Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 shows up sporting a 3.5mm headphone jack
By Nilay Patel 
posted August 9th 2009 9:08PM
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SWEEEEEEEEET. I really didnt want to get the vzw TP2. This now confirms it.
Now here's the real question: Pre or TP2?
Ya, that's a hard decision. I have the Pre now after using winmo for years and am tempted to get this. Winmo feels a bit dated though after using the Pre but this phone is so sexy. Might just have to get both.
I have to say, that for my first smart phone, I'm loving the Pre. After cycling the battery a couple of times, and getting used to the interface, I'm real happy I went with it instead of the Blackberry Tour. Now if it only had better vibrate function so I can actual know when I get a text...
Yeah and the TP2 has an awesome battery life.
OMG!!!!!
Wondering when AT&T will get it?
TP2 FTW!!
I really don't like WinMo, so I'd go Pre. Impressive hardware and really nice software. I'll give WinMo another shot when they get 7 out, or maybe even 6.5 if it's a good enough revision, however, I doubt it is going to be much more than Microsoft's reskin of WM6.
Slow news day?
you don't know htc much do you? this is huge news.
Oh trust me, I KNOW about HTC. Its just that it has been reported already that TP2 has 3.5mm jack.
Now if only I wanted one
@Sneakz It has been confirmed that the Verizon TP2 will have a 3.5mm jack, but I have not seen any rock SOLID evidence that the Sprint version will. Its always good to have official confirmation =)
Isn't it kind of bewildering that a 3.5mm jack is considered an "upgrade" these days? :)
Seems superfluous to me.
When USB can handle everything just fine, it's a shame that we need multiple connectors on a single device.
I agree. My dumphone (Dare) has one. And most smartphones today don't?
Name me 3 amazing noise-cancelling USB earphones.
ipodrulz
It's a catch-22.
The reason there aren't any "amazing noise-cancelling USB earphones", is because most manufacturers of media devices throughout the last several decades have made the 3.5mm jack a standard on all of their devices.
USB is still a relatively new thing, especially mini and micro USB.
In other words, if you make it, then will come.
We need to move on to a new standard, and I for one am glad that micro USB is being adopted at least for chargers, and hopefully it will catch on more categorically than that even.
Mini usb falls out too easy to be used for headphones in my experience. Plus you cant charge the phone and use headphones without a separate headphone jack.
Yah because the minute I leave my USB to 3.5mm headphone cable in the car and jump into a friends car is the minute I'm going to need the adapter. Sorry but USB right now is starting to become the standard for power on phones. They are NOWHERE near standard for audio. As such give me my audio jack.
I would prefer the power port is not shared with the audio port.
An example: I occasionally use my TP in my car with the included HTC dongle. Plugging in my AUX in to the port along with a USB plug to charge it introduces engine noise. Why? The power line is right next to the audio line.
This does not happen with phones that have independent audio jacks.
Hell, I don't use my TP for music mainly because I have to plug in a dongle to use my headphones. That, and the TP is the worst audio player ever created (not because of sound quality, but because having music playing actually causes the phone to run slower, and the last thing I need is a reduction of speed).
Ruben
1. Don't use WMP for WinMo. It has a known memory leak, and is infamous for causing slowdowns.
2. Use the built in TF3D music player if you're using TF3D, it's better than WMP .... or
3. Better yet, use Nitrogen (Media Player), it's the most intuitive, easiest to use, and least resource consuming MP i've used yet on my WinMo phones. You can get it for free from XDA-Developers.
Ruben,
You should use TP for your bunghole instead of music.
This story is like saying Honda Fit, now with Air Conditioning... It's true that previous models didn't have it, but why would we get all excited and abuzz about them finally joining the 1980's with a 3.5mm headphone jack!?
HTC should be ashamed of pulling this USB audio crap! I refuse to excited about them coming to their senses. My current HTC product will be my last.
Damn HTC for not throwing this on at first. Too bad the Tmo version won't have it.
Back when people were complaining about the int'l version not having one I didn't care much. It's already regularly described as a brick by most reviewers (morons), I'm sure they were sensitive about cramming as much into a small space as possible. But now with these CDMA phones getting it, I'm a little annoyed.
I was planning on getting the TMobile version, but I might wait and see whether the ATT version, should it ever come out, has a 3.5mm jack. It would make life a little more convenient.
shut up.
For the sake of the iFans, lets not turn this into a discussion about what the iPhone had or did not have on day one..
iPhone still doesn't support multitask. Post fail.
Ewwww! They ruined the back with those holes!
i was just about to comment on that. it looks hideous now
Are you smoking rocks? It's two tiny holes in the side, both of which improve the function of the phone. Even on the original TP, the micro USB slot at the bottom looks fine. It's not as though there are many ways to design standard inputs...
@Bakari
Tee hee...he said back, you thought he said bottom. You got all mad. It was funny.
Yeah, the back has that badass speakerphone in it, so it needed some holes to let out sound. Why they went with a flame look for a business oriented phone is beyond me. I'll have to see it in the flesh (or plastic) before I judge.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/cryptosopidium/bladechanger.gif
Thats the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
lol, It looks like It has chicken pox. lol.
I thought it was an improvement. Looks more funky this way. Must be just me though.
The back of this is even uglier than the Verizon version...
Damnit man, why does no one ever take pictures of the "About" screen under settings? I could give a rats ass about a headphone jack...I just wanna know what build number of WinMo this is running!
It's 6.1. But as soon as you get it go on over to the XDA forums and grab WM6.5. :)
hey you can always get the latest from XDA
great minds think alike
Oh I know its 6.1, but I still want to see the OEM build numbers...ive been runnin 6.5 on my Shadow and my Wing for like a month now so its already behind the times strait out the box.
Loving the back cover! I came!
No tab or ctrl key???? Am I missing something?
PLEASE put one on the AT&T Tilt 2/Whatever the heck it's called.
There are few things more annoying than being unable to listen to music while my phone is charging.
And there are obese adapters that allow it, but I'm not carting around a massive cable just to make up for the lack of jack.
anyone else hate the extUSB jack?
No CTRL key.. ruh roh.. this may be a problem.
how commenters say this is better than the standard aluminumish back, i have no clue. that is soo much more classy than this cheap looking plastic (a la Dell Adamo speakers/fans?)
clap. clap. clap.
they just saved this from being a massive fail.
They should give themselves a pat on the back.
Now it's only going to be a moderately large fail. :)
Dude all ur comments are so negative. If u don't like it then don't click it