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Here's a new photo of the HTC Click, a leaked low-end Android handset, taken from a Vietnamese forum. The HTC Click should feature the new Sense UI like the HTC Hero, a D-pad instead of a trackball, and could be released by Q4 2009.

WiFi Alliance has revealed a new previously unknown HTC handset brand. The HTC “MEGA” brand was mentioned in the WiFi Alliance’s latest handset certification documents, but has since been changed to “PB74 Series”, apparently because HTC wasn't too happy twith the fact that their unannounced handset brand was leaked by a third party.

|f you're looking for a cheap Android handset, look no further than the HTC Click. It hasn't been announced yet, but it's rumored to be working on Android OS, and we have a couple of live pictures of it here. We can't really tell whether all of this is real or not, but it's pretty much what we'd expect a low-end HTC Android phone would look like.

We don't have any details on the Click's release, pricing and specs, but we'll let you know once we get any additional info.

Starting tomorrow Orange UK customers will be able to get the HTC's latest Android-based device. Yes, we're talking about the HTC Hero, which is already up on the carrier's website in a graphite hue at a price of £0.00 on a monthly plan.

Rumor has it that HTC is working on a new high-end clamshell handset codenamed LEO. It's said to use TouchFLO 3D 2.5 “Manilla” ROM, and will feature a full-QWERTY keypad, external QVGA display, internal 16:9 WVGA display, OpenGL 2.0 support and a Snapdragon processor.

That's noce and all, however, there's a possibility that Leo could actually be the Omni — a Pocket PC, successor to the HTC Universal that made its retail debut in late 2005.

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.

Here are the launch dates and pricing for three handsets scheduled to be released on Canadian Telus this month.

• BlackBerry Tour and - July 15th, $249.99 on contract;
• HTC Snap - July 15th, $29.99 on contract;
• HTC Touch Pro2 - July 21st, $249.99 on contract

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.