HTC Touch Pro comes to US Cellular

It's pretty hard to get excited about a device introduction when its successor has already been announced -- but alas, the original Touch Pro is still a pretty awesome phone, and we're sure it'll do pretty well for US Cellular. The regional has caught up with Sprint and Verizon in launching HTC's VGA display-equipped landscape QWERTY slider, bringing a 3.2 megapixel cam, 288MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM (meeting Sprint's specs and exceeding Verizon's), WiFi, and all the TouchFLO 3D you can handle for $249.95 on contract after mail-in rebate. Just avoid casting envious gazes toward the Pro2 over in the GSM realm, and you'll be all set.

[Via MobileBurn]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 9:50PM]

Wow, don't use CDMA but thats not a bad choice. esp. for US cell.

[Silverfoxx903 Posted Apr 21st 2009 10:34PM]

How hard is it to beat the specs on a Verizon phone? I am sick of hearing about Verizon getting a new phone only to find out they are cutting back on things like the memory....sigh

[restoration85 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 12:27AM]

"$249.95 on contract after mail-in rebate"

surely that price will fall quickly

[crow610 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:52AM]

wake me up when the tp2 comes to the US

[plexusXXX Posted Apr 22nd 2009 7:48AM]

This is ridicolous!
Don't let yourself be ripped off (once again) american friends.
In my little scandinavian homeland the TP has been sold for years and since last summer, (when the TouchHD became widely available) nobody buys it anymore.
The Touch Pro 2 , will be offered this june on a 6 months contract (after which the phone is unlocked and you're free) for a cheaper price than the Touch Pro 1 is pushed to american consumers.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 12:25PM]

Kilgore, the problem is that those unlocked phones in Europe won't work with US Cellular.

Remember, US Cellular is a regional carrier on CDMA. So forget any of those GSM phones and forget getting the phone until the big carriers either pass on it or have their exclusitivity finished. One good thing with US Cellular (I used to be with them), in their home markets the coverage is great. I just travel to much to use them anymore.

This is good for US Cellular customers, I don't think they have a phone like this.