HTC Touch Pro CDMA - Verizon

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im so glade i was able to return it!!!!!

Yesterday ronald macdonald

1 out of 10

had it for 3 days and took it back,what an over priced pile of junk,key board felt like it was going to fall off and everthing keep freezing up, ordered the omnia today from the reviews it looks awsome

Pros

none

Cons

the whole phone

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Nice Upgrade to the Mogul

28 Nov 2008 christopher.beatty@comcast.net

9.3 out of 10

Wow!  Everyone is "dogging" this phone so much it's hard to find a decent review.  I've been trying to compare it to the Omnia and all I can find are folks with the Omnia that love theirs and folks with the HTC TouchPro (TP) that are angry with Verizon.

I guess I'll offer my opinion (now that I've read nearly everyone elses).  I think it's a step above the Mogul and the Vogue.  I concede the point that it's "not as far as Verizon could have gone,..." but it's still a great device in its own right.

Call quality and reception seem to be on par with the Mogul (6800),... which is better than the Vogue (6900).  I bought the vogue and can rarely use it - due to the number of dropped calls I receive in my home.  TP has had a few - but no more than the Mogul ever gave me.  Out and about town - never a problem with dropped calls,... it's always at home and in the "inner rooms." Oh, there is an anomaly that is bothersome.  It appears there's a glitch with incoming calls, yeah, seriously,... So if you get the Advanced Configuration Tool (recommended below) you will find it possible to turn the "phone skin" off.  If you do this, it will ring on the second ring,... otherwise,... it will already have been ringing 3 - 4 times before you hear it on your end,... (yeah this is more than just Slot Cycle,... so don't hit me up on that - I know my phones) ;)

Sound is good and the screen is absolutely awesome!! I'm not big on the math of memory - so I don't want to get into a huge protracted debate.  But Verizon's version does have 64MB dedicated to the graphics that others don't,... I'm just saying - it looks beautiful and once you get the YouTube apps installed it streams a beautiful image.

Battery life is "okay,..." but if you're like me and you are a long time SmartPhone user, you probably like to have two batteries anyway.  As soon as the accessories get populated for this, I will buy a cradle and battery to swap out as one looses charge.  I've heard people ask for a bigger screen - but honestly, at this resolution it would eat up a lot of juice to have a screen that pretty!

"Lag???" Yes, it's there if you are using TF3D - without it - no way.  Perform the tweaks (that's the beauty of the TP - there are tons out there) and it will perform better right away.  Interesting observation is that with TF3D the lag goes away after a while.  I don't know if it's loading up cache or what the issue is, but I've found that it does NOT perform stellar after a reboot.  But if you give it 10 minutes and it's downright snappy. Google up a copy of the Advanced Configuration Tool TouchPro and you can find both the recommended tweaks as well as the graphical user interface to changing them.

Keyboard is also nice to have especially when you are trying to get a complex URL entered,... But I'd probably have gotten the Diamond if Verizon had picked it up simultaneously,... so let me bottom line it for you:  HTC TP has probably the most advanced user community of support (programs, interface tweaks, adjustments, hackers, enabling GPS, cooking up ROM's, providing kitchens) of any of the smartphones.  Too much work has already been invested in these phones and this one is just on the cusp of being fully unlocked (heck, in the time it took me to type this - there's probably already been a dozen or so new discoveries).

So, back to the "comparison,..." well, since I don't have the Omnia I can't be contemptious.  All I can say is what draws me to this phone over that phone.  I think the Omnia is the perfect phone for the "out of the box" never gonna flash a phone kind of user.  So, if you don't fiddle, tinker, optimize, dump it all off and start all over again on a monthly basis,... the Omnia is probably an awesome phone for you!!  I, on the other hand, have to drive my family and friends crazy by having something "new and ludicraous" happening on my phone.  I'm alway's showing off some new visual effect or feature.  That's the main reason I gravitate towards the TP. Keyboard helps, it does have more RAM and ROM than the Omnia, and it's got all those great Chefs cooking up new ROM's.

 

Pros

Keyboard
VGA Resolution - Screen is Beautiful
Automatically dims/brightens - Sensor for outdoor lighting is nice
TouchFlo3D Interface (is customizable if you're up to it)
Solid Device
Lots of developers / Support Community
Standard Cables / Adapters
Voice Dialing (hold the send key)

Cons

Less ROM than the competitors (although - it is configured diff 64MB to graphics)
Not for the technically challenged
Lots of tweaks to be performed to make it smmmmooooooth

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I HATE Verizon

28 Nov 2008 unhappy Verizon customer!

2 out of 10

I absolutely hate Verizon for what they do with every phone they get their hands on. I have had many different phones from Verizon and they mess up each and every one of them by taking out the features people wanted the most. I just called Verizon and one of their puppets just pretty much cursed me out for asking if I could buy the HTC phone from Alltel or Sprint and get it put onto the Verizon network. She got so mad at me and told me that it isnt Verizon's fault that a lot of the good is taken out of the HTC Touch Pro, and that it is actually HTC's fault. I replied and asked her, "If that is true then why is the Sprint, ATT, and Alltel version of the same exact phone, BETTER, and with more applications, than Verizon's?" Needless to say, she could not reply.

Pros

Verizon trains their puppets well

Cons

Verizon sucks!
They are buying out everyone so their is no hope!
The phones they have are horrible!
Unfortunately, this version of the HTC phone has been STRIPPED of everything good!
Sharp edges!
Overall just horrible, ONLY the Verizon version!

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