Submitted by rapture on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 4:02pm.
The HTC Touch Pro is a smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.1, has a VGA screen, 3.1Mb camera for capturing images and video, a 5-row slide out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, and WiFi. It’s my new phone and I’ll be using it for at least a year. So far, I’ve been using it about 12 weeks.
For almost 3 years I was a Motorola Q user with Verizon Wireless service. Out of contract, I wanted to get another smartphone that would allow me to be productive while away from my desk. For a number of reasons, some technical and some personal, I skipped over the iPhone, its craze, and AT&T’s plans. I had settled on getting a BlackBerry until I discovered the Sony Ericcson Xperia X1. That phone is sleak and just as powerful as some netbooks. However, that phone is one of the most expensive phones on the market and is exclusive to AT&T. The HTC Touch Pro is 95% of the phone I wanted in the Xperia, so I decided to hop on board as soon as it was released.
I bought two Touch Pros; one for the the wife and me. At first my wife did not like the Touch Pro. 24 hours after buying it, we took it back to the store to return it. The sales rep that greeted us was a HTC Touch Diamond user. The only difference between our phone and his Touch Pro was that his did not have a keyboard. He began showing us basic navigation techniques on our Touch Pro, how to use the touch screen, and how to use shortcuts to get to where we wanted to go on our phone. After the demo from the sales rep, she decided to keep the phone.
48 hours after buying the phone I got a text messages from my wife telling me how much she liked the phone. I can tell she really enjoys using the phone now. Every now and then, she’ll actually give a quick phone demo to someone else.
So, here’s a quick rundown of what I like and dislike about our new phone and cell phone service:
