Verizon Touch Pro 2 also gets official Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade

Come on Sprint! (said with arms crossed while taping foot on ground)

I was very excited about this release (going home and downloading it asap), but now feel ripped off considering the list of improvements for Tmobile vs Verizon

Have you ripped the new kernel yet Malatesta? v3.04 Nov 23 build date ;)

The biggest change I've seen so far is that you can now successfully disconnect a call from your Bluetooth headset.

I do wonder though, and surprised no one asked this yet? Does this include the Y2K16 bug fix in it?

Also wonder if PuriaNs blue taskbar and slider icons will work with this OEM build? I sure hate the green :)

just glad to have 6.5 and htc sense and be able to use visual voicemail. the custom roms were all dead to me since the audio output with verizon visual voicemail would not work right with them.... perhaps they can learn from this rom.....

I like it, but don't notice a ton of differences. Is there a setting to get the start menu to go honeycomb style like the settings? I haven't played around a ton with it, but I thought that was going to be the way the Start menu was going to be.

If it is really "offical", why is the coming from pcdphones and NOT Verizon?

Anyone else having issues with the clock jumping back an hour or so when unlocking or going to the drop down menu in the upper right corner? Seems to jump back like 1 hour 2 minutes, then roll up to 1 minute ago then roll up to the current time. Annoying

With all these official ROM upgrades, it seems like the appropriate time for WMExperts to educate or re-educate people about custom ROMs -- if they're going to wiping their device, they might as well be wiping it for a reason.

Does anyone know whether the TP2 will eventually come "out of the box" with WM 6.5 loaded or will WM 6.5 always be an update from the 6.1 factory configuration?

Has anyone who has upgraded tell if the call quality or the camera issues been fixed?

1. Htc touch pro2 is running sense instead of touchflo.
2. It does not run the widgets like in manilla.
3. There is not a setting to change start menu to honeycomb.

If you dont like sense goto settings:all settings: Home: click items tab: scroll down to HTC Sense and unclick it. You will not run Sense and you'll have the honeycomb start.

I've experienced terrible battery life following my upgrade (Verizon HTC Touch Pro2) when I enable Bluetooth. When I turn Bluetooth off, my battery life is fine. If Bluetooth is on, then my battery gets wiped out in a few hours.

I really hope Verizon will fix this issue soon.
http://www.medicalsmartphones.com/2010/01/bluetooth-killing-my-battery-l...

I upgraded my verizon TP2 from WM 6.1 to WM 6.5. Very satisfied with the result. Most importantly, with 6.1, I was unable to use Activesync to sync with the exchange server at work because of some glitch with the security certificate. WM 6.1 did not allow a manual override (which the iPhone and others do). WM 6.5 does allow for a manual override. Huge increase in the phone's functionality for me.

The touchflo interface seems much more responsive and smooth.

The one demerit -- I haven't found a way to display the battery status on the top bar, or anywhere on the main start screen. Maybe there's a way to do it, but if so, it seems deeply hidden.

Since the new upgrade to 6.5 my phone will not sync via USB with Active Sync 4.5....any thoughts or suggestions?

I get a connection error every time, it won't even connect via Blue Tooth....Exchange serve sync is fine.

ps...I reinstalled active sync, already.

Thanks for any help you can give.

p.s.s.
I am using a Verizon TP2