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Technical Details
- Surf and download at broadband speed with HSPA and Wi-Fi'
- 2.8-inch touch screen
- Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface
- Five-row QWERTY keyboard
- 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Touch Pro. Power meets beauty, work meets play.
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The HTC Touch Pro™ combines business with pleasure, offering one-handed operation of simple tasks and full keyboard input for serious work.
The HTC Touch Pro™ brings together elegant touch screen response with the direct precision of keyboard entry… leaving out nothing to deliver a powerhouse communication tool in a beautiful, compact design.
The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making email, documents and web pages sharper and easier to work with than ever before.
HTC’s rich, touch-responsive interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar checks or making calls. Delve a little deeper to find that playing media files, searching for contacts and surfing the web are also responsive to your touch.
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The web browser puts the full Internet in the palm of your hand. Websites look just like they do on a PC, and TouchFLO™ 3D makes it easy to pan around and zoom in on exactly the information you’re looking for. If you need a wide screen, simply tilt the Touch Pro sideways and the page switches to landscape view.
Slide out the 5-row QWERTY keyboard to make light work of typing-intensive tasks like composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents… perfect for when your day takes a serious turn.
High speed connectivity will keep you in touch with colleagues and contacts wherever you are. Integrated GPS can be used with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.
Built-in Wi-Fi and TV-out functionality* mean you can hook up to the local wireless hot spot to surf, then deliver the perfect PowerPoint® presentation without a laptop in sight.
A beautiful angle on business, the HTC Touch Pro introduces effortless presence to enterprise-standard communications.
Box Contains
- HTC Touch Pro Smartphone
- AC adaptor
- USB Sync. cable
- Stereo wired headset
- User manual
- Quick start guide
- Software CD
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I so wanted to fall in love with this phone, but the damned thing is just too slow and temperamental.
Take the iWannabe touchFlo interface which is, like, really cool. For about five minutes, after which you get fed up to the back teeth waiting for it to respond. Scrolling between tabs takes an age and often freezes. Attempting to navigate webpages on the woeful Opera random-zoom browser is hell on earth - it's got a mind of its own.
I couldn't believe the phone-answering-in-the-pocket business could be true, but - yup - HTC have designed a touch sensitive screen that becomes active in your pocket and rejects precisely 100% of your incoming calls. That must be number one thing on the "we're designing a touch screen phone: which problems are we likely to encounter?" list. Incredible.
Another maddening design aspect is the contoured Diamond back. You would have though this might serve some ergonomic purpose; but when you pull the keyboard out and place the phone on a flat surface it actually tilts away from you and rocks around making typing impossible. Uh?! The keyboard itself, although it feels like it is going to snap off the phone any time soon, is really very good indeed.
All that said, you can tweak this thing into quite a pretty good phone. The Answerkeys Disabler app solves the pocket problem. The TF3D Config app improves the TouchFlo performance no end. Using Internet Explorer over Opera gives more reliable browsing experience. As with all WinMO phones syncs with Outlook work like a dream. The screen, while a mite small at 2.5", is very sharp and bright.
I very nearly sent this phone back but have learned to cope with it. It's just a real shame it takes days of twiddling to get the thing working to its full potential. That's not really what you hope for in a ear-bleedingly expensive phone.
Take the iWannabe touchFlo interface which is, like, really cool. For about five minutes, after which you get fed up to the back teeth waiting for it to respond. Scrolling between tabs takes an age and often freezes. Attempting to navigate webpages on the woeful Opera random-zoom browser is hell on earth - it's got a mind of its own.
I couldn't believe the phone-answering-in-the-pocket business could be true, but - yup - HTC have designed a touch sensitive screen that becomes active in your pocket and rejects precisely 100% of your incoming calls. That must be number one thing on the "we're designing a touch screen phone: which problems are we likely to encounter?" list. Incredible.
Another maddening design aspect is the contoured Diamond back. You would have though this might serve some ergonomic purpose; but when you pull the keyboard out and place the phone on a flat surface it actually tilts away from you and rocks around making typing impossible. Uh?! The keyboard itself, although it feels like it is going to snap off the phone any time soon, is really very good indeed.
All that said, you can tweak this thing into quite a pretty good phone. The Answerkeys Disabler app solves the pocket problem. The TF3D Config app improves the TouchFlo performance no end. Using Internet Explorer over Opera gives more reliable browsing experience. As with all WinMO phones syncs with Outlook work like a dream. The screen, while a mite small at 2.5", is very sharp and bright.
I very nearly sent this phone back but have learned to cope with it. It's just a real shame it takes days of twiddling to get the thing working to its full potential. That's not really what you hope for in a ear-bleedingly expensive phone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Had this phone for about a year now and while i can understand many of the negative reviews since the stock ROM(operating system/ firmware etc) can be awful, given a respectable upgrade (a process simpler than you would think) makes this a superb phone. Anyways, if your a little techie or are willing to do a bit of reading online flashing this phone with the latest ROM enhances the user experience greatly.
I would advise anyone buying or upgrading any new phone to do this as quite often you wont be getting the full usage from your mobile otherwise.
Anyways, the phone itself does everything well (once its been updated). Average camera, GPS now works superbly and is a complete replacement (once having installed TomTom) for a stand alone device in my opinion. (Ive seen and used satnavs which are much more annoying, poorly designed and have much poorer routing intelligence than this).
Qwerty keyboard is excellent. Personally i find it much more preferable to any touch screen alternatives. Typing is always quicker on a qwerty.
Size may annoy some people in all fairness though weight i find reassuring. Really light phones feel cheap by comparison.
Build quality is good. Very solid. Touch Flo interface is a new addition and one thats served htc well and has been ported to the new HTC Hero it was so popular.
Windows mobile 6.5+ fixes many of the bugs/ annoyances of previous versions and is well worth considering.
All in all an excellent phone though not for the tech shy.
I would advise anyone buying or upgrading any new phone to do this as quite often you wont be getting the full usage from your mobile otherwise.
Anyways, the phone itself does everything well (once its been updated). Average camera, GPS now works superbly and is a complete replacement (once having installed TomTom) for a stand alone device in my opinion. (Ive seen and used satnavs which are much more annoying, poorly designed and have much poorer routing intelligence than this).
Qwerty keyboard is excellent. Personally i find it much more preferable to any touch screen alternatives. Typing is always quicker on a qwerty.
Size may annoy some people in all fairness though weight i find reassuring. Really light phones feel cheap by comparison.
Build quality is good. Very solid. Touch Flo interface is a new addition and one thats served htc well and has been ported to the new HTC Hero it was so popular.
Windows mobile 6.5+ fixes many of the bugs/ annoyances of previous versions and is well worth considering.
All in all an excellent phone though not for the tech shy.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
After owning this phone for 8 weeks I am amazed how awful it is, if ever there is a case for "not fit for purpose" this phone is it.
HTC have tried so hard to create a slick graphic interface that they seem to have forgetten that this is in fact a phone, not just a screen with lots of pretty pictures, and it is as a phone that this device completely lacks any user friendliness.
This phone cannot perform the task of making and receiving calls with any reliability. The phone dialler interface has been designed without any thought.
The most annoying aspect of the phone is the inclusion of a large on-screen "END CALL" button, which is posibly the most stupid and pointless idea I have ever encountered on a phone. THIS IS A MAJOR FAULT WITH THE PHONE because you can't put the phone to your ear without rejecting a call, also if the phone is in your pocket, or in a case the phone will ALWAYS REJECT A CALL.
HTC must have found the same problem when they tested the phone, so instead of redesigning the inteface they have just disabled the screen as soon as a call is answered, making dealing with other incoming calls or checking messages very difficult. Words cannot discribe how useless this very expensive device is as a phone.
Is there anything about this phone that I like..hmmm lets think...no.
It crashes, the user interface is a step back from the previous one, the phone often needs restting, the reception is awful, the speaker is almost silent, the glossy case gets grubby almost instantly, GPS connection is slow causing Satnav software to lag, the Music player will not sync with Windows media player, the keyboard is buggy, battery life is poor, the on screen keyboard changes from alpha numeric to Qwerty and sync with Outlook can be problematic.
In summation, I have owned and used PDA's for around 7 years now, and this smartphone has to be the most awful device I have ever owned. I am so fed up with it I have begun using my old phone.
HTC have tried so hard to create a slick graphic interface that they seem to have forgetten that this is in fact a phone, not just a screen with lots of pretty pictures, and it is as a phone that this device completely lacks any user friendliness.
This phone cannot perform the task of making and receiving calls with any reliability. The phone dialler interface has been designed without any thought.
The most annoying aspect of the phone is the inclusion of a large on-screen "END CALL" button, which is posibly the most stupid and pointless idea I have ever encountered on a phone. THIS IS A MAJOR FAULT WITH THE PHONE because you can't put the phone to your ear without rejecting a call, also if the phone is in your pocket, or in a case the phone will ALWAYS REJECT A CALL.
HTC must have found the same problem when they tested the phone, so instead of redesigning the inteface they have just disabled the screen as soon as a call is answered, making dealing with other incoming calls or checking messages very difficult. Words cannot discribe how useless this very expensive device is as a phone.
Is there anything about this phone that I like..hmmm lets think...no.
It crashes, the user interface is a step back from the previous one, the phone often needs restting, the reception is awful, the speaker is almost silent, the glossy case gets grubby almost instantly, GPS connection is slow causing Satnav software to lag, the Music player will not sync with Windows media player, the keyboard is buggy, battery life is poor, the on screen keyboard changes from alpha numeric to Qwerty and sync with Outlook can be problematic.
In summation, I have owned and used PDA's for around 7 years now, and this smartphone has to be the most awful device I have ever owned. I am so fed up with it I have begun using my old phone.
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htc touch pro
This phone has the potential to be good but it is just too slow, opening documents can take an age, and sometimes that left me wanting to smash it against the wall. Read more
Published 20 months ago by jim
Good phone
Im quite impressed with the phone but can be a bit slow sometimes. just gotta be patient with it. the keyboard is excellent and touch flo is a top notch way of using the phone... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Mr. Lee Sinclair
Poor design all over
I was looking forward to getting a business phone that could be a phone, modem for my laptop, browse the internet. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Richard H
Great Phone - Unfair reviews
I have been using this phone for about 9 months now and it is great. I have a 16gb micro hcsd card in it which alows me to run Copilot 7 on the phone whilst listening to audio... Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by Amnada R. Miller
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