Phone calls and data transfer
Sound quality has always been one of the weakest spots of Windows Mobile devices. There are still many people using E-TEN handsets that have their microphone turned on only 2-3 seconds after pressing the call accept key – there is no such problem with HTC’s handsets, but Touch Pro2 performs even better. There is a straight talk label on the back of the device, which refers to the handset’s sound quality (even though “clear talk” would have been more appropriate). This is because the handset has a superb quality phone speaker and two microphones, which produce much higher quality than similar handsets. Those who I’ve been talking to have told me they hear me “loud and clear”, on my side I just simply had great sound quality.
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There are some other extra features related to phone calls. Just like on Diamond, this handset also launches the notepad if we pull out the stylus during a call, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. A new feature is that there are two sliders on the dial screen, the left can be used to switch between voice/video calls, the one on the right can switch to conference mode, thus we can call multiple numbers. HTC is most proud of the handsfree: if we put Pro2 upside down on a table during a call, handsfree is automatically turned on. In this case sound quality is unfortunately quite poor, or at least not better than on any other mobile phone – we can be barely heard and we can barely hear the other one. I think it’s impossible that anyone will use this on a company brainstorming session, but HTC has such visions. There is a button on the back as well, this is lit in green when handsfree is turned on, and as soon as we press it, it mutes the microphone and turns to red. This whole handsfree idea is not bad at all, but it would need a better sound quality. It’s still great that the distance sensor besides the screen doesn’t only control the handsfree, but it also does the display, so if we put the handset to our face during a call, the display is turned off, which is good for saving power and we won’t press buttons accidentally.
The handset has a quad-band GSM module (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), we can use GPRS, EDGE, UMTS or HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA at 2 Mbps. We have WiFi and Bluetooth, support 802.11b/g and version 2.0 with stereo sound respectively – these have a new interface, so accessing their features is much easier than it was before. The HTC ExtUSB connector is compatible with miniUSB 2.0, thus it provides fast data transfer, and we can use the handset as a card reader or a modem when connected to a computer.
I can’t write much about messaging, Outlook does a great job, may that be SMS, MMS or e-mailing. It’s worth mentioning that the handset has a YouTube client and an Opera Mobile browser, which is not as fast as iPhone’s Safari, but it’s still the best on Pocket PCs.
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