HTC Touch Pro 2: For The Business Minded
August 18th, 2009 | by Simone.F |
I recently looked at the new HTC Touch Pro 2, I was pleasantly surprised by it’s modern design and attention to detail. It is definitely a phone for the business professional. Very straight forward navigation, maximum room for schedule listing on the home screen, and simplistic navigation between communication pathways (text to email to call). The phone is rather large but what it lacks in streamline design it makes up for in efficiency.
One of the most appealing features on this phone is the amount of detail put into the conference call option. I really liked the way they paid attention to each aspect of the conference call ie. the speaker phone has two mics as well as two speakers, a mute button place at the back of the phone, as well as simple ways to add people to the call directly from emails if necessary. Calls are also at the forefront as far as emphasis is concerned. The people at HTC wanted to make sure that placing and receiving calls would be more intuitive as well as natural based on the users needs. true to its business persona it runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1 Proffesional operating system. One of the other cool features is the slide out Qwerty keyboard which can be adjusted to different angles depending on the users needs.
Though it may not be the trend setting phone of the future it is definitely a well designed business tool. I personally feel that the people at HTC have created a very well rounded group of phones launching the more trendy HTC Hero then seamlessly transitioning into the Business minded Touch Pro 2. I think this phone would be a perfect addition to any professionals communication toolbox.
Here’s the device specs:
Model HTC Touch Pro2 (T7373)
Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions(LxWxT) 116 X 59.2 X 16.65 mm (4.57 X 2.33 X 0.66 inches)
Weight 178.5 grams (6.3 ounces) with battery
Display 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Adjustable tilt screen
Network HSPA/WCDMA:
•Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
•Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
•Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
(Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control TouchFLOâ„¢ 3D
Zoom bar
Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSBâ„¢ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out* in one)
Camera Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time:
•Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA
•Up to 510 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
•Up to 750 hours for WCDMA
•Up to 500 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 160 minutes
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
Expansion Slot microSDâ„¢ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
Special Features G-Sensor
Straight Talkâ„¢
Noise-cancelling dual microphones and speakers
* HTC TV Out cable needed.
