Hermes Reviews in the Wild

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Hermes Reviews in the Wild

Posted on 07 October 2006, at 12:31 pm, by Judie Lipsett

Put a device in the hands of a Mobian, and the reviews will commence!

Girls gone mobile has posted a very comprehensive review on the HTC Hermes / Dopod 838 Pro. Be sure to get a cup of coffee and a couple of cookies - this review is long with lots of eye-candy pictures! Read it here.

I did a quick search to see if there were other�reviews, and sure enough, fellow Mobian Arne Hess’s site, the::unwired, had�an�early look at the Hermes�in July! Read it here. Arne’s review is not Dopod specific, as his unit was branded XDA, but the hardware should be essentially the same.

I also found fellow Mobian Paul O’Brien�of MoDaCo’s review of the Hermes (branded Orange SPV M3100). Read it here.

Have you seen any other reviews? Post the links here - I am sure that they’ll be enjoyed by other readers.

Got your snacks? Get reading! And have a wonderful weekend!!

Tags | Arne Hess, Diary Entries, Judie Lipsett, Paul O'Brien, PPC / Windows Mobile Professional Devices

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4 Comments For This Post

MitchellO Says:
October 7th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
Interesting how they changed the design of the Hermes to include the Start/OK buttons. A change for the better. Would make one handed use much easier.

Do you find yourself using the device one handed Judie?
Judie Says:
October 7th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
Mitchell, the Hermes is very easy to use one-handed - even for someone like me that is conditioned to use two for non-phone functions.

The clickable thumbwheel and all of the additional buttons make a major difference in my opinion. I never had it this easy with the HTC Apache / PPC-6700.
MitchellO Says:
October 7th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
Yeah the Wizard was similar. Good but not great. I actually dropped my Wizard once using it one-handed (caseless no less) and believe me, I thought twice before doing it again.

I am eagerly looking at 3’s phones page every day hoping that they will finally release the dopod 838 Pro. I will wait until your giveaway is over of course.

Cheers!! Considering how long your blog has been going, it is doing great!
Judie Says:
October 7th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Ha - yah, tonight marks one week…it’s hard to believe! Needless to say, I really appreciate evryone’s support.

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