You may wonder what’s next after the Touch Diamond? Well, HTC unveils the HTC Touch Pro! (Next Generation of the infamous HTC Touch) It sure is another hot smartphone considering the specifications crammed in! Some folk claim that this is better than the recently launched Diamond, (should be better) but I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. All I can say is, this is one highly desirable handset. Notice this has a Qwerty keyboard where the Diamond is lack of.

• Large 2.8” VGA display
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with HTC TouchFLO 3D interface
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• 512MB internal memory
• 288MB RAM (why 288MB? Obviously more than 256MB though)
• MicroSD memory card slot (support HDSD)
• GPS navigation
• TV output
• Bluetooth connectivity
• GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity

I’m a fan of HTC, in fact, I own a HTC Touch. It works perfectly with most of the applications including my favourite “Windows Voice Command 1.6“. (Download it free here)

DigiTimes has it that HTC has already shipped its first shipment of over 10,000 Touch Diamond mobiles to Hong Kong CSL, which has consequently sent our saliva glands into overdrive. The report continues on to say that deliveries to European / Asia-Pacific operators should get going in June, though no further details were mentioned. Meanwhile, North Americans are left to weep softly to keep from embarrassment.

Claimed as yet another iPhone killer by Tech evangelists and bloggers,the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has on incredibly high-resolution(800*480), 3-inch VGA touch screen display. With a unique arc-slider design,the X1 feature a new desktop GUI called ‘Experia panels’, a nine-panel interface that’s eye candy on the high-resolution display. These panels are finger-friendly marvels that permit access to applications running on the phone via the home screen. Navigation is possible either by touch, arc-sliding QWERTY Keypad, 4-way joypad and an “optical joystick”.

The X1 also has loads of other features like quadband GSM as well was UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA network support, WiFi, aGPS, microSD(400 MB on phone memory default) and of course, Window Mobile 6.

Microsoft launched this month Windows Mobile 6.1, an operating system update the company said will make it easier for IT managers to set up and manage devices than using Blackberry Enterprise Server and offer greater usability for mobile workers.

Windows Mobile 6.1 offers users Exchange connectivity to both IMAP and POP mailboxes, as well as auto-discovery features that will speed up the process of connecting to Bluetooth or other networks.

Keypad or touchscreen?

Windows Mobile 6.1 will offer users the choice of using applications via keypad or iPhone-like touchscreen, similar to HTC Touch.

Source: Microsoft WM 6.1 Device Center

A member from the WMExperts Forum has done the impossible incredible: Written instructions for getting the full version of YouTube working on Windows Mobile Device without needing a PhD in Computer Engineering. That’s not m.youtube.com, (which only features whatever videos YouTube has bothered to encode for that site), but the full YouTube. It’s not quite plug ‘n play, but it’s darn close. If you follow zbop’s instructions to a Tee you should be able to manage it.

• If you already have a version of TCPMP installed, uninstall it now.
• Install tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab: download link here
• Install FlashVideoBundle.CAB attached [in the linked forum post below] (this MUST be installed in the same location as TCPMP)
• Soft-reset

You’ll also want to read through the whole thread (linked below) for some tips and tricks for configuring TCPMP to get everything running smoothly and quickly. Here’s the full instruction.

3G phones are the future, but apparently iPhone, HTC Touch and other popular cellphones are NOT 3G phones. Apple’s iPhone will be launching its 3G version in months! AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega mentioned earlier in the event that he expected all of their smart integrated devices to be 3G in the next couple months - which includes iPhone.

The possible gPhone prototype we pointed out yesterday named the “Dream” might just be this HTC Omni communicator. The first reason is that HTC’s actually seen and commented on the internal Google prototype, even going so far as to consider developing a real version of the reference design. Unwired View matches up the description of the device to the leaked specs of the HTC Omni, which mesh quite well in both size, shape and functionality. So is this the real “Google Phone” design? If so, it looks less like a phone and more like a fancy—and pants tearingly-large—communicator. We wouldn’t have our Google Phone any other way.