HTC rolled out two new flagship Windows Mobile handsets today – the HTC Touch Diamond2 and the HTC Touch Pro2. Both smartphones feature HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D user interface which is now more deeply integrated into HTC’s customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1 as well as HTC’s new Push Internet Technology which allows users to preselect favorite websites that then get “pushed” out to the handsets for faster retrieval. According to HTC: “Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.”

Here’s what you need to know about the two new handsets:

HTC Touch Diamond2:

• As the name implies, this is the follow-up to the original Touch Diamond handset
• For each contact in your phone, view a history of the conversations you had with them – in whatever form it took place
• 3.2 inch wide-screen VGA (480 x 800) display
• Measures just 13.7 mm thick
• Touch-sensitive zoom bar for even faster zooming of web pages, emails, text messages, photos, or documents
• Optimized for one-hand usage
• 50% better battery life
• 5.0 megapixel auto-focus camera
• Expandable memory
• Gravity Sensor
• Ambient Light Sensor
• microSD card
• Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz processor
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM
• Measures 107.85 X 53.1 X 13.7 mm and weighs 117.5 grams
• HSDPA/WCDMA and Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Internal GPS antenna
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 802.11 b/g Wi-fi
• Secondary VGA CMOS camera
• Audio file format support – AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
• Video file format support – WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
• Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
• FM radio

HTC Touch Pro2:

• The Touch Pro2 is designed for the business professional
• 3.6 inch wide-screen VGA (480 x 800) display
• Dual microphone/speaker for crystal-clear conference call capability
• Slide out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
• Adjustable tilt screen for enhanced viewing experience
• Improved battery life
• Touch-sensitive zoom bar
• Gravity sensor
• Proximity Sensor
• Ambient Light Sensor
• Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz processor
• Windows Mobile 6.1
• 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM
• Measures 116 X 59.2 X 17.25 mm and weighs 175 grams
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network support
• HSDPA/WCDMA network support
• Internal GPS antenna
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
• 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus
• Secondary VGA CMOS camera
• Audio file format support includes AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
• Video file format support includes WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
• Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
• microSD memory card slot
• FM radio

HTC also introduces “HTC Straight Talk” with the new Touch Pro2 handset. According to the company, HTC “Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room.

In addition to the new simplified calling experience, Straight Talk includes an innovative mechanical and acoustic design that features a sophisticated speakerphone experience similar to those found in corporate boardrooms. Straight Talk delivers a high-fidelity voice and sound experience enhanced by asymmetric speakers and advanced noise suppression with full duplex acoustics. When the Touch Pro2 is flipped over it automatically turns into a conference room speakerphone system.”

Basically the concept is – go from an email message to a conference call with all the necessary attendees in a single click. See an email that needs a fast response? Click a button on the email to call them. Straight Talk aims to make conference calls easy and reliable in quality.

Now as far as availability is concerned, the Touch Diamond2 will be available in Europe and Asia in early Q2 with worldwide availability later this year while the Touch Pro2 will be available around the world during the early summer. No word on pricing as of yet.

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