http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
I'm in T-Mobile right now, but I would switch to Sprint if they didn't have the ugly version of the Diamond. Right now that's the only thing holding me back. They should have had the regular sexy version.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
I switched from Sprint's Mogul to the Diamond and it's a world of difference. I actually hated the Mogul (with a passion). I had all of the above mentioned lockups and restarts with the Mogul. The Diamond has really been the perfect phone for me.

The touch keyboard takes a few days to get used to but, compact QWERTY with SureType really is quicker than the actual physical keyboard. The only negative of the onscreen keyboard over the physical is that you lose some screen real estate when you type (since the touch keyboard covers most of the screen while active).

So far, I've had zero problems and you get used to the dark maroon back. My biggest complaint is that the phone (and all accessories) is high gloss and you can't keep fingerprints off of this thing! ...and battery life is about a day with light use.

Overall, the phone is awesome. The resolution is insane! Even YouTube videos (on the high quality setting) are crystal clear. After using it for a few weeks, you really get a feel for how much thought was put into the design. There are tons of shortcuts and TouchFlo3d handles most of the major functions (to a basic degree). Calls come through crystal clear and no dropped calls. EVDO Rev.A is fast and Opera Mobile handles everything great. The music app takes some getting used to but, it's not a deal breaker. The camera takes great pics/video (for a cell phone). The phone fits in your hand perfectly and once you get used to the screen, you don't need the stylus at all. You can pretty much do everything on the phone with one hand.

I really didn't like the last generation of HTC products but, they've shown that they're capable of great things with their latest releases. I'm definitely glad that I got the Diamond...]]>Nov 3rd 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
http://forums.buzzaboutwireless.com/baw/board?board.id=SmartPhones

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/htc-diamond

http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=449

1340 mah battery, 1350 for a Touch Pro - that is about a 1% increase in battery life - I don't think you'll get a lot of extra time with this phone unless it isn't defective like the Sprint Diamond is.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Bad radio version implemented by Sprint
Bad heat dissipation
Bad BT stack
Bad 911 locator service
Bad code causing data connections to stay open up to 10 minutes after the initial data session is no longer active]]>Nov 2nd 2008 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Of course I've only had it since thursday so you could rightfully point out that it's too soon to tell.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 3rd 2008 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 3rd 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
you are completely wrong. Telus does not have the Touch Pro as of yet.

http://www.telusmobility.com/nf/pcs/data.shtml]]>Nov 3rd 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
@Holeycown

Hey man I think you might be mistaken. I went to there page

http://www.telusmobility.com/nf/pcs/data.shtml

and I could not find the touch pro. Is it possibly available by another means?

Would that have been so hard? Heck I can even do it in less words so it would be easier.

@ Holycow

I think you might be mistaken?

http://www.telusmobility.com/nf/pcs/data.shtml

Really? do you simply HAVE to use such inflammatory wording?

Its almost like you too PLEASURE in correcting him and telling him how completely wrong he is.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 3rd 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/]]>Nov 2nd 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
/strongbad voice]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/My comment is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my comment is useless.
Without my comment, I am useless.
I must submit my comment true.
I must submit faster than my enemy who is trying to ridicule me.
I must comment on him before he comments on me. I will.
Before God, I swear this creed. My comment and myself are defenders of this blog.
We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy but, peace]]>Nov 3rd 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Also, I'm a current At&t customer who would consider a move to sprint. Now I know this phone will be on AT&T as well, but does anyone know if the processor is the same on both? Are there any features lost in choosing the Sprint Touch Pro or the At&t fuze?

]]>Nov 2nd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
When I was looking at plans, Sprint was WAY cheaper than anyone else. I'm paying $49/month for 1250 minutes, unlimited nights/weekends, unlimited texting, unlimited EVDO Rev.A, and unlimited mobile-to-mobile. I don't think that plan is available anymore because they switched to the all-inclusive pricing but, they're still WAY cheaper than any other carrier and their coverage is great. ...no dropped calls and dead spots like AT&T. For the same phone, I'd definitely go with Sprint.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/IMO, espically for the price BB wants to chage ($750.00), there are better options out ther for Sprint people. I really wish HTC to put out a phone that was not sub-par compared to other brands, but it is not to be. The Touch Pro will be another loser, just like the Diamond. Its to bad, the Diamond and Pro both have such slick interfaces.]]>Nov 13th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
anybody who purchases this is just perpetuating the sale and development of crappy electronics...
result = MOTOFAIL

iPhone.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
CDMA is fine if you don't leave the US (well you could go to India I suppose), EVDO Rev A, is amazing and fast!!!

The price is easily subesdized with contracts and rebates. Sure it can end up being $300 like what I paid for it, but considering I have the freedom of any apps I want. The ability to copy and paste, and mod it however the hell I want... And I can use it on the career I want, ya know the one that I can have my $30 SERO plan, have unlimited Data and text, instead of a plan that costs me $50 a month more with a similar device on another provider (and I still don't get my copy and paste). It's an okay price... not a great one, but it's a brand new device... I'm sure in 6 months time it will be cheaper. But I couldn't wait.

]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Can you tell me how you got this with your SERO plan for $300? Sprint won't let me upgrade my phone online anymore, it says I need to switch to a Simply Everything plan before I can upgrade.

I have the $30 SERO plan currently.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
I'm on the $49/month SERO plan. I got my Diamond on eBay. I used Microsoft's Live Cashback promotion (sign up and then search for eBay and look up the Diamond). You have to use Buy It Now but, you get 30% off. I ended up paying around $250 for it right when it came out (I think the Buy It Now was like $379 with free shipping).

http://search.live.com/cashback

Just sign up there and then go to live.com. Type in Touch Diamond, search and just click on one of the first links with a gold coin next to it. It works on anything. The maximum discount you get on eBay is $200 and it takes 60 days for it to process (so do the stupid mail-in carrier rebates though). I think the max items per year you can use this on is like 6 or something. ...if you've got big ticket items (like laptops) that you're gonna buy for Christmas, you might want to use this too.

Just make sure to get a reputable seller and use PayPal!

I called and activated with no problems. ...and I'm still on SERO. ]]>Nov 3rd 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Good reading skills.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
I'm just pointing out that some people have had it for a week now...]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Have fun with it.]]>Nov 2nd 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Nov 2nd 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/Sprint? No gracias.
TWO MORE DAYS!
I'm talking about the Fuze...]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/htc-touch-pro-now-available-for-purchase-online-as-promised/
Negatives: Isn't as responsive as I'd like, and the battery only lasts a day with average usage. And, divx movies are jumpy (using Divx Player). What's the point of having a VGA screen if video isn't smooth? I knew it was going to be thick, but dang! Signal strength seems a little worse than my old RAZR.

Positives: Keyboard is awesome. Screen is beautiful! TouchFlo is pretty good, although I wish I could reorder/remove the quick links along the bottom (or did I miss it?). Phone quality is good.

-Chad]]>Nov 2nd 2008 6:21PM