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Vodafone HTC Touch Pro

Vodafone are now showing the HTC Touch Pro as coming soon in their business section with a launch date of this month. The HTC Touch Pro has all the elegance and magic of the HTC Touch Diamond and adds a five row QWERTY keyboard for the ‘heavy messaging’ user. The HTC Touch Pro also comes with added flexibility of a MicroSD slot, which when combined with the optional accessory of the TV out cable means that the device can swap between slide presentations, music library, video player with ease. Launch expected in August. Details after the break.

Palm Treo Pro official

Palm today officially announced the Treo pro, Not really a great surprise but at least it is now official. As we thought it does have a 320 x 320 touch screen, HSDPA, WiFi, GPS and more importantly a 3.5mm headset jack and a massive 1500mAH battery. Well done Palm on that one. This one is destined for a Vodafone and O2  launch next month in the UK as well as Sim free version. Full specifications, PR Video and pictures after the break.

Multi-touch on the HTC Diamond/Touch Pro

What is the one thing that iphone users brag about a lot? Multi-Touch which enables them to perform features like pinch zoom in and out. Well if this video has got anything to say about it we are going to get this feature too, well at least the HTC Diamond / Touch Pro will get something to say about it.

iPhone app crashes to be fixed by September

Over at the Appleinsider they have a quote from Mr Jobs that might calm some folks woes about their 3G iPhone crashing so frequently. "This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September," reads the one-line message from the Apple co-founder.

So you have to wait until September to have a hopefully solid iPhone experience.

Cut and Paste on your iPhone

Not too long ago, Proximi gave iPhone users a glimpse of how copy and paste could work on their handsets with the release of MagicPad. Unfortunately, the copy and paste functionality only went as far as the limitations of Apple’s SDK allowed; while you could copy from one MagicPad document to another, you couldn’t copy from a MagicPad document to Safari. It wasn’t exactly what iPhone users were looking for, but it was the start of something awesome.

Hands on video of the Treo Pro

Early this morning, Palm released a couple of official press photos of the Treo Pro along with a short video.  The company didn’t reveal a whole lot of information other than the following, the Treo Pro smartphone features a one-touch Wi-Fi button, GPS, Windows Mobile 6.1 and a high-resolution flush colour touch screen. Slashgear managed to get the video and it is after the break

Another Mobile Tech Moment

JC Doss and Steve Trotto discuss the update to the iPhone in another quality podcast about the mobile world.

Have a listen here.

Mobility Today review the HTC Touch Pro

Dave over at Mobility Today has just posted his video review of the HTC Touch Pro, good to see that he agrees with our review over the usability, speed and power of this HTC phone. You can check out Dave’s video after the break and also our review right here.

iPhone Software version 2.02 now live (Updated)

The latest iPhone software update version 2.02 has just gone live on iTunes. The usual detailed description has been provided by Apple, "Bug Fixes". Here’s hoping that this will address the well reported problems iPhone 3G users have been experiencing. One thing I have noticed is the signal strength has improved and the Modem Firmware has definitely been upgraded. Pics after the break

T-Mobile to launch first Android handset

T-Mobile said today that it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple’s popular iPhone. A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s German parent, declined to comment on the launch date for the device which is made by mobile phone maker HTC.