I took Sprint's new smartphone with me on the commuter train, hoping someone might mistake it for an iPhone, snap some secretive pics of me, and post them on Gizmodo. No one was even remotely fooled. The Media Mogul is smart all right, but its basaltic gray exterior and uniformly horrible selection of display themes fall well short of sexy. (The ridged pattern on the back is nicely ergonomic, though, and its keyboard slides open and closed with a pleasing solidity.) The Mogul's Windows Mobile 6-based interface and profusion of buttons make it a capable but inelegant device. It's well suited to browsing web pages, checking email messages, and making phone calls, but each of those activities takes about three more button clicks (or stylus taps) than it should. As moguls go, Sprint's device is more like shambling geek George Lucas than the suave, mustachioed Ted Turner or the nearly omnipotent Rupert Murdoch.
Review: HTC Mogul by HTC
I took Sprint’s new smartphone with me on the commuter train, hoping someone might mistake it for an iPhone, snap some secretive pics of me, and post them on Gizmodo. No one was even remotely fooled. The Media Mogul is smart all right, but its basaltic gray exterior and uniformly horrible selection of display themes […]
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WIRED
Speedy EVDO service for rapid web surfing. Sliding keyboard keeps the QWERTY out of the way until you really need it. 48MB onboard memory and microSD expansion slot leave plenty of room for photos and music. Solidly constructed.
TIRED
Ugly. Excessive input options -- buttons, keyboard, stylus, voice -- leave you more confused than satisfied. Slow camera shutter speed. What, only 2 megapixels?
