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Sprint have announced availability of the HTC Touch Pro, the QWERTY keyboard-blessed version of the HTC Touch Diamond. With a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, EV-DO Rev.A, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, the Touch Pro is intended for heavy messagers. The five-row keyboard – which we found to be great for typing at CTIA – adds a little thickness, but at 4.17 x 2.05 x 0.7 inches the Touch Pro is still a pocketable phone.
Other specs include GPS, A2DP stereo Bluetooth support and HTC’s TouchFLO 3D GUI that runs on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro. Although a stylus is included, TouchFLO 3D does make the smartphone much easier to navigate just using fingers. Onboard storage is 512MB with a microSD card slot (supporting up to 16GB cards) to augment it; RAM is 288MB while the 528MHz Qualcomm processor keeps things running smoothly.
There’s also an accelerometer for automatic screen rotation, a custom YouTube app and Sprint’s Music Store for audio downloads; you can even run presentations direct from the handset, courtesy of a TV-out cable. The HTC Touch Pro will be available on Sprint from Monday, October 26th, priced at $299.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a $25-or-higher data add-on or Everything plan with data.
One Response to “Sprint HTC Touch Pro announced: EV-DO Rev.A, QWERTY & more”
Graham November 2, 2008
Just a note: The TouchPro has a lot of bugs still that will need to be patched before the phone will be good for mainstream, even after it’s official launch. I’ve had a TouchPro from Sprint since October 25, and while it is a gorgeous phone there are some bugs in it which have been annoying me to no end. Namely: EVDO does -not- work in Wisconsin at the moment (only affecting the TouchPro), and using Windows Live Messenger on Wifi and going into a weak signal area has crashed my home network three days in a row (never happened prior to having this phone).
Sprint will probably be releasing a software update in the near future considering the TouchPro has been available thru Best Buy since October 19, and you can bet the early adopters have been reporting in to Sprint. I, myself, have been in contact with a Sprint “VIP Analyst” in regards to the numerous bugs that I have come across. So hopefully sooner than later for a patch.
All in all, it’s a great phone with a stunning user interface. It is well worth the buy.
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