Small downside to Touch Pro

[pazookie]

MICROSD is UNDER the battery cover...how lame..almost like they are reverting back to oldschool smartphones aka htc tornado and such lol

[Narco77]

on the other hand, as it's supposed to be a business phone, maybe it's designed to prevent spies from swapping cards too easily (to upload a virus or copy your contact data without you noticing) or avoid SDs from falling out in case of earthquakes, tornadoes, plane crashes...

Those HTC guys, they think of everything !!!

[Kraize]

Lies! The HTC TOUCH PRO HAS NO DOWNSIDES!!

<sarcasm>

Yes. lol almost every phone has a downside that HTC makes. Otherwise, well, HTC wouldn't be HTC. I'd be surprised if HTC makes a phone that everyone likes. I want a iPhone with WM running on it. Now that would be kick-ass. Someone godly pro should get a ridiculous amout of money for doing that so he gets some motivation. I know someone can do it. And just to say, if the iPhone gets a hardware keyboard/externa memory version. We can all say bye bye to the WM market :[

[pazookie]

hilarious!!

[pazookie]

but wait im SURE people are gonna make aftermarket back covers that have a hole/slot so you dont have to hack it to pieces with a razor to get the ease of access lol

[frustin]

i am slightly concerned for the touch pro's music prowess.

[foo]

I really like it that the microSD is now beneath the battery cover. I currently own a TyTN and here the microSD can be accessed from the outside and is easily ejected just by putting some pressure on it.
Sometimes it already happened, that I ejected the SD just by accident when I put it out of my pocket.

I do not swap my microSD very often because you can easy access it through ActiveSync, and for the few times I load a huge bunch of data to it, it's not a big deal just to remove the cover and put it out.

So my conclusion: Putting the microSD beneath the backcover, brings more protection to the microSD and more style to the phone. (the slot would "break" the stylish surface)

[WDawn]

I agree. I have the same problem with my Tytn, it sometimes accidently comes out and on top of that a lot of dirt can get in the slot. And i'm not so fond of those fiddly little sd slot covers they put on other phones. They tend to break or loosen. So thumbs up for HTC that they put their sd card slot on the inside!

[trano]

when does it come out??? i wanna sell my tytn ii for it. :D that wouldnt be much of a hastle . i usually bluetooth files to my phone aniways.

[frustin]

i presume there still isnt a 3.5mm jack on the touch pro?

[foo]

No, there's not. Headphone/Headset is connected through the USB mini connector.

[StaticPlaya]

That's the only down side I see with the touch pro.

But I do like that the Micro SD slot is hidden because I do not want my SD card popping out and me losing my music and files.

[Smaniac]

I don't think that's a downside at all. Like some people said, it is a lot safer there.

And think on the bright side, it could be under the battery itself, like it is on my phone, which really really sucks.

[mrvanx]

i presume there still isnt a 3.5mm jack on the touch pro?

Despite what play.com syas Im sure the audio out is via the usual ext_usb socket, as is video out (with the correct adapter).

[onesolo]

Even then I really think that to access the memory card one have to take the batt cover, is a downside, not big but a valid one.
I wonder with time if the cover will not get a bit loosely ...

[Rudegar]

"I want a iPhone with WM running on it. Now that would be kick-ass."

hehe that would solve the fact that one had to take out the batt to change sdcard pretty sufficiently ;)

"I do not want my SD card popping out and me losing my music and files."

hhmm if you pop it back in they'd be back though

[Jorlin]

The only thing I am concerned about is the fact when I will actually be able to put a 16GB MircoSD card in the pro...

Announced in January, these "babies" are yet not available... :(
But HTC certainly wants us to use 16GB cards :cool:... so where are those :confused:

[jwhitham]

Announced in January, these "babies" are yet not available... :(
But HTC certainly wants us to use 16GB cards :cool:... so where are those :confused:

Sandisk had orginally said they would be out in June but we have kinda missed that already. There a few pics on the net of Symbian phones with the a test 16GB card in and these have been around for ages.

I spoke to their customer service a couple of weeks ago.

As of the moment we do not have any updates as to when is the exact or estimate date when this card will be release. You may check our website www.sandisk.com for updates or press release from time to time.

[Jorlin]

Sandisk had orginally said they would be out in June but we have kinda missed that already. There a few pics on the net of Symbian phones with the a test 16GB card in and these have been around for ages.

I spoke to their customer service a couple of weeks ago.

Very dissapointing... :(

[graham.hughes]

The last thing you want is a spring-loaded micro-SD ejecting across a crowded pub... they're *tiny* and real buggers to find if they escape. Sounds like a flaw, but maybe not. I'll put an 8Gb card in, then probably never swap it until I get a bigger card. Lack of a 3.5mm jack is a bigger pain, but I survive now with the stupid 2.5mm jack on my Prophet.

[Smaniac]

The last thing you want is a spring-loaded micro-SD ejecting across a crowded pub... they're *tiny* and real buggers to find if they escape. Sounds like a flaw, but maybe not. I'll put an 8Gb card in, then probably never swap it until I get a bigger card. Lack of a 3.5mm jack is a bigger pain, but I survive now with the stupid 2.5mm jack on my Prophet.

Go wireless, you will never miss a 3.5 mm jack again. I did that with a Motorola S9 and I'm pretty happy.

[mphayvanh]

The downside for me is the 2.8 screen and that it's a chub (brick). Reminds me of the old Palm Treos but it looks like it'll fit in your pocket.

[pazookie]

you guys really have had issues with the sd popping out? ive neever heard of sucha thing lol..its going to really suck for me and the rest who use snap opn cases to protect our precious EXPENSIVE device from scratches or a fall..having to undo those cases is a pain and just to get to the sd which i probably eject 3 times minimum a day as activesync is the slowest thing ever!

[mphayvanh]

It has Disk Drive Mode and ActiveSync Mode.

With Disk Drive Mode, you don't need to ever take out the card. Am I missing something?

[mrvanx]

Personally with my TyTN the SDCard has never popped out accidently, HOWEVER.....when pushing the card to eject its VERY easy to press the camera button which drives me MAD.

Get a huge capacity card and leave it in there :)

[jasjamming]

how fussy are you nutbars re: taking the case off and on.

firstly you dont have to do it, just use hard disk mode or flash disk mode and not AS.

and secondly if you have to, its no big deal, no wonder there is a significant amount of people obese in the USA, UK and AU. too lazy!

[rhedgehog]

how fussy are you nutbars re: taking the case off and on.

firstly you dont have to do it, just use hard disk mode or flash disk mode and not AS.

and secondly if you have to, its no big deal, no wonder there is a significant amount of people obese in the USA, UK and AU. too lazy!

Ah, someone with some sense.

Nicely put JJ!

[TPA]

Ah, someone with some sense.

Nicely put JJ!

I am not complaining and I got the P3300 with the microSD under the battery and after removing it is under the SIMcard.....
So this is better arranged in the Touch Pro....

And still it is fine with me as it is in the P3300. I never change the stupid SDcard putting data on it I just mail or active sync or use my device as a USBstick (the fastest)

[Rudegar]

problem with just getting wireless and not missing 3.5mm is that at times i wanna
connect external speakers so i can share the music enjoyment with people
so a converter is still required

and micoSD under the hood could be troublesome for micoSDIO cards which stik out or have connectors and such

[steveoidm]

Plug your speakers into a jabra bt3030.

http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=65130&source=froogle

You will also look 'very cool' with its 'dog tag' styling :-) Seriously though, sound quality is very good. I use it with some shure headphones and i would never go back to wires.

[Rudegar]

the ironic thing about my bluetooth stereo headset is that the wire broke from the reciever to the other speaker so it was only playing in one ear :P

[Alex_w]

problem with just getting wireless and not missing 3.5mm is that at times i wanna
connect external speakers so i can share the music enjoyment with people
so a converter is still required

and micoSD under the hood could be troublesome for micoSDIO cards which stik out or have connectors and such

Does SDIO even work on the TP? What could you possibly need to add to this device? Just thought: barcode scanner? RFID? ..?

IMO, I like that the SD card moved. My Hermes SD card never jumped out.. but I could have see that happening, and I'd have be pissed.

Also, while my card slot has the WinMo encryption enabled.. if some one wanted to nab the card, being under the cover would help make this more obvious.

In all likelihood HTC moved the slot to make the case easier to manufacture, smaller in footprint and more stylish.

I loved my Hermes for a lot of things, but looks weren't one of them!

[extensive]

i love that the SD card is hidden. i use an 8gb card and thats plenty for everything i have and im sure ill get a 16gb when they come out cheaper so there is really no need to constantly switch.

oh and i came from a htc apache and the mini sd card was always popping out.