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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Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5.The new OS should be pre-installed on phones coming out in Q4 2009; sadly, it sounds as though no existing WinMo devices will be “officially” upgradeable.

What’s new at Windows Mobile 6.5 :

• Focus on Touch Friendliness with new Honeycomb Design
• New version of Internet Explorer which adds zoom slider and frequently-used commands
• New redesigned menus that can be used stylus-free
• Fingerable contacts and home screens

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.

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.