According to HTC, the Touch Pro is the company’s Touch Diamond (but more) and by more it is beefier in thickness due to a slide up 5-row QWERTY keyboard. This smartphone will feature the stunning TouchFLO 3D which will help you get through very fast with common tasks such as calendar appointments, messaging and making calls with just one touch. The introduction of Touch Diamond and Touch Pro it is fair to say that HTC delivers highly on a very good new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA wireless connectivity. They also provide a fantastic new customized mobile Web browser (Opera) that will indeed enable easy viewing similar to that of viewings on the PC.
To an untrained eye, the HTC Touch Pro may look just like the Touch Diamond. Other than the more rounded edges, they’re nearly identical. I found that the keys on the Touch Pro are smaller than those on other HTC QWERTY smartphones like the T-Mobile Wing or the Tilt for AT&T, but they’re still usable and have a good feel to them.
Another difference between the Touch Pro and the Diamond is the lack of a glossy back surface, which I welcome because I can’t stand fingerprints.
The Touch Pro also has a microSD memory card slot located on the upper left hand corner underneath the cover. To the right of the microSD memory card slot is the SIM card slot.
You can turn the device like the Apple iPhone for example to view either landscape or portrait mode, the device has the YouTube application and of course fantastic Web browsing.
If you love or think you love the Diamond, but can’t live without a QWERTY keyboard and don’t mind a thicker device, then the Touch Pro might be a great choice for you.
The HTC Touch Pro aka HTC Raphael will be available across all major European, Middle East and China markets in late summer, Latin American and North American versions of this phone will be available later on in 2008.
