Do I Get A Touch Dual? (ex-Kaiser user)

[dan13l]

Hi All,

Just wondering what the collective thoughts are of our Niki users...

My Kaiser is now on ebay, as I've lost my patience with it. So the search is on for a replacement WM6 device.

I've fallen back to my old original Touch (elf) and am really enjoying using the device again. Not physical input mechanism bugs me, so the Dual seemed like a good upgrade.

But some of the bugs posted on this forum have put me off. I know I could Hard SPL the device when I get it and flash Tom Codon's rom, which would solve some problems, but I want to try to get out of the rom flashing nightmare that owning a Kaiser's become.

Any thoughts appreciated. Are you all still in love with your Touch Duals? Or should I avoid...?

Cheers.

[Johnston411]

I've got both and the niki is great (it has become my primary device) . The form factor is well thought out and with Tom Codons rom on it's an awesome device.

I miss the kaisers qwerty keyboard for texting sometimes but i think thats just because i'm getting used to t9 again.

I would say get one and try it for the weeks grace you get from most places and make up your own mind.

I bet you don't return it. :D

[sackbauer]

... i have my p5520 for almost one month and i love it.

things i am wondering :

1.) slider mechanism - will there be spareparts available in case mechanism gets weak due to heavy use ?

2.) scratched touch surface - on my old trinity there was space enough to put some display protection things on it .. on the nike touch surface is flat to the housing - so any display protection will be higher than the housing of the device.

3.) wifi and gps


at the end of the day i am sure that all software related things will be solved sooner or later ..

my 2 cents

cheers

[jvieira]

suppose this might be helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361548

[ekksman]

I came from a hermes to a touch dual and have no complaints at all - have had no faults on software or hardware - just miss the keyboard - takes a while to get used to typing a long email.

[jeremymacmull]

I came from a Hermes to a touch dual as well.

As man its fantastic. Really really happy with it so far miss the keyboard but the Xt9 is pretty good and you get used to it pretty quickly would recommend it any day.

Of course some tweaks had to be done first I would recommend the battery tweak on this forum as it really works

I have a mini review on here for my first 72 hrs of use have a read username same as here

http://www.modaco.com/content-page/262284/T-Mobile-to-launch-Touch-Dual-as-Touch-Plus/page/80/

Jeremy

[cdyat]

Just moved from hermes to niki too. Dont miss the wifi at all, didnt realise until i changed how little I used it. the processor seems much fatser with the tomtom6 than on the old unit and the form factor is just so much more usable. The only thing I miss is an ok button but its really not that big an issue

[mobilecat]

I am also looking at giving up my vario2 for one of these and I never use my wifi now I have unlimited data on my tarif - there is not much point - the difference in speed is minimal and I can't be bothered switching about all the time. I leave the wifi off.

I was wondering the same about the keys though. I popped into a shop today to have a feel of the phone in real life and teh keys felt very flimsy - like they wouldnt survie a heavy use and 18 month contract.

[ekksman]

I am also looking at giving up my vario2 for one of these and I never use my wifi now I have unlimited data on my tarif - there is not much point - the difference in speed is minimal and I can't be bothered switching about all the time. I leave the wifi off.

I was wondering the same about the keys though. I popped into a shop today to have a feel of the phone in real life and teh keys felt very flimsy - like they wouldnt survie a heavy use and 18 month contract.

I hardly ever use the slide out pad to be honest i use the touch on screen pad which has taken a while to get used to but have mastered it using 1 thumb - but apart from all that a great device makes a big difference not rushing around searching for a usb or a charger like i used to with my hermes and performing numerous soft resets.

[cdyat]

I hardly ever use the slide out pad to be honest i use the touch on screen pad which has taken a while to get used to but have mastered it using 1 thumb - but apart from all that a great device makes a big difference not rushing around searching for a usb or a charger like i used to with my hermes and performing numerous soft resets.

I have to agree - this is the most stable windows mobile platform I have ever had (been using windows CE in some version or other for 10 years\)

The key pad is pretty robust and seems much more usable than the rather temperamental pad on my hermes. All round really impressed