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Since the first time we saw the HTC Hero, in all sorts of leaked pictures and details, we’ve all been waiting for the device to finally come out, as it was said to be an Android-based HTC phone. The excitement of customers was doubled when the manufacturer announced the full support for the Adobe Flash Platform that will be included in the smartphone.

The device was launched by Orange in the United Kingdom, under the name we all knew very well, HTC Hero. But it seems that the same device is now available via T-Mobile under a different name. It is called T-Mobile G2 Touch.

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Even if the list of features was at your disposal, just in case you were curious about it, let me refresh your memory. The Hero comes with a 3.2 inch HVGA touch sensitive display, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, the Android operating system 1.5, GPS, Wi-Fi and 3.5mm headset jack.

The HTC Hero is the third HTC handset to be equipped with the Android platform, but for T-Mobile UK is only the second to be sold. Now, if you’re interested in buying the phone, you can get it for free, but you’ll have to sign a contract agreement for a year and a half (18 months) with a monthly plan that shouldn’t be less than £35.

(Source: UnwiredView)

The HTC Touch Pro is already history, because the world is meant to evolve, especially when it comes to the one governed by technology. If some of you dare to disagree, they will end up by admitting I was right. In the worst case, if it’s not already dead and buried, it will soon be, because the successor of the device, the HTC Touch Pro2, has just been unveiled by the fourth American carrier.

T-Mobile announced the availability of the HTC Touch Pro2, which is expected to start selling in the first half of the next month. The release date is said to be August 12. It’s a little bit late, we might say, as this new model is already available in European and Asian countries.

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The phone runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and is equipped with a bunch of advanced features that will certainly impress its customers, such as a 3.6 inch WVGA tilting display which is also touch sensitive, a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi.

The Touch Pro2 that is going to be sold by T-Mobile USA will be available in one color and one color only. Mocha, they say. As for the price, it hasn’t been unveiled.

“This summer, many people are balancing summer vacations and time away from the office with the pressures of the workplace” said Travis Warren, Director, Product Marketing, T-Mobile USA. He further added that: “We are pleased to announce the HTC Touch Pro2, a uniquely designed device that will help customers manage their day-to-day activities, whether they are in the office or working from an airport, the local playground or the car.”

Rumors say that the other major American providers are planning to sell the device, but they haven’t made any announcement for the moment.

(Source: Press Release)

The first name the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was baptized with was BlackBerry Gemini, but now, that the handset has just become official, the name changed. There were too many months of imprecise information, of leaked pictures and of lists of features that we couldn’t take for granted.

I don’t know which details you took seriously, but what you should have taken is the fact that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is the first to have been designed by Research in Motion and to come with an optical trackpad, which replaced the trackball.

The features of the new handset include “a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard”, Wi-Fi for fast Web browsing and for Wi-Fi calling, the touch-sensitive optical trackpad, a 2 megapixel digital camera equipped with zoom and video recording capabilities, voice activated dialing, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, media player (music, pictures and videos), dedicated media keys, 3.5mm stereo headset jack, the BlackBerry Media Sync, 256MB flash memory and a 512Mhz processor, microSDHC memory card support for expandable memory of no more than 16GB (1GB card is included in the package).

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“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people to make the switch. It delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that have made BlackBerry the top-selling smartphone brand in the United States”, said the Vice President, Product Management, Research in Motion, Carlo Chiarello. In addition, he said that “T-Mobile customers are going to love how easy it is to keep in touch on Facebook and MySpace and the full-QWERTY keyboard is amazingly fast and comfortable for typing on the go”.

The handset is expected to start selling on August 5, via T-Mobile retail stores, Walmart stores and online.

(Source: Press release)

I have just told you about the Samsung t559, a handset also known as Comeback, which is one of the two messaging phones that the Korean company prepared for the American market. For T-Mobile USA, to be more precise. The second is the Samsung Gravity 2, or Samsung t469, which is, just like the other one, a device that is equipped with a QWERTY keyboard and an alphanumeric one also.

Both cell phones could be seen before, but they finally came to that point when they are given the official treatment. However, if you’re already interested in purchasing one of these two cell phones, you’ll only be able to have a Samsung Comeback of your own.

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The t559 comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 3G, MP3 player, for music addicts, email and IM, video messaging and a microSDHC card slot for expandable memory of no more than 16GB. You can find the phone in two different colors, frost silver cherry and pearl white plum. The price you’ll have to pay is of $29.99, as long as you’re willing to sign a contract agreement for a period of 2 years.



As for the Samsung Gravity 2, it comes with a QWERTY keyboard, 3G, a 2 megapixel camera, an MP3 player and a microSDHC card slot. This one is expected to become available via T-Mobile USA starting next month, for a price that we don’t know right now.





(Source: Press release)

Even if the number of Samsung cell phones that are being offered to the customers of T-Mobile USA could be considered by some providers to be enough, it seems that T-Mobile doesn’t think so. There are more than ten devices in its range of products, and there’s one more to become available in the next couple of days.

Called Samsung T559, there were rumors a week ago about a release that should have taken place on July 15th. Same rumors said that it was expected to hit the market under the name of Samsung Comeback.

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What’s very nice is the fact that we have some new fresh pictures of the Comeback that is presented in two different colors: purple and red. However, rumors say that it will be available in three other colors also.



Being part of the messaging phones family, the T559 comes with features such as a horizontal display that is able to fold up, an alphanumeric keyboard, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera, GPS and Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot for expandable memory.

Enough with the information about the Samsung Comeback T559, don’t you think? I’m sure you would like to know the price of the cell phone, but we don’t have such details at our disposal. Nevertheless, we don’t expect to be an expensive handset.

(Source: UnwiredView)