Plemix

HTC has added two new models to its Touch series of smartphones: the HTC Touch Diamond2 and the HTC Touch Pro2.We have just finished the Diamond2 few days ago. Now, the long waiting one, one of HTC's new flagship devices, Touch Pro2 is also on my desk. Wow… How excited I am? The name lack imagination, the handsets get some spiffy make over and upgraded its features that bring a people-centric approach to mobile communication. See how powerful it is!

It’s comes with a battery, an extra stylus, an AC adapter, a stereo headset, a USB cable, a leather case, screen protector, CD and User’s guide.

Touch Pro2 is noticeably heavier (178.5 g vs. 165 g) and larger (116 X 59.2 X 16.65 mm vs. 102 X 51 X 18.05 mm) than the original Touch Pro. Of course, the bigger screen makes the device looks bigger and elegantly designed with softer edges compared with the previous one. Can’t believe that it is in the same family of Touch Pro judge by its appearance. It looks like TyTN II more than Touch Pro.

It features a large 3.6-inch WVGA (800x480 pixel) touchscreen display which got only 2.8-inch WVGA (480 x 640 pixels) on the previous one. It’s the biggest screen that has ever seen on HTC recently. Even the newest Diamond2, it got 2.8-inch only. Also, Touch Pro2 paired with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

The buttons below the display: a total of 4 keys share the limited space. But they are easy to press with a good tactile feedback.

The bottom side hosts the combined miniUSB slot and an audio jack.

At the back, you may see the mute button and the 3.2 megapixel camera. And there is a new added function: While a call or conference call is in progress, you can turn on the speakerphone by simply placing the device face down.

To use the hardware keyboard, slide the screen panel up to reveal the keyboard. And the power bottom is on the left top of the device.

Once you slide it up, you can tilt the display to as much as 130 degrees up, so that you can lay the device comfortably on your desk and get perfect visibility of the screen.

As well as, the spacious lettering on the keypad on the Touch Pro2. You are able to tap messages quickly and comfortably, despite our big thumbs. Touch Pro2's raised keys are spaced apart and are large for a mobile phone. They also click when you have tapped a letter so you know the letter has been typed.

You have to remove the stylus and then remove the back cover to insert the microSD card. The microSD card slot is located on the upper part of the exposed right panel.

It is using HTC’s latest TouchFlo 3D interface, which allows finger-touch access to the most important functions such as favorable contacts, text message, e-mail and more. It brings more relevant information to the forefront.

On the Start screen here.

You can use the hardware keyboard to enter text. Another option is to use either the on-screen Full QWERTY or Phone Keypad. These two on-screen keyboards are both large enough and finger-friendly.

On the Google map here.

The Touch Pro2 is the predecessor to the HTC Touch Pro with many improvements, and builds on the success of the popular Windows Mobile device with Zoom Bar as Diamond2 does. However, it adds HTC’s Straight Talk technology, which claims to improve the speakerphone quality using asymmetric speakers and advanced noise suppression with full duplex acoustics, which is doesn’t appear on Diamond2. At the same time, Diamond2 got the 5 megapixel camera whereas the Touch Pro2 only got 3.2 megapixel. They are both nearly perfect but lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack for the music lovers. The Touch Pro2 is a quality device and it makes the choice between Touch Pro2 and Diamond2 more difficult.

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# posted by plemix @ 9:01 PM