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HTC Releases Bluetooth Security Hotfix for HTC Touch Diamond/Touch Pro/Touch HD

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:03:01 +0000

Are you one of the HTC Touch Diamond/Touch Pro/Touch HD users and actively using the wireless bluetooth connection? HTC has just released a hotfix, mainly to enhance the security mechanisms of the Bluetooth service. Check out the download instruction here for the update file.

HTC Releases New Hot Fixes for HTC Touch Pro, Touch Diamond and Touch Diamond2

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:21:57 +0000

3 new hot fixes are now available for the HTC Touch Pro, Touch Diamond and Touch Diamond2, which can be downloaded from the HTC support site. The Touch Diamond2 hot fix is specially released for Hong Kong PCCW network users. You will need this hot fix if can’t dial out but can receive calls through the PCCW network when roaming in HK. The hot fixes for Touch Diamond and Touch Pro will improve the GPS capability for better location locking.

MWC2009: HTC Touch Pro2 Hands On Video

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:03:56 +0000

Featuring a sliding QWERTY keyboard, the new HTC Touch Pro2 is also pre-installed with the improved TouchFLO 3D, a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display, QWERTY keyboard sliding keyboard and the new HTC Push Internet technology. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room. When the Touch Pro2 is flipped over it automatically turns into a conference room speakerphone system. The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer. Check out the hands on video here.

MWC2009: HTC Touch Pro Got Upgraded as Touch Pro2

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:59:19 +0000

Together with the new HTC Touch Diamond2, HTC has also announced an upgraded Touch Pro with the new HTC Touch Pro2. Featuring a sliding QWERTY keyboard, the Touch Pro2 is also pre-installed with the improved TouchFLO 3D and the new HTC Push Internet technology. It also has the new Straight Talk technology, delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room. When the Touch Pro2 is flipped over it automatically turns into a conference room speakerphone system.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, people-centric communication and Push Internet technology, the Touch Pro2 features a high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display for an expanded viewing area and large finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard. With improved battery life, expandable memory, a touch-sensitive zoom bar as well as gravity, proximity and ambient light sensors, the Touch Pro2 is optimized for touch as well as heavy email use.

The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer.

Touch Pro2 specifications:

Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Memory: 512 MB ROM / 288 MB RAM
Dimensions: 116 x 59.2 x 17.25 mm
Weight: 175 grams (6.17 ounces) with battery
Display: 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
- Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  (Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
TouchFLO 3D
Zoom bar
Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboar
Internal GPS antenna
Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi
HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out in one)
camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 270 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 419 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 454 hours for WCDMA
Up to 348 hours for GSM
Video call time: Up to 150 minutes
microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

Verizon Wireless Start Selling HTC Touch Pro as XV6850

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:25:26 +0000

Verizon Wireless and HTC announced that the HTC Touch Pro, a windows mobile phone with touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, is now available through business sales channels and online at www.verizonwireless.com. The phone will be available for order in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning Dec. 1.

The HTC Touch Pro is powered by the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. It is also pre-installed with the TouchFLO 3D graphical interface and comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash. With the preloaded business card reader application, the camera doubles as a scanner, allowing business card information to be quickly and easily stored on the HTC Touch Pro and synchronized with a contact database.

Accessing information and entertainment on-the-go is made simple with the Opera Web browser, which enables Web pages to be viewed in the format they were originally designed to be viewed on the HTC Touch Pro’s vivid-2.8 inch VGA display. Panning and zooming across Web pages is simplified by the touch screen interface, allowing for a true desktop-like experience. A microSD memory card slot enables storage of up to 16 GB for a wide array of photos, videos, documents and more.

The HTC Touch Pro is available for $349.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.

AT&T Start Selling HTC Fuze, aka HTC Touch Pro

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:41:17 +0000

AT&T have announced the availability beginning today of the new smartphone HTC FUZE, a rebrand version of HTC Touch Pro. The HTC FUZE provides users with a familiar QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC’s TouchFLO 3D touch-screen user interface for easy one-touch access to a range of fun and powerful features.

TouchFLO 3D is designed for one-hand operation using simple, gesture-based navigation, allowing customers to simply touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. A quick slide on the home screen quickly activates the most used features such as e-mail, text messaging, music player and camera. This instinctive interface extends to the powerful Web browser. A useful “zoom in, zoom out” feature makes it especially fun and easy to access the Web via the included Opera browser, which provides for desktop-like Web page renderings and user interactions.

The HTC FUZE features a sharp, 262K color 2.8-inch (480 x 640) VGA touch screen for touch-sensitive navigation control, complete with three-dimensional animated transitions. For e-mail, messaging and other data input, the HTC FUZE also comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard, which was designed specifically for AT&T and slides out from the smartphone’s side.

The HTC FUZE is available now for as low as $299.99. List of pricing options include:

No Commitment : $499.99
1 Year Contract w/o $50 MIR : $424.99
1 Year Contract w/ $50 MIR : $374.99
2 Year Contract w/o $50 MIR : $349.99

Key HTC Touch Pro Specifications

Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
Weight: 165 g
Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 1350 mAh
Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz

AT&T to Sell HTC Fuze from November 11th Next Week

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:31:51 +0000

Just few days after the AT&T Fuze live photos are posted, BGR has a more detail info on the release date and pricing. AT&T is going to launch the AT&T Fuze (HTC Fuze) on November 11th, which is next Tuesday. Without signing any service contract, it will be sold at $499.99. Here is a list of the pricing scheme with service contract:

No Commitment : $499.99
1 Year Contract w/o $50 MIR : $424.99
1 Year Contract w/ $50 MIR : $374.99
2 Year Contract w/o $50 MIR : $349.99

HTC Fuze is already available in most countries as HTC Touch Pro, it has the similar design as HTC Touch Diamond but has a QWERTY sliding keyboard for better texting experience.

Live AT&T HTC Fuze Photos, Available Soon!

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:20:32 +0000

With the released of HTC Touch Pro on Sprint network in US, AT&T will be offering the pda phone soon for its subscribers as HTC Fuze. According to the source, it will be available within 2 weeks for $349.99 with $50 MIR and 2 years contract.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and HTC TouchFLO 3D, the HTC Fuze features a large VGA touch screen and a 5 row slide out QWERTY keyboard for quick text entry.

Key HTC Touch Pro Specifications

Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
Weight: 165 g
Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 1350 mAh
Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz

[via xda-developer via BGR]

SlashGear Reviews HTC Touch Pro for Sprint

Kim Poh Liaw — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:12:10 +0000

Our sister site SlashGear has just done their review on the HTC Touch Pro, which is to be sold on Sprint network. The reviewer writes, “We can see a lot of Instinct owners enjoying the Touch Pro. We recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a device that is capable of doing a lot of useful tasks such as editing Word documents and receiving exchange email.” Click here to read the full review.

Sprint to Sell HTC Touch Pro from October 26th

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:25:52 +0000

HTC today launched the HTC Touch Pro for Sprint. The HTC Touch Pro is priced at $299.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a $25-or-higher data add-on or Everything plan with data. Customers will be able to purchase the device in select national retailers beginning the week of Oct. 26.

Building on the similar feature set found on the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD card slot (1 GB card included) and a business card scanner application to automatically capture and convert business card information to the contact list using the built-in 3.2 MP camera/camcorder. Additionally, with Windows Mobile 6.1, users have access to security and device management capabilities demanded by many business customers.

The HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. With EV-DO Rev. A, peak download data rates increase to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates increase to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds improve to 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps and average uplink speeds increase to 350 Kbps to 500 Kbps.

In addition to game-changing Web browsing, the HTC Touch Pro offers direct access to exclusive Sprint content, including live and on-demand programming from Sprint TV as well as over-the-air song downloads from the Sprint Music StoreSM and even a custom YouTube application for watching a variety of user-generated video content.

Key HTC Touch Pro Specifications

Size: 4.17 (L) x 2.05(W) x 0.70 (D)
Weight: 5.3 ounces
Connectivity: CDMA 2000 1X/EVDO Rev.A/1xRTT and IS-95A/B voice or data. Dual band (800 and 1900 MHz)
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
Camera: 3.2MP, with autofocus, flash and video calling
Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
Expansion slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible); supports up to 16 GB
Keyboard: Slide-out five-row QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP support (Stereo Bluetooth)
Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 1340 mAh
Talk time: 250 minutes
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz

via [slashgear]