HTC announces HTC Touch Pro
You might know it as the HTC Raphael, but from now on, it’s official, and officially the Touch Pro. More or a less a slide-out QWERTY version of the HTC Touch Diamond, the Touch Pro improves on some of the Touch Diamond’s specs. Here we’ll find a 1350mAh battery with up to 8 hours of talk time, 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, HSDPA 7.2 and HSUPA connectivity. Sadly, it’s not a quad-band EDGE or tri-band UMTS device, with North American versions coming “later in the year.” Hit the jump for the full specs on the Touch Pro and a couple images.
- Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
- Weight: 165 g
- Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
- Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
- Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
- Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
- Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
- Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
- Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
- Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
- GPS: GPS/AGPS
- Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
- Battery: 1350 mAh
- Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
- Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz
And the fact that so many Apple fanboys all come up to attack this phone only proves that HTC is onto something this time.
I just wish that HTC would bump up the screen size, seems like 3 inches should be the minimum.
My mogul has a 1500mAh and I blow threw it in 1/3 of a day. I know 6.1 has some improvements in it that help with this, but come on, 1/3 a day? That is nuts.
This isn’t the new Tytn, else they would have called it Tytn III. I’m waiting for the new tynt which it will be better.
This is definitely a sleek phone. I’m up in the air between this one and the Touch Diamond.
http://www.HTCTouchPro.net
http://www.HTCTouchDiamond.com
It’s damn near perfect…the only problem, it’s not banded for America yet.
My only gripe with this phone is that there are no softkey buttons like on my Mogul.
Other than that, I can’t wait to get this phone!
HTC Touch Pro ……….$500usd
Anyone know what’s the differences between the Touch pro and touch diamond? I can’t seem to find that information on http://www.AllTouchPro.com
Thanks for your time.
Hi abcyesn,
The main difference between the two handsets is that the Touch Pro has a slide out qwerty keyboard. It also has a memory card slot – unlike the Diamond.
Hope this helps,
Jon
Hi,
Also, the phone is quite small. I mean it is as thick as the HTC Kaiser or Tytn II, but it is thinner and it looks a lot like Nokia N95. It is a very capable device and video playback is incredible. The VGA screen is small but it does make up for it with clarity and brightness. I have not seen a better screen on a phone of this size.
Also, just to throw in my tuppenny worth in here, iPhone sucks. Yes it is 3G, but it is a bloody media player for heaven’s sake. It’s not a serious business tool. It would NOT replace the Blackberry or Windows-based Mobile devices for business or educational purposes. End of story. It just isn’t that versatile and the applications available are hindered by the iPhone’s virtually useless touchscreen keypad. I couldn’t care less for the business crew, since I am a Master’s student and have been using Windows based devices for a long time to make notes, record lectures, send/receive emails, write essays and compose letters. This kind of work cannot be handled by the iPhone with alacrity or with any level of professional efficiency. Yes, iPhone is good for what it is, but I hate it when people try to sell it as a business device. I have worked in some Mega Corporations in London, one of which is a huge broadcasting organisation, and whilst I was there, the iPhone was perceived as a joke. You could do more with the Nokia N93i even. I mean, iPhone is great for teenager’s who only want to browse the web and listen to a few tunes, but it in the end, it is just another multimedia device, with a phone tacked on as an afterthought. It lacks many features that some other hones have, such as front VGA camera, Camera Flash, or even Video recording. It fails on almost every level as a smartphone. Apple should have produced a MAC OS based PDA, with a slide out keyboard and iPod functionality as an added bonus – then, it may have even been worth the bloated price. I have nothing against Apple, as I find their computers to be superior to Windows based machines and their products are of the highest quality, but I do not think the iPhone qualifies as being a quality product – you get far less for what you pay, and other phones can also do what it is does best, arguably in a far better way (and you don’t have to use iTunes). It is hardly revolutionary, and I am not sure how long people have had Edge/3G in the US, in Europe it’s been going for a long time, so adding 3G to it is neither here nor there, since it has been a standard feature on even the crummiest of handsets. Maybe there are some people here who have bought iPhones and feel the need to justify their vanity and loss of monies by dissing other devices that are designed for a completely different kind of user.
iPhone is a toy, not a great communication tool (unless your idea of a great communications tool is to spend ten minutes just typing something simple with a clunky virtual keyboard). I highly recommend the HTC Touch Pro to students and business professionals and until something more useful comes on the market (the Sony Xperia is shaping up nicely), the Pro has the potential to become the leader in its market. I am ready to take on the bile from the Apple fanboys. Why be a fan of a Corporate, anyway? A good product is just that, I mean undying loyalty is as stupid as patriotism or…..the ‘R word’ (and its twisted variants the world over).
the US version keyboard looks wack.. number keys are like the Tilt within the letter keys not the top row like EU version and grey not black.
I’ve had my Touch Pro for 2 weeks now, upgrading from my HTC Universal. It’s really good, but not great, what I wanted was my Universal, a bit thinner, a bit faster and with lots more memory. The htc touch pro was the closest I could see to it. It’s downsides to me
Windows Mobile, expect resets.
Slid out not clamshell, tricky to use on a desk
Screen is small, usable but I liked the Universals big screen
Same for the keyboard, typing speed much down from the Universal but a world better than any non physical keyboard.
No 3.5mm headphone socket, c’mon HTC what were you thinking?!?! no listening while charging, can’t use my existing headphones, this really really sucks. I don’t want to carry an adaptor in addition to my phone
built in GPS seems a bit quirky, not as good as using an external GPS when inside a moving vehicle.
The Iphone wasn’t an option to me, my minimum requirement was to be able to run my remote desktop s/w and the IPhone failed at the first hurdle.
im happy with my htc pro but i fnd that i need to recharge it everyday…is it just happening to me? and btw i just browse couple of pages do some excel work and recieve a couple of phone calls