According to this leaked rebate sheet, U.S. Cellular is planning on releasing a number of interesting handsets, among which are the high-end HTC Touch Pro2, the WM-based HTC Snap, as well as the hot BlackBerry Tour already available from Verizon and Sprint. All three should be available till November 12th. Check the image for the full list of handsets and prices.
As you probably know, there's already a pink version of the HTC Hero that looks rather ugly. Fortunately, HTC's acknowledged this fact and came up with this softer pink version Carphone Warehouse's way, which is expected to be released sometime this month.
Besides the existing black, white and pink versions, some other colors are expected to be available in the near future.
T-Mobile USA's CTO Cole Brodman, speaking today at an event in New York said that the company "has no plans to bring the HTC Hero to market" in the U.S. Instead they will be offering the HTC myTouch 3G.
The FCC has approved the recently released HTC Hero. The handset supports 850/1900 MHz 3G bands which makes it compatible with AT&T's network. Sprint is also rumored to pick up the Hero sometime in the near future, but we need to see a CDMA version on the FCC site first.
The HTC Hero has appeared on Orange UK's website, however it currently wears a teasing "coming soon" badge. According to Orange, the pricing information should be available tomorrow, but you can definitely expect the free-on-plan option among others. T-Mobile is also expected to release the device shortly after under a different name, probably G1 Touch, also fully subsidized.
Verizon has released its HTC Ozone (a.k.a. Snap). It is available now for $49.99 after $70 mail-in rebate and 2-year contract via Web, telesales and B2B channels with in-store availability expected on July 13th.Specs:
Great news for Sprint customers: PhoneNews reported that the carrier is internally testing the recently launched HTC Hero, which means the handset could be landing on its network sometime later this year.
Furthermore: apparently, Sprint is also testing an unknown Android-powered WiMax-capable device by Samsung, scheduled for release sometime in the end of 2009, or in the beginning of 2010.
Check out the following 15 minute video walkthrough of the recently announced Android-powerhouse, the HTC Hero. The phone's new HTC Sense UI allows users to customize their handset with many different widgets developed by HTC. You can also save each customization into different scenes so that you could quickly switch to a different set of widgets when needed.The Hero will be available next month in Europe, followed by Asia shortly after.
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