Touch Pro Release Info (consolidated criticalaudioinc info)

[marctronixx]

if you have BT you can use that. the PRO and diamond have a setting that makes it look like a flash drive to the computer. once you plug up the usb cable you have the option to use ASync or connect it as a flash drive... so no you do not need ASync to add programs... ALTHOUGH some programs need to be installed via ASync. coreplayer does not need to be Async'ed...

[TheRealHotshot]

Originally Posted by marctronixx

if you have BT you can use that. the PRO and diamond have a setting that makes it look like a flash drive to the computer. once you plug up the usb cable you have the option to use ASync or connect it as a flash drive... so no you do not need ASync to add programs... ALTHOUGH some programs need to be installed via ASync. coreplayer does not need to be Async'ed...

ok thanks for the info that was much needed to know guess il keep activesync on my laptop just in case

[jsavin]

Just FYI for anyone in Western Washington state. I called every Best Buy in from Tacoma to Everett today, and of the ones that carry Sprint at all, none have the Touch Pro yet. The one in Bellevue said it was coming this week, and the one in Lynwood had it on their inventory database, but had no units yet.

I'll be calling around again Monday morning, but I don't expect the situation to have changed, and will probably finalize my EVP order instead. Unless anyone else has any bright ideas.

[abrasive]

Originally Posted by jsavin

Just FYI for anyone in Western Washington state. I called every Best Buy in from Tacoma to Everett today, and of the ones that carry Sprint at all, none have the Touch Pro yet. The one in Bellevue said it was coming this week, and the one in Lynwood had it on their inventory database, but had no units yet.

I myself live around this area and was led to believe they know very little about the unit's release. However, one BB store I contacted in Federal Way told me that BB Mobile does not carry Sprint at all in the state of Washington! Can you confirm that the stores you contacted actually do carry Sprint? Thanks

[Merdinh]

I got my Pro yesterday at bestbuy in saint louis, and i really love the phone, i just hate the battery it drains so quit for me, it cant even last the whole day i have to charge it mid day because it gets empty, thats how it was yesterday, and today.

[CountryDevil]

Originally Posted by Merdinh

I got my Pro yesterday at bestbuy in saint louis, and i really love the phone, i just hate the battery it drains so quit for me, it cant even last the whole day i have to charge it mid day because it gets empty, thats how it was yesterday, and today.

Give it a few more days. Li-Ion batteries take a few charges before they take a full charge. In addition, they have to be "conditioned" with a few full charge and discarges. Trust me, I race both electric and nitro R/C trucks and cars. The electrics, I run NIMH batteries which are very simmilar to Li-Ion and Li-Poly batteries. It takes several charge/discharge cycles to condition them to get the best performance. Sometimes when they are new, I barely make a full race and across the finish line. But after a few charge cycles, I have enough to make a couple of victory laps.

[takedown]

Originally Posted by chedda_chez

there trying to fight it,

saying i bought it at a third party store and at a discounted price, i sent a long email back and am awaiting reply.

-Chez

I can post my email thread if you'd think it would help. eCare so no problem applying it after I bought the phone and the contract was extended by Best Buy.

[jsavin]

Originally Posted by abrasive

I myself live around this area and was led to believe they know very little about the unit's release. However, one BB store I contacted in Federal Way told me that BB Mobile does not carry Sprint at all in the state of Washington! Can you confirm that the stores you contacted actually do carry Sprint? Thanks

Of all the stores I contacted, only two said they carry sprint. One was the Bellevue store, and the other was either Everett or Lynnwood (don't remember which). Every other store I called did not carry Sprint. One said "online only", and that the only stores they knew of in WA state that did were in the far eastern part of the state. That seems to be largely true, but not 100%.

In any case, EVP seems like the fastest path to certain satisfaction if it's available to you. Otherwise, it looks like we're waiting until they go online, since the local stores are likely to run late or run out quickly.

Anyway, I'm going to confirm my EVP order tomorrow. They guaranteed it would ship by the 2nd, but it sounds like one or two others here got (or will get) theirs sooner.

Since I'm a Microsoft employee, I then later get to figure out how to get onto a special corporate plan which has a cheaper data rate. They like me to be able to get email all the time, and I like the cheap data, so we both win.

Good luck!

[jsavin]

Originally Posted by CountryDevil

Give it a few more days. Li-Ion batteries take a few charges before they take a full charge. In addition, they have to be "conditioned" with a few full charge and discarges. Trust me, I race both electric and nitro R/C trucks and cars. The electrics, I run NIMH batteries which are very simmilar to Li-Ion and Li-Poly batteries. It takes several charge/discharge cycles to condition them to get the best performance. Sometimes when they are new, I barely make a full race and across the finish line. But after a few charge cycles, I have enough to make a couple of victory laps.

I'm sure there are already a gazillion threads about maximizing battery life here and elsewhere, but in my experience on Windows Mobile (all the way from 2003 to 6.1), the two biggest drains on battery are WiFi and setting up ActiveSync to get mail "as it arrives" (a.k.a. push mail). Turning off WiFi and switching to check for new mail every 15 minutes makes a *huge* difference.

After that it's all about incrementally reducing CPU usage, with the most common drains being games and video playback. (Audio is not a big deal, and neither is Bluetooth.)

Hope this helps!
-Jake

(No I don't work on Windows Mobile -- just a fan and avid user who happens to also work at Microsoft.)

[jsavin]

Originally Posted by jsavin

Of all the stores I contacted, only two said they carry sprint. One was the Bellevue store, and the other was either Everett or Lynnwood (don't remember which). Every other store I called did not carry Sprint. One said "online only", and that the only stores they knew of in WA state that did were in the far eastern part of the state. That seems to be largely true, but not 100%.

In any case, EVP seems like the fastest path to certain satisfaction if it's available to you. Otherwise, it looks like we're waiting until they go online, since the local stores are likely to run late or run out quickly.

Anyway, I'm going to confirm my EVP order tomorrow. They guaranteed it would ship by the 2nd, but it sounds like one or two others here got (or will get) theirs sooner.

Since I'm a Microsoft employee, I then later get to figure out how to get onto a special corporate plan which has a cheaper data rate. They like me to be able to get email all the time, and I like the cheap data, so we both win.

Good luck!

Ok, maybe it's bad form to quote myself, but I thought folks would like to know that sometime in the last few hours the Touch Pro appeared on Best Buy's website:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218014505438

That in itself isn't so special, since it's "backordered" and will take "1 to 2 weeks" to ship, but you can use the website to search in local stores. Here's how:

Click Add To Cart on the page above. Then on the shopping cart page, click the Select Store link under Pick Up (for in-store pick-up of online orders).

Then you get a page where you can enter your zip code or city/state, and see if there's any nearby inventory. It only lists the nearest 5 stores, but by hitting the back button and entering in successively farther cities a few times, you can search an area wider than you're probably willing to drive, very quickly.

And apparently for all you WA state residents out there. There are approximately zero Touch Pros in stock in any Best Buy store in WA as of this writing. Same goes for the Portland area.

Maybe Tue?