| HTC have announced that they plan on letting users of | | | | megapixel camera, HSDPA internet access (as well |
| the three most recent WinMo phones upgrade to | | | | as WiFi), and GPS, putting it right up there in the top |
| version 6.5 when it comes out. Let's check out the | | | | echelon of mobile phones. Software-wise, the HTC |
| three phones the upgrade will be available for. | | | | Touch Pro2 is powered by Windows Mobile, but, like |
| HTC Touch Diamond2 | | | | an increasing number of Windows Mobile phones, it |
| The HTC Touch Diamond2 actually does a very good | | | | uses a proprietary interface on top (TouchFLO 3D, |
| job of making it so you don't have to go into standard | | | | again, as with the Touch Diamond2), that takes the |
| Windows menus that often, as on top of the operating | | | | power of Windows Mobile, and makes it user-friendly. |
| system, the interface is HTC's patented TouchFLO 3D | | | | All in all, the HTC Touch Pro2 is one incredible mobile |
| setup, where everything is achieved through various | | | | phone. |
| finger swipes and sweeping gestures. It is truly intuitive, | | | | HTC Snap |
| and it's the reason why the HTC Touch Diamond2 is | | | | So, both the HTC Touch Diamond2 and the |
| such an unmitigated joy to use. Of course, it's not all | | | | QWERTY-enabled HTC Touch Pro2 will be |
| about being pretty, a phone needs to have decent | | | | upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 when it gets |
| features and the HTC Touch Diamond2 has them in | | | | released. But HTC aren't stopping there; they're also |
| spades, from the 5 megapixel camera, through GPS, | | | | letting non-touchscreen users upgrade, if they have the |
| to incredibly fast HSDPA internet access (not to | | | | email-centric HTC Snap. Anyone who's used Windows |
| mention the superb Opera Mobile web browser). To | | | | Mobile before will know it's exceptionally good at |
| many, the HTC Touch Diamond2 is the ultimate | | | | emails and info management, and the HTC Snap is no |
| Windows Mobile phone and it's only set to get better | | | | exception to that rule. You get the same excellent |
| when it becomes upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5. | | | | POP3 and Exchange Server (for your corporate |
| HTC Touch Pro2 | | | | emails) support, but the HTC Snap also includes |
| Next up is the HTC Touch Pro2, and here, you get the | | | | something new: Inner Circle. This is a new feature for |
| added benefit of a QWERTY keyboard. However, like | | | | the HTC Snap, that lets you set an Inner Circle of |
| the previous TyTN II, with the HTC Touch Pro2, you | | | | friends or important people, and automatically prioritises |
| can also tilt the screen up after sliding it open, putting it | | | | emails from them, to make sure you get the emails |
| at a more natural viewing angle. In terms of other | | | | that matter the most, first. |
| hardware, the HTC Touch Pro2 also gives you a 5 | | | | |