The Telus HTC Touch Pro2 is now available at Best Buy for CAD$249.99 (US$230). In case you didn’t know, the smartphone features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2MP shooter with auto-focus, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a microSD (HC) card slot, an FM radio with RDS and a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU.

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Acer today made official the first smartphones to launch under its own name. The Tempo X960, F900, M900, and DX900 smartphones.The Tempo X960 have a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a customized Windows Mobile 6.1 interface with large, finger-sized buttons for common tasks as well as widgets for weather and other quick but frequently accessed features. It comes with a relatively quick 533MHz Samsung processor and is outfitted with a 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS and Wi-Fi. A microSDHC slot and a directional pad provide storage and backup controls respectively. For business users, the F900 is a more media-oriented alternative to the X960 and drops non-touch input for the same 3.8-inch display as the M900 while keeping the 3.2-megapixel camera and other features of its X series equivalent.

The DX900 is tailored to Asians and Europeans that regularly use two SIM cards to mix prepaid services, roam continents, or to keep separate phone lines. It gets the same 2.8-inch display and 3.2-megapixel camera as the X960 along with its sibling’s other features.After you jump see all the features of the Tempo X960, F900, M900, and DX900 smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

T-Mobile, announced the availability of the new T-Mobile Shadow. Featuring a more rounded and compact design with two new color options, support for T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling, and increased processing power, the new Shadow is the perfect device for sharing life’s special moments. The new Shadow comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 on board, being the first WM device to support the Unlimited HotSpot Calling service from T-Mobile.

MDA Basic is the name of the latest smartphone from T-Mobile’s MDA line-up.This smartphone comes with a 2 megapixel camera, GSM / EDGE, TouchFLO 2D, WiFi, and even GPS.Users make their submissions on the 320 x 240 pixel touchscreen display by stylus.

German customers will be able to buy the new smartphone starting February 2009, for as low as €4.95 with a 2-yr contract agreement.

As the title says,Pharos revealed the Traveler 137 Smartphone with 512MB of Flash, 256MB of RAM, AGPS, 7.2Mbps HSPA on T-Mobile USA (seriously!) and European bands, WiFi, 3-megapixel cam.The Traveler 137 features Pharos’ Smart Navigator software, a unique hybrid navigation system that earned a CES Innovations award for outstanding design and engineering.Look for it to hit retailers this quarter for a nickel under $600.

Traveler 137 Specifications

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Hardware partner: Pharos works closely with Inventec
• Processor: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz
• Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM, 512MB Flash ROM
• Phone: unlocked GSM quad band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, EDGE / GPRS, Tri-band 3G, 1700/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS 384Kb/s, HSDPA 7.2Mb/s, HSUPA 2Mb/s
• Talk time: up to 4 hours talk time and 200 hours standby time
• Display: 3.5″ TFT LCD with touch panel, 480 x 800 Wide-VGA with 65,000 colors
• Wireless: GPS aGPS compatible, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth(TM) v2.1 + EDR , FM tuner
• Camera: 3 megapixel for picture or video, .3 megapixel on the front for video conference
• Expansion: USB 2.0, micro SD slot support SDHC, stereo audio jack
• Battery: 1380 mAh Li-Ion, rechargeable/replaceable
• Size: 4.60in (L) x 2.40in (W) x 0.51in (H)
• Weight: 4.9 ounces

Finally today, HTC revealed that it will bring out a North American version of its S740 slider. The S743 switches from the previously Europe-only HSPA 3G to a dual-band 850MHz/1,900MHz link suited to AT&T in the US and Rogers in Canada.This aside, the S743 is basically the same with the S740, hence it has that diamond shaped back cover and the weird, elongated case that hosts both an alphanumeric and a full QWERTY keyboard. HTC plans to ship the Windows Mobile 6.1 phone sometime in the first three months of the year as an unlocked, unsubsidized device. Pricing hasn’t been named but should be high without carrier discounts.

Motorola will soon begin selling its first communicator with Windows Mobile, which is designed for normal use. According to some Chinese sites Atila touchscreen phone will be called Motorola A3000 and/or A3100, depending on final final specs and operator.Motorola A3000/ A3100 Atila will be a pretty powerful toucscreen handset with:

* 850/1900/2100 Mhz GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA connectivity
* 528 Mhz Qualcomm CPU, 256 ROM, 128MB RAM
* Windows Mobile 6.1
* 2.8″ QVGA 262K color display
* 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash
* 1130 mAh battery

A few weeks ago,the T-Mobile G1 was made available in white color, HTC now unveiled another whitey, the HTC Touch Diamond. We all enjoyed the smartphone in black, but the snow started to show up in various places and it’s great to stay in fashion therefore a white Touch Diamond would be more than welcomed as a Christmas gift. Well, the white smartphone should be available in a couple of days so stay tuned.