HTC Touch Pro CDMA - Verizon

This phone has a world of features that made it ahead of its time, but it has far too little RAM for such a device, and it's extremely unstable. I had to pull the battery 1-3 times a day, and I'm not alone on this, numerous people I've known with WM6.5 phones often had to do battery pulls to stay functional. I tweaked this thing as much as I could, even flashing to WM6.5, but in the end I just couldn't stand it and switched to BlackBerry strictly for stability. Even phone dialing on the Touch Pro was a crap shoot, and that was the last straw.

This is around the 15 or so smart phone I have owned in my life. I would rate this in the negatives if I could. I was issued this phone from my work. I have had it replaced 2 times. After about 6 months it just starts messing up bad. Here is a list of the problems I can think of:1. Slow. I don't mean kinda slow. After 6 months of use I am having to reboot this phone 2 or 3 times a day. It gets so slow it just freezes up. 2. Battery life. In the beginning all day long. After a 3-4 months of use you better keep a charger near you at all times. I even have extended life battery...3 hours I think of standby time. Talk time...45mins.3. Incoming call? sorry you will have 20% error rate answering. The phone either doesn't ring at all(even though you have cell service) or it does ring but won't let you answer it. 4. You like internet? hahahah some times it's quick... Others its SLOOOOOWWWW. What happens if it times out? You have to reboot ie completely. What a joke. 5. Meet the king of pocket calls. Not only will this phone make pocket calls, but it will also go through the menus and other settings on the phone while in your pocket. Like I said ..... The King!I can't think of all 1 million things with this phone, but I can say this.... unless it's free... um.. not even that. I would only give this phone to my enemies. This phone is the spawn of SATAN.

I laugh every time I see someone write a review that says "I'm writing a review on the phone and not the carrier".  I want everyone to understand that it in most cases that would be the only way to do it.  Unfortunately in this case the carrier effects the phones software so dramatically that it serious changes the dynamics of the whole phone.
I bought this phone way back in November and it has been over all a solid phone.  I have used little tweaks to help the Verizon crippling software.  It wasn't until just a week ago that I installed a new custom ROM (SSK 1.5).
Now I feel I can give the phone and not the carrier the review it deserves!
Plain and simple this phone is AWESOME now that the so called carrier's crap is no longer plaguing the phones performance.  The only thing I couldnt change was Verizon's idea to reduce the RAM from 288 to 192.