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The tri band GSM HTC Touch Viva features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Other key features include a 2.0 megapixel camera, TouchFLO 3D interface, handwriting recognition, microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, Pocket Office, MP3 player and a WAP 2.0 browser.

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T-Mobile Touch Pro 2

Overall Rating:

4.5 out of 5

By: Amy Wmn on Sunday, November 22, 2009
From: Lockport, IL (United States)
Experience: 3 Months

Pros: - 3G
- Sliding/tilting keyboard very nice
- Nice camera
- Decent built in speakers
- Many applications, lots of them free
- Decent processor speed
- Good battery life, plays music for me for 24 hours on a full charge
- Best touch screen so far
- Stylish
- Heavy, but feels very durable and is easy to hold

Cons: - Short USB cable
- Microsoft Active Sync is glitchy, not so great; need to upgrade OS from XP to Vista (never!) or 7
- Texting on this keyboard takes some getting used to, it's much wider than a BB so may take a bit more dexterity
- Not a standard USB cable, so have to buy additional if you need extra
- No separate headphone jack, have to buy special or use clunky adapter

Summary: I do love this phone, despite a few shortfalls. Some of the reviews are misleading, and were published long before the US version of the phone was even available. For example, the SD card slot is easily accessible on the side of the phone.

My son received his MyTouch the same day I got this phone, and the boxing for this phone could be much MUCH better, especially for the price. Unboxing the MyTouch was like "Here is your AWESOME, new COOL PHONE!!!" While the Touch Pro 2 was like "Here's your new phone." The MyTouch came with an SD card, this phone did not, which seemed cheap on T Mobile's part. Would I buy this phone again, YES!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

HTC Touch Pro2

Overall Rating:

2.2 out of 5

By: Ronald Butt on Monday, October 26, 2009
From: Bronx, NY (United States)
Experience: 30 Days

Pros: Lots of functions. Built pretty sturdily. Both physical and screen works well.

Cons: Clunky. No battery life, dies before completing a days work (7hrs if you work it is all I got). Insufficient memory. Needs to remove battery cover to use SD memory card. Likes to freeze up. Bluetooth works spotty. Slow response. Scrolling and gestures poor. Many functions but no programs to use them.

Summary: Not for heavy use unless you have spare battery or you can keep it plugged in. Jack of all trades but definitely masters none well. If you don't need windows for your job don't get it. Not user friendly.
Needs faster cpu and more memory. Not for everyday use. Display too small. Wouldn't buy again.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Not satisfied at all

Overall Rating:

2.8 out of 5

By: Tanha Haque on Friday, October 23, 2009
From: Jamaica, NY (United States)
Experience: 2 Months

Summary: It constantly freeze up. T-mo exchanged my phone twice and all three of them had the same problem. And the funny thing is t-mo tech support told me not to install any third-party software. Than what i am going to do with this powerful phone?

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

XV 6900 Review

Overall Rating:

3.7 out of 5

By: Travis Owens on Thursday, October 08, 2009
From: Vaughn, MT (United States)
Experience: 5 Months

Pros: Setting up and adding contacts easy to do, just plug into computer and it automatically updates your contacts and your calender which is also good since you have backup files on phone and computer. Sound quality is great i could listen to music and watch movies all day on it. This phone is really light weight and easy to carry around. Easily customizable and makes this literally your own phone. the screen itself is really durable. I was working and it got dropped straight on a nail and there is

Cons: Phone case cracks easily but you can send the phone in for a new one. When i receive picture messages my phone will often freeze up and I will be forced to turn the phone off then back on to look at the file. The boot up process is really slow compared to most other phones I have owned but this one is also a lot more complicated which may add to the lag. Sometimes if I send a message and one is trying to come in at the same time the messaging feature will lock up so I can access anything else

Summary: Overall I believe this phone is worthwhile getting if you can look past the minor flaws that this phone contains. I would recommend purchasing screen protectors and maybe looking for like a rubber sleeve that can go over the phone so the case doesn't crack so easily.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Nice Phone But

Overall Rating:

4 out of 5

By: Jerome B on Monday, August 17, 2009
From: New York, NY (United States)
Experience: 1 Days

Pros: Display, keyboard, 3G

Cons: UMA (wifi calling support from Provider)

Summary: certainly a good phone but missing UMA

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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