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Plenty of smartphones claim to be the perfect for business users. But few can match the business-friendly features found on the HTC Touch Pro2. This Windows Mobile-based phone, which is available in an unlocked version and a subsidized model sold by T-Mobile, packs in plenty of software, some unique business-centric calling features, and a stellar display. You won’t find a lot of fun extras on the HTC Touch Pro2, but if you’re looking for a business-only device, you likely won’t miss them.

Design

The Touch Pro2 is attractive, with a big 3.6-inch display. Boasting a resolution of 480-by-800 pixels, the screen is absolutely stunning. Beneath the display, you get send, end, back, and home buttons, plus touch-sensitive zoom buttons. The result is a sleek, polished-looking phone.

But pick the Touch Pro2 up, and it feels like a brick. It weighs 6.3 ounces; that’s only a bit more than the iPhone’s 4.8-ounce weight, but you’ll feel the difference when you hold the phone. It’s also thick, thanks to its slide-out keyboard.

The keyboard is spacious, though, and easy to use for typing. Another bonus: the screen can be tilted slightly, making it easier to see.

Making Calls

Voice quality was very good in my test calls. Callers sounded loud and mostly clear.

The Touch Pro2 offers a handy way of managing your contacts — something that business users, in particular, will appreciate. The phone offers a contact view that lets you easily see all of your messaging history with a particular person, whether it was by e-mail, text, or voice.

Also included is HTC’s “Straight Talk” feature, which allows you to launch a call or a conference call from within an e-mail. It also allows you to turn the Touch Pro2 into a speakerphone by placing the handset face down on a flat surface. There’s even a mute button on the back of the phone that you can press to easily block sound while on a conference call. HTC says the phone has “asymmetric speakers and advanced noise suppression with full-duplex acoustics”; in my tests, the speakerphone sounded very good.

Software

The HTC Touch Pro2 runs Windows Mobile 6.1. That means you get a mobile version of the Microsoft Office suite, which allows you to view and edit Word and Excel files, and view PowerPoint presentations.

You also get a variety of utilities pre-loaded on the phone, including Adobe Reader LE, a YouTube application, voice notes, tasks, and more. Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s App Store, the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, is not yet available, so you’ll have to go out and find additional applications yourself. You will, however, find plenty of software available for Windows Mobile phones.

Browsing the Web

As a Windows Mobile-based phone, the HTC Touch Pro2 comes with the mobile version of Internet Explorer pre-installed. Luckily, you also get Opera Mobile, too. High-speed connectivity options include both T-Mobile’s 3G HSDPA network and Wi-Fi wireless networks.

Messaging

The HTC Touch Pro2 comes with a handy wizard that streamlines e-mail setup for the most-used e-mail clients, such as AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo. The phone supports POP3 and IMAP accounts, and features Microsoft Direct Push technology, which allows you to synchronize it with Outlook for real-time delivery of messages, contacts, calendar, and tasks.

AOL’s AIM, Google Talk, MySpace IM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger instant messaging apps also come installed on the phone.

Camera

The 3.2-megapixel camera includes auto-focus, but no flash. The Touch Pro2 also lacks a shutter button, so you have to tap the screen to capture a photo, which isn’t ideal. Pictures looked a bit dim, but decent. The Touch Pro2 also captures video clips.

Music and More

You get the mobile version of Windows Media Player installed on the phone, which provides an easy, but basic, way to play back audio and video files. HTC also includes its own audio manager, which offers a slicker interface, but not much in the way of advanced music playback features.

T-Mobile does not offer a music store for over-the-air music downloads, so you’ll have to supply your own tunes and transfer them to the phone. In addition, the Touch Pro2 — like most HTC phones — lacks a standard headphone jack, so you’ll need a clunky adapter to connect headphones.

The Touch Pro2 does include GPS capabilities, and Google Maps, QuickGPS, and TeleNav Navigator come installed on the phone. Only the TeleNav application delivers turn-by-turn spoken directions, though, and it costs $10 per month.

Price and Availability

The HTC Touch Pro2 is available from T-Mobile for $350 when you sign a new two-year service contract. An unlocked version of the phone will set you back about $600 — or more. It’s not a cheap phone, but the HTC Touch Pro2 delivers plenty of features designed to please the pickiest of businesspeople.

At last, we have a Google Android-based phone that’s equally as beautiful on the outside as it is on the inside. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G is a gorgeous and powerful phone that’s easy to use. Despite a few minor flaws (like a sometimes finicky touch screen and the lack of true headphone jack), the myTouch 3G is one of the best smartphones available today.

Price and Availability

The myTouch 3G is T-Mobile’s second Android-based smartphone, following the T-Mobile G1, which was released in late 2008. The myTouch 3G is available for $199.99 when you sign a new two-year service contract with T-Mobile; that’s $20 more than T-Mobile charged for the G1 at launch. (Note: The G1 is still available, but the price has been dropped to $150.)

Design

The myTouch 3G is the swan to the G1′s ugly duckling; where the G1 was boxy and bland, the myTouch 3G is slim and sleek. It’s available in white, merlot, or black, and its lightweight design makes it comfortable to hold or slip into a pocket. Overall, the myTouch 3G simply looks more polished that the G1.

The tradeoff for the slimmer look is the lack of a hardware-based QWERTY keyboard. You’re limited to using an on-screen keyboard for data entry, something that may turn off some users. While the keyboard on the G1 didn’t impress me — its keys were too flat for my taste — using even a sub-par hardware keyboard can be easier than typing with an on-screen keyboard.

And the myTouch 3G’s touch-screen didn’t wow me. At times, I had to press harder than expected to get it to register my taps, and scrolling didn’t feel as effortless as it does on the iPhone 3GS, or even as easy as it did on the T-Mobile G1.

The screen itself, though, is lovely. It measures 3.2 inches in diameter, and is bright and clear. Below the screen, you get a handful of buttons and a trackball for navigation. All of the buttons are clearly labeled and are nicely spaced, making them easy to use.

Making Calls

Call quality on the myTouch 3G is excellent. My callers sounded loud and clear, and they said the same about me. The phone’s slim, light case is comfortable to hold during calls.

My only complaint with the myTouch 3G’s calling feature is something I also noted when using the T-Mobile G1: the virtual keypad makes it hard to dial an extension or to input numbers (such as a voicemail code) after you call is connected. You have to reactivate the touch screen by tapping the menu button, and are then required to hit another button to bring up the keypad. The iPhone, meanwhile, senses the movement when you pull the phone away from your ear and automatically displays an appropriate menu.

Software

Even though the myTouch 3G is a beautiful phone, its software remains the real star here. The Android operating system has been updated to version 1.5, and its shines. The three-paneled home screen (which you can access by sliding the phone’s home page to the right or left) can be customized with shortcuts to the apps you use most.

The myTouch 3G doesn’t come with a lot of apps installed on it, but you can find more in the Android Market. While its selection can’t rival that of the iPhone App Store, the Android Market is growing. You can find a decent selection of apps for work and play, including a free version of Documents To Go, which allows you to view Microsoft Word and Excel files. (A paid version adds editing privileges, among other features.)

Messaging

Gmail users will love the tight integration that Android offers with their accounts. To set up the phone, you need a Google account (if you don’t have one, you can sign up easily); you enter your user name and password, and your entire Google account, including your Gmail, is automatically synced to the phone. A Gmail shortcut is among the default icons on the phone, as is a shortcut to Google Talk.

While setting up access to a Gmail account is a breeze, the same is not true of other free e-mail accounts. The myTouch 3G supports IMAP and POP3 e-mail accounts, but wouldn’t allow me to use the included e-mail client to access my free Yahoo account. I was told it required a paid Yahoo Mail Plus accounts to work.

Unlike the G1, the myTouch 3G will sync with Microsoft Exchange e-mail accounts. The phone does not sync with Outlook contacts and calendars, though.

Browsing the Web

The myTouch 3G supports T-Mobile’s 3G HSDPA network and Wi-Fi networks, and, in my tests, browsing was speedy. Web pages loaded quickly, and downloads were fast.

Still, the overall browsing experience can’t compete with the excellent experience of using the Safari browser on an iPhone. The myTouch 3G’s screen does not support multi-touch, so you can’t pinch and spread the screen to zoom in and out. You’re forced to resort to accessing the menu to do that. But what’s more annoying is that you’re forced to use a menu or the phone’s buttons for tasks that should be accessible from within the browser window — like accessing the address bar so you can type in a new URL.

Multimedia

The 3.2-megapixel camera is just average. While it captures video clips as well as still photos, the quality was only so-so. You get autofocus, but no flash, and few built-in editing tools. You can crop and rotate photos, but that’s about it. Those features, though, are very easy to use.

Like the T-Mobile G1, the myTouch 3G comes with one-touch access to Amazon’s MP3 store for DRM-free music downloads. You also get a basic music player for organizing and playing back tunes. Unfortunately, the myTouch 3G — like the G1 — lacks a standard headphone jack. You’ll need the included adapter in order to connect headphones to the phone. Using it isn’t difficult, but it can be cumbersome.

Additional features include access to Google Maps, which can deliver driving directions using the phone’s built-in GPS. You also can find more software, including GPS, music, and video apps, in the Android Market.

Bottom Line

Finally, Google’s Android operating system is available on a phone that’s as attractive on the outside as it is on the inside. If you can live without a hardware-based QWERTY keyboard, you’ll love the myTouch 3G.

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