HTC Touch Pro2 Sim-Free Windows Mobile Phone |
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List Price: £399.99
Our Price: £329.99
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- HTC Touch Pro2 Touchphone
- 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480
- Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz
- Memory: 512 MB (ROM); 288 MB (RAM)
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 Great hardware, limited by Windows Mobile, 2010-05-18
HTC is an absolute beauty of a smartphone that is easy to use, stylish, and stable. the only problem is with battery life which we found to be a little below par. If you are a heavy user of features like GPS, or Wi-Fi or indeed want to spend a lot of time listening to music via your phone you may find you need to charge the HTC daily.
 A few rough edges, 2010-05-16
This replaced an IPAQ 6915 running Windows Mobile 5. I was hoping that it would be more reliable than the IPAQ but in the 6 weeks I have been using it I have had the following reliability issues, a number of which mean that I couldn't be contacted:
1) Twice the phone connection has switched itself off, i.e. it wouldn't take or make calls. I only became aware of this when I checked the phone and was unaware that no one could ring me.
2) Twice the phone had crashed and I was unable to switch the phone on. I had to take the back off and perform a soft reset to start it. Again for the perdio since it had crashed no one could ring me.
3) Once the phone crashed whilst displaying the home screen. Again I had to perform a soft reset.
4) One afternoon the GPS refused top register a location and neither Google Maps nor Co-pilot could provide a route. This continued despite soft resets.
My phone came with factory loaded Windows Mobile 6.5. However the user manual is for 6.1. I tried to find out how to set the X icon to close programs rather than leaving them running, an issue which is claimed to lead to crashes. It was only after a stream of emails between HTC and myself, during which I was being given incorrect advice, that they eventually realised that this feature had been removed from the latest Touch Pro 2 version of Windows Mobile 6.5 despite it being available in the 6.5 upgrade they issued for 6.1 phones and it being available on other HTC 6.5 phones.
I would like to feel confident that if I have a phone on me that, subject to there being a signal, I can be contacted. So far I don't have that confidence with the Touch Pro 2.
The HTC user interface that has been overlaid onto Windows Mobile has inconsistencies and doesn't cover the core features. The Calendar feature doesn't use the status part of the appointment. The user interface does't extend to tasks or contacts. Some screens have a X icon but you need to press BACK to move back a screen, other screens don't have an X icon. One one screen (can't remember which) the only way I could find to get out of it was to press the call hangup key.
HTC Touch pro 2, 2010-08-16
The HTC Touch Pro 2 has the potential to be an excellent phone, there are however a few little flaws:
- The battery life is terrible, if you're leaving home for a few days the charger is a must have!
- The touch screen is sometimes none responsive, meaning that you have to sometimes press the item you want a couple of times.
- The "marketplace" (essentially an app store) needs work and more worth while apps.
- Windows Mobile isn't the greatest OS there is, sometimes mistaking the storage card for main memory and facebook for windows mobile is a real let down.
Little things like this really put the phone down, and with a few adjustments it could be 'perfect'.
I am a real fan of the WVGA screen, the large Qwerty Keyboard and the fact that the screen can bend upwards (sort of like a laptop) so you can put it on a table and watch a film, a power point presentation or simply edit a word document. This is the essence of what a modern phone should be.
The audio of the phone isn't bad either, I don't know many phones that sound as good as this one, the stereo speakers on the back and the two microphones make loudspeaker conversations much more pleasant than I have ever experienced. you also have the ability to conference call, however, I haven't tried this feature yet.
In conclusion, I can genuinely say that although the phone comes at a steep price if you have the cash buy this phone!
The pros vastly weigh out the cons.
 Very poor battery, 2010-05-20
This phone suffers from a a very low battery - I dont use bluetooth, have it on GSM and use email and it still has to be charged twice a day. It is very annoying - I have a 3G phone that I cannot use on 3G or the battery will run out too quickly. I have tried all the battery saving tricks and I make sure to shut off all unused programmes but still has a really short life span.
There are also some irritating problems with the way the HTC touch flo overlay works with windows mobile. The home screen has a calendar shortcut but when you have an appointment the shortcut is to that appointment. You cannot then navigate to the calendar.
There are some nice features that the phone has like the way you can flick the screen to scroll through text messages. The keyboard is good.
I considered buying an i-phone instead of this phone or a palm-pre and I think I made the wrong choice.
 Great phone for messagining, 2010-03-18
Great phone just because of keyboard and 16:9 (800x480) screen but still can't play DivX/XviD rip smoothly with its screen resolution :).
Just FYI: I bought mine from this link and I've got T-Mobile USA version with dark keyboard and black keys which looks very good but a little bit strange since I live in UK and used UK shop recommended by HTC UK site.
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Nokia CK-300 Car Kit + ISO Cable
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- SCREEN/LCD SCRATCH PROTECTOR For HTC Touch Pro 2/Pro2 (PACK OF 12)
- HTC Touch Pro 2 Screen Protector
- In Car Charger for TyTn, Touch Pro 2, HTC Snap, HTC Hero
- Navitech high quality durable stereo headphone / headset earphone audio adapter for all HTC phones including HTC Tattoo, HTC touch diamond 2 ii, HTC Magic, New Google Nexus one, T-Mobile G1 Google android phone, HTC Hero, HTC Touch HD Blackstone, HTC Touch 3G, HTC Touch VIVA, Touch Find, HTC TyTN 2 ii, HTC Touch Pro 2 ii, HTC Touch Pro HD HTC Snap, HTC G2 Magic, HTC Sense (11 pin / 3.5mm Mini USB Jack Stereo / headphone adapter)
- SanDisk microSDHC 16GB Card
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: HTC
EAN: 4710937329582
Label: HTC
Manufacturer: HTC
Model: HTC Touch Pro 2
Publisher: HTC
Release Date: 2009-05-28
Studio: HTC |
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