Vodafone UK expects Touch Pro this month
So when exactly is the Touch Pro launching? Unless you're in the UK, we can't answer that with terribly high certainty -- but yeah, you Brits now have a target window to start saving for. Vodafone's online business shop says that HTC's mightiest QWERTY handset is "expected" in August, and while we admit that they could simply be airing out their wishful thinking on their product pages, it'd be awfully poor form to do so. Instead, we suspect HTC and Voda are on the hotline with one another here, and we'd give the window some weight. Now, if any other carriers would care to chime in with their own windows -- preferably in August -- we wouldn't try to stop you.[Via CoolSmartPhone]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David Phillipps @ Aug 6th 2008 11:49AM
awesome
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Burnedout @ Aug 6th 2008 12:43PM
Why is it so difficult to get some kind of time frame for a North American release for AT&T or T-mob?!?
harley @ Aug 6th 2008 12:47PM
aaaaand tmobile usa doesn't get shiet again
SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 6th 2008 12:51PM
don't buy. I read it has major flaws that the company isn't even gonna fix. Hardware and software.
Matthew @ Aug 6th 2008 1:02PM
Care to post a link? This smells of BS to me....
Surur @ Aug 6th 2008 1:13PM
Yes, I heard the case cracks, there is no removable battery, the battery life is poor and there is no video recording.
Oh wait, thats the iPhone 3G
SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 6th 2008 2:29PM
ha that was almost funny :)
htc sucks ass
Matthew @ Aug 6th 2008 2:54PM
Big ups Surur!
to SuperSexyErik; thanks for confirming my suspicions, you have nothing to contribute to this discussion.
SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 6th 2008 3:00PM
hehe ima laugh when you buy it and realize it has nothing on iphone. suckerss! :D
Drew @ Aug 6th 2008 1:32PM
About time the Pro finally starts to hit the shelves.
That Fender Strat Guy @ Aug 6th 2008 4:29PM
Not going to happen. I know that for friggin fact (and I'm not telling you why).
September/October at earliest.
flexium @ Aug 6th 2008 6:06PM
OMG I am craving for this phone so badly!!!!
jabber_wolf @ Aug 6th 2008 6:10PM
SuperSexyErik (^_^) um
Poor implementation of Push Email. There’s no way my IT department is going to replace any of our BlackBerry’s with iPhones. Things the iPhone can’t do but other phones can do:
* Only the inbox can be set to synchronize – subfolders can be accessed but no synchronization policy can be set
* No Flagging on email
* Cannot set Out of Office message
* No Hot Keys for managing messages
* Difficult to get to Global Address List
* No support for Activesync Schedule (eg. push during work hrs – pull outside of that)
* No Smart Filtering
* No ability to change sort order of email messages
* No support for Server Search of email messages
* Trying to delete messages or move them when you don’t have connectivity generates lots of errors messages and you cannot actually delete or move when offline
* Message status is not set on the server for replying/forwarding to an email, similarly the status from the server is not provided to the iPhone
* You cannot automatically set attachments to download
* There is no control over maximum attachment size
* You can’t see the number of unread or new emails without unlocking the device
* No ability to invite attendees to a meeting
* You cannot provide a reason for declining meetings
* Attendee status is not available
* There is no click through to get access to information from the GAL for a participant
* No support for setting Out of Office message
* You cannot delete a single occurrence of a recurring meeting – you can only delete the whole series
* Cannot enforce Storage or device encryption
* Remote wipe doesn’t seem to be immediate and restore requires recradling to iTunes
* PIN unlock timeout is not enforced on the iPhone
* You have to ‘slide’ to unlock – then enter the PIN code to unlock the device
Granted, a lot of these are advanced features. However, why make a big deal about Push Email if you aren’t going to make it a better Push Email experience? After all, with Safari you can check your webmail and get a lot of those features.
Battery life. Smartphone users know that manufacturers have faced class-action lawsuits over battery life. Most manufacturers offer jumbo-sized batteries as a cheap alternative to get out of the lawsuit. This larger battery usually adds bulks to the form factor of the device.
1st gen iPhone users forced Apple to hand out coupons and refunds after Apple slashed the price of the iPhone shortly after release. You can bet that iPhone Nation is going to be unhappy with the iPhone 3G battery life…especially after they’ve gotten 6-8 months of charges on the device.
Those are some basic reasons experienced smartphone users won’t like the 3G iPhone not to mention:
* No video recording
* No focus on the camera
* No light on the camera
* No zoom on the camera
* No recording of audio on the device
* No physical keyboard
* AT&T exclusivity
* No Cut and Paste
* No Stereo bluetooth
* Can you send MMS yet? (I don’t know)
Now knowing this and that the HTC touch can do all these things plus has added features like viewing DivX.
Who pwns who ? This is why those that are not sheep look for function not fashion in their phone.
chrisFromthaDtothaPHX @ Aug 6th 2008 6:10PM
man cell phone companies are wack phorrealll.. their almost like record labels of today...
They always give release dates but never stick to it..
This very well could be the reason why Apple and even now GOOGLE will soon dominate the phone market, their turn around times on phones is unbelievable compared to the Big 4-5 cell phone companies.
When GOOGLE hits with their first phone these cell phone companies' days are going to be number for sure.
KriZ @ Aug 7th 2008 4:10AM
THC Touch Pro is due in Denmark late this month, and for some service providers the 1. of September.
Dishant Issar @ Aug 7th 2008 10:49AM
Expansys UK and Ireland has been stating the date of 13th August 2008 for expected release date, but then they did change there dates before from 4th Aug. Whatever the date this month I am looking forward to buying one of these things.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=169424&se=s553