Sprint to offer HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro

Sep 15 2008, 2:00pm CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sprint will be offering the neat HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch Pro in the United States.
The HTC Touch Diamond already celebrated big success abroad reaching 1 million sold units in August.

The HTC Touch Diamond features include HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 2.8-inch VGA touch screen, 3.2MP camera, 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM, Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Measurements of the Touch Diamond are 102 x 51 x 11.33mm and the weight is 110g.
The HTC Touch Diamond leverages the broad functionality of Windows Mobile 6.1 and provides easy access to Sprint-exclusive multimedia content, including Sprint Music Store's quick over-the-air song downloads and Sprint TV with its extensive collection of live and on-demand channels.
The HTC Touch Diamond will be available beginning in September on Sprint. It will cost $249.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

The HTC Touch Pro features a touchscreen and a slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard.
Features of the HTC Touch Pro include 2.8 inch VGA touch-screen, TouchFLO 3D user interface, 3.2MP camera, GPS, HSDPA, Wi-fi, Bluetooth and TV Out.
On the HTC Touch Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 is running on a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz CPU.
HTC Touch Pro will be available Oct. 19th for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
Via this Sprint announcement.

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