Sprint HTC Touch Pro unboxing pics

Well look what the delivery man dropped off today. HTC’s flagship QWERTY smartphone is now available as the Sprint HTC Touch Pro, and we’ve got hands on the goods.

HTC has given Sprint (NYSE: S) first-dibs on the branded HTC Touch Pro, allowing Sprint to offer their customers the best that HTC has to offer in the Windows Mobile-powered QWERTY smartphone. The Sprint Touch Pro takes the Sprint Touch Diamond (a re-branded HTC Touch Diamond) to a whole new level by slapping on a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to the back of the full-VGA touchscreen display. RAM and ROM are upgraded from the Touch Diamond, as is the 3.2 megapixel camera that now sports a “flashlight.”

The microSD card slot is a little hard to get at, and requires the removal of the battery cover. But, despite their many similarities, the Sprint Touch Pro does indeed feel like a completely different animal from the HTC Touch Diamond. The addition of the slide-out QWERTY keyboard (with the slickest slide-mechanism on the market that gives off a satisfying “snick” as it opens) gives the handset an entirely different experience - surfing the web with the simple knowledge that a full keyboard is ready at your beck and call changes the experience altogether. The VGA touchscreen even feels more responsive and less “squishy.”

Does the QWERTY keyboard make that much of a difference? We’ll see…

Full review to follow, for now enjoy the unboxing pics!