When the HTC Touch Diamond was released, many were unhappy because the Raphael wasn’t mentioned. Nevertheless, the press echo was big enough – and HTC now grabs headline space once again with the official announcement of the Touch Pro:
0 HTC Raphael becomes Touch Pro

Here are the official specs:

• Size: 102 x 51 x 18.05mm
• Weight: 165 g
• Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
• Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
• Camera: 3.2MP, with the second VGA camera for video calling
• Internal memory: 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM
• Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Keyboard: Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Interface: HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV out in one)
• Battery: 1340 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: up to 8 hours
• Standby time: GSM: up to two-weeks
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz

As for availability: the box is said to become available to customers in Asia, middle East and Europe in “late summer”. American versions will follow “later in 2008″…

Software-wise, the Touch Pro comes with a custom HTC software for watching YouTube movies; additionally, a custom web browser(probably based on Opera) is included for a better web browsing experience.


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