HTC Touch PRO Phone Black Sprint

Posted by Smartphone Review on January 29, 2010

Get down to business and stay close to all your most important contacts and documents while on the go with the HTC Touch Pro Smartphone for Sprint, which combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC’s intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touchscreen user interface. The TouchFLO 3D user interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media–all vividly displayed as photos and artwork on the 2.8-inch screen powered by the 3D graphics processor. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you’ll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents.

With the TouchFLO 3D interface, album artwork, calendar items and snapshots are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.

The HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO Rev. A). You’ll also enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV’s video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. Other features include built-in Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, and up to 4 hours of talk time. Compatible with MicroSD memory cards for expansion up to 16 GB, this package includes a 1 GB MicroSD card to give you the room you need for larger work files, presentations, reports, documents or fun files like photos and music.

Sprint Service
Supporting the EV-DO Rev. A high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO Rev. A connectivity provides peak network download data rates of up to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates of up to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds range from 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps and average uplink speeds range from 350 to 500 kbps.

With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive service allows you to access your favorite channels and networks within seconds to watch live TV or video-on-demand with full-motion video. Choose from more than 50 live television channels and watch programs such as CNN mobile, FOX sports and E! Entertainment; access NFL Network and special programming via Sprint Exclusive Entertainment.

Sprint brings you closer to this season’s NFL action with NFL Mobile Live, which enables you to listen to the live radio broadcasts of every NFL game throughout the 2008 regular season. Sprint is making it easier to follow a specific team by carrying a live radio broadcast for each game, including pregame and postgame reports in most instances. NFL Mobile Live also allows NFL.com fantasy owners to monitor the performance of every player in real time directly from their phone. Key information for individual players will be easily accessible, including real-time game and season cumulative stats, rankings, player profiles and photos. NFL Mobile Live is free of charge to Sprint data subscribers.

The slide-out, backlit QWERTY keyboard makes sending email and editing documents fast and familiar.

This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone–by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, “Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street.” As you approach the turn, you will hear, “Turn right on Elm Street.” Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it’s easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.

The Sprint Mobile Sync service enables you to store and manage up to 5,000 contacts in your Sprint Mobile Sync address book, including phone numbers, addresses, notes and other fields. After your phone is activated, every change you make to your address book will be automatically saved on the Sprint network and every change you make online will be updated on your phone. Create and manage personal Group Connect groups to instantly reach up to 20 other users, at the same time, via Nextel Direct Connect or texting. Import contact fields to your address book or synchronize them with your Microsoft Outlook contacts.

Phone Features
With the TouchFLO 3D interface, HTC has taken a great leap forward in touchscreen innovation. It’s designed for one-hand operation using simple, gesture-based navigation, allowing you to simply touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. A quick slide on the home screen quickly activates the most used features such as e-mail, text messaging, music player and camera. This instinctive interface extends to the powerful Web browser, where a useful “zoom in, zoom out” feature makes it especially easy to access the Web via the included Opera browser, which provides for desktop-like Web page renderings and user interactions. An integrated accelerometer senses when you change the position of the phone from portrait to landscape viewing, and it auto-rotates the screen’s orientation.

The HTC Touch Pro features a sharp, 262K-color 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen (480 x 640 pixels) for touch-sensitive navigation control, complete with three-dimensional animated transitions. For email, messaging and other data input, the HTC Touch Pro also comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the smartphone’s side.

Business users can choose from several popular platforms to access your corporate e-mail. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform offers seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook information including email, contacts, calendar and to-do lists. You can access and edit email attachments using mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.

In addition, the HTC Touch Pro supports scores of industry-specific applications as well as Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM), an enterprise-grade mobile device management solution that also provides security, mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) and software distribution for Windows Mobile devices enabled for Windows Mobile 6.1. For maximum flexibility, customers can choose to use either the classic Windows Mobile interface or HTC’s acclaimed TouchFLO 3D graphical interface, which makes popular applications easily available at the swipe of a finger.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You’ll also be able to access open Wi-Fi networks in offices and hotspots via the integrated 802.11b/g wireless connectivity.

Other features include:

3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus; video capture up to CIF resolution (352 x 288 pixels)
Windows Media Player compatible with MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV file formats
512 MB of ROM, 288 MB of RAM
Compatible with ActiveSync 4.5 and Windows Mobile Device Center
Support for polyphonic ringtones as well as real-music ringers
Voice command capable.
MicroSD memory card expansion (up to 16 GB capacities)
WorldCard Mobile business card reader
USB 2.0 connectivity with mass storage capabilities
Bluetooth version 2.0+EDR with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts)
Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3

Vital Statistics
The HTC Touch Pro weighs 4.94 ounces and measures 4.17 x 2.04 x 0.71 inches. Its 1340 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.0 hours of talk time, and up to 350 hours (14.6 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint’s EV-DO Rev. A data network.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6.1, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC’s Microsoft Office suite. You’ll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting–without affecting tables, images or text–as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
With Excel Mobile, you’re not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6.1 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Do Not buy this phone!!!
Had mine a little over a year and when I bought mine I paid way to much for it. It has been a problem from the time I purchased the first one and a week later had it replaced due to issues. The slide out key board was my biggest buying point and I use it very little, just not comfortable for me. Everything about this phone needed to be proven before it was released to the market last 2008. Just to many things to even mention that is a pain to deal with, the other negative reviews fairly well nailed it. The biggest problem is it freezes up daily, can’t handle the extended use that it was intended to be used for business. I am going to a blackberry, keeping it simple and proven. The pro 2 is to dam expensive, and don’t want to take a chance of having another nightmare like the current model touch pro.

1 Star Not going to spend a lot of time but this phone sucks!
1. Locks up very frequently

2. Multiple touches needed to execute commands

3. Not intuitive

4. Mysterious error messages

5. Scrolling through emails is impossible. It keeps opening them when you’re just trying to scroll.

6. Deleted photos for no reason

7. Depletes battery life quickly some days for no reason

8. Settings change for no reason

Don’t buy this phone!!!!

2 Stars Great phone…when it’s not freezing up on you!
I have had this HTC Touch Pro phone for nearly a year now, and I am thoroughly familiar with all of its features.

The phone has some great qualities:

* Big screen

* Slide out QWERTY keyboard

* Adobe PDF capability

* Numerous Programs

* File manager

** HOWEVER **

The poor qualities are just as many:

* The phone is extremely finicky, and freezes often - even with 4 or 5 bars of 3G service, the Opera browser would just not connect

* Don’t waste your time with the Internet Explorer browser - it is always slow no matter what

* The battery life is terrible - a charge won’t last the day, and I’m a light user, maybe 15 minutes talk time a day plus maybe 1 hour Internet browsing

* If you turn the screen off, the screen turns on by itself if you miss a call - NOT GOOD when you’re trying to conserve the battery life

* The screen takes forever to lock

For my next phone I will make absolutely positively sure that the phone is responsive and has at least an acceptable battery life.

Because, what good are features if you can’t use your phone?

5 Stars Very Nice Phone…Look for Apps!!!
I love this phone. Ive had it for almost a year and I still find new features now. The TouchFlo 3D is nice. It allows you to slide your finger on screen to select apps (Music, Internet, Pictures, Settings, Contacts…). TouchFlo 3D is very nice, but i highly recommend upgrading to Windows Mobile SPB Shell 3.0. I wouldn’t compare this phone to the IPhone at all…2 totally different phones. Touch Pro is a business phone. It has Office Mobile so you get Excel, Word, Power Point, and OneNote…Another nice thing is that you can do video conferencing and show power point presentations from your phone, connect it to TV or Projector using the TV out Feature. Another nice feature this phone has is the note pad. You can either Type in quick notes, save them and reopen them later. If you are on a call and need to write something down, all you have to do is pull the stylus out. Notepad will automatically come up so that you can write note on pad. You can use the stylus as a pen to write on Notepad. I can sit here and Type a book about many of the nice features this phone has. Its a Windows Mobile Phone so it very much is a pocket size PC. I even have a torrent app so that I may download torrent files directly on to my phone. It’s great! the internet speed on it allows a 5mb file to be downloaded in like a minute…sometimes faster. Opera browser is nice…better than IE mobile. The Media player is nice…it has a cover flow to it, you can flick scroll through the library very nicely.

Now…on to the negative stuff. The shell has a nice chrome/mirror finish, but it’s plastic. Its starts cracking right away. Even if you don’t drop your phone. Also, the battery does suck!!! With a phone like this where heavy use is very likely, the battery should last you about 10-15 hours with out having to charge. I don’t do a lot of business on it, just regular day to day activities and the battery drains on me. I can imagine people who are on the go every single day!!! The phone also tends to lag at times. Not that often, but sometimes it does. A quick soft reset fixes the problem, but it can be an inconvenience. I also wish it had more buttons. I know its a “Touch” phone but having a few buttons to access some of the features would be nice.

Anyways, overall this phone is a very nice phone. People are always very impressed with the features it has. If I had to choose between this phone and an I phone, I would very much so pick this phone. I phone is a very nice phone, but it lacks features…features you would get on this phone. Hope this helps…good luck

1 Star Three words . . . this phone sucks!
I wanted to like this phone, but it let me down in every way. I bought it because of all the rave reviews on this board, but to my dismay, I find myself trying to understand if I bought the same phone! I’ve used “smart phones” since before they were “smart phones.” Having tried my hand with the first motorola windows powered phones, the palm treos, and before this a blackberry. I think I can say I have enough experience with these types of phones such that I would not find myself bewildered by a new one.

However, that’s exactly how this phone leaves me. From the simplest things like locking the phone, to changing the alarm sound,or ring tones in this phone, nothing is either quick or intuitive. I’ve read that if I spend time online “googling” for solutions, I should be able to find everything I need. Well, it’s a “smartphone” for crying out loud - I should haven’t to spend hours trying to find answers to the simplest of tasks! Sure, I can understand having to research some of the cutting edge features, but not the simplest. For example, locking the phone can be done by pushing the power button on the phone. However, it unlockes if the power button is pushed again. Well putting the phone in your pocket is likely to result in “ghost” calling folks. Now you can spend 10 minutes setting a lock code for the phone which takes care of this problem, except that if you use the lock code feature the phone will require you to unlock it when it rings in order to answer. Really? That’s intuitive. This usually results in missed calls.

I have many other examples of how this phone is completely immature, like handling email, text messages, and the “touch” features of the phone, but I don’t have the time. It seems to me that if the simple feature aren’t intuitive, you can bet the more technical feature will be equally as ridiculous.

The only positive thing on this phone is how fast internet use is on it - otherwise it’s all thumbs down!

I am actually breaking my contract and buying a new phone, that’s how crappy this phone is.

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