O2: HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) will be an XDA handset
By Will Park on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 1:15 PM PST In HTC, O2, Windows Mobile
What’s with Germany getting their hands on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro hotness before anyone else in the world? Whatever the reason, O2 (NYSE: TEF) has announced that it’ll be picking up the newly announced HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) as part of its XDA lineup of smartphones. This means that Germans will not only be privileged enough to get jiggy with 
the HTC Touch Diamond, but will also be fortunate enough to choose between the Diamond’s keyboard-less form-factor and the HTC Raphael’s slide-out keyboard.
Thankfully, O2 has decided to leave HTC’s design work alone – for the most part. The O2-branded HTC Touch Pro will apparently look just like all those HTC Raphael press shots, but with a soft-touch rear panel replacing HTC’s handy-work.
So, it looks like German’s will have to decide between T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) or O2, depending on just how important that slide-out keyboard is to them.
[Via: the::unwired]
How come Germany gets the coolest phone ever first? Sprint should get it first so i can get it!! Man I’m so Envious!!!!
Look how far the US has fallen…Germany surpasses us in mobile tech.
http://www.HTCTouchPro.net
I tested the Diamond and found some concerning issues.
The device looks amazing, that’s correct, but still – I believe it has many problems.
Read my review in my blog:
http://mobilespoon.blogspot.com/2008/06/truth-about-diamond.html
I hope Sprint gets this phone as I want one!! They have the Instinct but need a cool PDA replacement and what can I say I just like keyboards – guess I am just showing my age …… LOL