HTC says Touch Pro2 will be "broadly available," North America included

In October of last year, HTC informed us that the Touch HD would sadly not be coming to the States via its Twitter feed. Shortly after Mobile World Congress, that same feed has delivered much, much better news in regard to the Touch Pro2. Directly from HTC: "And to answer the big question on everyone's minds, the Touch Pro2 will be broadly available in all major markets, including North America." A followup tweet affirmed that a launch date and country wasn't yet set in stone, but that the phone would begin shipping out in "late Q2." Oh, where art thou, May through July time frame?

[Via Brighthand]

Read - HTC tweet I
Read - HTC tweet II

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 5:58PM]

I will buy it next olny if they ditch the Crappy Qualcomm processor and use Marvell Xscale processor and a dedacated Graphics card... like Nvidia or ATI.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 6:28PM]

I agree, I'll wait until they ditch Qualcomm. My Tilt was a disappointment, and I owned a Fuze for 1 week before taking it back.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 7:07PM]

NVIDIA... lol. I'd rather not buy another WinMo phone using an NVIDIA GPU. I'm a bit bitter against NVIDIA and their poor GoForce 5500 support used in WinMo phones like the Toshiba G900 and O2 Xda Flame.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 6:02PM]

@ "iPhone backwards" (by the way...umm...very clever?)

Yes, those stock photos of people are smiling during their video conference call because they have iphones...

...they must be so happy about having a real qwerty keyboard...and unified contact conversations...a front facing camera for video chats...a 3.2 megapixel camera...ability to send mms messages...expandable memory...

Wait, you don't have that with your iphone?

And you're an idiot for even comparing the two since this phone is aimed at real business people (because of it's conference-like speaker phone feature) and not the average consumer. So go write that crap on a Touch Diamond 2 post (of course the specs are almost identical so you probably should bother).

I know I shouldn't respond to you trolls, but you just make it so easy.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 9:44PM]

Hopefully this comes out for my beloved t-mobile.
I'm getting the G1 sometime this week but its not through t-mobile meaning I'll be up for the 2 year discount as well as once i hit 22 months with t-mobile i'll extend it for 2 years with the unlimited family plan and probably pick this beauty up. I HOPE!!! T-mobile adds this beauty to their line up and not a nerfed version like we saw in the T-mobile Wing.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 7:21PM]

I'd love to be able to run Android on this beauty...

[Spartan2x Posted Feb 22nd 2009 8:58PM]

Looks like they are finally coming out with a god upgrade from my Tilt.

There really was no good reason for me to upgrade from the Tilt to the Fuze, what it offered was nominal. The general speed was not that much of a boost (because as it seams windows mobile can only be so fast, heck my Tilt is faster then my 624mhz X scale in my Advantage) The screen SIZE was the same, though it has a higher Res. The keyboard may have had more buttons, but they where smaller, and not as nice.

Now this gives me a reason to sell both my Tilt and my Advantage. The advantage was nice for a large screen device...but a 3.6 inch device with a high res screen would give me what I need on both a pocket able device, and a enjoyable device. Looks like I have some selling to do...

[OneDeep Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:25PM]

hmm this or the palm pre... it all depends on which come out first and the price HTC phones seem to run on the high high high price range

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:20PM]

I like the phone, but mainly I wanted to post my avatar next to yours.

[joeypore Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:10PM]

When will they realize, Windows Mobile = Killing Mass Sales.

[Ruben Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:52PM]

You can say that with a straight face?

HTC keeps making their best phones with WinMo for a reason.

[Kangu Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:19PM]

This is great new!

But on the other side, I'm quite bummed out because I've been pretty much the the first person in my town to own an HTC branded phone before it hits the states. I have always been the person with the unique phone. I was the first in the area to own the TYTN II and Touch Diamond months before it came to the US. Currently, I own the Touch HD, and so far have yet to encounter someone else with it =D
Yes, I know its very selfish of me to always be the only person with the phone, but I like to own phones that rarely anyone has.

Then again, its great to hear that many people are interested in HTC phones, and is finally getting the publicity it deserves!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:05PM]

WTF? I JUST got my Touch Pro less then 5 months ago... now its been replaced.... Bloody hell. I'm never getting a HTC again...!!!

[PhoenixFox Posted Feb 23rd 2009 10:13AM]

Are you stupid? The Touch Pro was announced almost a year ago, and it'll be a year since the announcement when this is released. That's pretty normal in the fast-moving technology world. Also, it's not HTC's fault that AT&T take far too long to get their phones out.
Technology advances. Nobody's making you buy this upgrade. Stop being a fucktard.

[kumar Posted Feb 23rd 2009 5:24PM]

I agree, the Touch Pro has been around for a while, just not on US shores due to delays (iPhone agreements maybe?)

I hope Tmob picks this up, otherwise I'm off to ATT for some winmo love.

[majortom1981 Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:12PM]

Guys if you have a touch pro or att fuze you have the better phone.

The touch pro/fuze has the same speed processor and same amount of ram. The touch pro/fuze has an led light for the camera and the touch pro 2 doesn't

The touch pro/fuze has a start button omn the keyboard and front of the phone too. Also the touch pro/fuze has a hardware d-pad that the touch pro 2 doesn't have.

Also any touchflo3d enhancements will be backported via xda-developers.

The only reason to get the touch pro is if you want a slightly higher res screen or the tilting screen . everything else the touch pro / fuze has or will have.

I think the touch pro 2 is a big ripoff. why even bother?

[dwboston Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:31PM]

Yeah I'm aware of all that. Don't care about the LED or the d-pad (arrows available on the keyboard if needed) and not everyone has the time or inclination to go the XDA route. The speakerphone improvement is huge for a lot of us.

The Fuze is OK but many of us want a larger screen. The VGA screen in nice on the Fuze but way to small.

[pjy04 Posted Feb 23rd 2009 2:43AM]

Let's just hope they don't strip out the front camera when they release it in the United States like all the other versions they have (AT&T TyTn II versus the US AT&T Tilt)

http://www.dailymobileblog.com

[switcheasy Posted Feb 23rd 2009 3:28AM]

Touch pro 2 release = lower price on ebay for the fuse. Sweet.

[thazlett144 Posted Feb 23rd 2009 6:09AM]

indeed :)

[gadjitfreek Posted Feb 23rd 2009 4:37AM]

Verizon will be a year behind the other carriers in releasing this, gleefully researching what they can disable while still charging more for it. Seeing as how I bought my Touch Pro the day it was released back in November, I am gratified that only four months have passed before a superior model is announced. There are still next to no Verizon TP accessories on the market (because their model has a different shape than the other models), and now there will likely be none as focus shifts to the newer model.

[MobileGeek Posted Feb 23rd 2009 6:08AM]

Please choose one of the fallowing to fill in the blank.

I would like to run ______ on this baby!

1) andriod
2) WinMo 6.5
3) Palm WebOS (I'm a dreamer)
5) iPhone OS ('cause it would piss off the fanboys)
4) your mom

[anantha92 Posted Feb 23rd 2009 7:30AM]

For your mom, can we change run to ride?

[the steven Posted Feb 23rd 2009 9:02AM]

5.)

But then again, there is iFonz & S2U.

[PhoenixFox Posted Feb 23rd 2009 10:14AM]

Sorry, thought you said Fuze. But my point still stands. It's not HTC's fault you bought the phone a while after you could have. This phone isn't out yet, it'll be 7/8 months after the last's release.

[PhoenixFox Posted Feb 23rd 2009 10:15AM]

Damn comment system, was another reply to Amirisme