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We have the official specs of the new HTC Touch Diamond smartphone. Impressive or not very - you be the judge. The handset should be available for European customers in June, with US availability scheduled for the second half of the year.

• Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm;
• Weight: 110 g;
• Connectivity: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100MHz; HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA;
• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.

Today we present specifications for three yet unannounced, but highly anticipated HTC smartphones - HTC Touch Pro (Raphael), HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Dual Pro (Titanium).

Hopefully, atleast one of them will be released on May 6rth.

HTC Touch Pro (Raphael):

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• 256MB ROM / 128MB RAM;
• Qualcomm MSM 7201A @ 528MHz;
• 7.

Alltel and HTC have issued a system update for the HTC Touch smartphone that will upgrade its EV-DO Rev. 0 radio to Rev. A, which allows for faster download and upload speeds. The update will also improve Bluetooth performance and will add the ability to receive video messages. Go to HTC's support page for the instructions and download link.

FCC has recently revealed a new version of the HTC's Touch Dual smartphone, the HTC NEON300.

Even in the report it was indicated that the latter is in fact Touch Dual. The documents seen on the FCC revealed nothing new; the expected list of features was known long before the announcement.

Here's what the phone offers:

• 3G HSDPA 850/1900Mhz support;
• 400Mhz processor;
• 2.

As expected, Verizon Wireless began offering the new white HTC XV6900 for $249 after rebate through its website and direct business channels. It will hit the stores on April 30th.

• CDMA;
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional;
• 2.8" QVGA TouchFLO display with LED backlight;
• 2Mpix Camera;
• Bluetooth 2.0;
• microSDHC supporting up to 8GB;

Software:

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Adobe Reader LE;
• Internet Explorer;
• Windows Media Player 10;
• Office Outlook Mobile;
• Microsoft Exchange with Direct Push.

A member of the XDA-Dev community has managed to run Google's Android OS on the HTC TyTN II smartphone.

The proof of that you will find below. Anyway, it looks like this is not a fully functional operating system; rather it is an executable for Windows Mobile. However, if that's true, there's a possibility that Android will be compatible with other WM-based devices.

Wow, great copy! I think this time Chinese have managed to create a perfect clone of a handset. This time it's HTC Touch Dual, and damn it looks so real. Anyway, just for the sake of propriety they put an "HY" sign on the back to let everyone know the device is fake.

• Dual-band (900/1800MHz) GSM;
• 2.6" 16M color QVGA touchscreen;
• 1.3Mpix camera;<

Chinese have cloned yet another device. This time it’s HTC TyTN II. As you can see the fonts and icons on the screen here are wrong, but generally this is a quality fake, as the phone itself looks almost the same. Moreover, it has two SIM slots and runs Windows Mobile.

Can you beat that? :) Impressive!

HTC suddenly introduced the U.S. variant of the Touch Dual smartphone.

It is basically the same handset that is sold in Europe, but now it supports quad-band GSM with 850/1900 MHz UMTS/HSDPA networks and runs the newly launched Windows Mobile 6.1 OS.

According to HTC, they plan to release the Dual sometime in Q2, but didn't announce the carrier.<

Verizon Wireless announced the upcoming launch of the new XV6900, the carrier-branded version of the HTC Touch smartphone. It should be released in April 2008 with a price of $349.99 after a 2-year service agreement and mail-in rebate.Verizon XV6900 features:

• 2.8" touchscreen display;
• White color scheme;
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional;
• Ability to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files;
• 2Mpix camera;
• microSD card slot for expanded storage;
• Bluetooth 2.