HTC Touch Pro (Verizon Wireless)

Pros: Great screen, amazing colors and sharpness
touch flo 3d
opera browser
Mp3 clipper
micro SD card
slide out qwerty keyboard
wi fi
windows mobile

Cons: Crappy battery life
some issues with software
'Backup Assistant' won't transfer contacts
Quite bulky (depending on what you're used to)
Touch Flo still not as good as iphone
Verizon nickle and dimes you!
No front camera as stated on HTC website

Summary: God do I hate Verizon! I've seen the Sprint version of this phone and they include so much more in their $99.99 plan, including GPS, Sprint tv, etc. I have the $149.99 'unlimited data' plan, and it doesn't include tv or nav. If it wasn't for the coverage I'd switch in a heartbeat! Paying $50 more per month for less features!

I ordered the HTC Pro over the phone since it's not out in stores until Dec 1st. Received it yesterday, and these are my initial impressions. On paper the phone has everything you'd need. But whats the point if the battery can't keep up! I charged it fully overnight, and so far today it went down to 10% within 5 hours flat! And all I did with it was 3 phone calls for less than 60 minutes, checked my email twice, and took one photograph! I'd switched off the wi-fi knowing that this would suck up the juice. And after noticing how fast it drained when using my bluetooth, I even turned that off! Put the phone on standby for most of the time, turned off direct push, low backlight, basically everything recommended to get extra battery life. And 5 hours to go through 90% of the battery inspite of all this is just nuts.

Also, earlier today, the phone froze up on me. None of the inputs would work, and couldn't even turn the power off. Finally, removed the battery, and put it back in again. This started the phone, but it got stuck on the 'unlock' screen. I kept typing in my password, but it refused to unlock! I received a call at that moment, (thank God it lets you that), and after hanging up it suddenly let me unlock the phone. Weird! It's working fine since.

The final irritant is Verizon's Backup assistant. My previous phone had all the contacts and #'s backed up on Verizon's servers, but apparently you can't download this on a pda! I have to take the phone into a Verizon store where they can do the transfer with a cable. I guess it's not a big deal, but just find it retarded. The cherry on top is that I can't even download my contacts from their site on my pc!

AT&T has good phones but spotty service, TMobile just doesn't have enough 3G coverage, and Sprint is CDMA too. So people like myself have been stuck with Verizon for years, and have to deal with them fleecing their customers! Consumers need a better alternative!