Sketchy claims, pictures of first AT&T Touch Pro emerge
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 11th 2008 9:23AM
posted Aug 11th 2008 9:23AM
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posted Aug 11th 2008 9:23AM
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The only AT&T branding is on the home screen background, and I see no screenshots showing the 3G connection indicator.
I think the kid got duped into paying $900 for a crippled phone that half the memory and only GSM service on the network he uses.
Should've waited a couple months for the real thing.
AT&T wouldn't use the globe branding on a phone. Fake.
You obviously aren't familier with AT&T branding then.....
So is there any confirmation that either AT & T or Tmobile are going to use this phone. I've been an omnipoint/tmobile customer for 10+ years, but I am getting tired of my MDA (passed on the wing)
"Couple of months for the real thing"? do you know something the rest of us don't? Cough it up if you do. I haven't heard one peep on anything WM related coming to AT&T, and it is very frustrating. No fall lineup, no information form AT&T, or gossip either. It is quiet, too quiet. With the iPhone 3G out, I am seriously thinking about jumping ship rather than waiting for who knows what.
I just want to confirm that the HTC Touch Pro is coming to AT&T. I actually played with a test unit for a couple of weeks. It had full AT&T branding and some AT&T apps (AT&T Mall, CV, Music, etc.). I have no info on when it will actually be released.
It was a nice phone, but the battery life was not that great. After average day's use, calls, 3G browsing, some bluetooth and WiFi activity, it was almost done. The touch screen is a little 'stiff' too. You have to press fairly hard for it to recognize your finger. It also had no GPS app and I couldn't get Google Maps to install. It is also rather thick. I was eager to get this phone, but after a week, I'll pass. I'm hoping my test unit wasn't the final production unit and they fix the stiff screen and poor battery life.
This is very good news! That is, if the phone is released for sure.
Saving hundreds on the subsidized version would be very nice...$600-$800 is just way too much for a phone...
I agree, which is why I have to wait for some good phones to be available with US carriers rather than buying them unlocked overseas. If it were up to me, I would have already bought an HTC Touch Diamond already, but $700 is way to much for me :(
My initial thoughts were "Oh, someone just copied some AT&T files into a European Touch Pro," but upon further examination, there's no front-facing camera and there's a globe hardware key on the keyboard picture in the original post.
Still though, there were AT&T-branded N95's that never saw the light of day...