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So the WinManiacs kicked my butt a bit over the HTC FUZE review. David Pogue was wrong, neither Apple Nuts nor BlackBerry nuts hold a candle to WinMo users scorn. However, I’d counter by saying they were so busy being indignant, they didn’t really stop to consider the point of the round robin, or the points raised in the preview or final review. In other words, coming from where we’re coming from, iPhone users approaching other devices, we were right, and the enraged WinManiacs… well… read on after the break!

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I thought my review last week for the Palm Treo Pro would be my toughest, little did I suspect Dieter would double up on my HTC and Windows Mobile experience (actually, triple up on HTC as I had the Android G1 for the first review). That’s a LOT of Windows Mobile, especially for someone who abandoned the platform a long time ago, first for Palm OS, and now for the iPhone.

Reviewing the same OS two weeks in a row is a challenge. I originally focused on the PIM apps last week, including calendar, tasks, and notes, and through in email and web for good measure. This week I planned on focusing more on Windows Mobile from a media and “under the hood” perspective. However, something changed that: TouchFlo 3D. Turns out, not only was the FUZE’s slider keyboard a big old hardware differentiator, their “skin” running on top of Windows Mobile was a fairly compelling software differentiator as well. So, instead of doing a poor job rehashing tech-specs that any writer over at WMExperts could run circles around, I’m going to go with the TouchFlo.

Just remember: I’m not coming at this device from a neutral point of view. That’s not my job here. My job is to give you an iPhone user’s opinion. So, consider me bias, a n00b, an iFanboy, a complete idiot, but consider this as well: my final, full review… after the break!

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My time with the FUZE is just about over, my review almost finished, and with it both HTC and Windows Mobile will leave me, a little poorer, a lot less frustrated.

I’ve read the comments on my video preview. WinMo users think I’m a “moran”. Fair enough. But I’m supposed to be looking at these devices from an iPhone users point of view, and that means the usability bar is set almost as high as the configurability bar is low. WMExperts will give you every little tweak, CrackBerry, TreoCentral, and AndroidCentral will give you the keyboard comparisons, TiPb is focusing on the touch experience and the overall user experience out of the box (since that’s all you get with a non-Jailbroken iPhone!)

But here’s the thing: TiPb’s main purpose is to service you, our readers. So what if any questions you might you have about the FUZE. What would you like to see better explored? Compared more directly with the iPhone?

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Note: Some people are having trouble seeing the video (comes back as unavailable). It’s working fine for me, but if it’s not for you, please let me know in the comments, and please try this direct YouTube Video link.

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Did I need to review two HTC Windows Mobile devices in a row? Would it have been better to have the G1 or Bold in between, or would I then have back-to-back front-facing Qwerty or Slider bloat? I don’t know. Last week’s Palm Treo Pro and this week’s HTC FUZE are differentiated not only by form factor, but with the FUZE’s addition of Touch Flo 3D (which, during the video shoot, I came to lovingly re-brand “Press Really Hard Stammer 2D”).

Fair enough, coming from an iPhone I challenge any non-Apple device’s ability to deliver the same experience. They can’t. But that’s the point of the Round Robin: for each editor to look at every other device from their own smartphone’s point of view.

Will the humungous slide-out keyboard be enough joy to cancel out the Touch Flo blues? I don’t know yet; we’ll find out together in my final, full review later this week.

Meanwhile, check out the video above, and if I’m wrong, mean, or just stupid, let me have it in the comments, or — better yet — head on over to the WMExperts Forums and help me see the error of my ways.

Likewise, Crackberry Kevin is suffering without his keyboard and trackball, so be sure to give him all the assistance you can before he he comes gunning for our iPhone in his own video!

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