Comments on: Carrier Design Philosophy- Touch Pro2

By: Morningglory

Morningglory — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:16:12 +0000

hey, Forget the phone option, This is one awesome mother ship of a pocket computer!,and I like laughing at the other platforms. I’m still deciding whether to go with Verizon’s DATA plan, or just keep a smaller PHONE on me..Ya, I’m also kicking myself for not waiting to get the unlocked one, and The standard headset jack (Psion’s demise) is so important to me that I cant help feeling TM’ers pain..I am very curios as to why Verizon left off the 2′nd camera?, and I wish it was all one name like
R2D2, Brickberry, or Idrone… I like the name Tilt, but I guess we can only move ahead, Please include a REAL slide-out, clam shell, or membrane QWERTY keyboard on all future models, I wont type on a flat screen. (or text)

By: Papa J

Papa J — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:15:42 +0000

I could care less about the differences. I just want to know how I can get my TP2 to work as a modem for my laptop when I’m out of wifi range. I’ve been looking around this website for help to do this, but I have not found it yet.

By: DMWagner

DMWagner — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:20:44 +0000

AT&T’s keyboard is a deal breaker for me. Contract is up, I am going Sprint or Verizon.

By: adrianh85

adrianh85 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:49 +0000

verizons version just hit the website in my area!!(301/703/571/202/240)metro dc area!! i will buy mine for $100!!!! thank u new every two!!! hint to verizon customers u can save the credits!!!

By: lordbuju

lordbuju — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:15:15 +0000

Where is the flash for the camera! I would have like for HTC to have kept that option.

By: abrigham

abrigham — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:17:20 +0000

Personally, I kind of like the Sprint back. The VZW back, I think, looks terrible. When the phone is held upright, its hard to tell the speaker grill is fashioned into a map of the world, it just looks like parts of the plastic are flaking off exposing the metal underneath and that just looks tacky to me. I am a little disappointed to see there is no longer a LED flash and I could just see myself constantly putting the phone into speakerphone mode accidentally due to the placement of that button… LOL.

By: ianderson_76

ianderson_76 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:32:35 +0000

T-Mobile’s looks very cheap and about ready to break. AT&T has the best looking device, the keyboard is not a big issue as I like the e-mail functions more so than the number pad, since the device is to be used for e-mail and text on the go, we AT&T users don’t have to hit a symbole key. Verizon’s is next in line, with Sprint way at the bottom because the device will likely need to be replaced before it’s taken out of the box!

By: guitardoc64

guitardoc64 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:33:58 +0000

At first, I liked the back on the Sprint version. It looks to me like the holes look suspiciously like a speaker grill. I see that the backs of the others are perforated as well and probably for the same reason. I bet it has nothing to do with cooling, but everything to do with that dual mic and speaker system. It makes sense with the idea being to lay the phone face-down and hit the speakerphone button thats right below the camera.
I haven’t seen anythng about it but I wonder if the TP2 will play audio in stereo. This could be the “Music phone” of the PPC world. I just wonder how loud it will get. As a musician, and especially as a guitar player I appreciate the loud, LOL! As a PPCGeek, I’m waiting for all the “PLEASE HELP, My TP2[insert issue here]” posts.

By: bC6

bC6 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:18:31 +0000

That’s right, the VGA front camera for, whatever. I
remember a while back someone mentioning video
phone service for Sprint, $149.00, or something to
that effect.

Hmmm.

By: djalienx

djalienx — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:14:17 +0000

I personally like the Sprint version. My openion about the battery cover is they are trying to fix the overheating issue they had with the Touch Pro. The one thing I’ve seen missing from all the carrier pics is the front video camera. It pisses me off that the carriers decide what we want and give no choice to us.

By: bC6

bC6 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:08:55 +0000

It’s possible, just possible, that Sprint wanted
to distinguish this phone as a:

Non-iPhone-Johnny-Come-Lately-Clone-Look-&-Feel

In addition there’s the possibility that the back
cover design also provides better protection
against normal use and better performance with
the perforation layout? Maybe…

And I’m not promoting Sprint in any way here;

But maybe someone over there figured that many of
us that will buy this behemoth would customize
it anyways with protective covers and such. So
unless you prefer a clear cover, this issue is
basically moot, no?

But the missing LED, especially one that could
have been used as a regular light source, would
have completed this phone properly and made it a
true candidate as the phone-to-beat; along with a
more flawless WM 6.5 OS, 5MP camera and good photo
editing software, and the missing FM radio?

Ok, one more thought regarding yea or neh, which
I believe does belong here in the design
philosophy section;

First, my prejudice for this issue regards that
I’d be upgrading from a Mogul that I’ve been
using for 1.2 years now:

So my line of thinking says that if this phone
can handle multimedia and multitasking without
much fuss or soft resetting constantly, and
I can get 1.5 to 2 years use out of it without
feeling that I’m losing out because of another model, then this phone would be a good purchase;

Because from what I’ve read, researched, and studied, it’s going to be a good 2 years before any major advancements appear on the market for
phone hardware, software, and network capability;
At least in the North American market.

The only item I’ve seen with a ‘wow’ factor was
some video for an nVidia phone that could play
some interactive first-person-shooter game that
used the phone’s camera to place you as a player in a model landscape placed on a table.

So coming from a Mogul: The keyboard, screen, and
more SPB-Mobile-Shell3-Pro-like-app HTC
interface, along with the great work from PPC
Geekers, XDA, and all the other other developers,
make the TP2 seem like the phone the Mogul should
have been in the first place;

Late to the party but anticipated with reasonable
enthusiasm.

By: saumaun

saumaun — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:44:56 +0000

I don’t hate the Sprint back, I just think it was incredibly poor color choice. The phone is intended to be a sleek and classy, yet powerful phone. It would me much more appropriate to use a neutral color like silver or black. The texture is nice, but colors like orange should be OPTIONS.

By: onelord

onelord — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:08:34 +0000

To be real about this….why mess with the phone when it was already sweet. It looked nice htc did a good job. Why fix it if it aint broke…lol

By: banzaiwolfe

banzaiwolfe — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:07:23 +0000

Why does everyone hate Sprint’s back? I think it’s awesome.

By: Binx713

Binx713 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:37:33 +0000

Sprint usually takes the worst model of the bunch

By: saumaun

saumaun — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:40:07 +0000

In a perfect world…

GSM screen/face(only HTC logo)
Verizon’s battery cover
GSM keyboard layout
AT&T keyboard key/background color combo

T-mobile and Sprint didn’t contribute any style, IMHO

By: dishe

dishe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:56:10 +0000

I’m with tsowen- I’d like to know if these backs will be interchangeable.
What the heck were they thinking with the new Sprint back?

That plus the lack of a camera light (which I use as a light mapped to a key on a regular basis) is creating all sorts of hesitation in my head. Why can’t they just make a phone without crapping up *SOMETHING* already!

By: tsowen

tsowen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:23 +0000

I wonder if the Verizon back will fit on the back of the Sprint TP2 and match as far as colors. From the leaked pictures it looks as though the front of the sprint tp2 is the same color as the back of the verizon tp2.

By: Journeyjeans

Journeyjeans — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:42:49 +0000

HTC Design FTW! In leau of that, I’ll take Att, then Verizon’s, then the redone edges of Sprint…..and you can keep T-Mobile’s LOL

By: tom6433

tom6433 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:14:04 +0000

the original htc design gets my vote.