HTC S620 Excalibur

I first got this phone in 2007, so at the time it was considered quite cool. But, this was before everyone had blackberrys and iphones so this phone is now dated and cheap. I've had it for four years now, and it hasn't had one scratch to the screen which has surprised me. The full qwerty keyboard is nice to use though sometimes your finger slips and you press three keys at once, but honestly, I prefer qwerty keyboards to touchscreens. I hate the layout of this phone. It looks revolting. The layout and design of the actual software is complicated and boring. It gives you a list of phrases to choose from, right there in black and white, written in the most boring and dull format. The new android system seems a hell of a lot more preferable. This phone lasts two days on full battery, standby time. I don't use my phone much for this reason alone. I don't have any music on my phone either and I rarely take photos and store messages and yet, my phone still tells me that it's memory is full. I like having the internet on my phone but it is terribly slow. The camera isn't amazing but I wouldn't expect it to be, because remember, it is just a phone. It doesn't have a very bright screen to be honest. JOGGR thing is crap. It has panic attacks every now and then and controls your phone by scrolling through your home screen. Overall, I hate my phone. I hate my phone more than blackberrys, and I hate blackberrys (the phone not the fruit.)

I've had my Dash for almost 2 years.  It's been a solid and reliable device.  Compared to newer smartphones, of course, it's a bit dated and slow.  Mostly that's because of the lack of 3G and limited RAM.  Those 2 factors are the only reasons I gave it less than a 10 for performance. 
But when my phone is a couple of years old and people who see it for the first time think it's fancy and sexy, I have to say HTC created a winner with this one.  I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this phone to someone upgrading from a standard phone to their first smartphone.  The only thing I'd suggest is to get one that's had the T-Mobile version of Windows Mobile replaced with a factory HTC version.  That gives the phone better performance and even more functionality.  It also allows you to enjoy WinMo 6.1 instead of 5.0 or 6.0.

I use the Dash with Exchange Server for my e-mail, contacts and schedule and it works flawlessly.  I synchronize with 802.11g and it just happens automatically when I arrive home or at the office.  I could use the GPRS network to do it but don't want to spend the extra money.  But it would work if I needed it.
Other than that, the children like watching DivX movies that have been recoded and just think that overall the phone is cool.  Like most phones, I would always like better battery life but the availability of USB power is pretty ubiquitous and so power has turned out to not be much of an issue in day-to-day use.
Overall, the phone is better than I expected and I would give it a 9.9 out of 10.