After having the Mogul for 4 months now, and working with other phones for my clients such as Treos, Blackjacks, Qs, iPhones and occasionally I get a client who gets good stuff from overseas.



I'm not looking for technology that doesn't exist - I'm comparing features of phones that you can buy right now.



Features I'd like -

1. Working Bluetooth - just about any PDA phone except the Mogul has this
   
2. Working roaming - just about any PDA phone except the Mogul has this
   
3. Better screen technology - the iPhone is twice the resolution of the Mogul - battery lasts longer even with the better screen - Eten and Imate also have
   
4. VGA screens in slim units - FOUR times the resolution of the Mogul.
   
5. Better battery performance - the iPhone has a faster Processor, better display and yet the battery life is significantly better
   
6. Better Processor performance - the iPhone has a much faster Processor and video acceleration - yet the battery last longer and the unit is thinner than the Mogul
   
7. THINNER - most people look at my latest sprint phone and still say it is a brick compared to the iPhone
   
8. USB 2.0 - correct me if I'm wrong but haven't we been using USB 2.0 since around the turn of the century?
   
9. Full GPS - not assisted - not disabled but full GPS - other units have it built in - no subscription fee - no call required - full GPS capabilities
   
10. A dialpad that stays up after you dial a number - sure, dialing my friends won't require that feature - but this is a business phone isn't it? Not many companies don't have IVR for directing calls
    
11. More memory – it is cheap and no, it doesn’t have to drain the battery – so many things people said couldn’t be done without killing the battery, the
    
12. iPhone somehow miraculously does without defying the laws of God and man.
    
13. Some sort of slider control for the volume – should have tactile functionality

Software I’d like included -

1. LiveSearch with voice recognition - it is available and free for download - not sure why Sprint isn't including the latest version
   
2. Adobe FLASH - free for download - not sure what went wrong with this firmware version
   
3. Office Mobile 6.1 - if you can distribute 6.0 on the phone why not use the current version 6.1 - no fee for the latest verison
   
4. Flashlight - there are a few freeware flashlight apps - you insist on bulking up the phone by including a camera - people are much more impressed when I show them the flashlight app which turns the flash into a camera - virtually no significant battery drain and very handy to have a flashlight with you at all times - why not include it
   
5. Other phones include Voice Command - why not included it - not a must but
   
6. I can't imagine getting a phone without some full featured voice command program
   
7. Sprint TV - it is free - why not include it.

Software I don’t want included/ optional –

1. Crapware – audibles, buy it now, buy sprint crap software.

Future Features I'd like that should be available soon

1. BT 2.1 - similar to BT 2.0 but with much better battery drain than 2.0
   
2. Better battery technology - Lithium Iron is already here, silver based batteries are coming out as well, nanotube isn't that far away
   
3. Hybrid/multiband technology like the new Blackberry – should be able to travel overseas and user your business phone.

For anyone that thinks I’m a mac fanboy – clearly I’m not or I’d own the iPhone – it doesn’t do full exchange sync so it is useless to me. Clearly however their hardware is a full two years ahead of the HTC crap Sprint is trying to sell. The ETEN and I-Mate are significantly more advanced than the Mogul but most people in the US are already familiar with the iPhone as a point of reference. HTC does make more advanced phones but they are inbetween pda phones and laptops in size - I want SMALL and THIN but with a fantastic display.


I have no issue paying $500+ bucks for a phone that uses current technology and WORKS WELL. This phone was antiquated when it was released but the incredible lack of testing makes it an expensive paperweight.

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Here are some of my ideas:

Detachable keyboard. It is physically possible to make the keyboard into a little 'pattie in a sandwich' that sits exactly where the current keyboard does but can be removed to make the phone thinner for people who dont use it a lot or to sell a thinner version of the phone at a lower price. Also, the keyboard would be easily replaceable if damaged and I guess people could buy foreign keyboards then if desired. Basically the only thing this would require is a different method for attaching the screen to the main unit. then the keyboard piece could snap inbetween to the main unit like a docked laptop.

Peripheral support for mini usb port. It would be cool if we could buy an adapter to make the miniusb port into a full usb port and there were standard drivers included for usb keyboard, mouse, thumb drive, card reader, and the ability to make and market third party devices. Card reader might be most useful.

Wireless G router mode. Ability to share EVDO data connection over wifi.

Louder speaker. Come on. Spend an extra 50 cents on the speaker. It ought to be loud enough to hear even in a car on a bad highway at high speeds.

Also, it is worth noting, DO NOT GET RID OF STYLUS. STYLUS IS NOT DORKY. If you make the interface more finger friendly, great, but the stylus isnt taking up too much space. If you want to get rid of something, I have never used IRDA. It may as well have a parallel port as IRDA. Get rid of that. Also, an extra microsd or miniusb slot could never hurt.

I would also like GPS and more memory. Some of these other ideas are more unlikely.

I also had an idea about GPS. Maybe you could make a GPS device that fits in with a regular battery in the size of an extended battery and gets juice from the battery. It could somehow tap into a small data port, or for the Mogul have bluetooth. Then it would be sort of internal. For a new phone you could also offer GPS as a premium option like this, or you could integrate it into a premium version of the detachable keyboard I mentioned.

**** this barely you giving enough ram bull****. 2 gb of laptop SODIMM memory costs $40. Put at least 1 gb in the next pda, not 128 or 256 or some other small bull**** number.

I am not sure if laptop ram is the same size, speed, toleration of mobility, or power requirement.

However, they make different versions of the iPhone with more flash, maybe they should have made a version of the Mogul with more ram. I would have paid an extra $100 for 512MB ram and I would think they could do it for that cost and profit without changing other design considerations.

most of the things on your wish list were implemented on the Tilt. I wish there was a Sprint version of it.

The screen resolution definitely pales in comparison to the iPhone and Palm Treo's.

If only apple would come out with a CDMA slider iPhone that supports exchange OWA protocol we would all be set!!