[Holyman007]

If "holder" means that you can slide the stylus into the body, then yes. It is made of strong aluminum and of all the styluses I have from my htc diamond and tp2 (around 6) none of them have broke.
The stylus snaps into the body very nicely and pulls out very easily as well. Although it does not magnetically retract into the body (like the diamond and pro), it still snaps in very easily and securely.

Btw, you can always change your on-screen keyboard by downloading one here or off the web if you dont like the stock one, but it's still very good.

Signal is about the same for all my htc devices...I believe you probably have bad coverage in your area/house and probably not a problem with your devices.