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Review – Proporta Dibber Stylus

May 10

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The Dibber

Once upon a time, touch screen devices were (gasp) new, and all came with a stylus. There was no tolerance for finger prints in those days. Alas, the iPhone came along and spoiled all that with an alternative technology – capacitive touch screens. These screens responded to electrical contact with human skin, instead of requiring pressure from a pointer as the old resistive technology required.

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HTC HD7 comparison photos

May 17

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With the expectation of fruit from Nokia’s and Microsoft’s partnership later this year, I’ve been borrowing the HTC HD7 from Steve Litchfield. The idea is to properly understand and research Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, as all of us at All About Symbian slowly adjust to the new platform. I will be writing a post very soon with my thoughts about Windows Phone 7, in its admittedly early stage of development.

In the meantime though, I wanted to give some attention to the hardware. HTC have come out with what is a somewhat conservative or ‘safe’ design. The HD7 is a fairly nondescript touch slab. There are some things to get excited about though. First of all, the brushed metal bezzle surrounding the camera, LED flash lights and speaker, doubles as a spring-loaded kick stand. I love this feature, and the angle it stands the phone at is ideal. I wish more phones had a kick stand. The kick stand is a perfect complement to the large and bright 4.3″ LCD screen.

There’ll be more on the HD7 here soon, but for now, just sit back and enjoy the the photo gallery!