Sprint HTC Snap S511 hits Radio Shack

While the rest of the mobile world is still dealing with Palm Pre madness or looking forward to the iPhone 3G S launch on June 19, Sprint (NYSE: S) has quietly launched the Sprint HTC Snap in Radio Shack locations around the US. The HTC Snap caters to Windows Mobile smartphone fans with a need for a quality QWERTY keyboard (HTC is great at making comfortable keyboards). The Sprint HTC Snap doesn’t sport a touchscreen, as with many other popular smartphones today, but it makes up for it with a BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)-esque trackball and InnerCircle email management software.

The HTC Snap measures just 12mm thick. It sports a 2.4-inch QVGA display and runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard with a 528Mhz processor. As a smartphone, the HTC Snap features GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 2.0-megapixel camera – everything you could ask for in a slim-and-trim package. And, with InnerCircle built into the device, you’ll always be connected to your “inner circle.”

For those of you wondering, HTC’s InnerCircle feature helps you keep in touch with your closest friends and family by aggregating all emails from those people in one easy-to-use mailbox. As if the pearl trackball wasn’t a dead giveaway, the HTC Snap aims to take customers away from the email-savvy BlackBerry lineup. But, does it do the job? Yes and no. The Snap is arguably sexier than the Curve, and it crunches email in stride. But, push email integration isn’t as out-of-the-box friendly on the Snap. Without the BlackBerry push email setup, you’ll have to work a little harder to get push email on the Snap, but it can be done.

Find the Sprint HTC Snap at RadioShack for $99.99 with new 2-year contract. It’s not on the RadioShack website, but we’ve confirmed through multiple locations that the Snap is available today.