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Rafael just became official:
HTC Touch Pro Bridges Mobile Work With Mobile Play
Advanced 3D Touch User Interface, Desktop-like browsing, 5-row sliding QWERTY Keyboard and Window Mobile 6.1 create hybrid business phone
Taipei, Taiwan — June 4, 2008 — HTC Corp., a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its advanced next generation business phone, the HTC Touch Pro™. Bringing a beautiful new angle to mobile business productivity, the HTC Touch Pro utilizes similar styling and functionality of the highly anticipated Touch Diamond™ and introduces a variety of business-focused enhancements that make getting work done on the go quick and easy.
“The HTC Touch Pro and Touch Diamond have created a new generation of HTC touch devices that make the promise of the one-hand, one-touch mobile Internet a reality,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “HTC Touch Pro is for those customers that demand the ease of use and enjoyment of TouchFLO™ 3D and want the styling of the Touch Diamond but also need the powerful mobile business experience that HTC delivers.”
A New Dimension To Touch – One hand, one touch
HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with its 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar appointments or making calls with just one touch. Delve a little deeper to find that your music, photos, contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to the touch. In addition, the Touch Pro includes a new innovative touch-sensitive control for device interaction.
Making The Mobile Internet Useful and Fun
With the introduction of Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and wireless connectivity. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they are designed to be viewed on a PC. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.
In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Pro includes an HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content as well as including Google Maps for mobile for mapping and traffic data.
Unmatched Style With Complete Productivity
Like the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand and brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of HTC’s trademark sliding keyboard design. Introducing a new five-row QWERTY keyboard layout that makes typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents quick and easy. Built-in TV-out functionality means users can deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation from the Touch Pro.
Bursting with Innovation
The Touch Pro delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that ensures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Pro experience a stand out.
Availability
The HTC Touch Pro™ will be available to customers across all major European, Asian and the Middle East markets in late summer. The North American and Latin American versions of Touch Pro will be available later in 2008.
Key HTC Touch Pro Specifications
• Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
• Weight: 165 g
• Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
• Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
• Camera: 3.2MP, with the second VGA camera for video calling
• Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
• Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Interface: HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV out in one)
• Battery: 1340 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
• Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz
HTC Introduces New Accessories
Also today, HTC announced multiple accessories will be available for the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro including a similarly designed desktop cradle and travel charger accessory pack as well as an extended battery and slim collapsible case for the Touch Diamond.
About HTC
Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) designs, manufactures and markets innovative, feature rich smartphone and PDA Phone devices.
Since its establishment, HTC has developed strong R&D capabilities, pioneered many new designs and product innovations and launched state-of-the-art PDA Phones and smartphones for mobile operators and distributors in Europe, the US, and Asia. These machines are available as HTC devices and as products individually customized for operator and device partners.
HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.
The names of companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=49518
looks nice, but a bit on the bulky side IMO, but justified.
looks nice, but a bit on the bulky side IMO, but justified.
That sums up my thoughts as well :D
As the Diamond already squeezes out more than a day of its 900mAh battery apparently, I'd rather see a 15mm version of the Pro with the same smaller battery than this 18mm edition...
Super Chimp
04-06-2008, 10:01
Rafael just became official:
http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=49518
It's got one thing over the Diamond at least & that is according to the link the camera actually has a flash, unfortunately it doesn't say what kind of flash. Another reason I would choose it over the Diamond to add the reasons I have already listed.
I think out of this and the Diamond I would prefer this. It has a solid QWERTY aswell as more RAM. 192mb on the Diamond is good but running apps will drain more memory being a VGA screen phone I think so this is a good move.
there seems to be a flash....
and the flash being the only thing missing from the Diamond... the HTC touch pro seems like a great phone.
looks nice, but a bit on the bulky side IMO, but justified.
Agreed. 18mm are ok, but I like the arc slider on X1 more. That and the screen though are X1's only pros over this beast. UI is a huge plus for Raphael.
Wishmaster89
04-06-2008, 12:27
This is exactly what I have waited for. Business phone and multimedia device in one and with TV-out its just perfect for me. About the dimensions. Everything has it costs. Japanese phones are bigger and have better specifications than western phones but still people want them but now when we get Touch Pro you say its too much... I would rather have thicker phone with bigger battery like these than thinner with smaller battery even if it can juice the phone for 1,5 day. Consider all those good specs and you'll see that its not so big for what it offers.
lordoftheflies
04-06-2008, 19:48
just to confirm: does this have the same touch interface as the diamond when you arent using the keyboard? i'd been seriously weighing up whether to get the htc touch diamond or wait for the sony ericsson x1, but if this is just a slightly thicker version of the diamond with a keyboard, i think i have just found my next phone.
Wishmaster89
04-06-2008, 19:57
lordoftheflies In the first post you have press release where you can clearly see it uses the new TouchFLO 3D just like Touch Diamond.
I`m amazed!
256 mb RAM, 3.2AF with led , excellent QWERTY keypad, very compact...
The only thing which is missing is the 3.5 mm jack ..
lordoftheflies
04-06-2008, 20:55
Wishmaster89, cool. i'm gonna keep an eye on this one.
Before I saw this, I was thinking nothing perfect will be released at any time :P
Really impressed, hope it'll have an "affordable" price
nice phone.. like it more than the diamond cause its rounder.. but its sooo thick?
come on people stop this talking about THICK! N73 is 18mm, and its not thick at all.
18mm for full qwerty keypad means industry is going forward into the right direction. find any full qwerty keypad phone slimer than Diamond pro or X1, you cant find one
It's still 3mm thinner than the N95, so for me this ain't such a thick phone for what you get for it.
come on people stop this talking about THICK! N73 is 18mm, and its not thick at all.
18mm for full qwerty keypad means industry is going forward into the right direction. find any full qwerty keypad phone slimer than Diamond pro or X1, you cant one
well I dont use nokia phones and i know HOW THICK they are.. maybe I'm used to slim smartphones ;)
I never understood why nokia smartphones were so thick..
Of course 18mm is not thick per se, but it's definitely on the upper end of 2008 phones. I think it looks a bit chubby, probably due the shortness...
I never understood why nokia smartphones were so thick..
Generalising much, hmmm? In the last year, there have been more than a few thin S60 phones...and for example the E71 is VERY thin for what it offers.
Of course 18mm is not thick per se, but it's definitely on the upper end of 2008 phones. I think it looks a bit chubby, probably due the shortness...
Generalising much, hmmm? In the last year, there have been more than a few thin S60 phones...and for example the E71 is VERY thin for what it offers.
read n95, n96.. can be slimmer imo :)
Yeah, but the N95 is 1.5 years old - back then, it was pretty much the norm.
The N96 falls in the same category as this, could/should be thinner by a couple of millimeters imho.
come on people stop this talking about THICK! N73 is 18mm, and its not thick at all.
18mm for full qwerty keypad means industry is going forward into the right direction. find any full qwerty keypad phone slimer than Diamond pro or X1, you cant one
Dead right!! compare like WITH like if your gonna call things FAT you people :)
Super Chimp
04-06-2008, 23:58
Why quibble over such a minor thing as the thickness, for what you get I wouldn't say it was that thick at all.
I would say this is related to personal preferences, so no point discussing it.
If you're used to slim/lightweight phone that fits your jeans/shirt easy then you should go for Diamond. If you like carrying your phone around your belt (holster) or in your purse, then I guess it doesn't really matter how thick/weight phone is.
Anyhow, i think dicussion should be will Touch pro be faster than Diamond (with extra memory rom) or this will be "no big deal"; Do you really need full qwerty or touch keypad will do the job; and can you live with 4GB memory comparing to card slot (more memory).
BR
Miki
256 mb RAM, 3.2AF with led , excellent QWERTY keypad, very compact...
The only thing which is missing is the 3.5 mm jack ..
it is 288mb ram... 32 mb more than x1.
So this is the TyTnII successor for this year?
Super Chimp
05-06-2008, 21:32
So this is the TyTnII successor for this year?
Seems to be the flagship device for 2008 from HTC.
Yeah, but the N95 is 1.5 years old - back then, it was pretty much the norm.
The N96 falls in the same category as this, could/should be thinner by a couple of millimeters imho.
n95 8gb :)
never mind.. .
The HTC Touch Pro looks like its 30mm thick instead of 18mm, then it would be extremly small. Why no 5 MP and 3.5mm jack HTC?
hoba7777
06-06-2008, 00:31
Do you really need full qwerty or touch keypad will do the job
I can never use virtual keypad efficiently and prefer the old-style buttons
yeh..... cooool....
now i need to wait for x1 to come out and compare which one will be my next phone..
in the HTC Touch pro spec sheets from gsmarena:
TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Doesn't 65K sound too low? heck my good 'ol k750i is 256K... am I missing something?
Doesn't 65K sound too low? heck my good 'ol k750i is 256K... am I missing something?
This is related to WM platform, as I understand 65k is max than WM supports at the moment. In some previews they say this will change with WM7.
BR
Miki
difenbaker
08-06-2008, 10:13
HTC Touch Pro is released:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/06/htc-touch-pro-official-02-sm.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/htc-touch-pro-official-00.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/htc-touch-pro-official-01.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/htc-touch-pro-official-03.jpg
from:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/the-htc-touch-pro/
..... looks a lot like the Xperia, doesn't it? :D
cheers!
Xperia X1 still wins because of the Slider-arc and 3 inches WVGA :)
But Touch Pro has better keyboard! 5 rows keyboard!!!
iron_mike010
08-06-2008, 13:23
Wins?
wtf is this a competition?! And if it is, then the HTC wins by default coz the friggin X1 hasnt shown up...
I think the most important difference between the HTC Touch Pro and SE X1 will be the stability and usability of the OS. Of course we can't say anything about the X1 yet, but just looking at SE's experience with WM (zero) and SE's past releases (bugs) and looking at what a great UI HTC has created (Touch Flow 3D), I don't think buying the X1 will be a smart move.
Quite agree with Deuxani, i have had great experiance with and of HTC devices, and see no reason to stump up possibly more cash for the SE (sic) version.
Super Chimp
08-06-2008, 14:29
Hasn't their been some indications already that the HTC device offers the better OS?
I guess the real battle will be how manufacturers will incorporate their own GUI in WM. Will "TouchFlo" have better integration with WM than SE "panels" or "TouchWiz" from Samsung. I stongly believe that this will play significant role for end buyers choosing one brand or other (beside the spec., of course).
So, I think personal preferences toward GUI will determine which way we go.
BR
Miki
ps. is it just me, or "quote" button doesn't work properly?
ps. is it just me, or "quote" button doesn't work properly?
Yes, it's not
Just hit "Reply", guys. :)
But the "Quote" button is useful for multi-quotes
Quoting should work again now, and I'm sure the rest of the niggles will be worked out in short order too ;)
Quoting should work again now, and I'm sure the rest of the niggles will be worked out in short order too
thanks for the info
BR
Miki
Hellz Wind Staff
13-06-2008, 09:31
Im tempted to wait for this, as the I-mate 9502 is having problems with reading SDHC cards and ive been missing a PDA device since my Vario and HTC have decided to put a flash in at last!
Whats the video recording for this gonna be like? Whats the Touch Diamonds video recording like?
smokinjoe72
16-06-2008, 17:01
seriously considering trading in my TYTN II for this when it becomes available. Looking at the HTC Website and their list of specs convinced me. The Diamond was tempting but only having 4GB internal memory kind of turned me off. According to the HTC Website, Touch Pro has a micro SD slot but only 512MB internAL MEMORY. The keyboard is an OK feature, but honestly dont use it as much as I thought I would on the TYTN II. Windows 7 would have been a nice bonus for this device, HTC says they should have it in devices come 1stQuarter of 09.
Vodafone has announced the touch diamond will be coming soon on their business shop page
http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.uk/PhonesComingSoon.html
Unlike the TYTN II (vodafone 1615) they have kept the HTC touch diamond!
Anyone know the likelyhood of introducing the touch pro?
I hope all networks will be releasing their own versions of this.
Here is a brief video of both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6gyJbcbcls
Super Chimp
22-06-2008, 00:07
I hope all networks will be releasing their own versions of this.
Here is a brief video of both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6gyJbcbcls
Looks pretty nice there, still debating between this & the Samsung i900.
The i900 looks great i must admit but I guess it comes down to if you want choice when typing. The good thing is you can either type on screen either with touching, or even the stylus or just slide out the keypad.
They are both very appealing to be honest but for me the Touch Pro would swing it.
Super Chimp
22-06-2008, 12:26
The i900 looks great i must admit but I guess it comes down to if you want choice when typing. The good thing is you can either type on screen either with touching, or even the stylus or just slide out the keypad.
They are both very appealing to be honest but for me the Touch Pro would swing it.
One of the deciding factors for me will be the speed of the UI.
One of the deciding factors for me will be the speed of the UI.
Well the Diamond looks decent now in its current state but you may have read there is a ROM update which has improved that even further. I dont think there are any vids of it in action after the ROM update but the Pro should be faster out of the box. Well thats what I have been told anyway.
Apparantly the music quality on these devices are pretty good aswell. Im not really a WM expert but ive been speaking with someone who is in the programming field and he seems to think despite not having a 3.5mm jack these 2 devices are a cut above the rest (s60 phones included) given there are 2 DSPs running together for the sound.
I have decided I will be getting the touch pro for sure as my primary device but will get something else smaller for pic. Just not decided which network brand I will go for. I want to stay with Orange but I dont want it branded heavily by the network. I still need to do some homework in that dept.
What I'd like to know is if there are profiles and caller groups in that phone.
Plus has anyone else noticed that the touch pro does not have a mirror shiny back as in the diamond, it is rather matt from the pics I saw (and sec 21-23 in the video above). that would be a big plus imo.
They mentioned in one of the reviews that in Asia, they dont consider a phone to be of premium quality unless its glossy looking. I prefer matt aswell though as the glossy version would attract more fingerprints.
i like it when a phone is shiny and full of smudges (after a couple weeks of use with no cleaning)
it makes it look sturdy
but i also like my laptops cured with aceton to make them look like they fall apart or i also like pretty speedy sportscars but with dents in them, petrol marks under filling cap and smoke marks above exhaust
so maybe imnot really a reference :)
difenbaker
27-06-2008, 06:13
live shots:
http://www.mobileburn.com/gallery.jsp?Id=4846
cheers!
This thing looks awesome :-/
Hope it is faster than Diamond
It should be plus it looks like its being tweaked to give it that extra edge over the Diamond.
"While we didn't get to see the TouchFLO 3D user interface running on the Touch Pro (HTC's keeping a few things under wraps just yet), we were told that the Touch Pro will feature far better support for landscape display orientation, something that is required for a device with the Touch Pro's form factor."
Super Chimp
27-06-2008, 19:29
live shots:
http://www.mobileburn.com/gallery.jsp?Id=4846
cheers!
Certainly looks impressive, hopefully it will be faster than the Diamond which allegedly is rather sluggish.
Still want to see how it stacks up against the i900.
Lovely looking phone :love:
I don't understand why they don't pack in the same features into the touch diamond. Of course it's about product placement but for almost 600EUR why can't they just put a LED flash in the touch diamond if they can put it in the touch pro it shouldn't be a problem.
It would suck even more if they make the touch pro faster or something. The touch diamond wouldn't be the perfect phone anymore, neither would the touch pro because i dislike keyboards.
Stunning design - really like it :)
SuccessCre8or
28-06-2008, 19:47
very impressive in live shots :up:
I don't know why I remembered the E90..:)
If HTC decided to put a flash in this they should have gone one step further and bumped the camera up to 5MP aswell. Still though its a beast of a phone.
Where is the camera key?
So I have to use it in portrait mode if I want to take a photo'? :-/
EDIT: oh, and another boring question: does it come with 3.5 mm adaptor?
Im pretty sure it doesnt come with a 3.5mm adapter.
is someone deleting my posts?
saliquincer
01-07-2008, 11:46
phonescoop preview of Touch Pro , Part 2
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=200&p=360
Super Chimp
02-07-2008, 20:05
Now with a release date of the 29/08/08 on Play & a hefty price tag of £550.
Link (http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/5817858/-/Product.html?source=9316).
lordoftheflies
02-07-2008, 21:43
phonescoop preview of Touch Pro , Part 2
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=200&p=360
the matt finish looks a lot nicer (in photos anyway). it is rather chunky, but I might get one if i can find a decent contract in august.
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-htc-touch-pro-hardware-hands-on
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=videoview-htc-touch-pro-software-and-gui-hands-on
I can't wait :love:
Soon available
http://www.amazon.de/HTC-Touch-Screen-Tastatur-Smartphone-Branding/dp/B001ARI9KA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1218362419&sr=8-6
Super Chimp
14-08-2008, 22:10
Video of the HTC Touch Pro being un-boxed. Unfortunately you do not see it switched on.
Video (http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/08/13/htc-touch-pro-unboxed/).
FastLaneJB
15-08-2008, 00:20
I really love what HTC generally does with the hardware. I even like that they are trying to make Windows Mobile nicer by overlying their software layer on top to do some things....
I just simply cannot get over the simple fact that it's Windows Mobile. I've owned a few Windows Mobile devices in my time and it's all HTC's fault for making extremely nice devices. The first time I didn't know better, the second time I thought to myself "It wasn't really as bad as you remembered" only it was. The third time I thought "Last one I used was 5, it's now v6 so they must have sorted it by now", nope it's still not very good.
Maybe HTC with Google Android will be the answer. No doubt I'll consider a Windows Mobile 7 HTC device as Windows Mobile 7 looks nice but does it work properly, that's the question.
Super Chimp
15-08-2008, 10:08
FastLaneJB the fact that it is WM is what puts me off getting it from T Mobile in it's guise of the Vario IV whenever it get's released.
just wait for the htc dream running android :p
If the Dream is indeed that weird white thing in the video from a few days ago (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCyceYJRUtE), then I really wonder why HTC decided to make it so unsexy - after the Diamond, I really expected something better from them...
chlettn, :eek: let's hope it's not the dream then :p
Super Chimp
15-08-2008, 15:19
Aidan what is your stance on WM then?
Super Chimp, don't like it, i tried to, ever since first having a go on an orange e100 (or 200, can't remember), back in 2004. it was horrendous back then, the battery issue for one thing. recently tried a friend's i-mate ultimate. even with it's fast processor and generous ram, it was still slow and clunky. plus the ui is unattractive. i could go on, but don't have time at the minute :p
Super Chimp
15-08-2008, 16:14
Aidan you rather confirm my existing fears about WM.
Super Chimp, you know, you might be able to get along with it in general...except for the speed...and battery life. it's completely disgusting. i thought to myself "ah, a 520mhz processor, 128mb ram, this should fly"...it didn't, it was painfully slow, almost as bad as my n73 :eek:
as for battery life, my friend had it fully charged when he set out at 7.30 in the morning, he just had it switched on, no wi-fi on etc. by around 3.30 it was almost dead. yes, part of it had to be the vga screen, but with such a capcious battery, i'd except more battery life, for a phone that was doing virtually nothing for eight and a half hours.
http://forums.ixplora.com/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-1-1218822895.jpg
http://forums.ixplora.com/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-1-1218823218.jpg
http://forums.ixplora.com/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-1-1218823045.jpg
http://forums.ixplora.com/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-1-1218823124.jpg
marwan74
16-08-2008, 21:58
guys, my grip with HTC Diamond is that when taking pictures and sending them by MMS, i'm forced to go to the file manger, located the file(without thumbnails) and sending them from there. Has that been fixed in the Pro, or does it use the retarded way of sending MMS from the file explorer? it honestly is a deal-breaker for me, anyone knows if they fixed it?
HTC Pro is peaking my interest.
Super Chimp
17-08-2008, 00:13
guys, my grip with HTC Diamond is that when taking pictures and sending them by MMS, i'm worced to go to the file manger, located the file(without thumbnails) and sending them from there. Has that been fixed in the Pro, or does it use the retarded way of sending MMS from the file explorer? it honestly is a dreal-breaker for me, anyone knows if they fixed it?
HTC Pro is peaking my interest.
Seems like you have had a lot of issues with the Diamond, so I am surprised your interested in the Pro.
marwan74, take a look at PocketCM ImageViewer (http://pocketcm.com/imageviewer.php). It's small, easy to use and pretty fast - and can send a picture as MMS straight from within the program. I don't know how well it works with VGA, though, but I guess you can give it a try.
marwan74
17-08-2008, 07:35
Seems like you have had a lot of issues with the Diamond, so I am surprised your interested in the Pro.
yah true, but regardless, i don't see why sending mms is so backward on hi-tech WM phones. Why can't you just send pictures directly from the gallery?
and by the way, the thing that interests me in the Pro is the qwerty, typing on the Diamond from the screen i use to make tons of mistakes, which the qwerty on the Pro easily remedies.
marwan74, take a look at PocketCM ImageViewer (http://pocketcm.com/imageviewer.php). It's small, easy to use and pretty fast - and can send a picture as MMS straight from within the program. I don't know how well it works with VGA, though, but I guess you can give it a try.
thanks, that looks neat! i'll track down a Pro and check it out in person before deciding, it' be hella expensive since the Diamond had a hefty price, besides i also just bought the Nokia E71. i'm sure the Pro would sell for a good $1000 here in the UAE.
Sorry for digressing quite a bit off the topic!
Of late, all mobile phones started costing more than a decent laptop!
This HTC Diamond Pro, i-mate 9502, Blackberry Bold, iPhone, Nokia N96(about to be launched) etc….indulge in exorbitant pricing.
While lifecycle of a mobilephone is shorter than one year, it is outrageous to shell out so much only a year later found to be outdated!!! In some cases (as in i-mate) you don’t even have the manufacturer survive in the market for basis support services.
I am not sure whether is it a good idea to price it without committing support for 2-4 years based on the price band.
marwan74
17-08-2008, 15:20
so has anyone gotten the Touch Pro yet? any impressions?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMa6-q-4DIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pZdVcky0lE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeH5-6Cm-Y
Super Chimp
17-08-2008, 19:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMa6-q-4DIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pZdVcky0lE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeH5-6Cm-Y
You didn't need to post the first of these links as I had already posted it up thread.
Super Chimp I know I just thought it's easier to sum them up in one post as they are from one source :)
marwan74
17-08-2008, 21:53
anyone have a fetish for unboxing? seriously, i feel like organising whenever i see an unboxing video! lol
is the Pro out yet? my local mobile said he had them but sold out, but now he calls me telling me that was the Diamond and not the pro! :( ...what a way to bust my bubble!
Super Chimp
17-08-2008, 22:02
faw it doesn't sound that impressive from those video reviews so thanks for posting them up.
marwan74 it's certainly out in the UK as Play are offering it for £520.
Super Chimp funny how perspectives differ, I actually do find it impressive from those exact same videos ;) :D
Super Chimp
18-08-2008, 09:52
Super Chimp funny how perspectives differ, I actually do find it impressive from those exact same videos ;) :D
What about all the negative factors from the third video, seemed some fairly big issues their?
marwan74
18-08-2008, 10:32
how's the camera on the pro? is it as bad as the Diamond or did they tweak it? because i sawa review online and the picture looks much better than the diamond shots, but then again the picture was resizes....so....
marwan74
18-08-2008, 21:48
aparently the Touch Pro is coming out in 3 days....yipppeeee! :jump: (hoping that that's true), i'll trade in my Nokia E71 for it.
anyone knows where i could find a gallery of the Touch Pro camra samples in 3.2 Megapixels?
is there a dedicated button for the pro?
or is it doesn't like the diamond.. ?
and anyone know if you can just use the light like a torch?
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5733
marwan74
19-08-2008, 20:37
i've been carashing at every store and the Touch is no where to be found.....is it out yet? someone answer me please! i'm losing breat here!
also any decent reviews of the phone?
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5739
marwan74
20-08-2008, 23:59
i did the unthinkable since i don't have the touch Pro yet. I went ahead about bought the Diamond to find me in till the Pro launches. I want a keyboard so badly, the onscreen key are cool, but nothing beats a sliding qwerty.
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-ac357699654bd3914eec7392822762a7.jpg
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-d3890d4aea3fb411c864bfc1361d2865.jpg
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-2c0c2f91379ff6b447a5168764ffad96.jpg
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=1094
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-ac357699654bd3914eec7392822762a7.jpg
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-d3890d4aea3fb411c864bfc1361d2865.jpg
http://image.mml.com.tw/attach/mml-2c0c2f91379ff6b447a5168764ffad96.jpg
N95 8GB is only 3mm thicker, our eyes cant see the difference. But because of the diamond shaped edges, the Touch pro feels slightly thinner.
marwan74
23-08-2008, 01:35
hi guys, i have the Diamond and i would like to know how am i supposed to activated the GPs on it? i clicked the DPs icon, downloaded some stuff with is valid for 6 days and then nothing! where is the map? am i supposed to use external maps with the GPS to make it function fully such as Google Maps? what other free maps i would use to incorporate with the Diamond GPS? thanks!
guys, has anyone got their hands on the Touch Pro yet? I'm dying here in anticipation fellas, expansys claims they're shipping them, should i trust them and order it online? my Diamon won't last more than 4-5 hours a day with minimum talk time, im'm getting extremely frustrated with it
http://www.expansys.ae/p.aspx?i=169424
thoughts? is expansys reputable? or do they BS?
thanks!
btw guys, does the touch Pro have the same poor 3.2mp camera? pleases say it ain't so! :(
well since you force us to say it.. it aint so
although it has decent 3.2mpix camera. compareable to Nokia's current Nxx 3mpx cameraphone
although it has decent 3.2mpix camera. compareable to Nokia's current Nxx 3mpx cameraphone
so, do you have both? or just a humble thought from you anti-nokia mind?
i dontknow man, omnia's home screen is too messy to me really unorganised and it felt like its not complete yet.
you better get rid of your Dimaodn and iphone 3G and get Touch pro.
i will have it this week, i will let you folks know.
marwan74
02-09-2008, 09:54
i already sold the 2 iPhones 3G yesterday.
why is the Diamond bad? or do you mean sell it to get the Touch Pro when comes out?
btw guys, how do i view my phone contacts instead of having my contacts showing my phone and SIM contacts(which are duplicates)? i can't seem to find the option.
any help?
and last, anyone know where i could find an Arabic language package? all the Arabic text messages i receive are a buncha squares!
NZtechfreak
05-09-2008, 06:38
Well, just pulled the trigger and purchased one of these today, should have it early next week. Hoping its better screen resolution can fit the bill for my productivity needs (browsing experience and PDF/document display/editing) compared to my current N82. N82 is a fantastic phone, will remain as my "fun" phone for evenings/weekends, but right now there is no single device that covers both aspects for me. Will post up thoughts and pictures when it turns up.
ritz@98925
06-09-2008, 12:59
Touch pro needs to go on a diet. It is not just fat but obese.:lol:
NZtechfreak
06-09-2008, 22:29
Eh, doesn't bother me. Its 3mm thinner than my N95/N95 8GB, and only 1mm thicker than my current N82. Perfectly pocketable. Would love it to be thinner, obviously, but 18mm is no problem for me.
gsmarena review;
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_pro-review-278.php
marwan74
09-09-2008, 00:16
guy, are there any HTC Touch Pro themes?
Super Chimp
13-09-2008, 19:25
Does anyone know what's happened to the T Mobile variant of the Touch Pro, when I last asked about it a little while ago it still wasn't even listed as coming soon?
SuccessCre8or
15-09-2008, 21:12
just by chance I knew it have no 3.5mm jack! what a downer..!
I thought its almost a X1's copy..
So, has any of you guys got the touch pro already?
I am interested in Ui speed - touchflo particulary, since it's used primarily. WM underneath is just to adjust settings, right? I don't mind if it lags a bit since I will set the settings and forget about it for a while.
The other thing I am interested about is the battery life.
played with this phone this morning.. it was fast... not like diamond... screen is amazing... better than omnia or iphone... tf3d is fast too.. not sluggish.. htc made this fone quite finger friendly... i like the qwerty keyboard on this fone...
my mum's touch pro arriving tomorrow from singapore.. cant wait...
Waiting to buy this phone on T-mobile though...
NZtechfreak
01-10-2008, 08:29
So, has any of you guys got the touch pro already?
I am interested in Ui speed - touchflo particulary, since it's used primarily. WM underneath is just to adjust settings, right? I don't mind if it lags a bit since I will set the settings and forget about it for a while.
The other thing I am interested about is the battery life.
I've had mine a couple of weeks.
TF3D out of the box is too laggy, but a couple of registry tweaks (from XDA-Developers) sorts that out. Since I made the tweaks I find its speed generally fine, only problem with lag occurs after going from landscape with the keyboard open to portrait with it shut (most pronounced after browsing in portrait). Generally I find it fine, I wish that TF3D covered WM even more though, all the productivity areas will dump you into WinMo pretty quickly, in all its finger-unfriendly-stylus-requiring badness.
Battery life has been good for me, I still charge everyday, but then I use the phone a lot - like 2 hours music player, 2 hours browsing on 3G, texting/calls, half an hour GPS use.
Best news is that so far its handling my 16GB Sandisk microSDHC just fine (even though its only Class 2).
I saw the pro 2 days ago in a shop and I must say it did not pass the durability test imo. They had it only a few days and the slider is wobbeling a bit allready :-/ Other than that it feels nice in hand.
But that slider made my decision final not to go for it and to wait for the HD.
Children
19-10-2008, 18:05
I ordered the htc touch pro! :D
after numerous reviews, i thought it would be the best replacement for the iphone
marwan74
19-10-2008, 19:42
I ordered the htc touch pro! :D
after numerous reviews, i thought it would be the best replacement for the iphone
congrats, but the question remains, do you still have to go through 643649920million steps to pair your bluetooth and send a picture to the computer?
Children
24-10-2008, 16:52
got it yesterday :)
mini review is up:
http://forum2.mobile-review.com/showthread.php?t=79690
sorry, my computer doesnt have bluetooth,so i cant test it out..:(
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