HTC S730 Windows Mobile 6.0 Smartphone (Unlocked) Brand Type Form factor Slide Network GSM Network GPRS, GSM, Edge, UMTS (3G), HSDPA (3G) Service 900, 1800, 1900, 850 Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0, v2.0 with A2DP Wi-Fi (WLAN) Yes USB yes Fax / Data yes Display Main Display Color TFT Color Display 65.536 colors Resolution 240×320 pixels Memory Internal Memory 256MB Storage Types MicroSD External memory (UPTO) yes Memory slots 1 Basic Battery Lithium Ion 1050 mAh Standby time 290 hours Talk time 5 hours Call Vibrate alert yes Ringtones MP3, Polyfone Camera Camera yes Megapixels 2.0 megapixels Maximum photo resolution 1600×1200 pixels Digital zoom 4x Recording video yes Second (front) camera yes Entertainment Java yes Audio player AAC, eAAC, MP3 Video player MPEG4, 3GP Features Add ringtones yes Organiser Calculator, Calendar, Reminders, Currency converter Video call yes Other features Built-in handsfree Format Weight 4.2 oz. Messaging SMS yes MMS yes T9 text function yes E-mail YES Internet browsing yes
Customer Review: Nice Utility Phone!
Go Windows mobile!! Works fine for day-to-day usage – phone/calendar/email/notes. Weather report on home screen is great! Decent battery life.
But it does have a serious memory problem! Spec says 45MB of RAM but on normal usage, it reduces to ~5-6MB of free RAM.
Customer Review: Great concept – but has problems
I am a huge HTC fan – this is the 4th HTC device I’ve purchased, either through AT&T or on my own. First 3 phones were great and was looking forward to this one because it has every single feature I’d been waiting for in a single phone.

Unfortunately, this phone was released before it was ready. As of this writing (April, 2008) – 4 months after its release – it still has a serious software/system bug that causes its memory to shrink to the point of programs not running properly, the phone unable to answer, and other various slow-downs and lock-ups. HTC eventually acknowledged that they know of the problem, but have not said a word about fixing it. Based on the history of device makers, the S730 owner community out there – including myself – is quite worried that instead of fixing it, HTC will wait for everyone to buy their next phone and forget about it. However, this problem has made me decide to never buy an HTC phone again.

Aside from that bug, and as further proof that it was not ready to ship when it shipped, the phone’s GPS function was disabled. The GPS chip is in there and there’s even a GPS test program on the phone, but GPS was actually turned off by HTC – which likely means they didn’t have enough time to get it working when it shipped. And again, no fix or software update has been made available to turn GPS on. GPS being a feature that is becoming quite common, and is a feature that I read was in this phone when I decided to buy it.

But taking these two major problems away from the discussion, the phone is in fact a great design and good implementation. The slide-out keyboard works great, WiFi reception is decent, and WinMo v6 is a great improvement over v5. Some might be bothered by the extra weight you have to carry around to get all this great functionality, but that’s the trade-off I suppose.

Battery life is ok for basic phone use, but be aware that WiFi sucks the life out of the battery pretty quickly. I bought a spare battery when I got the phone and am glad I did so.

Because of the memory problem and lack of GPS, I’m already shopping for another phone – which is now likely to not be an HTC. So I’d skip this one yourself unless you hear about these issues being resolved first.

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