HTC Touch PRO Phone, Black (Sprint)

HTC Touch PRO Phone, Black (Sprint)
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Customer Rating: Rating 3.0 out of 5 (19 Reviews)

List Price: $599.99
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Product information Brand: Htc
Publisher: Sprint
Category: Wireless
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Model: PPC6850SP
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Features
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 with TouchFLO 3D interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media
  • Sprint Mobile Broadband Network via EV-DO Rev. A connectivity; Sprint TV access and GPS turn-by-turn directions via Sprint Navigation
  • Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth stereo music, 3.2-megapixel camera, MicroSD expansion up to 16 GB
  • Up to 4.0 hours of talk time, up to 350 hours (14.6 days) of standby time
  • What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, 1 GB MicroSD card, USB cable, mini USB stereo headphones, 4-in-1 adapter, carrying case, user guide package
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Amazon.com Product Description: Get down to business and stay close to all your most important contacts and documents while on the go with the HTC Touch Pro Smartphone for Sprint, which combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC's intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touchscreen user interface. The TouchFLO 3D user interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media--all vividly displayed as photos and artwork on the 2.8-inch screen powered by the 3D graphics processor. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you'll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents.



With the TouchFLO 3D interface, album artwork, calendar items and snapshots are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.

The HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO Rev. A). You'll also enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. Other features include built-in Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, and up to 4 hours of talk time. Compatible with MicroSD memory cards for expansion up to 16 GB, this package includes a 1 GB MicroSD card to give you the room you need for larger work files, presentations, reports, documents or fun files like photos and music.

Sprint Service
Supporting the EV-DO Rev. A high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO Rev. A connectivity provides peak network download data rates of up to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates of up to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds range from 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps and average uplink speeds range from 350 to 500 kbps.

With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive service allows you to access your favorite channels and networks within seconds to watch live TV or video-on-demand with full-motion video. Choose from more than 50 live television channels and watch programs such as CNN mobile, FOX sports and E! Entertainment; access NFL Network and special programming via Sprint Exclusive Entertainment.

Sprint brings you closer to this season's NFL action with NFL Mobile Live, which enables you to listen to the live radio broadcasts of every NFL game throughout the 2008 regular season. Sprint is making it easier to follow a specific team by carrying a live radio broadcast for each game, including pregame and postgame reports in most instances. NFL Mobile Live also allows NFL.com fantasy owners to monitor the performance of every player in real time directly from their phone. Key information for individual players will be easily accessible, including real-time game and season cumulative stats, rankings, player profiles and photos. NFL Mobile Live is free of charge to Sprint data subscribers.



The slide-out, backlit QWERTY keyboard makes sending email and editing documents fast and familiar.
This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.

The Sprint Mobile Sync service enables you to store and manage up to 5,000 contacts in your Sprint Mobile Sync address book, including phone numbers, addresses, notes and other fields. After your phone is activated, every change you make to your address book will be automatically saved on the Sprint network and every change you make online will be updated on your phone. Create and manage personal Group Connect groups to instantly reach up to 20 other users, at the same time, via Nextel Direct Connect or texting. Import contact fields to your address book or synchronize them with your Microsoft Outlook contacts.

Phone Features
With the TouchFLO 3D interface, HTC has taken a great leap forward in touchscreen innovation. It's designed for one-hand operation using simple, gesture-based navigation, allowing you to simply touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. A quick slide on the home screen quickly activates the most used features such as e-mail, text messaging, music player and camera. This instinctive interface extends to the powerful Web browser, where a useful "zoom in, zoom out" feature makes it especially easy to access the Web via the included Opera browser, which provides for desktop-like Web page renderings and user interactions. An integrated accelerometer senses when you change the position of the phone from portrait to landscape viewing, and it auto-rotates the screen's orientation.

The HTC Touch Pro features a sharp, 262K-color 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen (480 x 640 pixels) for touch-sensitive navigation control, complete with three-dimensional animated transitions. For email, messaging and other data input, the HTC Touch Pro also comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the smartphone's side.

Business users can choose from several popular platforms to access your corporate e-mail. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform offers seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook information including email, contacts, calendar and to-do lists. You can access and edit email attachments using mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.

In addition, the HTC Touch Pro supports scores of industry-specific applications as well as Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM), an enterprise-grade mobile device management solution that also provides security, mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) and software distribution for Windows Mobile devices enabled for Windows Mobile 6.1. For maximum flexibility, customers can choose to use either the classic Windows Mobile interface or HTC's acclaimed TouchFLO 3D graphical interface, which makes popular applications easily available at the swipe of a finger.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You'll also be able to access open Wi-Fi networks in offices and hotspots via the integrated 802.11b/g wireless connectivity.

Other features include:
  • 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus; video capture up to CIF resolution (352 x 288 pixels)
  • Windows Media Player compatible with MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV file formats
  • 512 MB of ROM, 288 MB of RAM
  • Compatible with ActiveSync 4.5 and Windows Mobile Device Center
  • Support for polyphonic ringtones as well as real-music ringers
  • Voice command capable.
  • MicroSD memory card expansion (up to 16 GB capacities)
  • WorldCard Mobile business card reader
  • USB 2.0 connectivity with mass storage capabilities
  • Bluetooth version 2.0+EDR with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts)
  • Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3

Vital Statistics
The HTC Touch Pro weighs 4.94 ounces and measures 4.17 x 2.04 x 0.71 inches. Its 1340 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.0 hours of talk time, and up to 350 hours (14.6 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A data network.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6.1, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

  • Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
  • With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
  • PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
  • After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6.1 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

Customer Reviews

Major improvement over the Mogul.

by Labuiacs 2009-02-20, 13 people found this review helpful
This phone is fast and has a high resolution screen. As a former Mogul user I had to get used to the lack of exterior buttons and the fact that the keyboard slides out in a different direction. (Its good for left handed individuals... but I am not left handed.)

The tilt sensor is fun with games and integrates smoothly with Opera Mobile. GPS is very useful if you download the Google Maps application, its free unlike the pre-installed GPS app from Sprint. The camera is quite good for a phone, and is a significant improvement over the Mogul's.

TouchFLO is neat but not very customizable with out 3rd party applications. This is the wonderful advantage Windows Mobile phones have over the iPhone... I can change the interface and install anything I want with out jailbreaking it.

Windows Mobile phones are for adults and experienced users. You can't just flip it open and start dialing, that's not why you buy a Windows Mobile phone. Its a hand held computer/GPS/MP3 Player/Video player/Browser/Camera/E-mail/Scheduler/Etc. that also happens to be a decent phone.

The HTC Pro has a better battery life than the Mogul and a brighter screen. It charges with mini USB, which is ubiquitous, and you can choose to connect to your computer with Active sync or as a Hard Drive.

Finally, anyone who buy's a Windows Mobile device and expects it to never crash or lock up is crazy. Its WINDOWS! BTW I have witnessed many iPhones lock up in the same way!

The most powerful phone for technology professionals

by J. Davenport 2009-01-11, 46 people found this review helpful
Windows Mobile phones require a little more dedication and knowledge to use but with a small amount of googling you will discover enormous potential. HTC has been a savior for the Windows Mobile platform and their products keep getting better. This phone is a mobile computer.

I am a self-employed home theater and automation installer. I love pushing technology to it's limits. This phone continues to wow me each time that I find the time to explore it's power.

Here are the reasons why I own the HTC Touch Pro:
- VGA Screen
- Slide out keyboard
- Fast Internet
- Microsoft Office Mobile (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)
- Exchange Server Support
- GPS Mapping / Tracking / Trip Logging / Geotagging Applications
- Google Maps Navigation
- WiFi Connection Testing
- Bluetooth Internet Connection Sharing
- Bluetooth mouse and keyboard input
- AV output cable to TV
- Remote Office Desktop viewing with gotomypc
- Opera Browser capable of using most websites
- Replaceable Battery
- Home Automation Control
- Bluetooth Printer Support
- Threaded Text Messages
- Contacts and Calendar Integration
- PIM contacts file export and duplication
- TouchFlo Interface
- MicroSD expansion
- 3.2 MP Camera
- Panoramic Photo Stitching Application
- Sitewalk videos
- Voice Recorder
- Mobile Media Player
- Plays the XM radio site.
- Drag and Drop media files
- TiVo Desktop Support
- SlingBox Support
- Tilt Sensor
- Charging Cable is mini-USB
- Video Conferencing Ability (not tested)
- Nice Speaker Phone
- Dedicated number keys on the keyboard.
- Windows Mobile 6.1 allows applications to easily close without opening the task manager in the control panel.
- The look on an iPhone user's face when they realize there's something better.

Here's what it needs:
- Hard keys to close windows, open contacts, launch applications.
- A standard Headphone Jack on the top of the phone.
- Louder Speaker
- Better Scratch Protection
- TouchFlo interface input, it's mainly for viewing only
- Visual Voicemail
- Stronger Vibrate Ring
- OK button on keyboard
- Ability to launch selected applications at Start Up
- A real flash for the camera, it's the flashlight type.
- A stronger magnet or more friction to hold in the stylus.
- Phone shouldn't unlock itself if the keyboard slides out a little bit, only if fully extended.
- More responsive landscape/portrait video switching

Dream Features:
- Desktops and Phones use an OS where applications will install on either machine
- Mini DisplayPort external monitor support
- Dedicated Number and Programmable hardkeys with small display screen on the back side.
- IR emitter on top
- Universal remote control programming support

Awesome Device

by Invictus 2009-02-20, 5 people found this review helpful
I love this device. When I take it out and use it in public people say wow thats cool. It is sharp and does everything I need it to do. It sync's with my Exchange server for my business email, 3.2 mega pixal camera, video recording, text messaging, supports AIM, Yahoo and MSN instant messaging, bluetooth, wi-fi, Microsoft mobile s/w supports word, excel, etc, Keyboard is easy to use and the keys are big enough for me not to make a mistake (i can palm a basketball). plus so much more impossible to list everything.

I only have one negative. Once and awhile it locks up on certain applications. All I do is turn it on and off and it everything is fine.

I would recommend this device to anyone.

Great smartphone

by J. Peterson 2009-03-24, 8 people found this review helpful
I highly recommend this phone for its very nice functionality and good call quality. In fact, all in all I am very happy with it. Although the user interface is not as good as iPhone, it is still very good. But it beats iPhone by a long-shot with the rich amount of features. Therefore, rating this phone is difficult because it depends a lot on what you are using it for. If you need great e-mail, Blackberry; great interface, iPhone; great overall business features (wide variety of programs, cut-and-paste, etc.), HTC Touch Pro is currently one of the best.

If there is any area of concern, it would have to do with the battery life. Everything depends on the level of data usage. To extend battery life per charge, I have to deactivate the data flow whenever I am not using the web or messenger services. I found out that there are several good ROM upgrades available that really improve the functionality and battery life. However, I am a little worried about tampering with the ROM at this time. And, besides, this phone is like a mini laptop or netbook. I have come to expect that it will use a lot more juice than a typical phone.

Great phone...when it's not freezing up on you!

by beckster943 2009-11-25, 2 people found this review helpful
I have had this HTC Touch Pro phone for nearly a year now, and I am thoroughly familiar with all of its features.

The phone has some great qualities:
* Big screen
* Slide out QWERTY keyboard
* Adobe PDF capability
* Numerous Programs
* File manager

** HOWEVER **

The poor qualities are just as many:
* The phone is extremely finicky, and freezes often - even with 4 or 5 bars of 3G service, the Opera browser would just not connect
* Don't waste your time with the Internet Explorer browser - it is always slow no matter what
* The battery life is terrible - a charge won't last the day, and I'm a light user, maybe 15 minutes talk time a day plus maybe 1 hour Internet browsing
* If you turn the screen off, the screen turns on by itself if you miss a call - NOT GOOD when you're trying to conserve the battery life
* The screen takes forever to lock

For my next phone I will make absolutely positively sure that the phone is responsive and has at least an acceptable battery life.

Because, what good are features if you can't use your phone?

Very Nice Phone...Look for Apps!!!

by Daniel Montejano 2009-08-29, 3 people found this review helpful
I love this phone. Ive had it for almost a year and I still find new features now. The TouchFlo 3D is nice. It allows you to slide your finger on screen to select apps (Music, Internet, Pictures, Settings, Contacts...). TouchFlo 3D is very nice, but i highly recommend upgrading to Windows Mobile SPB Shell 3.0. I wouldn't compare this phone to the IPhone at all...2 totally different phones. Touch Pro is a business phone. It has Office Mobile so you get Excel, Word, Power Point, and OneNote...Another nice thing is that you can do video conferencing and show power point presentations from your phone, connect it to TV or Projector using the TV out Feature. Another nice feature this phone has is the note pad. You can either Type in quick notes, save them and reopen them later. If you are on a call and need to write something down, all you have to do is pull the stylus out. Notepad will automatically come up so that you can write note on pad. You can use the stylus as a pen to write on Notepad. I can sit here and Type a book about many of the nice features this phone has. Its a Windows Mobile Phone so it very much is a pocket size PC. I even have a torrent app so that I may download torrent files directly on to my phone. It's great! the internet speed on it allows a 5mb file to be downloaded in like a minute...sometimes faster. Opera browser is nice...better than IE mobile. The Media player is nice...it has a cover flow to it, you can flick scroll through the library very nicely.

Now...on to the negative stuff. The shell has a nice chrome/mirror finish, but it's plastic. Its starts cracking right away. Even if you don't drop your phone. Also, the battery does suck!!! With a phone like this where heavy use is very likely, the battery should last you about 10-15 hours with out having to charge. I don't do a lot of business on it, just regular day to day activities and the battery drains on me. I can imagine people who are on the go every single day!!! The phone also tends to lag at times. Not that often, but sometimes it does. A quick soft reset fixes the problem, but it can be an inconvenience. I also wish it had more buttons. I know its a "Touch" phone but having a few buttons to access some of the features would be nice.

Anyways, overall this phone is a very nice phone. People are always very impressed with the features it has. If I had to choose between this phone and an I phone, I would very much so pick this phone. I phone is a very nice phone, but it lacks features...features you would get on this phone. Hope this helps...good luck

Noob perspective - it's a computer not a phone

by Eric's reviews 2009-05-06, 8 people found this review helpful
I recently switched from a traditional cell phone to this phone because of the reportedly good web experience. It does have a good web expereince, but alas I miss having a phone. This is a warning to all you "phone only" users wanting to transcend to a higher plain...this might not be the one for you.
Pro: fast internet and good browser experience
Cons: weak battery and clumbsy phone interface.

Short story: this device is less of a phone and more of a very small computer. Still bleeding edge in IMHO.

Feature full phone but lacks battery power

by Brendon Te 2009-02-05, 12 people found this review helpful
I've purchased this phone and I'd have to say, its the best phone I've ever owned. It is packed with many features that you would expect from a PDA phone plus more. The only thing that I don't like is the stock battery that it comes with, it only last for about 12 hrs with low to moderate use (30 mins talk time and about 1hr to 2hrs of playing with the device such as playing MP3's and surfing the net). I thought it was a defected battery or device so Amazon rushed out a new one and even that was doing the same. Battery gets drained too quick. Other than that, the phone is great and I would buy it again if I have to, despite the battery issue.

Yes!!!! This phone, in my opinion, better than the Fuze for AT&T. First, the design and material of the phone is far more sturdy than the Fuze. The sides of the Touch Pro has that chrome look and is not as flimsy as the Fuze (which I throughly inspected at a local ATT store). Second, the keyboard on the Fuze has those akward numerical arrangements on the far right side (like a laptop keyboard using the function key) which I dont like much. The Touch Pro has its own dedicated numerical keys on the top row. And last, the back of the Touch Pro is not a finger print storage place for your local CSI's to inspect like the Fuze. A slight touch of the back of the Fuze would store every smudge and grime, even after washing your hands. Other than that, both phones are identical (besides the differences in service). Hope this was helpful.

Powerful multifunction device - and it's a cell phone too.

by Jerry Saperstein 2009-03-12, 9 people found this review helpful
I've owned the HTC PPC-6700, Mogul and now the Touch Pro. Each revision gets better and provides the user with more raw power.

First, a short review of the the cell phone part of the package. It works just fine. The Sprint network is the only one that I have been able to use anywhere I've traveled in the United States. Sometimes I might have to get near a window, once in a great while I'll have to go outside, but I never fail to get a usable signal. The 3G speed is a delight for data communications.

Speakerphone volume is adequate. Internal earpiece volume is excellent - and I am hard-of-hearing. The cellphone user interface is excellent. Well laid out and the touch sensitivity has been refined so you don't have to be precisely on target to dial a number.

As a phone, the HTC Touch Pro will withstand comparison with any other device on the market.

Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities are trouble free and effective. The QWERTY keyboard is more usable than on the earlier PPC-6700 and Mogul.

The screen is gorgeous. Type is crisp. Still pictures pop out at you and video is quit enjoyable. (The CPU provides good video playback.)

What really gives this device its awesome power and capability is Microsoft Windows Mobile v6.1. There are thousands of applications available, including several that will handle Adobe Flash video.(Skyfire, a free browser, for example.) There is adequate internal memory to permit loading dozens of apps. You can also use MicroSDHC cards of up to 16GB.

Used in conjunction with the Redfly, a device that provides an 8.9" screen and adequately sized keyboard, you have a 2 pound, go anywhere, do anything you might reasonably need to do package. It is unspeakably cool.

I use my Touch Pro's GPS with Google Maps and Microsoft Live Search, streaming TV and music services. In addition to Microsoft Office Mobile, I also run a suite with more features.

Services like Jott and Evernote make the HTC Touch Pro an extraordinarily powerful productivity tool.

What don't I like about it? The camera is slow. Takes too long for the shutter to fire and there is no dedicated button for the camera. In fact, there really aren't any programmable buttons, which I consider to be a disadvantage. There is no standard headphone jack. You have to use mini-USB phones or get an adapter. This is just plain dumb, in my opinion. The five-way is more difficult to use than many others. Not a long list of complaints and none of them, in my eyes, very serious.

The TouchFLO interface has gotten a lot of favorable press. Personally I find it to be nothing more than eye-candy and don't use it much. Another nice thing about Windows Mobile: you aren't frozen into a single user interface. You can, with third party software, make it into just about anything you want it tobe.

Overall, the HTC Touch Pro is a geek's delight. It is powerful and versatile to replace a laptop in many instances, if equipped with the Redfly or just a Bluetooth keyboard. Windows Mobile v6.1 is very,very stable. (Not perfect, but better than earlier versions.)

HTC is a company dedicated to innovation. Each of their models in this "series" has gotten more powerful and more useful. The Touch Pro is just plain potent: very powerful, very useful.

Jerry

Not going to spend a lot of time but this phone sucks!

by mvf 2009-12-15, 2 people found this review helpful
1. Locks up very frequently
2. Multiple touches needed to execute commands
3. Not intuitive
4. Mysterious error messages
5. Scrolling through emails is impossible. It keeps opening them when you're just trying to scroll.
6. Deleted photos for no reason
7. Depletes battery life quickly some days for no reason
8. Settings change for no reason
Don't buy this phone!!!!
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