Originally Posted by Jay6700
Out of the box
I opened the box to see my Touch Pro2 looking up at me. The box was small and efficient, and they packed a lot of stuff in there. Two things here. Boxes are trophy's for me. If I buy a video game, I'll pay extra for the exotic packaging to get the extra goodies, special case, etc. The box could have been a wee bit flashier, but oh well. Myself, and about 98% of the other Touch Pro2 owners will never need those power adapters. Come on now, sell them for $3 each at a verizon store, and those that need them can grab them. Instead, include a case! It's a big and heavy phone, does not travel well in the pocket. I would have really liked to get a belt mounting case with the phone, instead of having to go and snag one off ebay for $7.99 because they're $30 in the store. I would even settle for a clip that I could use for hte time being until I got my case.
Checking out the Goods
It took me a clear 10 minutes to figure out how to turn the phone on. I was completely convinced either they shipped it with a 100% battery, or the phone was DOA. Every single HTC product I've owned, and it's been a few, the power button has always been on the top left, never the end call button. We're past that though, it's on, it'll probably not turn off again for the next 2 years. Every single person that has seen the phone has asked "What's this defect on the back?" I tell them it's a map of the world, since it's a world phone. They squint, look closer, and say "Oh, ok." It's neat, I think Verizon could have cleaned up the image a little. Construction feels very solid. The slide and tilt are excellent. It has a stylus. I'm not sure why, but hey, why not. At least it's full size.
Power on!
The booted to Windows Mobile 6.1. A little dated, but ok. Still had threaded SMS, and that's what was important. TouchFlow3d is extremely responsive, portrait to lanscape is quick, screen turns off when you put it to your ear to avoid button pressing(most of the time at least) and comes back when you take it away from your ear. The TF3D overlay encompasses everything, including the start menu, your two soft-key's, etc, to give a very nice look and feel. Everything is extremely fluid, there's no lag at all. Opera is the default browser, and while it takes a bit of getting used to, it's quite nice. I've been tinkering non-stop for almost 24 hours, and my battery meter is at 80%. TF3D does not work with my email system, however. It displays unread email count at the bottom, but when I click on it, it says no mail account set up. For this reason, I've disabled TF3D in favor of SPB Mobile Shell 3, which is running beautifully.
Goodies
Finally, there is a dock available. My boss has a storm with the dock and it's cooler than hell I think. I'd really like to have one for my TP2. They had them for other phones, but usually they were aftermarket, generic, poorly made, didn't fit right, or all of the above. There's a windshield mount that looks quite nice as well, designed for this phone, and would make the gps function quite easy to use. OEM case is nice as well. I have all of these items en route, and will gladly answer any questions regarding them once they arive.
Upgrading from my Touch to this phone was the best thing that ever happened. Sure, it's bigger, heavier(very noticable when the touch is the previous phone), but it's over-all quality and functionality is superior in every way.
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