T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 Pics And Videos Hands On! **13 NEW PICS 7-16, 4 NEW 7-22**

and +1

also,, tmonews needs to watermark this b4 others try to steal our exclusive.. also, how does the keyboard and keys feel? are the keys clicky or does it just press in w/o click? did u get a chance to listen to the audio/sound thru the speakerphone? and is it me, or is that chrome on the four hard front buttons?

Keyboard felt just perfect, each key has a satisfying click but it is not excessive, just perfect really.

I did listen to the speaker by playing a ring tone and one of the built in songs.  The ring tone was an order of magnitude louder than my current phone, the iPhone (1st generation).  When playing a song it was clear and loud enough for any possible use I could imagine.  I wouldn't say it was amazingly loud but I only turned up the main system volume using the volume rocker ont he ide of the phone.  There might be individual volume controls that I didn't adjust.

There is no chrome on the buttons, that must just be the way the light reflected off them.  Another thing about the buttons is the amount they protrude off the face of the phone.  Images a few weeks back made them look like an abomination.  In reality they are almost flush with the screen surface, not quite but almost.

Exactly what colors are the phone? My G1 makes the pictures all grainy so I can't see exactly.

Front (screen) :  black/brown can't exactly remember but leaning towards black
Side of screen: dark brown
Keyboard surface and sides(not keys) light brown/beige
Keyboard keys and area beneath them: dark brown
Rear: dark brown

Let me just say that they color scheme is super classy and as many concerns as I had, they were all gone once I had it in hand.  I am now a fan of the T-Mobile color scheme more than the international silver/black/chrome version.

what i meant was typing a message using the touchscreen how responsive its the screen. and as far pricing do you know anything? thanks i cant wait.

Good question, unfortunately I didn't try the on screen keyboard.  One cool thing I did notice is that when I selected one of the icons on the bottom of the screen in the Touchflo 3D menu it would give me a haptic feedback.  So you press the icon and simultaneously you feel the haptic feedback confirming the press, it worked great!

Also updated my original post with links to 2 new YouTube videos.

thx for ALL the confirmed info Preggo.. +1 again

For those of you that asked about the software keyboard- it is amazing and just as good as the Iphone keyboard. It works in both portrait and landscape. When the sound is turned on it makes a clicky sound w/ haptic feedback. And another thing about the keyboard is that you can pull up an onscreen d-pad anytime which I thought was a cool feature when I saw the TP2.

NICE!! +1 for u Skyler

Can u use a stylus with the TP2 or just your finger? And how often r the buttons needed? I am physically disabled and unable to apply enough pressure to use most phones buttons. Currently I have the Wing and never have to push the buttons.

Can u use a stylus with the TP2 or just your finger? And how often r the buttons needed? I am physically disabled and unable to apply enough pressure to use most phones buttons. Currently I have the Wing and never have to push the buttons.

You can use your finger but the stylus makes pressing certain objects easier.  The buttons control answering and hanging up calls, returning to the home screen and there is a back button.  I think you can use the device without absolutely needing any of these buttons.

Can u use a stylus with the TP2 or just your finger? And how often r the buttons needed? I am physically disabled and unable to apply enough pressure to use most phones buttons. Currently I have the Wing and never have to push the buttons.

You can use your finger but the stylus makes pressing certain objects easier.  The buttons control answering and hanging up calls, returning to the home screen and there is a back button.  I think you can use the device without absolutely needing any of these buttons.

Thanks for the info! I greatly appreciate it. So it's basically like the Wing? I use the stylus 99.9% of the time. Does the TP2 include a stylus?

Can u use a stylus with the TP2 or just your finger? And how often r the buttons needed? I am physically disabled and unable to apply enough pressure to use most phones buttons. Currently I have the Wing and never have to push the buttons.

You can use your finger but the stylus makes pressing certain objects easier.  The buttons control answering and hanging up calls, returning to the home screen and there is a back button.  I think you can use the device without absolutely needing any of these buttons.

Thanks for the info! I greatly appreciate it. So it's basically like the Wing? I use the stylus 99.9% of the time. Does the TP2 include a stylus?

Sure does.  And the device turns on automatically when the stylus is removed.

Sure does.  And the device turns on automatically when the stylus is removed.

Really?  That sounds interesting.  I hope the stylus stays in better then one in the MDA.  I lost a few of the stylus on my MDA.

Duck

Sure does.  And the device turns on automatically when the stylus is removed.

Really?  That sounds interesting.  I hope the stylus stays in better then one in the MDA.  I lost a few of the stylus on my MDA.

Duck

Yes this is the case on the original version of this device.  Although I didn't test it there is no reason to think T-Mobile's version will be any different.  I haven't heard any complaints of lost styluses.

It looks as though they have changed the looks of the speakerphone on the back, the ones I have seen so far have been stretched down the back of the phone.

You are right. I hope T-Mobile didn't tell HTC to completely alter the phone. Too bad HTC didn't make an OEM AWS model. Their regional phones are a joke. Only making Euro phones for Europe, than making an one version phone for all.

Great hands on! I registered just for this post. I went to my local tmobile store to see if they had any units hiding in the back. I was expecting a blank stare when i asked but the person there was knowledgeable and said they should be getting it in August which conicides with the leaked documents we have seen online but no one at this particular store had one.

Also, there is no automatic screen rotation when the keyboard is CLOSED. However this is something you can enable with some slight hackery as i have read on xda developers on the euro version. Also there is a built in radio that apparently they didn't "enable" so there is a hack already for that which is nice.

Currently i have an iphone like you (2nd gen) on tmobile and i have a HTC Hero coming either end of this week or next week to play with and am really looking forward to picking this up on contract and seeing if the tzones works on this for 3g. That would make the purchase and contract worth it imo.

It looks as though they have changed the looks of the speakerphone on the back, the ones I have seen so far have been stretched down the back of the phone.

You are right. I hope T-Mobile didn't tell HTC to completely alter the phone. Too bad HTC didn't make an OEM AWS model. Their regional phones are a joke. Only making Euro phones for Europe, than making an one version phone for all.

There is nothing about this phone that I would associate with being a joke.  This is a beautiful device, the nicest I ever held in my hand (and I have been through all the major phone releases in the past 2 years).

Great hands on! I registered just for this post. I went to my local tmobile store to see if they had any units hiding in the back. I was expecting a blank stare when i asked but the person there was knowledgeable and said they should be getting it in August which conicides with the leaked documents we have seen online but no one at this particular store had one.

Also, there is no automatic screen rotation when the keyboard is CLOSED. However this is something you can enable with some slight hackery as i have read on xda developers on the euro version. Also there is a built in radio that apparently they didn't "enable" so there is a hack already for that which is nice.

Currently i have an iphone like you (2nd gen) on tmobile and i have a HTC Hero coming either end of this week or next week to play with and am really looking forward to picking this up on contract and seeing if the tzones works on this for 3g. That would make the purchase and contract worth it imo.

Yeah it looks like August 12th it is.  I am still holding out (hoping)for a surprise July 22nd release, but this is just wishful thinking, I fully expect it to hit on 8/12.  

Are you sure that rotation cannot be enabled in one of the menu settings?  We know that it is not on by default but we're hoping it can be enabled.

Where did you get the radio information?  The international version has it but are you certain the T-Mobile version will?  Hope so, that would be a neat little addition.

I'm going to use whatever data plan I have to in order to get 3G, I like this phone that much.  Besides I already pay T-Mobile for data and my iPhone can only achieve Edge speeds on their network.  For the same plan cost I am going to be moving to 3G once I get the TP2.

While 8/12 is my bday im still hoping this hits earlier. I haven't used WM in quite some time but im excited about this 3G phone here. I have the following questions:

1. Will their be a ROM for this device which has WM 6.5?

2. Will  the email work via "push" from Gmail? Does WM support IMAP IDLE?

3. Im using a 8900 right now, anyone else anticipating on going from a BB to WM, anyone make the switch already, was it a big difference?

Im mainly concerned about the email situation, Ive gotten use to the push email and im looking for something that will work as smoothly on WM.

While 8/12 is my bday im still hoping this hits earlier. I haven't used WM in quite some time but im excited about this 3G phone here. I have the following questions:

1. Will their be a ROM for this device which has WM 6.5?

2. Will  the email work via "push" from Gmail? Does WM support IMAP IDLE?

3. Im using a 8900 right now, anyone else anticipating on going from a BB to WM, anyone make the switch already, was it a big difference?

Im mainly concerned about the email situation, Ive gotten use to the push email and im looking for something that will work as smoothly on WM.

1. Yes there will be a 6.5 ROM for the T-mobile Touch Pro 2. Now whether or not T-mobile gives the official upgrade, that I do not know. But I will bet you a million bucks that within 2 months there will be a 6.5 ROM on the Rohdium xda-developers subforum. In addition, HTC has promised for an official 6.5 upgrade for the international versions of the Diamond2 and TP2.

2. There is not significant update to the email client at this time. If you want push Gmail: set up a Hotmail account and go to your Gmail settings and have it Forward messages to your hotmail account. That is how I do it and it works perfectly because there is push Hotmail.

Right now I am running the old T-mobile Dash with a Windows mobile 6.5 rom from xda-developers. I found that my 2-year old device is more functional than the 8900 Curve. (Although I envy the Curves 3.5mm headphone jack, 3 megapixel camera, and GPS). I have push email, an excellent user interface, and and 2 awesome web browsers (Opera and SkyFire)

Bottom line: The Touch Pro 2 will be T-mobile's best power-user phone come August 12th.



And lastly to all of the people that have been chatting about the screen rotation. I had only 5 minutes with the device at my local T-mobile store but the screen DOES auto-rotate when closed but only in certain instances. When I was typing up a message with the on-screen keyboard I tilted the phone sideways and the accelerometer did shift the screen into landscape and gave me a nice, spacious software keyboard

When is TMO going to release the users doc for the TP2?  We are only a month out now!

Is the screen iphone like in terms of touching the screen? Or is it like past Wm devices that you need a stylus. Does this even come with a stylus?

It comes with two stylus.

+1 for you doc!you just cleared up all the doubts i had about this phone.always thought that the phone color was silver and black?but i guess ill just have to work with the dark brown..it seems like Tmobile loves that color.the Shadow, Behold, G1, and a couple other phones have had a brownish color scheme.

While 8/12 is my bday im still hoping this hits earlier. I haven't used WM in quite some time but im excited about this 3G phone here. I have the following questions:

1. Will their be a ROM for this device which has WM 6.5?

2. Will  the email work via "push" from Gmail? Does WM support IMAP IDLE?

3. Im using a 8900 right now, anyone else anticipating on going from a BB to WM, anyone make the switch already, was it a big difference?

Im mainly concerned about the email situation, Ive gotten use to the push email and im looking for something that will work as smoothly on WM.

ugh i have a bb curve and im scared to go from bb to wm lol i had a dash for a year and i loved it...i love bb but i love the tp2 too.

Imagine if they change from Magenta to the brown. LOL.

Man I really want this phone. I will be one of the first at the store for this phone!!!!!

Are you sure that rotation cannot be enabled in one of the menu settings?  We know that it is not on by default but we're hoping it can be enabled.

In the Euro version it only goes landscape when the screen is opened. This could have been changed for the Tmobile version but we don't know. Suffice to say if it stays like the Euro version it just takes a little hackery to enable it.

Where did you get the radio information?  The international version has it but are you certain the T-Mobile version will?  Hope so, that would be a neat little addition.

Actually to be specific, only the Asia version has it enabled. The Euro version is CAPABLE but it is not enabled; it took a xda developer to build a cab file to enable it. I'm guessing the US Version would be similar but again we don't know yet.

I'm going to use whatever data plan I have to in order to get 3G, I like this phone that much.  Besides I already pay T-Mobile for data and my iPhone can only achieve Edge speeds on their network.  For the same plan cost I am going to be moving to 3G once I get the TP2.

Unfortunately, for me, any new customer or upgrade requires a smartphone plan which the TP2 is and the tzones plan isn't. So i will have to pay full price for this phone to keep my tzones plan for data which should work for 3G.