[djbod]

I just wanted to share with you my experience with the tp2. I got mine on Sept. 11. This was my first smartphone, as I had a Razor2 previously. I had seen the tp1 in the store, looked awesome, but I heard it was 6 months old, and they may be coming out with a new one. Also, a guy came in with a tp1 and said that he "loathed" it. I was looking for a touchscreen with full keyboard, since I have large fingers, and this fit the bill. I waited months for this(something I've never done for a cell phone before). I had to order by phone since the stores don't have them yet.

The initial wow factor was incredible. Initial concerns that I had read about were not true:
1. that it was too big and bulky--it is bigger than my previous phone, but not to the point where it bothers me. It fits in my pocket, no problem, I don't even notice it.
2. not a capacitive screen--I had no problems with screen functions.

The phone was awesome, 5 stars for the first 5 days...and then it crashed. When I was out of town, no less. I was 2000 miles from home, the texting feature froze on me, so I turned it off, then on, and when it came back on, I got a strange looking screen--red, green, blue, and white bars with the word "serial" in teh white section. I had to call Sprint from a pay phone in the Bronx, and the lady told me the phone was shot, I had to order another one. I was not happy about that. Very inconvenient time for it to break down. It had been acting glitchy for a few days before that. I'll give sprint credit--they got me another phone in 1 business day. Just started it up today--so far no problems. With that incident mentioned, here are some of my other comments on the phone:

1. talk sound quality is excellent, a huge improvement over my previous phone

2. speakerphone quality is ok

3. pictures and videos are good, as expected for a phone.

4. battery life ran down at the end of the day

5. opening emails took forever

6. the one time I tried using gps, it couldn't locate.

7. I love the hard keyboard--as advertised.

Overall though, and despite the crash incident, I still love this phone. The fact I still love this phone after the crash incident tells you the effect of teh wow factor. I love the screen graphics. This is the best phone I've ever had, assuming it doesn't crash again.