On the back of the Pro there's a 3.2-megapixel camera with an LED photo light, which takes MMS-worthy pictures in daylight and doesn't perform very well in low light. You can also use the camera to shoot low-res video and, as with the Diamond, the Pro supports YouTube playback via an app.
Getting back to business, the Pro comes into its own by supporting Exchange email and most Office document formats, including Word and Excel, giving you the option to read and edit documents on the go. Again, the slide-out Qwerty keypad makes editing documents much easier than having to use a touchscreen.
It's these elements that make the Pro more useful for business users than an LG Viewty, for example. While we found it slow to open documents at times, it was very useful to be able to quickly edit them, and know that the formatting would be the same when we sent them to a PC.
Performance
The Touch Pro's battery life is quoted at 419
minutes talk time (GSM) and 367 hours standby time. We found that with
moderate use we got around two days out of the battery, but that figure
changed according to how often we used 3G or GPS in particular. If
you're keen on preserving battery life, don't overuse any of the
features -- 3G is a real battery hog.
Conclusion
If we had to choose between the Touch Diamond
and the Touch Pro then it's a no-brainer -- we'd go for the Pro every
time. If you asked us whether or not we'd hand in our TyTN II for a
Pro, however, we'd have to think about it. While the improvements on
the Pro certainly make it better than its predecessor, it's not a
massive leap forward.
The Pro is another great device from HTC, but if you already own a TyTN II we'd recommend you check it in a shop before splashing out on the upgrade -- unless it's free, of course. We hope future models come with a 3.5mm headphone jack and that Windows Mobile becomes more finger-friendly.
Edited by Nick Hide
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Connophones 4 June 2011
Good: the camera is good at natural light, the touch screen is good and responsive, the internet is nice ans=d fast, flash support is good. THE PHONE IS MADE REALLY WELL!!!!, I HAVE HAD MINE SINCE IT FIRST CAME OUT YEARS AGO, it is a very good phone. plus it looks great, and it offers windows phone with features like windows mobile office, with word, pp, exel,publisher
Bad: the battery life isnt great, music player isnt great, AND THE SPEAKERS ARE SIMPLY AWFULL.
Comment: i think that this phone is great, it is made very well and does what it said on the box. BUT, if you like music this phone is defiantly not for you. also if you are a bit of a dumbass with phone the windows mobile does take some getting used to, and if you really like your apps this phone is not for you. BUT if you like social networking, fast internet, great easy to use email and a great touch screen THEN THIS PHONE IS DEFINATLY FOR YOU!!!!!, it is just a big shame that the music player and speakers are really rubbish, and that there arent really any apps that you can get...
Kyle-Stefan Ward 8 October 2010
Good: Good QWERTY Keyboard. Nice bright screen.
Bad: HTC Audio Manager has never worked since I had the phone. Terribly laggy. The noise it makes when you send a text gets irritating very fast. It starts slow and gets nothing but slower.
Comment: I bought the phone in March hoping that I would get a nice fast phone as there aren't many applications to run on it, but it took a while for it to load when I first turned it on and HTC's Audio Manager didn't work. I dismissed this as unimportant as I have an iPod anyway and Windows Media Player on the device did work.
The phone was initially a very good phone for me however I've found that the more I use it, it has become incredibly slow. Within 6 months, there is now a 3-10 second lag when I open the keyboard for the screen to rotate and when texting or emailing I'll find that I have typed a message on the keyboard before half of it is even displayed on the screen, with it lagging substantially. During the text conversations, it becomes apparent that there is part of the touch screen (the far left and right sides) which don't actually work, so you can never highlight a full message and trying to use the on-screen keyboard is an absolute nightmare.
Although I haven't had that many phones, I found my LG Viewty to be of more use to me than this phone... It had a better battery life, the on-screen keyboard was brilliant, the camera was better, the phone didn't lag as much and the volume on it was much better.
Overall, I believe that there are much better phones out there for the price. In my opinion, I wasted £220 spending money on a phone which ages so rapidly. I think this phone should vanish into obscurity if it hasn't already done so.
mobilephonemart 3 October 2009
Good: the FULL qwerty keyboard
Bad: loading up time from when first switching on
Comment: great phone, really like the full qwerty keyboard, many other phones with keyboards are only half with the numeric keys missing. the touch flo is smooth and easy to use. just need to set the resposivness setting to tailor ur requirements when sliding and scrolling.
get for setting up and accessing email accounts. with unlimited internet on your tariff its a great piece of business kit to carry around with wifi to add.
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