HTC Touch Pro 2 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Strong call quality, Excellent keyboard, High-resolution display, Straight Talk makes staying in touch easy, Good speakerphone

Cons: No 3.5mm headphone jack, Bulky design, Expensive

Verdict: HTC added a few enhancements that are more subtle, but no less useful. For one, when you create a new contact, instead of just using a picture in your phone's library, you can log into Facebook and use a friend's profile picture as his or her address ...

Review summary: Those who can afford the Touch Pro2 will be buying a feature-rich smartphone with a unique conference calling feature and a decent suite of business apps.

Pros: Super display, Excellent keyboard, Unique conference calling feature, Easy-to-use speakerphone

Cons: Infrequent reception bugs, Most expensive smartphone in town

Review summary: Banking on the popularity of its Fuze (aka Touch Pro) phones for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, HTC has launched the unlocked Touch Pro 2 ($800; price as of 7/14/09) with a slicker design and a spruced-up user interface. But like many Windows Mobile ...

Pros: Sophisticated, minimalist design ; Improved TouchFLO interface

Cons: Camera is just average ; Software lags at times

Verdict: The Touch Pro 2 marries Windows Mobile functionality with HTC's clean aesthetics and intuitive usability. If you need a stronger camera or quicker-loading apps, you might look elsewhere, but otherwise the Touch Pro 2 does not disappoint

Review summary: This smartphone is ideal for business professionals, thanks to the great conference call feature and good keyboard for typing. Unfortunately, there's the bulky form factor to put up with.

Pros: 3.6-inch WVGA display ; great speakerphone with multi-party calling ; excellent video call quality ; good keyboard ; many useful TouchFlo 3D features

Cons: Very bulky and heavy ; no dedicated 3.5mm audio connector ; slow camera autofocus and no LED ; expensive

Verdict: The large screen on the Pro2 measures 3.6-inches diagonally and has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA). This was sharp and bright and we had no problems with the display in our week of use. The display fills the front of the device almost ...

Review summary: HTC sends over their biggest, baddest Windows Mobile phone from Europe, with dual mics and advanced business calling features. Check out our HTC Touch Pro 2 review.

Pros: Excellent keyboard. Great calling features, including a top-notch business speakrphone and great call management

Cons: Missing some important software, like IM client and turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Multimedia features still playing catch-up to the competition

Verdict: we saw recently, though it doesn't add much additional functionality beyond that keyboard and the extra-large battery, though that may be enough to justify the extra heft. Besides the keyboard, the phone is quite similar to the Touch Diamond 2, with ...