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Softbank introduced a new smartphone that it plans to release in Japan this April. The device is called HTC X03HT and will sport the following features:

• Size: 52x106x19.4 mm;
• 3G HSDPA support;
• QWERTY keyboard;
• Windows Mobile 6.0 OS;
• Office Mobile (Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• Multimedia player;
• microSD card slot of up to 8GB;
• Bluetooth connectivity;
• Colors: Red, White and Black.

HTC announced that they have passed the 2 million mark with their Touch smartphones, including the Touch, Touch Slide and Touch Color.

The sales are going great; in just 3 months starting October 2007, when the company has reported the first million sold, they've managed to double this achievement.

HTC and Bluetooth manufacturer Parrot have teamed up to offer better compatibility and overall improved user experience for accessories on HTC smartphones.

In exchange for the advanced wireless hardware HTC in its turn will help Parrot with product road maps and marketing strategy.

The yet unavailable GSM/HSDPA HTC Shift (Cleo 100) will also have a CDMA/EV-DO version.

It has passed the FCC a while ago under the name of Cleo 200, but still none of the versions was released.

We think HTC should rather launch the device itself instead of concentrating on its variations.

T-Mobile Germany announced the new rebranded version of the HTC Athena, now known as the T-Mobile MDA Ameo 16GB.

Reportedly, apart from the larger storage capacity the device will also run the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, though this information is yet to be confirmed.

According to T-Mobile, MDA Ameo will be available April for 459.

Here is the first picture and some specs of the upcoming HTC P3470 Pharos smartphone.

• Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS;
• TI OMAP 850 200MHz processor;
• 128MB RAM/256MB ROM;
• 2.8" QVGA touch-screen;
• Bluetooth 2.0;
• GPS (NMEA 0183).

The HTC Touch has finally been launched on Alltel’s CDMA network.

The device from now on will be known as Alltel Touch, and is already available for purchase through Alltel website for $199 with a 2-year contract.

Verizon announced their new SMT5800 aka HTC S720 smartphone at CES today, which actually wasn't a surprise as we knew it was coming. Here's what the device offers:

• Windows Mobile 6 Standard OS;
• Numeric keypad and full slide-out QWERTY keyboard;
• 2Mpix camera with video capture;
• Bluetooth 2.

If you're an Alltel subscriber, you probably have a non-touchscreen device.

But it looks like things are about to change. Apparently, Alltel will start offering the HTC Touch next week.

However, the handset won't be cheap. If you're ready to shell out $200 with 2-year contract or about $500 contract-free than don't doubt your choice.

T-Mobile has added the HTC Touch to its smartphone line-up and renamed it to Touch Plus.

Until now HTC Touch was available exclusively from Orange.

The T-Mobile's Touch Plus should become available this month.