Review - The HTC Touch Pro 2

Advantages: well designed, good touchscreen, good QWERTY keypad, improved sofware, good widescreen display
Disadvantages: Expensive, no spec bump, no flash module, heavy

... HTC Touch Pro 2 It wasn't all too long ago that I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of HTC's first Touch Pro handset, but when I did get my hands on it I was a little disappointed. I obviously wasn't the only one as I now have in my hand the new version, the HTC Touch Pro2. Even with its improved software and a very nicely designed tilt screen, I still needed to be convinced this was a serious alternative to competitive Smartphone's like the iPhone 3GS, Nokia N97 and the host of available BlackBerry's. Design and Features There is no denying that the new Pro2 is a very visually appealing handset, the 3.6 inch touchscreen allows for a 480x800 widescreen VGA resolution, using a customised version of the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. Although it is very 'business' like in appearance, its metal and black...

Luc2oo9 14.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch Pro 2

More HTC wow!

Advantages: Thin but big, 1GHz processor, runs Windows, loads of extra software.
Disadvantages: A little too sensitive, Not as many colours on screen as other phone

...Well I got this phone and wow...Its big the screen is big, the processor inside is even bigger. Its hard to explain the smoothness of the phone once it has started, however compared to my iPhone it is smooth and that is saying something. With Windows Mobile 6.5 as the operating system the amount of software and customisation available is really out of this world. The fact that the HTC HD2 is quite smart, ie when you pick up the phone to answer a call the ring volume goes down. With lots of little touchs like this it makes the user experiance quite outstanding. The fact that the 1ghz processor inside really makes the whole phone run so smoothly. Add the fact that Windows Mobile 6.5 has a huge back catalog of programs most of which work without the need to adjust any advanced features to make it work, sort of put the other...

kashumer 23.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of HTC HD2

The Touch Pro 2 won't please everyone but will do almost anything

Advantages: Has every feature you could wish for, good build quality, well thought out interface
Disadvantages: Big, Not for everyone

...HTC's Touch Pro 2 Review A little background HTC's Touch Pro 2 offers a lot over my previous phone, the HTC Tytn II, I bought the phone because I was already satisfied with Windows Mobile and I have had good experiences with HTC phones previously- ultimately this review reflects the quality of two phones, one belonging to my father and the other to me, and so far we're both very satisfied. Key Background This review is based on: * 3 months use as my sole phone * Two units (and two owners... no replacements needed) * Use of the UK Vodafone network * Using a HSDPA connection (negatively impacting on battery life compared to a 3G or 2G connection) * Use of the default Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 Initial thoughts I bought the Touch Pro 2 because I am a fan of physical...

Northerngeek 17.11.2009 · Read review
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HTC Touch

Advantages: Pretty easy to use because of a plugin
Disadvantages: Little sluggish just like a WM6 pro device

...I have been using an HTC Touch myself for about more than five months now. It comes in two variants, one which has 64mb ram and other which has 128mb. The more the ram, faster the device is. Till date, the product hasn't given me any problems. The ease of use of this phone is just too fantastic and has an especially a fantastic plugin called the 3d Touch cube. This cube helps in navigating through the vip contacts stored on one page then on to multimedia, consisting of photos, music and videos {on one page}. Then comes the system management , consisting of E-mail, sms, IE, tasks, Communication manager and then calendar on one page. Total of three faces of the 3d cube, which help in controlling almost whole of the phone. The camera being 2mp is exceptionally sharp. The HTC home plugin provided makes the phone pretty easy to use...

anurag440044 30.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch

HTC Touch

Advantages: Customizable, Great video, User-Friendly
Disadvantages: Weak Battery, Faulty software

...freezing may increase. the phone is durable and can take a beating (trust me i've experienced this first hand) it comes with a slot for a microSD card for memory but only comes with a default 512 mb storage card. the phone has a great look and feel and comes with many options to customize themes using its 2D touch panel.. I recommend as a first smart phone but in the long run there are better mobile phones that you could get for the price of an HTC Touch.. in my opinion the phones great for an average teenager but not for anything business related...

Bensonj16 16.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch

HTC Touch

Advantages: Thin Form factor, Software customizability, PDA features, Windows compatibilty
Disadvantages: No GPS, 3G and hardware keyboard

...The HTC Touch is a decent PDA (Windows Mobile 6) powered smartphone, which is particularly great due to its thin form factor and light weight. The HTC Touch is mainly touch operated and proposes a 'revolutionary' Touch Flo interface. The strength of the touch is that interface and applciations can be completely customised through some tweaking available at xdadevelopers.com, and in fact mine Touch is mainly now finger touch operated, making the stlyus mainly reduntant. The Touch however is slightly underpowered (you will notice this underpower when using some power hungry apps such as opening a picture hungry webpage), has no GPS and no 3G connectivity. The touch is recommended for those which are on a tight budget, require a good pda and a decent phone but not the ultimate technology. I am very satisfied with it and would...

devouring 23.05.2008 · Read review
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HTC Touch Review

Advantages: touch screen, stylish, lots on it, memory
Disadvantages: hard to txt a lot,

...I got the HTC touch as an upgrade, recommended to me by the man who sorted out my upgrade, i was very impressed when i first recieved it, nice packaging and well presented. After a few problems upgrading i turned the phone on,. Took a while at first but worth waiting for, very easy to use with lots of things to do on it. The tough flo is great when on the move like on the bus or train. Just a quick movement up the screen with your thumb bringsyou to your music, videos and the internet as well as many other options. Nice and styleish, fits nice in your hand with the stylus tooked away in the top. The cam is not the best and its quite hard to txt if your in a hurry and you always need to use the stylus, but that being the only downside, i do like the phone, easy to use with wireless connection,games, 2.0mg cam,microsoft word and windows...

jonathancox52 28.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch

Great looking Win Mo touch flo phone

Advantages: great looks, stands out from all the other smartphones, good call quality
Disadvantages: lack of QWERTY keyboard

...I have this phone as a work phone and it substituted the i-mate I was initially given and subsquently broke. I am an avid Windows Mobile user and have been since the first iterations of the smart phone hit the consumer market. My have they come along way. The Touch Diamond 2 looks great and works as it is supposed to. Turning on and setting up the phone's functions is easy to do, especially syncing with your outlook mail. The touch flo screen makes it a pleasure to use, although the absence of a QWERTY keyboard is a down side, especially if you have big fingers because you will always have to take the stylus out to hit the keys you want. As HTC make a lot of the innards of other smart phones, they are usually a good bet and with the latest iterations of their phones they have finally come up to speed - literaly - by putting in decent...

barryjnr 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch Diamond2

HTC Touch Diamond

Advantages: Stylish, Lots of Programs
Disadvantages: Very Slow

...amazing. Especially the weather effects. It something you couldn't have got years ago on a phone. The problem is, there are a few catches to this, which I will mention later in the review. The User interface is well laid out, if not a bit too packed for a touch screen phone.The stylus helps massively here, and its something I have experianced in a phone before. #three The appearence of the phone is probably the thing that most attracted me to it in the first place. Its sleak and stylish and also quite thin, and I love the effect on the back of the phone. I feel the buttons on the front are fairly useless, but I'm sure their are reason for them, I just can't find them. Now to the bad points. The phone Is very slow, and like I said before, this could be because mine needs updating. It takes quite a long time navigate through the interface...

Kovu123 21.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of HTC Touch Diamond

HTC Touch - nice but...

Advantages: neat, compact, powerful
Disadvantages: touch screen

...Having bought tow HTC touch phones to run some software - how would I comment...? They're all right, they do the job (most of the time). If you're a fan of the craze of smaller is better - yes they're compact, near and feel brilliant in you hand, but don't lose the stylus (or the spare one...) or if you do you'll have to find someone with childlike fingers with just enough fingernail to do the job adaquately. The screen can sometimes be unresponsive and not the quickest at times; if you tap wrong then you end up opening up a whole host of other programmes you both didn't want and didn't realise you'd pressed. Although they do have a nice little feature of a whole screen drag which you can use your finger to grab the screen and scroll down rather than use the scroll menu. Outside the screen and menus can be difficult to see making...

mysticninja 03.08.2008 · Read review
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