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The first live pic of the recently unveiled HTC Opal (aka Viva) has been leaked in the Web. Well, it looks nice, similar to the HTC Touch, but this sparklly finish leaves a two-fold impression. Wonder how business users will accept such a decorative design.
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HTC smartphones are already available in Japan through NTT DoCoMo and Softbank. And now KDDI, which is the second largest carrier in the country is about join them. The first HTC handset offered by the company will be the E30HT - a renamed HTC ...
[Continue reading Japanese KDDI to Offer HTC Touch Pro]What? HTC Touch Pro for KDDI users? Take it easy. Since Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corporation has teamed-up with KDDI, Japan second largest mobile operator, so Japanese mobile users can enjoy HTC Touch Pro CDMA too! They called it E30HT Windows Mobile smart phone, which is based on the HTC Touch Pro (just like HTC Raphael, HTC Touch Pro CDMA for US’s Sprint users).
KDDI announced that they would be unveiling the smart phone at CEATEC, Japan’s largest electronics products exhibition, September 28-October, this year. However, commercial sales of the E30HT, are slated for spring 2009. Why does it takes so long from its first showing up and comercial availability?
[TheUnwired via 3GWeek]
Are you still waiting for Android smartphone after seeing the latest goodies from HTC? According to Reuters, T-Mobile will make the announcement of the new T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) and start selling the phone within weeks after the launches.
Reuters did not mention where they got the source from, they are also told that T-Mobile is set to make the official announcement on September 23rd.
Source [yahoo news] via [android community]

The Samsung Highnote is a new Sprint music phone.
(Credit: Sprint)Sprint grabbed more than its share of headlines Wednesday when it introduced six new phones on the first day of the CTIA Fall 2008 show. Smartphone fans can pick up the Sprint versions of the HTC Touch Diamond and ...
Even though Google's Android and the fabled HTC Dream are nowhere to be seen at the CTIA trade show, we did get news Wednesday that T-Mobile is supposedly getting ready to sell "a mobile phone based on Google's Android software" within weeks.
This is likely to be the ...

Today at CTIA in San Francisco Sprint has officially announced the HTC Touch Diamond coming to its network on September 14th, and the Touch Pro on October 19th. The Diamond first will be available for $249 on a 2-year contract after a $100 rebate, and the Touch...
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This here appears to be the HTC Touch HD. Most people would first of all notice its cool large WVGA display. The design of the device slightly reminds of the BlackBerry Storm, but these things are very different.Some of the rumored sp...
[Continue reading HTC Touch HD]Just like what HTC has promised, they are going to introduce few more pda phones for its HTC Touch line up this year. The new and unannounced HTC Touch HD has been leaked today, featuring the TouchFLO 3D with the amazing 480 x 800 resolution. You will definitely want to consider it if you are planning to get the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 for its screen resolution.

Some information can be read from the device information screenshot. The HTC Touch HD will be powered by a Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz cpu, comes with built in GPS, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, Bluetooth 2.0 and the usual 64k colors for Windows Mobile. According to the source, it will have a 5 megapixel camera and support HSDPA wireless data connection. Similar to Touch Diamond, no flash module to assist the camera for low light photography. Its body size should be 115mm x 62.8mm x 12mm.
More HTC Touch HD Photos at next page.
Update 1: The HTC Touch HD is said to be available by end of this year, there is no Dpad on it and it comes with a microSD card slot. A 1350 mAh will comes with the retail package. ...

HTC Touch Pro
(Credit: Sprint)Unlike last week's slip up, Sprint managed to keep this bit of news under wraps and announced on the opening day of CTIA Fall 2008 that it will offer the HTC Touch Pro starting October 19. The ultimate replacement for the Sprint HTC Mogul, ...
Today Sprint announced the two Touch-based Windows Mobile smartphones from HTC, the Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro. Both of these phones have already been released for GSM networks. These are CDMA variants for Sprint Customers. Most of the ...
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HTC Touch Diamond
HTC Touch ProSprint today announced the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, both Windows Mobile 6.1 devices that use a new customized web browser for easy viewing and navigation.
Both handsets offer TouchFLO 3D, a touch screen user interface that controls with the flick of a finger. Users can zoom and pan websites with one hand. With gravity-sensor technology, turning the ...

HTC is preparing a new communicator called Opal. It appears to be the successor to the HTC Touch, and has a similar design. Specifications are pretty mediocre; the handset doesn't support 3G, but features TouchFLO 3D interface, found on the HTC Touch Diamond and Pro. A more det...
[Continue reading HTC Opal]Since HTC launched their first HTC Touch smartphone in 2007, the first version of TouchFLO has been replaced by the new TouchFLO 3D user interface this year. It looks like HTC will be introducing HTC Opal, a successor of HTC Touch smartphone.

Similar to HTC Touch, the HTC Opal does not support 3G connection but will do EDGE/GPRS wireless data connection. According to the source it will be able to run the new HTC TouchFLO 3D, same as what you see on the HTC Touch Diamond or HTC Touch Pro. Check out the specification below, note that the specification listed is not final and is listed on a confidential document dated July 3rd.
Source [smartmobilegadgets] via [coolsmartphones]
having Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro but the same TI OMAP 850 chip running at 200Mhz (huh?). There’s quad-band GPRS / EDGE and a 2 megapixel camera listed along with WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot. Inside will be the Opera browser for silky smooth surfing. Hmm.. What no 3 megapixel ...
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While we're expecting to see the HTC Touch Pro land at Sprint or Verizon Wireless (thanks FCC) later this year, it might just be that the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone is also headed to AT&T. According to Engadget Mobile, a cached Google page ...

The supposed HTC Dream
(Credit: iMobile via Engadget)Engadget managed to find really convincing photos of what appears to be the HTC Dream on a Chinese forum. It certainly seems to match the FCC documents of the premier Android device that surfaced a couple of weeks ago.
While the combination ...

The source of this information is unknown, but according to the Telegraph T-Mobile UK will launch the Google's HTC Dream sometime in November. Well, atleast that's what they say, as there was no official confirmation yet.
... [Continue reading T-Mobile UK to Launch HTC Dream in November?]Google cache has revealed a possible released of the HTC Touch Pro on AT&T network. The cached webpage unveiled a smartphone called AT&T Fuze and has the same features as the HTC Touch Pro.

Read the cache content below:
HTC takes Windows Mobile® smartphone design to the next level with the introduction of the highly desirable and elegant HTC FUZE™. The multi faceted HTC FUZE™ is a 3G tri-band HSDPA Windows Mobile smartphone brought to you by AT&T, which allows you access to the world and to a world of features. Going on a trip? Whether it’s a spring break cruise to the islands or a business meeting in Hong Kong, AT&T has you covered with the HTC FUZE™. With the largest international footprint of any wireless provider and the powerful HTC FUZE™, only AT&T customers can make and receive calls in more than 200 countries and on 75 major cruise ships. The HTC FUZE™ for AT&T also offers e-mail and Web browsing capabilities in more than 145 countries. The world is your office with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and the HTC FUZE™. Get full access to your Microsoft Outlook mailbox, contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks; edit Microsoft ...
HTC FuzeAT&T today announced the HTC Fuze, its 3G tri-band HSDPA Windows Mobile smartphone based off the international HTC Touch Pro phone.
The Fuze offers multiple methods of control. It features a 5-row slide-out QWERTY keyboard for quick text entry and a large 2.8-inch VGA touch screen with advanced TouchFLO 3D technology. TouchFLO 3D uses one touch to scroll through common tasks like messaging, calendar appointments or making calls. Music, photos, contacts and surfing the web are also responsive.
The Fuze runs on With Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, allowing users to use Microsoft Outlook mailbox, contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks; edit Microsoft Office documents or view Adobe PDF attachments; or take advantage of support for multiple email applications including Microsoft Direct Push, Good Mobile Messaging, and Blackberry Connect - all ...

According to PC Magazine, Sprint is all set to release the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond on September 14 for $249.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 rebate.
With the Touch Pro just around the corner, we wonder how much love this thing is going to take...
... [Continue reading HTC Touch Diamond to be Available from Sprint on September 14]While the official announcement wasn't supposed to cross the wires till next week, The Wall Street Journal went early with its story (please don't get me started on this) and published a review of the HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint.
Yes, that's right. The Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone is officially part of the Sprint family; not that it was a complete surprise. The HTC Touch Diamond, as well as the HTC Touch Pro (no announcement on this model yet), were long rumored for a CDMA carrier months before Wednesday's early coming-out party. So now that the floodgates are open, here is what we know.

Word's out on the HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint.
(Credit: Sprint)There are a number of differences between the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond and the unlocked version we reviewed in late June. First, it sports a purple/burgundy backplate to add more flash to an already sexy phone. The smartphone is also a smidge thicker and heavier at 4 inches tall by 2 inches ...
The Wall Street Journal has published a review of the technically-unannounced HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint. The review confirms that most specs match the GSM version, including a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera. HTC's TouchFLO 3D UI is complemented by ...
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If the Touch Diamond left you yearning for a Qwerty keypad, dry your eyes because the HTC Touch Pro is exactly what you've been praying for

Sprint has leaked some information regarding the release dates and pricing of two of its upcoming phones, the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. The firsh should become available in mid of September for $549.99, while the other will be released on October 19th wi...
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These are live pictures of the upcoming Android-based HTC Dream. It was recently approved by the FCC and is apparently bound for T-Mobile.
... [Continue reading T-Mobile's HTC Dream - Live Pics]If the leaked photo capture is real, Sprint users in US will be able to get the HTC Touch Diamond from mid September this month, follow by HTC Touch Pro from October 19th next month. The leaked info has also revealed the pricing detail, HTC Touch Diamond will be priced at $549.99 and HTC Touch Pro at $579.99. Both are price without service plan contract.

The CDMA HTC Touch Pro has already got FCC approved in early July.
Source [phonemag]