HTC Mogul PPC-6800 Phone
Friday, March 12th, 2010
- Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with sliding QWERTY keyboard for easy input
- Access Sprint Mobile Broadband Network via EV-DO connectivity and connect to open Wi-Fi networks (802.11b/g)
- 2.8-inch color TFT reorients itself automatically depending on how you hold the phone
- Bluetooth connectivity for both communication headsets and music headphones; MicroSD expansion and USB connectivity
- Includes: Li-Ion Battery, AC Travel Charger and Leather Holster
Product Description
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Leave the laptop behind and stay connected and productive wherever you roam with the HTC Mogul PPC-6800 Smartphone, the newest Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition device from Sprint. The successor to the popular Sprint PPC-6700, the HTC Mogul has a surprise waiting up its sleeve: just… More >>
JanSobieski says:
March 12th, 2010
8:10 pm
I disliked this phone on so many different levels it’s nearly impossible to recount them all. First of all, the font on the screen saver is impossibly small and difficult to read. The menu wheel is not below your thumb where you’d expect it but non ergonomically placed in a very uncomfortable position by your fingers when you are holding the phone in your right hand. The Microsoft Mobile 6 seems even more cumbersome than it has ever been creating additional steps instead of simplifying navigation. Audio quality is OK, just OK. Nothing great. The slide out keyboard is much easier to use ONCE YOU DEPLOY IT, but it requires wrestling with the unit employing two hands. And the phone is BIG – very big.
There is no keypad to input your phone numbers, the phone relying entirely on the touchpad to input phone numbers. Only one problem: the touchpad does not work that well. Inputting phone numbers is a slow very deliberate process requiring that you look to confirm that the numbers were registered correctly. And did I mention: the phone is BIG – very big! I could have handled big had the phone been elegantly designed and executed. But elegant it is not.
The deficiencies of the phone would be glaringly evident no matter what the competition, but when you look at how elegantly and intuitively iPhone has implemented their smartphone you have to wonder why in the heck these folks couldn’t have developed a better phone.
I know there are people who love this phone. But trust me, they love it IN SPITE of its deficiencies. If you are looking for an elegant smartphone solution that makes intuitive sense and inspires an ah-ha! response every time you pick it up this is not your phone. If you are looking for a workhorse utilitarian phone and aren’t particularly concerned about how it is executed then MAYBE this phone will work for you.
For me it was a tedious pain in the rear and I returned it. Be very careful before you commit to this phone.
Rating: 3 / 5
Conrad B. Senior says:
March 12th, 2010
9:15 pm
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I waited for months for this product to be available. I even got it at a great price through a corporate discount–$299. There is little that I like about the phone. In fact, I can’t think of one thing I like about the phone except perhaps the challenge of a puzzle that is difficult to decode.
Phone: The keypad sucks. It is a touch device but with all the huge screen size the phone keypad is small. Also, you have to first turn on the display, it won’t come up by pressing the talk button. Next, finding phone numbers is slow and awkward. The screen shuts itself off to fast. Or if you set the time to stay on longer, the phone loses power too quickly. Next the keypad disappears when the call starts, so that you have to either touch a very small “keypad” button to bring it back up or use a stylus. I found myself using the stylus so much that I wondered at the need for the keyboard. The speaker phone works fairly well. I use it a lot. I don’t have a Bluetooth headset for this phone but consider it an essential accessory.
Stylus; I like using Palm device stylus input. But on this phone, the on-screen keyboard is useless. It is awkward to key in a text message because their are two virtual keyboard–one for the alphabet, the second for special characters and the later had the space bar and delete keys. What where they thinking? These need to be on the alphabet virtual keyboard. What this means is you have to deploy the sliding keyboard, all the time. To send a text message. I found it awkward to find the appropriate contact. It is best to press the talk button and then slide the keyboard. Funny but you can’t do it the opposite way if you want to bring up the call history. Otherwise you need to open and sort though all your contacts.
Display. I have a noticeable burn in spot in the middle of the screen. I’m not happy about that. Even if I decided to keep the phone–unlikely at present, I’ll have to address that.
Wifi. SO far I have been unable to use the Wifi. The phone defaulted to Verizon’s wireless network and I have been unable to switch that off and I want to use Wifi only. Also, it seems to always default to the slower dial up network access. I can’t claim I fully understand this function yet. Also care must be taken to prevent the unit from automatically checking email because your battery won’t last 1/2 a day if you do this.
Battery. Better get at least one more battery or have several chargers and plan on leaving it plugged in nearly all the time. Battery life is the worst I’ve ever seen. The battery should last all day but does not. I’d trade a little thickening on the size for a battery that lasts more than a few hours.
Windows OS: It sucks. I was unable to sync with Office 2003, and was only able to sync my task list with Outlook 2000. I suspect it will work fine with Outlook 2007, but I absolutely hate they way MS has screwed up what was a decent package. Basically, this alone has convinced me to return the device and buy a Palm PDA. I like the Palm task list–it makes sense while the MS task list has limitations that make it difficult to make a numbered list.
Internet access: I found my attempts to scroll, very frustrating. As the page loaded and I tried to scroll down, it would jump to the top again. Basically I feel the slowness of the loading coupled with perhaps operator error on my part made it a frustrating experience that I don’t want to repeat.
Knowing how Verizon always screws up a good thing, I have to wonder how much better this phone would operate on Sprints faster cheaper network.
The bottom line is I plan to return this phone and try the Voyager next or perhaps the newest Palm based Treo.
Rating: 2 / 5
jaystone says:
March 12th, 2010
11:31 pm
thie is a great phone and that is it. You really need a goo micro card through. Wish the battery life was longer.
Rating: 5 / 5
J. Combies says:
March 13th, 2010
2:24 am
My boss gave me this thing to do my job, and I absolutely HATE IT!
This PDA is SO BAD. No headphone port. What jackass makes a POCKET PC that’s capable of playing MP3 and intenret radio with no HEADPHONE PORT!?!
Rating: 1 / 5
Outbreak says:
March 13th, 2010
2:53 am
Save your $$$. Neither the GPS nor the Bluetooth work on this phone. It is advertised as such, but does NOT work. Sprint won’t even let me exchange this for a phone with working blutooth. They released an update 2 weeks ago, but have since removed it and suggest to people they remove that update. It cause more problems than it fixed. I’ve been round-and-round with sprint, and this is my last straw. If you don’t need bluetooth or GPS, then this phone will be good for you. I suggest some other phone.
Rating: 1 / 5