Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Vodafone, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA “Regular” customers still have a bit of a wait yet, but it seems that Vodafone has gone ahead and pulled the trigger on shipments of HTC’s Touch Pro2 to business customers — assuming a post on the carrier’s forums is legit. The phone’s not due to be released until July 12 for any old chap who wants to fork over the dough for one, though it’s not unusual at all for a carrier to offer hot new handsets to its prized B2B channel a little bit early. Windows Mobile 6.1 is still a bummer at this point, but you’ve got to give an enormous amount of love to the hardware — and the promise of an official upgrade to 6.5 in the not-too-distant future

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA Some folks are already having luck scooping these things up at Best Buy and / or Radio Shack (you can snag it from the big box for $520 off contract), but if you like your phone sales direct, hang tight — the Snap isn’t far off. Sprint has told InformationWeek that the WinMo Standard device — likely the first version of it to launch stateside in front of T-Mobile and Verizon — will be launching on the 21st of this month for $149 on contract after rebates. That still puts it a solid $50 behind the E71x’s aggressive $99 on-contract price over on AT&T, but if you’re a WinMo diehard or you’ve got to be on Sprint, this might be your best option going

Filed under: HTC, Windows Mobile, Android In an interview with French site Mobinaute , HTC’s chief exec for France and Benelux Fr

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS We’re still not sure we understand the business justification for leaving the Snap name off the US version of the phone, but that’s all good — the dryly-named S522 just got hooked up with FCC certification on its way to a likely summer release. This means that there’ll ultimately be two versions of the phone specifically with North America in mind, since T-Mobile USA’s getting an AWS-equipped model as the Dash 3G.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA So the HTC Snap missed its rumored June 7 date with destiny on Sprint, but don’t count it out — it might still be available before the weekend comes around. Word on the street is that Radio Shack is gearing up to offer the S551 Snap alongside Samsung’s Exclaim QWERTY slider as soon as Friday for $149.99 and $79.99 on contract, respectively. If true, that would almost certainly make Sprint the first US carrier to offer a version of HTC’s latest WinMo Standard device, beating out T-Mobile and Verizon — the two others currently rumored to have eyes on it

Get down to business and stay close to all your most important contacts and documents while on the go with the HTC Touch Pro Smartphone for Sprint, which combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC’s intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touchscreen user interface.

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Filed under: Software, HTC, Rogers Wireless, Android A dude with access to the ROM Rogers is using on its just-launched Dream and Magic Android sets has posted a truly epic, comprehensive set screenshots on Flickr, showing off some of the features unique to these particular versions of the phones. Examples include a highly-customized HTC virtual keyboard with XT9 support reminiscent of its modern WinMo keyboards, Exchange support, integrated Quickoffice, and an all-important PDF reader. It’s a nice little journey into the heart of Canada’s first Android sets — unless you’re jealous, in which case it’s an emotionally draining nightmare.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, ATT, Windows Mobile It looks like that slightly-tweaked version of the HTC Touch Pro2 codenamed “Fortress” and destined for AT&T is winding its way closer to store shelves — a listing for a Rhodium 300 just popped up in the FCC database, complete with test results on all the necessary bands.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, Android It’s no big secret that T-Mobile was going to get a version of the HTC Magic at some point, but this box art confirms a couple very important things for us. First, it’s going to be called the myTouch 3G — not the Magic, Sapphire, or G2 — and the imagery conjured on the packaging is a good deal more exciting than that found on the G1.