US network carriers tend to get exclusive mobile phones. Not just special colors or new features, but entire mobile handsets. Sometimes, we get lucky and a port of the smart phone get brought over to the UK (like the case of the Motorola DROID, which got a quick renaming and was ported over as the Motorola Milestone), some devices however, seem to take forever to reach UK shores.
Take the case of the HTC Touch Pro2 smart phone. Before the HTC HD2 was ever announced, the Touch Pro2 was the Windows Mobile smart phone to have. It is an impressive mobile phone which delivers a true Windows experience with a few slight hardware upgrades that makes the experience truly enjoyable. For quite some time, WinMo users have complained that the interface of the OS was too small and relied too heavily on stylus input -which required the use of resistive touch screen technology.
The Touch Pro2 brought a large 3.6 inch TFT resistive touch screen. It was big enough to for some users to tap the buttons with their fingers (though with the resistive touch screen, response was not so good unless a stylus was being used).
The device also came with a slide out QWERTY keyboard, for a business smart phone, the physical keyboard is something of a necessity since it facilitated the ease of having to type out documents and emails. HTC brought in a special hinge for the top screen which allowed it to be tilted –and for the whole device to look like a really small netbook. In this mode, the Touch Pro2 was quite conducive to typing as it allowed users to type while providing a clear view of the screen.
So far, there is no specific date as to when Orange will be having the device in stock, but with the official announcement already up in their website, it is only a matter of time before the Touch Pro2 is available in the UK.
Tags: HTC, HTC-HD2, HTC-Touch-Pro-2, Motorola-MILESTONE, Orange, Windows-Mobile