[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] solsearch:
I like it but also dislike it. I ended up formatting this kind of like a review but it is by no means so and the advantages seem much fewer as I go into detail explaining the disadvantages.

QUICK REVIEW OF ADVANTAGES:

It does seem more stable in some aspects, music is better, and bluetooth quality sound (headset and music) both seem better for me. Also MUCH better facebook integration and there's the uploading pics option to facebook and twitter even youtube account integration. And much better calendar (with weekly and yearly views finally)

DISADVANTAGES (WITH IN DEPTH EXPLANATIONS, which is why they are so much longer):

no task manager (where'd you get the cab? I'll look for it after posting this but if you can put up links it'd be great), I can multitask by putting taskface in the home page quick links, but still can't close many apps as the "x" no longer closes, just minimizes...

tabs seem slower to load (at least under normal configurations)

no programs tab (the quick links help but there's only 9 and I don't use all for programs)

sms works, slightly slower, but it has a cleaner layout which I like. The downside is that after restoring my messages and such after a fresh install/hard reset it requires a message to be sent/received (just once) from that contact to show the whole history with them (if you turn off threaded view it's not an issue)

And here's the kicker and I'd love to see if anyone else is experiencing this...

Updating the facebook updates for all contacts at once kind of hangs the phone (I can get out of it but then the phone is laggy). It can kind of hang sometimes when updating only one contact but there's noabiding lagginess or any sort once it overcomes the hang.

speakerphone doesn't work properly. If I put it face down then there's no problem. If I press the speakerphone key on the call screen then it's a mess: it might be fine, or if I move it the mic will cut out and the other people won't hear me, and I even got a strange thing once or twice while testing out this glitch where the sound from the mic was redirected to the speakers resulting in some feedback. I know it's ROM related as flashing to the previous ROM fixed it, but even so I'd love to see if anyone else is experiencing it...

ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS:

the proximity sensor works for me. I experienced the standby of death once, but only once, aside from that it seems great.

No vietnamese optcion but they might add it as there's the download for Thai. Don't know how to change language as before you had like five language options with the keyboard for predictive text but now it's only English or Pinyin, no Spanish, French, nor German.

My manila version shows up as 2.5.20121255.0 NOT .6

The opera version is 9.7 which is the latest non beta version available. It is quick and quite good.

CONCLUSION:

I actually quite like the overall feel. But if the speakerphone thing isn't fixed I might have to switch back.

And I think 2.5 wouldn't be so bad on our phones if they'd just change some things. The "x" button doesn't close ANYTHING, which means if you use a task switcher you'll see the comm manager still open, and basically everything else... if things would actually close it'd be very good. Oh, the music player is slower to load at start but otherwise faster and much more stable, even smoother cover transitions (on the old ROMs they wouldn't always animate for me).

I hope we get more ROM updates which improve upon this one.

UPDATE

I sent a report to tech support for the speakerphone and this is the reply I got (I deleted the "Dear blah blah" for obvious reasons):

Thanks for contacting HTC. With regards of your query, we are quite sorry for the inconvenience. We regret to inform you that currently we are having a littile problems with the new upgrade for your Touch Pro2, there is a feedback regarding the slowness and other problems. It is recommened that you downgrade the phone back to the original Rom at our service center, we are fixing the problem ASAP, and we will do contact you if we have a fix for it. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks HTC Hotline: 1800 238 7788 Service Hours : 8 am - 8 pm, Monday - Saturday (except Public Holidays)