The HTC Touch Pro
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 4th 2008 2:00AM
posted Jun 4th 2008 2:00AM
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such a sweet phone, too bad i'm willing to bet we will never see a CDMA version for verizon, so i could move on from the vx6800.
I doubt theyll leave this too at&t and tmo... Well, my reasoning is that they wont have the X1 and TouchPro competing under the same carrier or likely the same network.
Any ways, sprint is already stated to getting this, and verizon is supposed to become compatible with all cdma devices, your not at a loss at all grant
If sprint gets this and SERO still exists by that time, life will be awesome. Of course, it will be even more awesome if someone is able to hack Android onto it so I can dual-boot a phone. How cool would that be?
no me gusta
Forget dual boot, just give me Android on this phone.
Damnit, why couldnt they make the screen 3.5" like the iPhone? Im on sprint right now and would like to stay for this, but I really cant wait til the fall for it, and browsing the web on a 2.8" screen still kinda sucks, no matter what the resolution is :(
I agree that this phone is SWEET. iPhone killer potential is definitely there.
However the screen sounds way small...if they had just made it a lil bigger I'd be 100% sold on it.
As it is right now after all the debating and agony I'm down to
1) 3G iPhone (which I hope turns out to be stellar and proves the haters wrong)
2) The Pro (Cuz I like to text a lot and I like the option of both using either the touch screen OR a normal keyboard)
3) The Diamond (Sweet design like the Pro).
Overall I like HTC's products. I don't know much about Win Mo so I can't say if I hate it or not. Why does everyone seem to hate on it so much?
NO GPS?
It HAS GPS.
I love it, low ranked because I tell the truth. I've been a WM sackrider for the longest time, and I think its time to jump ship. The 20% bigger screen of the iPhone doesnt hurt either
20% bigger screen, half the resolution
iPhone screen half the reso;ution?? The NEW iphone has a higher resolution screen. Get a plate and a fork. Get some sauce. Prepare to eat your words! Yummy!
@riverfrontmedia: You enjoying the taste of those words yet?
I'm told the touch pro will hit the u.s. market late in the year. If I buy a European version, what's the difference. Quad band should work with little to no difference, Right?
Well here is the CDMA version of the Touch Diamond, could a CDMA version of the Touch Pro be far behind?
It will get a CDMA version for Sprint and Verizon, and yeah I see people hating on windows mobile, but this thing is compatible with Opera Mobile 9.5 which is for windows mobile.
Wow .............. [picking up jaw]
If it had GPS, someone would have to call an ambulance for me.
My jaw hurts.
"Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn navigation experience."
Call an ambulan...
X-(
and TV OUT!!!!!!
it has 2 camera!?!!!!
Oh man --
This thing is beautiful. I hope that I can upgrade to it on my current SERO plan. I currently have a Motorola 9Q (which is great), but its a little more sluggish than I'd have hoped. I do prefer Windows Mobile, though.
And just look at that interface! The color scheme is totally my aesthetic.
Two thumbs up, HTC.
@oneLove: no, the lower looks like a flash. which is actually more useful.
but maybe you were being sarcastic and now i look like an idiot. oh well.
There IS a second camera facing the front.
From the website:
"Camera
Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash light
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera"
@Chris
Is the release for later in the US you referred to the CDMA or is it a GSM version? I know it was previously posted that Sprint will be carrying it in September? Is that right, to the best of your knowledge? If you might have any more firm details on the US version/release, please share. :)
That looks REALLY slick. Tactile qwerty keyboard FTMFW!
REALLY slick, easily the most beautiful Windows Mobile phone ever and the TouchFlo is perhaps slicker or equal to the iPhone.
It's difficult: iPhone 3G, Diamond or Pro?
Pro>Diamond unless you really need that extra bit of thinness.
So slick that I just totally slipped on it and fell off my computer chair.
@ Jakob:
Tough call. I've been using an HTC Touch (first WM phone I had without keyboard), and don't miss it too much. The free on-screen keyboard from PocketCM is pretty nice, and skinnable to boot.
The Touch Pro IS about 20% thinner than my HTC Wizard though... hmmm... upgrade time?
@Jakob & Alan:
Not that hard of a choice
iPhone does not have a camera, neither does it have micro-sd slot
the Diamond does not have the sd slot and it doesn't have wifi
and touch pro has all, i think the choice is quite easy to make... of course depending on your needs.
i want you
... in my pants
err..........err..........err.....have you tried calling Grace Fuller (her #is listed) in the 3rd or 4th pic in the Touch Pro gallery? She's quite petite and hot (with flames) and good looking........err....so I presume she can fulfill your needs for the "I want you" part.......:-)
@Jimmy Jones: That is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I have read all day.
i called, didn't work out between us :\
Man, that is one good-looking phone! Why do they keep switching what side the slide-out keyboard is on though? Haha. That's also a TON of ROM and RAM, you'd never have to close any applications nor soft-reset!
Oh you'll still be resetting -- it's still running Windows Mobile, remember?
Because with the Kaiser/Tilt they realized that it slid out on teh WRONG side (unless you're part of the 5% of the population that's left handed anyway).
But THIS would be for leftys in that configuration...Landscape for right handers has the d-pad on the left, doesn't it?
i have officially found my next phoneeeee
sorrryyy
gottt theee keysss aaallll stticckkky wheennn iiii picccturred thisss in mmy haannnds
that is one sexy piece of plastic
Does it still have the orientation sensor and accelerometer?
Yes...very similar to the touch diamond...but with a slide out keyboard...seems a bit thicker than i would like though.
"don't come without a price"
"seems a bit thicker than i would like though."
I remember the first time I slid a 28.7 mm v60 into my pocket and thought "wow, it's nice not to have the bulk of a 5165"
Who knew that when they managed to cram everything everyone's been dreaming of into a phone that there would be people complaining about 18.05 mm.
18.05mm? That's all of 0.1 in thicker than my Curve. Anyone who seriously complains about this is a total idiot.
I thought it was sexy, but the Windows symbol totally turned me off.
Bummer.
Looser.
what windows logo, moron. that's the screen.
Dear T-Mobile,
Do us all a favor and update your freaking handhelds? The closest thing to this on your site is the Wing and its a 1 year old smartphone that looks like its design queues were taken from 2003.
Seriously I want to go T-Mobile but their phone selection is SLIGHTLY better the Sprint's which isn't saying much. If they got this phone I would be all over it.