Comments on: The Herald Return of The H/PC – Review of the HTC Advantage X7510 Part 2 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/22/the-herald-return-of-the-hpc-review-of-the-htc-advantage-x7510-part-2/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alesehttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/22/the-herald-return-of-the-hpc-review-of-the-htc-advantage-x7510-part-2/#comment-39314 alese Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:02:56 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=9966#comment-39314 I have my 7500 for about a month now (bought it from E-bay for a bit less than 400 EUR) as a replacement for my broken Everun UMPC. So far I have to say I just love it - with data SIM in and with custom ROM (set at 128 DPI) it's a great micro PC / MID. Opera beta works really nice for mobile browsing - big VGA screen helps as well :-) I also use it quite a lot as my mail/"outlook" device, with FlexMail and Pocket Informant installed and both working great on VGA I almost don't need my work PC for that anymore... My issues are similar to yours - video playback should/could be better and my "personal" problem - USB host doesn't work with USB HardDrives - which is annoying, but I'm getting 8GB USB Flash stick to solve that... I have my 7500 for about a month now (bought it from E-bay for a bit less than 400 EUR) as a replacement for my broken Everun UMPC.

So far I have to say I just love it – with data SIM in and with custom ROM (set at 128 DPI) it’s a great micro PC / MID.
Opera beta works really nice for mobile browsing – big VGA screen helps as well :-)
I also use it quite a lot as my mail/”outlook” device, with FlexMail and Pocket Informant installed and both working great on VGA I almost don’t need my work PC for that anymore…
My issues are similar to yours – video playback should/could be better and my “personal” problem – USB host doesn’t work with USB HardDrives – which is annoying, but I’m getting 8GB USB Flash stick to solve that…

]]> By: Clinton Fitchhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/22/the-herald-return-of-the-hpc-review-of-the-htc-advantage-x7510-part-2/#comment-39201 Clinton Fitch Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:56:25 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=9966#comment-39201 Chris, I think the main reason behind the price difference is the fact the 7510 has a 16GB flash drive. Just doing a quick Google search show those being over $300. There's your difference. Chris, I think the main reason behind the price difference is the fact the 7510 has a 16GB flash drive. Just doing a quick Google search show those being over $300. There’s your difference.

]]> By: Christopher Gavulahttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/08/22/the-herald-return-of-the-hpc-review-of-the-htc-advantage-x7510-part-2/#comment-39193 Christopher Gavula Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:27:39 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=9966#comment-39193 Any idea why this device is retailing at $300 + more than the 7500/7501 (even before this was released)? I really like this device - the size, the display, all of it is ideal for my use except the price. If it was in the $800 range, as the 7500/7501 was, I'd be more inclined to go for it. Of course now that the HTC Touch Diamond (unsubsidized) is in the $750 range and the Touch Pro is in the $900+ range this seems almost reasonable. Hmmm. Any idea why this device is retailing at $300 + more than the 7500/7501 (even before this was released)?

I really like this device – the size, the display, all of it is ideal for my use except the price. If it was in the $800 range, as the 7500/7501 was, I’d be more inclined to go for it. Of course now that the HTC Touch Diamond (unsubsidized) is in the $750 range and the Touch Pro is in the $900+ range this seems almost reasonable. Hmmm.

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