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Hi guys ....

Nearly had mine for a month now (July 10th) and I have to say I'm still chuffed. I had some soft reset hangs with the first build, but not since I built it again from the ground up.

I am running mine on a UMTS O2 SIM. I have video called with someone on a Vodafone 3G SIM with no problems at all.

It was my first and only experience of Video calling and it is a laugh but it isn't great quality I only had 1 3G bar at home when I made received the call though.

I think some of the keyboards are sticky - I've been lucky with mine - the feel / response is uniform across all the keys and although I have the Stowaway kb and mouse .... for quick email responses or some phatnotes it is fantastic.

Wireless reception is not as good as the 2750. I could use the latter all over the house. The VPA needs the study door open and I need to be within about 15' from the Draytek router.

I can't get over the 3g performance - Flexmail 2007 and PiePlus v2.1 almost feel like desktop tools now !

I still get the device switch on in landscape and the switch to portrait if I take it out of the supplied case. I put it down to the magnet which are really strong but HTC support say they have the same issue and since they don't have the retail units, they don't have the magnetic cases ... a bit odd.

The Stylus is a worry. It is stiff - depending on the way you put it in (how it is rotated), sometimes it is stiffer than others. There are reports from some that it gets very very loose and falls out like the Wizard. HTC support recognised this as an issue with the Wizard and they are supposed to be warning Taiwan that it could be a problem again. There is apparently a retaining spring at the end so it isn't just friction. This would require a significant repair when it goes wrong.

I use a spare ipaq stylus at home so don't take it out that much ... I am worried it will become faulty.

Many have had issues with screen alignment going - some from day one and others after a period of no problems. They have had to realign the screen perhaps 5 times a day. HTC initially responded saying it is a ROM burn issue - i.e. not the ROM it self but an integrity issue with the original burn. I'm sceptical about this. They have raised this with Taiwan .... they say it could be a batch of poor screens - I hope mine stays good !!!

The Voice button is excellent. I have many numbers on voice activation. I also have most of the major apps and some apps on voice activation.

It is so cool to click the voice button on the side and say 'internet' - pieplus is launched - hit it again ands say 'landscape' and it switches to landscape - no screen touches at all .... lovely !

Camera working better than I thought as well.

The other thing that surprises me is the memory and performance. I have absolutely everything apart from FlexMail (due to SD corruption concerns) installed on the MicroSD card. Program memory is 28m after soft boot. Storage mem was about 28m until Flexmail and its data reduced it to 16.

I have had 6 or 7 apps inc flexmail, PI, Pieplus, Newsbreak and CPL running at the same time without any performance issues at all.

The machines responds well at all times. It isn't as fast as the 2750 but it is really noticeable in practise. This comes from the guy that steered away from WM5 from day one because of memory concerns. My concerns seemed to be validated by most peoples experiences particularly with the JASJAR - which I wanted until I saw the memory model. I can now honestly say, with this device at least - memory and performance is not an issue.

Not much more to add really ... I think I was a lucky one to date - none of the 'serious' reported issues - keyboard sticking, screen alignment problem .... etc.

Given that many have had these issues ... I do have butterflies that mine will go south.

Let's all make sure we keep a good track of problems and HTCs responses to ensure we can help each other.

It's not built like the 2750 which was quite chuckable and it doesn't have 8GB of flash memory - which I had on the 2750 - but given that the two apps that needed that memory were Memory map - 2GB and iplay music - as much as you could find - were never going to be used in anger on the TyTN - no problem.

As long as it stays stable and the stylus and screen problems don't appear - I'll be a very happy chappie.

Paul.