HTC Touch Pro2 graces Verizon on September 11

Alright, so maybe a square Nokia isn't your style -- we understand. Maybe you'd like something a little more businesslike, something with a little more Exchange ActiveSync flair and a keyboard with room to spare. What you're looking for, we reckon, is the Touch Pro2 -- and now that Sprint and T-Mobile both have it, it's Verizon's turn to get real with HTC's latest QWERTY beast. Knowing full well that this is a businessperson's dream, HTC and Verizon have gone ahead and stuffed EDGE in there to keep you connected while you're abroad; otherwise, you've got the same WVGA resolution, 3.2 megapixel cam, GPS, and WiFi as the other guys, and just like Sprint, you're signed up for that all-important 3.5mm headphone jack. Global capability doesn't come cheap in this case, though: expect to pay $299.99 on a two-year deal before a $100 mail-in rebate.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 9th 2009 10:39AM]

Jay,
The Touch Pro2 actually came out back in Feburary of this year so to call it 2 years too late is crap.
Yea verizon's track record sux with the last touch pro,( I own one.) but this one aint that bad. plus all of them coming out at the same time and this time its not crippled with its GPS or RAM. I'm hoping to do another warranty replacement this time will make it #4 and get them to offer me the pro2.

[ckeegan Posted Sep 9th 2009 3:36PM]

JayMonster, you're a genius. What OS upgrade hasn't Verizon allowed in the past, because I sure can't think of one. Based on the track record of your knowledge, I'm going to guess that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.

[JayMonster Posted Sep 9th 2009 4:29PM]

titanxboss - The Touch Pro 2 may have been released (only) 7 months ago, but Windows Mobile 6.1 is more than 2 years out of date, and the 528 Mhz processor is the same one that causes lags and is knocked on android devices with "Sense" (essentially TouchFlo for Android).

It may not be a bad device overall, but when is somebody going to give us a Windows Mobile Device with the hardware to back it so that that it doesn't seem so slow? Is it too much to ask for one device that matches specs with other "premiere" devices?

ckeegan - Let's see... how about the Motorola Q9m. The update to 6.1. The Q9h got an update... Verizon Wireless... nope.

Talks of the XV6700 getting an update to Windows mobile 6 from Windows Mobile 5 (especially considering the long wait for the XV6800) went nowhere. There was one patch, that fixed "performance issues" but that was about it.

The XV6600 was supposedly going to get upgraded from Windows PocketPC 2003 Phone Edition... never happened.

The Thera had newer, better dialers from Sierra Wireless, none of which were ever officially sanctioned by Verizon Wireless.

So, based on these 4 phones, I can only assume, you would rather be a smart ass, rather than know what you are talking about before trying to claim somebody else has no clue. Sure, has Verizon put out some patches on some phones? Of course. Have they ever given an upgrade, even a small one like the 6.0 to 6.1 that at&t gave their subscribers? No, they haven't. Not that I have ever seen.

[vmod32 Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:05AM]

The Samsung i730 got the update from WinMo 4 to 5 and the Samsung i760 got the update from WinMo 6 to 6.1. So there are a couple of phones verizon has updated. But overall they suck at such things.

[ckeegan Posted Sep 8th 2009 10:18AM]

I mean, everyone knows Sprint is stupid, but the fact that they're still charging $299.99 for the Touch Pro when the Touch Pro2 is available for $349.99 just takes the cake.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 15th 2009 7:29PM]

Hmm... I have mine in my hands and the GPS is locked. Someone reply to this if they know a work around.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:11AM]

Very nice and impressive,features a sharp, spacious touch screen and an easy-to-use full keyboard. Heavy weight is the only major disadvantage of it.