New HTC Touch Adds Keys To Diamond

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HTC Touch Pro

Company: HTC

Pros: QWERTY keyboard; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, and GPS built-in; Abundance of software; Speedy interface (compared to Diamond)

Cons: Users can still experience slight lag spikes and slowdowns; Needs microSD card to compensate for small internal memory; Unit is fairly thick and heavy

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"New HTC Touch Adds Keys To Diamond"

By Mendelson Tiu | Published:2008-10-2

While it is one of the best Windows smartphones around, the HTC Touch Diamond did not get high praises from us as it had a couple of hiccups that needed to be sorted out. It may be better the second time around though, as the new HTC Touch Pro is better, faster, and comes with more features compared to its older sibling.

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The HTC Touch Pro sports the same set of buttons and ports with the Touch Diamond. The Home, Back, Talk/Send, End, and 5-way navigation key are still located up front, with the volume control and power button conveniently located on the left spine and on top of the phone, respectively. The USB port located at the bottom of the device acts as a charging/headphone port, and can also be used to connect the Touch Pro to any computer.

Located at the back of the unit is the same 3.2-megapixel camera sensor found on the Diamond. This time though, HTC has included a flash light that can assist a user while taking photos in dark places. The unit also comes with a microSD card slot that can increase the storage to 16GB (with the new SanDisk microSDHC card), which is a must as the Pro only comes with 512MB of internal storage.