After a couple of days with this device I have learned one major lesson: I have been absolutely SPOILED by having 3G on the AT&T network. Through regular use of my old TyTN 2, iMate 9502, Treo 750, HP 910 and now the Nokia E71-2, there is no doubt that getting fast data was one of my many simple pleasures in this life of smartphone indulgence. Going on without 3G and relying on EDGE has always been a price to pay for jumping the gun and using a device not made with appropriate support for US 3G, but I was willing to pay this price nonetheless. The unfortunate part about that is there are complications that can result in trying to upload too much information over EDGE to where the device gets befuddled and sluggish. There are moments when the planets seem to be in alignment and all on earth is in order when I can get full bars of reception and surf the browser at a good pace, but most times I would end up avoiding Internet until I can find a wifi hotspot...and that's if the device even has wifi. Hence my reason for writing this post on this HTC Touch Pro.
Simply put, the lack of US 3G has brought out the patience in me from the saintly side of my family tree (except for a moment when I did go back to my Nokia E71-2). Surfing the Opera Mobile browser has been anything but fast on EDGE, but even on wifi there is sluggish performance. I even tried my luck in this search for a suitable speed with Internet Explorer to no avail. I do happen to have a couple of dead zones in my condo, so testing this Pro at home certainly caused some irritating instances. I shall continue to use this in different locations throughout my local area in the 3G network to see if may only be the weak signal strength in my house.
TRENT
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro.
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