So this thing's definitely got some heft to it -- and honestly, especially for a business-centric device in this class, we don't think that's a bad thing. As with just about everything HTC churns out, the
Touch Pro2 is exquisitely manufactured, feels rock-solid, and the WVGA is absolutely awesome -- we noticed that the gestures and animations are totally smooth and responsive, proving that WinMo is perfectly capable of handling this kind of UI dazzle. The Straight Talk functionality for seamlessly moving between different types of communication will be appreciated by anyone who spends half their business day on the phone and seems to work (and look) positively lovely -- and as for that speakerphone? We can totally picture ourselves slamming this thing upside down during a meeting in a fit of "our company just lost a $100M contract"-style rage with a satisfying, weighty "thud" and instantly bringing the whole room into the conversation. Follow the break for a couple videos of this thing in action (and sorry, no angry speakerphone fits).
posted Feb 16th 2009 7:25AM
Well i would buy this. Very nice. I will take it now please, thankyou.
make up your mind...is it gonna be this, or the omnia HD...
j/k of course
is this the touch hd that verizon is suppose to get? When?
no the touch HD is not coming 2 America. this is the touch pro2
Is it weird to fall in love with a cell phone?
:P
(Just kidding, don't worry)
Me likey!!!
When will Verizon get it and take 1/3 of the memory out of it??? (Yes, I'm bitter.)
LOL yeah i was about to switch to verizon and get the touch pro until i found that out. i'd sooner suffer at&t than get screwed out of 96mb of ram. god wtf were they thinking?
so sorry... still same cpu... my VGA screen touch pro's battery only last 1 day or less (with some web browsing), don't think this WVGA touch pro 2 can last longer than that...:(
PC World says release date is early Q2 for Europe and "later in 2009" for the US. The European version will be GSM so we can not know if they will build a CDMA version for Sprint/Verizon or re-do the GSM radio for US 3G standards and go to AT&T/T-Mobile first.
Since Sprint and AT&T just got the HTC Touch Pro (aka Fuze for AT&T) I doubt either will be looking for a new release anytime soon. My bet is this will come out first for either T-Mobile or Verizon; which-ever is willing to pay more for the 'exclusive' in the US for the first few months...
you couldnt be more wrongAtt will probably offer this phone as well. They had the 8125, 8525 and the tilt all at one time also.
WM6.5?
The flash is gone AGAIN! NOO! Why do they ALWAYS do this! Add stuff and remove stuff!
Definitely will get it if AT&T gets it though.
The flash was a glorified flashlight and I would never use it. I think most people wouldn't either. I'm sorry if you do, but I think it's a legitimate thing to drop. However, I need more info on this.
Can't believe it's missing a 3.5mm headset jack.
Does it have these specs?
-capacitive touchscreen (don't know if it can be done in that small a package)
-miniSD slot (damn well hope so)
Agreed, how do we lose capability with a new improved handset ?! Seriously, the clarity of 5-mpxl demands proper lighting with a flash. And the keyboard STILL doesn't have the Ok button.
Correction: camera is 3.2-Mpxl (via HTC Touch Pro2 site)
@Poke4Christ: it has a microSD slot, not mini.
Actually the LED "flash" is great. It's insanely bright in the dark. It doesn't work great as a flash for taking pictures of something more than 3 or 4 ft away, but it works great for closeups even in just low light. But what I find even more useful is the wonderful flashlight app someone on xda developers wrote, it works great as a flashlight. it will light up most of a whole room in the dark. I can see why they got rid of it though as it looks like this version is even more business oriented than the Touch Pro.
I wish someone had one on them for the gallery, I want to see them side by side. It looks like this new one is thinner, and the rounded edges and corners should make it more pocketable.
As for 3.5mm jack, forget that, use stereo bluetooth. Everyone always pines for the headset jack, i dont know why anyone uses cabled headphones on a phone that supports stereo BT. It's better times a thousand. I can never go back to wired headphones.
The touchscreen is resistive, WinMo does not support capacitive screens, yet. My guess is that it will come with WinMo 7, although MS would be very wise to get a driver working with 6.5, as that is where smartphone screens are going.
Go to HTC's website for more info, they have specs and galleries up of this and the new Diamond2.
"As for 3.5mm jack, forget that, use stereo bluetooth. Everyone always pines for the headset jack, i dont know why anyone uses cabled headphones on a phone that supports stereo BT. It's better times a thousand. I can never go back to wired headphones."
radio uses a wired headset and i have plenty of wired headsets already, just more convenient. i would definitly get a Stereo BT but its unnessary.
The half-life of my fuze just got shorter!
Bring it, AT&T!
Ya, for a while the fuze was looking really cool. Now i've lost interest.
This phone is gorgeous. I want it.
tilt..tilt...ohhh
do it again ok?
I'm hoping my tmob MDA makes it to the 4th quarter now. Was about to get the fuze....no longer.
wonder if T-mob will go straight to this phone (along with ATT and company), or stick with android and screw over all of its business users. (all 2 of us apparently).
I still have my MDA and I am one of the 2 business users for T-Mobile....I hope we don't have to wait to Q4....COME ON T-MOBILE....throw us a bone!
ummm, so will the regular Touch Pro be able to get this new UI in an update? the phone has the same hardware, save for a few tweaks to the speaker.
damn u htc for keep breaking my heart. i still can't afford (or embrace myself to buy :p ) the regular touch pro, and you already release this?? not fair..not fair any at all..thank you very much!!! *sigh
Well, think of it this way - it will drive down the prices of used Touch Pro's. It's likely I'll be taking a hit when I sell mine to buy this one.
new iphone coming out VERY soon. best buy is now dumping iphones for $99. So these guys (HTC) MUST show their new stuff that is coming. that is why the fuze doesn't get enough time to blossom.
I think it's more that it's marketed towards a different audience rather than it being rushed to compete.
@ Richard Glitter: I've never used one of the HTC phones, but I do have a phone with Stereo BT and no 3.5mm HP jack. The problem with only having the microUSB interface is that you can't charge and listen to stereo BT at the same time. I don't know if HTC handles this differently but anytime I plug anything into the MicroUsb port, my Stereo BT connection drops. If you could do both, then you're right, the 3.5 jack is unnecessary. Just buy an adapter for car audio aux input.
I am really dubius of buying another HTC after this Titan 2/Tilt/Kaiser piece of crap. Paid Aud$1,399 for it and the camera is crap, the screen is crap, the touch screen is the only touchscreen device I have seen that you have to hold the press for a second all the time before it registers. Thats not even mentioning the times it seizes and I have to pull the battery out to restart it.
Asked HTC about it and all they say is "The device is functioning as it is designed. It is not designed as a multimedia device."
SO WHY HAVE A MEDIA PLAYER AND VIDEO RECORDER AND CAMERA ON THE DAMN THING.
HTC will not get me again. Nokia N96/Blackberry Here I come.
Needs the LED flash for the camera or forget it.
I use my Touch Pro (1) as a flashlight every night! - with hTorch
No OK key on the keyboard!?! I have the Touch Pro and that is one of my biggest issues after swithing from the Mogul. Am I missing somehting, is there another key that closes windows without having to touch the screen?
No 5-way? Blargh. I was really interested in a Touch Pro until I got my hands on it in the AT&T store and the 5-way sucked. Now the Pro2 won't have one at all? I was worried people were going to listen to Steve Jobs when he said buttons were dead -- looks like I might have been right. What a moron.