I'm interested in buying a Touch Pro, but have just been playing with a friend's unit and it seems very slow, with a lag of a couple of seconds between opening/closing the keyboard and the unit/screen responding. He said that this was typical of the performance, and that it seemed slow all round (and this guy works for a phone software supplier, so gets to handle pretty much all of the current phone models). What are others' opinions of the performance of this phone? Are there any tweaks that can improve it? I ask the same question on http://www.AllTouchPro.com please help me out there.
I have experienced the same lag when opening and closing the keyboard, as well as when rotating the phone to landscape mode. The other issues I am having, that I failed to mention above, is the battery life is fairly poor and Touch Flo will sometimes not respond to touches immediately after waking the phone up or closing the keyboard. I see a lot of great potential in this phone, but I don't know if I am willing to wait for a possible software update at an unspecified date. The issue is, however, what phone do you go to that has similar features and a similar voice/data plan? ATT and VZW are getting their versions soon but ATT's network is notoriously bad, and VZW is getting ready to screw anyone that decides to purchase a smartphone from them. I don't know, I am really perplexed and I need to make a decision before Wednesday.
This is the version of the phone. So that being said, you will have some issues with stock configurations. There is a growing community with developers that have greatly improved the Touch Pro's battery and performance. Since it is a WinMo phone, possibilities are endless with make the phone work for you.
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I'm interested in buying a Touch Pro, but have just been playing with a friend's unit and it seems very slow, with a lag of a couple of seconds between opening/closing the keyboard and the unit/screen responding. He said that this was typical of the performance, and that it seemed slow all round (and this guy works for a phone software supplier, so gets to handle pretty much all of the current phone models).
What are others' opinions of the performance of this phone? Are there any tweaks that can improve it?
I ask the same question on http://www.AllTouchPro.com please help me out there.
I have experienced the same lag when opening and closing the keyboard, as well as when rotating the phone to landscape mode. The other issues I am having, that I failed to mention above, is the battery life is fairly poor and Touch Flo will sometimes not respond to touches immediately after waking the phone up or closing the keyboard. I see a lot of great potential in this phone, but I don't know if I am willing to wait for a possible software update at an unspecified date. The issue is, however, what phone do you go to that has similar features and a similar voice/data plan? ATT and VZW are getting their versions soon but ATT's network is notoriously bad, and VZW is getting ready to screw anyone that decides to purchase a smartphone from them. I don't know, I am really perplexed and I need to make a decision before Wednesday.
This is the version of the phone. So that being said, you will have some issues with stock configurations. There is a growing community with developers that have greatly improved the Touch Pro's battery and performance. Since it is a WinMo phone, possibilities are endless with make the phone work for you.