Herg, a developer at XDA, has ported Sony’s X1 Panels over to the HTC Touch Pro2. There is also a link for additional Panels you can download, but it doesn’t look like many work just yet (no Facebook, no Skype, but yes to Windows Live). Check out the download links here at mobilitydigest if you want to give it a whirl, and please report back with your thoughts!
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This neat little vid shows a screen visibility test between seven pretty hot devices:
Basically, it looks like the iPhone screen wins in the sunlight, while the others, especially those with the AMOLED screens, look better in lower light. Judge for yourself…
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Here is a nice unboxing video of the new HTC Tilt 2 on AT&T. This video from pocketnow is pretty thorough, giving us a look at the original Tilt for comparison and then tearing open the FedEx package. We also get to see it up against the iPhone and the Touch Pro 2.
As promised, the first official Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade for the HTC Touch Pro 2 has just been released into the wild and is ready for you Touch Pro 2 owners to head over to the official HTC website and download it!
Be sure that you’re aware that this ROM update (version 1.86.401.0) will actually clear all the data on the phone and replace the current OS — so make sure you backup all of your contacts, emails, messages and call history using something like PIM Backup (which I highly recommend).
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Chuong Nguyen over at pocketnow.com has just put up his thoughts on the Straight Talk feature on the new HTC Touch Pro 2. Straight Talk, announced at the same time as the Touch 2 at the Mobile World Congress 09, is a handy feature that turns on the speakerphone when the phone is flipped onto it’s front. This is even more effective with the HTC Touch 2’s dual speakers and dual microphones.
In short, Nguyen really liked the system and his conference-calling-guinea-pigs couldn’t even tell he was on speakerphone at times and even found the speakerphone to have better quality than the regular headset.
PocketNow.com has put up a good post for all those of you who are sporting HTC Touch Pros. With three US carriers picking up the HTC Touch Pro 2 (T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint), many of you are surely considering making the jump to the 2.0… but should you?
Check out this informative comparison between the HTC Touch Pro and the HTC Touch Pro 2.
The folks over at WMExperts have put together a handy article comparing the three US carriers who are offering the new HTC Touch Pro 2. T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon are all getting into the Touch Pro 2 game, so which is your best bet? This table is they key:
T-Mobile |
Sprint |
Verizon |
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| Phone’s discounted price | $349.99 | $349.99 | $199.99 |
| Voice plan (basic) | $29.99 | $69.99* | $39.99 |
| – Number of minutes | 300 | 450* | 450 |
| Data plan price (unlimited) | $24.99 | Included | $29.99 |
| Text messages | Included | Included | $5 |
| – Number of texts | Unlimited | Unlimited | 250 |
| Total cost over 2 years | $1,669.51 | $2,029.75 | $1,999.51 |
Despite their mathematically-challenged writing staff, it’s a helpful article – check it out.
Thanks to the HTC Twitter feed, we now know that the HTC Touch Pro 2 will be making its way to North America!
The Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, which was shown off last week at MWC in Barcelona to a variety of markets.
And to answer the big question on everyone’s minds, the Touch Pro2 will be broadly available in all major markets, including North America.
Shortly afterward, the HTC Twitter feed provided an additional update, saying:
All, we have not announced a launch date for the Touch Pro2 in any country yet. But we did announce we will start to roll it out late Q2.
The Touch Pro 2 packs a 3.6-inch WVGA TouchFLO 3D display, a tilt-capable screen and a full keyboard. The device also supports a new feature from HTC called Straight Talk, which lets users to set up multi-party conference calls by accessing contact information in the user’s email inbox. The phone, which also sports dual microphones and speakers and doubles as a conference bridge when flipped over, comes complete with a mute button. Nice!
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