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hi I'm Mike Benton for all shadow calm and today we are taking a look at the touch pro 2 first let's unbox it now let's compare it to a few other devices that you may be familiar with okay here we have a dash the original dash the winged shadow g1 um a shadow dash 3g and the mytouch 3g i also have a dry erase marker a three by five card and an army guy doctor what is noticeable about these comparisons is that the touch pro 2 is larger than all the other devices and heavier in fact it weighs one hundred and eighty eight grams or just over point four pounds it's a lot of weight so let's go in for a close-up and analyze what we can some quick specs the touch pro 2 has a 528 megahertz processor GPS Bluetooth Wi-Fi and accelerometer 3.2 megapixel camera and more but for now we're just going over the surface first off the 480 x 800 pixel screen is beautiful picture show up crisp just like this should the touchflo interface is a welcome addition while we wait for windows mobile to catch up in digital ergonomics class without going into too much detail there are different tabs in the touchflo user interface for just about all the functions you are accustomed using on the phone you can flick your way across tap on tabs or use the slider bar back to the hardware one feature missing from the touch pro 2 is a directional pad of any kind while it does present a smoother appearance and allow for more screen real estate I'm still hesitant to call this change good the four buttons on the front are your usual fare the send key home key back key and end key if you hold down the send key it will open up voice command holding down the home key and back key doesn't do anything I am holding down the end key will lock the phone the Ascend key is configurable for opening any program and the back key is also configurable but only for a few functions also worth mentioning is this zoom slide the left side of the phone holds this holds the volume buttons and the microSD slot so that'll hold an sdhc card and right now the 16 gigabyte cards are the biggest ones on the market and soon we'll be looking at 32 gigabytes the top holds the power button holding this down will turn the phone on and off pressing it quickly will turn the screen on and off the right side has the soft reset button and a microphone and the bottom has the proprietary mini USB port oh and the wonderful stylus on the back side is the mysterious mute button actually it's really not that mysterious while you're in the middle of a call if you place the phone facedown it will instantly turn into a high-quality speakerphone this mute button will mute your voice or any other sounds in the room so the other caller can't hear it I like this feature but what I don't like about it is there's no indicator like telling me that the call is being muted so if the turn it back over to see if it is right next to that is the 3.2 megapixel camera the touch pro 2 is capable of recording video apparently it records vga at 15 frames per second on to the keyboard the slide mechanism feels smooth and solid including the closed position the screen has two other positions the open and the tilt while in the open position you have access to all the well spaced and tactile keys in the tilt position the screen blocks some of the upper row so a little bit more difficult to get to one thing worth mentioning is the placement of the power button while holding the phone and typing away you might accidentally hit it and turn the screen off also worth mentioning is the volume keys on the bottom so you could actually accidentally hit those and then be tied up with this volume screen which has a very long delay for timing out the full qwerty keyboard is large enough with enough space between the keys to actually get some work done so it's not that hard to actually type on this and it didn't take long to get used to as I mentioned before the touch pro 2 has some heft to it giving it a rich feel the design is geared towards the professional business person with a serious need for some options the color scheme is refined and you won't be hesitant to pull this phone out at a meeting and put it on the conference table you know what it just might get you promoted so overall the touch pro 2 exudes class this is the phone many t-mobile customers have been waiting for as we near the end of this video i just want to mention that this isn't a complete review and there is more to come in future videos so stay tuned in order to make a well-informed decision on if the touch pro 2 is worth its cost be sure to check out our website forums wiki and store at all shadow calm for the latest and greatest tips tricks hacks mods and reviews for t mobile smart phones until next time I'm Mike Benton for all shadow calm