Hot on the heels of the Treo Pro review, and the upcoming BlackBerry Bold review, two new devices showed up today, the HTC Touch Pro and the Fujitsu T5010!

Quick Impressions of the HTC Touch Pro

I was quite a fan of the display on the Touch Diamond, but it pretty much went downhill from there. The Touch Pro has the same excellent display, but chunks it up a bit with a nice slideout thumboard to aid text entry. It’s a lot easier to type up emails and text messages on the Touch Pro, and it’s nice to see a dedicated number row squeezed into it as well.

Too early to comment on the battery life or performance, that will have to wait for the review!

Quick Impressions of the Fujitsu T5010

I haven’t used a lot of Tablet PCs before, but I can safely say this is the largest. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but I’m sure to find out tomorrow on the train and at uni. Instant likes are the bright display, and the super fast Centrino 2 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CPU. This thing would run rings around my aging MacBook Pro!

I really like the use of a Wacom digitiser on this unit, makes the Tablet PC functions even better to use. Vista really does the whole Tablet thing well, much better than XP. The keyboard is excellent, with good feel and sizing. In fact this blurb was typed on it.

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Today I received a device that could really be a make-or-break product for a company that has been stagnate for quite some time. The Palm Treo Pro really needs to be successful for Palm, as their current line-up leaves a lot to be desired.

First off I’ll start with the packaging. Like the box the HTC Touch Diamond comes in, the Treo Pro packaging has a corner lopped off. Why? No idea. It is quite nicely presented though, with the device on display as soon as you take the top off.

Included in the sales package is the Treo Pro, a microUSB cable (seems to becoming popular), USB AC adaptor, stereo earphones (3.5mm, woohoo!) and a few manuals and guides. Like HTC, Palm has cheaped out by including a USB AC Adaptor that you plug the USB cable into. With a miniUSB cable that’s not so bad, they are everywhere and can extras can easily be purchased, but the microUSB isn’t overly common yet, so many buyers will find themselves swapping the cable between their computer and AC adaptor. If you find yourself needing an extra one, the microUSB cables that you get for the latest Nokia’s will do the trick.

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