What do you guys think about the HTC Freestyle?

I played with the freestyle in an AT&T store a few days ago, and one thing that really annoyed me is that you can't just turn the device to change to a landscape keyboard (you have to press a button, which seems like a step backwards considering the Eternity and Impression both used the accelerometer to change to landscape). I also wasn't very accurate on the keyboard, but that you can probably get used to. It isn't laggy at all, which really surprised me. It isn't running android, but it brought a few things from Sense. One is the notifications bar. I don't know if it works in every app, but on the homescreen you can pull down the notifications bar like Android. It also has the pinch-to-see-homescreens feature from Sense UI.
I think it's probably the closest thing you can get to a smartphone without having to pay for a smartphone data plan (I'm pretty sure it even has a full HTML browser).

Phone is the same price as the new HTC Inspire at ATT stores. Resembles the android phone in many ways. But it runs on the Brew platform. That means no apps. There are no brew apps on the internet and this would be ATT's first brew phone. First site says it does not have threaded text messaging but second one says it does. 


http://shopamerica.htc.com/cell-phones/productdetail.htm?prId=38474

http://www.walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=38467

Tried to download the manual from HTC.com but couldn't for some reason.

Well it depends were u buy it. Through walmart if you renew your contract its only $20 but that offer ends today. http://www.walmart.letstalk.com/product/product.htm?prId=38467&corpId=686.

At amazon its $20 if you renew contract. http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Freestyle-Phone-AT-T/dp/B004MMEHXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298916275&sr=8-1

 At best buy its says it's only 50 bucks. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HTC+-+Freestyle+Mobile+Phone+-+Gray+(AT%26T)/2182154.p?id=1218314760197&skuId=2182154&st=HTC.
The guy that gave the review on the phone on best buy said it had threaded messaging so i think it does. Also at walmarts site under Cell Phone Design is says it has accelerometer.