Hot on the heels of the Treo Pro review, and the upcoming BlackBerry Bold review, two new devices showed up today, the HTC Touch Pro and the Fujitsu T5010!

Quick Impressions of the HTC Touch Pro

I was quite a fan of the display on the Touch Diamond, but it pretty much went downhill from there. The Touch Pro has the same excellent display, but chunks it up a bit with a nice slideout thumboard to aid text entry. It’s a lot easier to type up emails and text messages on the Touch Pro, and it’s nice to see a dedicated number row squeezed into it as well.

Too early to comment on the battery life or performance, that will have to wait for the review!

Quick Impressions of the Fujitsu T5010

I haven’t used a lot of Tablet PCs before, but I can safely say this is the largest. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but I’m sure to find out tomorrow on the train and at uni. Instant likes are the bright display, and the super fast Centrino 2 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz CPU. This thing would run rings around my aging MacBook Pro!

I really like the use of a Wacom digitiser on this unit, makes the Tablet PC functions even better to use. Vista really does the whole Tablet thing well, much better than XP. The keyboard is excellent, with good feel and sizing. In fact this blurb was typed on it.

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Look at Sprint getting all the cool devices now that I am no longer a customer! What’s up with that?!

Fresh on the heels of their Palm Treo 800w release comes two new HTC creations, the Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro. I have a Sprint branded Touch Diamond review unit coming, and it will be interesting to see if I have better luck with the US version than Mitchell had with his Euro one. I’ve also been told that there is a Pro review unit with my name on it; that’s the one I have been dying to try. In the meantime, here are some drool-worthy photos to whet your appetite. The full press release is at the bottom of this post…

HTC Touch Pro

The HTC Touch Diamond will be available in September and will cost $249.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The HTC Touch Pro will be available in all Sprint retail channels beginning Oct. 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

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Looks like the HTC Touch Pro release is getting closer. UK web site DeviceWire is reporting that stock of the HTC Touch Pro is arriving on September 1st. The HTC Touch Pro is similar to the HTC Diamond except for a QWERTY slide out keyboard. This device sports Windows Mobile 6.1, 288 MB RAM, 3.2 MP camera, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, GPS and A-GPS. The rumored price is $930 US. Too rich for my blood, especially given Mitchell’s review of it’s sibling the HTC Diamond.

Devicewire via Mobilewhack

CDMA versions of the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro are reportedly due to land at both Sprint and Verizon before the end of this year according to web site Phone Arena. If you’ve been thinking of buying one of these models check out Mitchell’s Touch Diamond review review that he just updated his this morning with concerns about the RF capabilities, battery life and display quality.

Phone Arena via Gizmodo

HTC calls it the Touch Pro, it has made the internet rumor rounds as a device called the “Raphael”, and I call it possible perfection. What will you call it? Yours?

Just wait until you see the specifications of this dream phone…

Incorporating the style and functionality of the recently launched HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro features a handful of enriched business-focused enhancements creating a device enabled for a powerful mobile experience. Designed with a slide-out five row QWERTY keyboard, the phone makes communicating on the go quick and easy.

Utilizing HTC’s innovative TouchFLO 3D capabilities, the HTC Touch Pro includes a new touch-sensitive control for device interaction. In addition, the device also boasts broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA wireless connectivity, a 1350 mAh battery with up to 8 hours of talk time, 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM with micro SD memory card expansion, GPS capabilities, 2.8-inch VGA touch screen and 3.2MP camera equipped with video calling.

The HTC Touch Pro will be available to customers across all major European, Asian and the Middle East markets in late summer. The North American and Latin American versions of device will be available later in 2008.

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