http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/ Engadget Comments for HTC Touch Pro2 hits virtual shelves, unlocked and ready for action 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/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
Doesn't that job pay quite well?]]>May 26th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/I'd be grateful if someone would explain it to me, since I don't get why this toy is so damn expensive. Doesn't have a mega-megapixel camera, no 64gb storage, just good old qwerty side slider on windows mobile. For $300 I'd think about it, but $800?]]>May 26th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
I'm sure the Android version will be out shortly for $300]]>May 26th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/Not at Best Buy you can't, unless you want to sign up for three contracts...]]>May 26th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
Point is.. $800 is way too much money for a handset, unless it walks the dog, feeds the cat, feeds the boyfriend and washes the dishes =)
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Fact is, this is an inflated price to make the "contract" price of $299 look good.]]>May 26th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
Sure if they are still using 400Mhz cpu, 128 rom, 64 ram, 2.8" screen and usb 1.0 etc etc.... Let's not forget about the yearly percentage inflation. Besides, with contract price of less than $350 (based on ATT historical price) for a current model. It's very exceptable.]]>May 26th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
The Palm Pre will be selling for $850 unsubsidized.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/25/best-buy-lists-unsubsidized-regular-price-for-palm-pre-at-850/
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Then why do we see it everywhere in America? Are we considered an Asian market?]]>May 26th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
Because most companies would rather not focus on making localized products? Glossy plastic isn't that much of a nuisance.]]>May 27th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
I like how you mentioned that the 42" TV belongs in the HD column on a previous post yet justify this cell phone belonging on the main engadget page.

Selective or schizo? ;P
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Exactly right - this thing keeps me connected with friends along with acting as a GPS device, a PDA, and who knows what else. Just because someone usually makes stupid posts doesn't mean you should discount them when they make posts that make sense.]]>May 26th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
What the heck does this sentence mean? It literally makes no sense. Why would your *not* having solid word of the Touch Pro2 heading towards the US be a blow to anyone, let along hopelessly selfish WinMo users... and why are they hopelessly selfish and how does that relate to this phone? As far as I know - it's not being, nor was it ever going to be offered only to some elite group of WinMo users.

I know this was an attempt to inject *something* negative about WinMo - but wow... really stretching here - and a little weirdly written.
]]>May 26th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/ At least the stateside folks know that the touchpro2 is coming to the major carriers in america, so they aren't too pissed that it is available now in Europe. ]]>May 26th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/engadget+microsoft=random negative words]]>May 26th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
The keyboard and 1500mAh battery put this over the Diamond 2 IMHO, though the Palm Pre is SOOO tempting. The silver lining of being in Canada means I can wait a few months to find out how useful/stable the Pre is before pulling the trigger...

Only problem is that with the leaked WM7 specs, I imagine it'll be tougher to upgrade than most versions of WM.]]>May 26th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
"The only thing that I can see is that N97 has over the TP2 is the 32GB built in memory"

How about:
- 3.5mm headset jack (The Htc pro 2 lacks even this basic feature)
- Digital Compass
- FM Transmitter
- 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light, 16:9 Dvd quality capture @ 30fps
- Full Html browser with flash
- Its Cheaper ($600)
- and finally...
- It isn't a winmo device

Mind you this isn't an exhaustive list of all the N97 features which the HTC Pro 2 lacks. The HtC pro 2 is just an overpriced, featureless Winmo device. In other words its crap. However, when compared to the iphone, its a better and functional piece of crap.]]>May 26th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
N97 is probably the best media centric device. DVD quality video capture lol, amazing.

I can make a list too btw.

-Straight Talk™
-3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Adjustable tilt screen
-RAM: 288 MB
-Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard
-Windows Mobile. (yea.)

And many more things geared towards business use. Lets not forget the app library for windows mobile.

I don't know if I'd call it a piece of crap. Think you should calm down a little.]]>May 26th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
That said, the N97 (like all of Nokia's higher end devices) is beautiful. I would love to own it but there is no way I'm shelling out that kind of scratch for a phone.]]>May 26th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/]]>May 26th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/May 26th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
Second - and this is my BIG point here people - the next gen of Windows Mobile phones are going to be WinMo 6.5 with a WinMo 7 ready OS!!! That makes my mouth water just thinking about it... When I upgraded my WinMo 5 phone's OS up to WinMo 6, all bets were off. It improved my phone 1000% and the difference was incredible over the old OS I had been using. WinMo 6.5 is going to be a tweak of the current OS but will also prepare these next-gen phones for a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 7 around the end of this year. Last I checked, Symbian hasn't upgraded from S60 since.... ummm years now?

Lastly, compatibility plays a HUGE factor in upgrading my phone. As I said, I use my phone for BUSINESS and so I need compatibility and for all my data to transfer from phone to phone as simply and correctly as possible. I could never get my Nokia to transfer my data correctly and there were never enough data slots for all my customers/contacts. ActiveSync works perfectly, via bluetooth or cable and I've never lost even one file during a transfer. Add the fact that no matter what WinMo device I pick up, I know intuitively where everything is and how everything works and that's a big plus in my book. I have looked at all the Samsung, LG, Sony, Nokia, Moto, etc. phones out there (including the iPhone since I'm on AT&T) and none of them are powerful enough for MY personal needs in a phone. I think that most of the critics here seem to overlook that last statement - that we all need phones that suit OUR OWN personal needs. We all want something different but that doesn't mean that what someone else likes or wants is crap because it isn't what we would have bought.

So, Windows Mobile haters - take a hike if you don't like the OS. For those of us who wouldn't use anything else, it's a godsend. I can't wait for the next gen series of devices and you can be I'll be standing in line for one of the new WinMo 6.5 phones as soon as they start hitting the market!]]>Jun 2nd 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/htc-touch-pro2-hits-virtual-shelves-unlocked-and-ready-for-acti/
The Magic is OK, but has no Keyboard.
The AT&T thingy has a crappy 320x280 Display.
The G1 is a Brick.

Even their competitors don't make any reasonable Android Phones yet. The Samsung i7500 is good, but still lacks the Keyboard.]]>May 26th 2009 1:07PM