HTC Touch Pro Release Date! - Page 66

**ScrapMaker** · #**651** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by holo

pretend you bought it and stick the money somewhere heh....

That is what I was getting at.

I could never understand the "I can afford it now, but not around Christmas" thinking.

You could literally pull the cash and put it in a jar. Problem solved.

Either way, I'm just as excited to get this phone... I'm sure I'm partly to blame for the EVP department getting overflowed with pre-order requests

**lipidfats** · #**652** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 05:42 PM

i dont know how december came into the picture...
i've heard a couple different people saying the touch pro was delayed (there are discussions going on about this on two separate threads)... to 11/2, not december. releasing in december seems rather silly. they need to get the phone out there for both november and december.
i'm still going by oct 19 until sprint officially announces something, but if i was going to believe rumors of a delay, i'd go with november 2nd and not a day later.

**lipidfats** · #**653** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 05:45 PM

lol there's another thread going on where people are saying it's delayed until december. i guess it's time for the mind games to begin...

phat78boy · #**654** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Compusmurf

Yup, that Sprint news release is pretty much where they confirmed it to the viewing public/media/press.

*This was the first time I saw it on official public resources and NOT a leaked document.

Sept 10, 2008
" HTC Touch Pro will be available Oct. 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate."

Doesn't mean they cannot delay it...

Very true, it could be delayed. With all the press this phone is getting, it would be a huge black eye though and I don't believe they would let that happen. Especially since they are trying very hard to re-make their image.

cj10488 · #**655** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:28 PM

It has not as of yet been pushed to December... Mine is not a rumor and is from someone who actually has the phone in their possesion right now. He has had it for a few months. This is not an Ecare rep or anything like that. This info came from the Lab directly.

He has never once been wrong about any software update release date. My first guess they found a bug last minute.. had to send all phones back to HTC to be updated, repackaged, and sent back out. This would cause a delay. I have not heard anything as to why yet but like I said when I find out more I will let you all know. But dont plan on Oct 19th.

James

**drexappeal** · #**656** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cj10488

It has not as of yet been pushed to December... Mine is not a rumor and is from someone who actually has the phone in their possesion right now. He has had it for a few months. This is not an Ecare rep or anything like that. This info came from the Lab directly.

He has never once been wrong about any software update release date. My first guess they found a bug last minute.. had to send all phones back to HTC to be updated, repackaged, and sent back out. This would cause a delay. I have not heard anything as to why yet but like I said when I find out more I will let you all know. But dont plan on Oct 19th.

James

Thanks for clarifying, James. If it's for a bug that they found, I have no problem with a delay. Although, I don't know how good that will be for Sprint if the T-Mobile G1 gets released prior to the Touch Pro.

cj10488 · #**657** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:34 PM

It might not be good in a sense but then again. Wm6.1 is tried and true (for the most part). Software is already out and selling.. No need to wait for business apps to be developed. For Example do you think TomTom will work on the G1 on launch day? What about the Touch Pro?

Working in the Tech field I know several people interested in the G1 but no one plans to jump on it for a few months after release due to this fact alone.

James

**drexappeal** · #**658** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by cj10488

It might not be good in a sense but then again. Wm6.1 is tried and true (for the most part). Software is already out and selling.. No need to wait for business apps to be developed. For Example do you think TomTom will work on the G1 on launch day? What about the Touch Pro?

Working in the Tech field I know several people interested in the G1 but no one plans to jump on it for a few months after release due to this fact alone.

James

That's a good point.

Thing is, I'm not sure how many business people would really do tweaks to the phone and if the T-Mobile G1 and Sprint Touch Pro are fighting for "business" customers, that extra 2 weeks could cost Sprint a lot of money.

With the 2 week (minimum, as far as we know at this point) delay, main thing that Sprint can hope for (business-wise) is that there are A LOT of problems with the G1's OEM functionalities and people jump ship to buy the Touch Pro because of "less" problems.

**p-slim** · #**659** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 08:33 PM

this phones not getting pushed back, dont believe the hype.

Krayziepop · #**660** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

this phones not getting pushed back, dont believe the hype.

LOL

Everybody is an expert...

A 2-week delay for bugfixing makes good business sense. Of course, it doesnt really matter as much to this community - considering we are all just going to tear apart the ROM, keep the good and chuck the bloat anyway.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop CJ, and dont let the haters get ya down.