Hey guys,
I spent the last 2 afternoons and nights reading up on the Verizon HTC Touch Pro. It seems like an all around nice phone. Well, besides from needing some serious speed up hacking right out of the box
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The TP would be my first smart phone. I purchased my enV back in December 2006. It's had a long life and has been heavily used for pics/vids (mms) and text (sms) messages. I want something new after 2 years. I also decided I wanted the option to have apps on my phone such as aim, facebook, and a mobile browser. Thus I decided on the HTC Touch Pro.
I have read almost every internet review about the TP, not to mention viewing every video review as well. I saw that FriendMobilizer seems to be my facebook solution. Aim has a 1.1 Beta 3 version of the aim client out so I found my aim solution there. And lastly Opera seems to be my best browser option. I also read that if I update the browser from the version on the phone itself, I can speed things up a bit.
Hopefully someone who has switched from a phone to a smartphone, as I plan to do, can help me out. I have figured out pretty much all I need to know except the following:
1) The enV has the ability to send 30 second video messages. I went to the verizon store and took a 17 second video of my friend. I was unable to send this video as mms (video message) because it exceeding something near 500k? Does this mean I am limited to 15 or less seconds to send videos
? Or is there some way to adjust settings to reduce resolution or size? My friends and family members do not have smart phones so I need to have the ability to exchange videos and pictures with them.
2) On my enV I have the ability to send a text message to 10 people at once. This seems to be a standard feature on many Verizon phones today. However, is this possible to do so on the TP?
3) If I am text messaging a Verizon phone, I can go into the "sent" folder and see whether or not the message has sent thanks to either a check mark or arrow pointing icon next to the message. Also, under "message info" you can find the status of the message. Is this information available in the sent folder of the TP?
4) I have always used Bitpim to transfer contacts to and from cell phones. However I feel this method will not work on the TP. I have 300+ contacts containing cell phone numbers, email addresses, notes, and home numbers on my enV. So manually entering then into the TP is not really an option
. How can I get my contacts from my enV to the HTC Touch Pro? I know that the Verizon Store has a machine to transfer contacts. Does this work for smartphones? Also, I read that I need to hard reset the phone when I get it home to speed things up. That would probably erase my contacts. What is my best option?
I just want to say thanks in advance. I love my LG VX9900 but it's time to move on. I want to make sure the transition will be smooth from my 2 year old phone, to a new Verizon smartphone. I would be greatly appreciative if someone could answer my 4 questions
. If all works well, I might be using a smart phone as soon as tonight
