000

I think 4 to 5 inches would work out great as a smart phone…depending on the thickness. If it’s too bulky then a 4″ is fine. Holding the phone to your head to talk might be cumbersome…but that’s what headsets are for. I use my BT headset all day and haven’t put the phone to my ear i a long time. If you keep getting smaller devices the touch interface would suck. Also besides from texting and talking I wouldn’t get much done with a screen smaller than 3.5″.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:23:26 +0000

I had a similar discussion with myself. After I bought several netbooks I choose for the following: for my desk a normall big screen desktop, a windows mobile phone that fits in my pocket (with a good camera) and an always ‘on’ smartbook for when I am sitting on the bank or travelling. The smartbook must be light and it must work at least 8 hours.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:01:03 +0000

If only the Mondi had GSM/UMTS and Android (or Ubuntu, or Maemo, or Mer).

But WiMax is useless, right now, where I am … and I’d never buy ANY WinMo device.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:58:43 +0000

Supposedly, the N900, which will be a Maemo phone (though, with a 3.5-ish” screen) will be out in early September.

By: Phen0m

Phen0m — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:32:16 +0000

No prob Chippy! And I personally agree w/the poster beneath me that 4-4.3″ is the sweetspot for a mobile convergence device. This day and age phones can be bigger imo, as long as they arent bulky and heavy as devices of years past..
Todays large displays phoneclass mid’s are very sleek, and at least imo.. not that heavy. I recently purchased the Samsung Mondi, and think this would be great as a cellular device if it had a tinnnnny bit less width..i feel similarly about the N810, and the HTC universal(which is actually a phone/pda.)

By: Knusperkeks

Knusperkeks — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:18:13 +0000

In my oppinion, the best size for high-end-phones is 3.6-3.8″. You can use such a device quite nice even with your fingers and put it in your pocket, too!
Phones like the TG01 are in my oppinion not big enough for nice surfing but too big to carry it in my pockets!

By: alese

alese — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:52:43 +0000

I think 4.1″ is a bit too big for a 24/7 phone but I don’t believe that 3.5″ HVGA is better than for example 3.6″ WVGA screen for actual usage.
The main problem I have with iPhone and also Android phones is the low resolution – it’s just not usable for comfortable browsing (and yes I have tried both). I have HTC Diamond with 2.8″ VGA screen and browsing is usable but not as nice as on my 5″ VGA screened Advantage (which is too big to be carried around as a phone of course).
I’m hoping that devices like TouchPro2 / OmniaPRO with 3.6″ WVGA display will be just right for me to use it as a main phone and as a MID.
After a year of using two devices, Diamond (Phone) and Advantage (MID) I would like to simplify my life and reduce my devices to just one for daily use…

By: focus

focus — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:48:59 +0000

Even iphone is too big!I look forward to the iphone nano!
For everything else there is the UMPC-MID.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:47:27 +0000

This is the battle between Intel and Arm. I look forward to the outcome.

Beltclip, how big of a device can you carry on your belt? Think of a gun in the old west. A 5 inch screen should be easy to carry on the outside.

Speakerphone or headset, both options are very workable. A longer device, but not wider would look good as well.

What some of us are trying to say is, tweener size is not an issue. Bring them on. Cortex and Moorestown prefered. Thanks.

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:44:29 +0000

I think it’s heavy for a phone, it’s really OK for a MID. I have the n800 after all and i carry it a lot but not all the time. Phone contracts, at least in the US cost a lot and that can make it even harder to buy. I’d rather just keep a MID and a phone on the side…but maybe I’m minority in here.