Windows Phone Thoughts: PDAGold Takes a First Look at the HTC Hermes

"At first glance, the Hermes... did not look that cool. The device looked sort of wishy-washy; simply a boring grey mouse. There were too many input controls (I have counted 14 altogether, including a cursor-pad and a rotary wheel!), the material appeared to be cheap plastic to me, and, above all, the slide-out keyboard did not promise much with its manufacturing quality… Fortunately, I did not take this first glance too heavily into account, and even if the stated features are not improved (and they perhaps will be improved, it is just a sample after all), everything else deserves appreciation."



Check out PDAGold's first impressions of the HTC Hermes. The specs are certainly appealing with a slide-out keyboard, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2MPix camera, and HSDPA support for "high-speed dating" (I tell ya... I learn something new everyday! ;)). Anyway, it's not a review! Pavel makes that very clear! The review comes later once the finished product is in-hand and he's had more time to play with it, but certainly the early impressions seem positive despite its rather understated appearance.