HTC Touch Pro2 Might Hit Sprint in Mid June

There have been several reliable but unofficial reports that say Sprint will release a version of the HTC Touch Pro2 this year, and the most recent of these says this debut is coming in less than a month.

This highly-anticipated device will be HTC's new flagship Windows phone, with a wide array of high-end features, including a slide-and-tilt WVGA Touchscreen and an array of wireless options.

Several pictures of the Touch Pro2 with a Sprint logo have appeared in the forums for SprintUsers.com. When prototypes of a device with a carrier's branding on it start to show up in leaked images, it's generally a good sign that a launch isn't far away.

Accordingly, the source for these says this smartphone will be released by Sprint in the middle of June. This is a bit ahead of the earlier reports, which indicated that the debut was scheduled for the third quarter of this year.

If this report is correct, it will make Sprint the first U.S. carrier to offer the Touch Pro2, but it won't be alone by a long shot. T-Mobile is reportedly prepping a version for release in late July, while AT&T is expected to release a version later this year.

An Overview of the HTC Touch Pro2
The Touch Pro2 will be a "slider," a smartphone with a landscape-oriented sliding QWERTY keyboard. It will also have a 3.6 inch, WVGA (800 by 480 pixel) touchscreen. It will mark the return of the slide-and-tilt screen that was a hallmark of an earlier smartphone from HTC, the AT&T Tilt.

This HTC model will debut with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, but make the jump to Windows Mobile 6.5 when this new version is available.

It will be built around a 528 MHz processor from Qualcomm, 288 MB of RAM, and a microSD card slot.

Sprint's version will have support for this carrier's high-speed EV-DO Rev. A network. It will also have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera, a GPS receiver, and a 1500 mAh battery.

Naturally, it is expected to replace the original Touch Pro in Sprint's product lineup.

Source: SprintUsers.com