HTC Touch Pro

Before I begin my assessment of this design, I bought it used and the person before me did stuff to the device like "flash" the software and other stuff that I didn't like before he "restored" it back to "factory defaults".

At the time, the device was a very beautiful glossy black design. Reception and call quality has always been great to me, never had a dropped call. Internet usage would've been great, IF the device wasn't so D**N slow! Great built-in organizers for photo/video and music. Camera quality was okay, but for being a rather high-end device for back in the day, I was surprised that it wasn't better.

The user interface is MOTHERF**KING horrible. Loads slow, enter/exit applications slow, texts slow, everything slow! The QWERTY keyboard makes the device, hands down. Display were comparable to other basic phones at best, minus the touchscreen capabilty. I just wished that smartphones today had the same battery life as this smartphone.

I know you are all tired of hearing good and bad reviews on this phone but it's a decent phone in my eyes.  There are some flaws and great stuff about this phone.  I've had it for a little over a year and this is what I think of it.ProsIt's sturdy.  I've dropped my phone over 20x on concrete, wood, tile, you name it and still no broken pieces or scratches.Keyboard.  The keyboard is one of the best I've used.  I'm a heavy texter and it works perfectly.Camera.  Takes outstanding pictures outside. meanwhile inside its pretty decent.Touch sensitive scroll wheel. This comes in handy when surfing the web and looking at pictures by zooming in or out. During music and videos, it fast-fowards it and rewinds it.Exelorameter.  Works fast.Microsoft Office.  Great, comes in handy when you want to get started on a document, essay, presentation, ect.ConsWindows mobile.  I know it's great but on this its pretty slow.Rotating.  When you slide out the keyboard it takes a while to rotate it.Arrow keys.  The left and right arrow keys are hard to press because you might hit the call end, back, home, or call forward button by accident, it gets really annoying.Thickness.  This phone is pretty thick but still pocket-able.  It will fit into a pair of jeans but basicly any other slider phone is thinner than this one.Conclusion In all, I would give this phone a 3 & 1/2 out of 5.  I've had this for a little over a year now and going to replace it.  Not saying that it's bad but I think mine is a defected model because it's randomly connecting to 3G.  But if it didn't I would still be keeping this phone.  It's a great phone for business users or just for a teen. 

Although I hate to judge an entire company based on the merits of a hapless device like the fuze, however....They're build quality and ergonomics are simply poor.  Deathly slow response time, touchjoke UI needed tons of work, awkward phone design, and more.I used all kinds of cooked roms, ect with no avail.  I just don't see what the love-affair is with HTC products.  I think they are poorly designed, under-engineered, overly-priced, and way too overhyped by gadget blogs.  Perhaps they've improved, but even the handsets released currently are poor quality plastic nightmares.  I do like the SENSE UI, which I think is a step in the right direction.