Sprint today announces its holiday phone line up that includes several feature phones and smartphones. We will have a review of this phone soon. It will be out on Sprint October 19, 2008, and will sell for $299 after a $100 mail in rebate with a 2 year contract. Here are the details of the Touch Pro by HTC announced today:
The Touch Pro by HTC offers a sophisticated approach to business by combining the power of Sprint?s National Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO Rev. A) with the access to Windows Mobile 6.1 and the integrated HTC TouchFlo 3D touch-screen experience. Customers can rehearse PowerPoint presentations anywhere with Microsoft Office Mobile Suite, download a song from the Sprint Music Store?s quick over-the-air song downloads, capture information with the Business Card Scanner or check their email all at their finger tips. Sporting an elegant design, Touch Pro by HTC offers a high-resolution 2.8 inch VGA display, smooth browsing experience powered by Opera, crisp 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder with auto-focus and a slide out five-row QWERTY keyboard.
PRODUCTIVITY ? Integrated HTC TouchFlo 3D user interface ? Windows Mobile 6.1 includes Outlook Mobile for HTML supported email, Windows Live for Windows Mobile, Office Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Media Player 10 ? Sprint Navigation with turn-by-turn driving directions ? Full HTML browser from Opera (v 9.5) and Internet Explorer ? Microsoft ActiveSync ? File Management supports Microsoft Office Mobile Suite ? 3.2 MP camera/camcorder with auto-focus ? Stereo Bluetooth Wireless Technology ? Built-in Wi-Fi ? Business Card Scanner automatically captures information from business cards with camera and converts to contacts. ? Video Out allows a user to view onscreen content on an external display; perfect for PowerPoint presentations or multimedia.
ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC ? Sprint TV with an extensive selection of live and on-demand programming ? Sprint Music StoreSM offering over-the-air song downloads ? Built-in MP3 player ? Customized YouTube application developed by HTC ? Pocket Express with news, sports, weather and entertainment content ? Sprint Picture MailSM ? Downloadable ringers, applications and games
SPECIFICATIONS ? Dimensions: 4.01" (L) x 2" (W) x 0.71" (D) ; 5.3 oz ? Main Display: 2.8? TFT (640 x 480 pixels) 262K colors ? Internal Memory: 512MB ROM; and 288 MB RAM; 1GB microSD memory card included ? Standard removable 1340mAh Lithium (Li-on) battery: up 3.75 hours continuous talk time