Sketchy claims, pictures of first AT&T Touch Pro emerge

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 11th 2008 at 9:23AM

With all the Touch Diamond / Touch Pro news surfacing for these US CDMA carriers, quite a few AT&T subscribers are beginning to get restless. Calm down, folks -- it seems the AT&T Touch Pro is a reality waiting to happen after all. Based on some admittedly dodgy claims and even dodgier photographs, one particular soul has apparently paid $900 for a pre-release Touch Pro with North American 3G. Only time will tell if he got duped, but we're going to believe that AT&T wouldn't let this gem pass it by for too much longer until proven wrong.

[Via wmpoweruser]

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, ATT, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Tags: 3g, att, htc, in the wild, InTheWild, north america, NorthAmerica, pics, pictures, touch, touch pro, TouchPro, usa, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.1, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.1, winmo 6.1, Winmo6.1

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Cornelius @ Aug 11th 2008 9:41AM

The only AT&T branding is on the home screen background, and I see no screenshots showing the 3G connection indicator.

I think the kid got duped into paying $900 for a crippled phone that half the memory and only GSM service on the network he uses.

Should've waited a couple months for the real thing.

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Paco Loco @ Aug 11th 2008 10:45AM

AT&T wouldn't use the globe branding on a phone. Fake.

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zephxiii @ Aug 11th 2008 1:19PM

You obviously aren't familier with AT&T branding then.....

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jvoss @ Aug 11th 2008 11:17AM

So is there any confirmation that either AT & T or Tmobile are going to use this phone. I've been an omnipoint/tmobile customer for 10+ years, but I am getting tired of my MDA (passed on the wing)

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Chad @ Aug 11th 2008 11:31AM

"Couple of months for the real thing"? do you know something the rest of us don't? Cough it up if you do. I haven't heard one peep on anything WM related coming to AT&T, and it is very frustrating. No fall lineup, no information form AT&T, or gossip either. It is quiet, too quiet. With the iPhone 3G out, I am seriously thinking about jumping ship rather than waiting for who knows what.

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Wiley C @ Aug 11th 2008 11:47AM

I just want to confirm that the HTC Touch Pro is coming to AT&T. I actually played with a test unit for a couple of weeks. It had full AT&T branding and some AT&T apps (AT&T Mall, CV, Music, etc.). I have no info on when it will actually be released.

It was a nice phone, but the battery life was not that great. After average day's use, calls, 3G browsing, some bluetooth and WiFi activity, it was almost done. The touch screen is a little 'stiff' too. You have to press fairly hard for it to recognize your finger. It also had no GPS app and I couldn't get Google Maps to install. It is also rather thick. I was eager to get this phone, but after a week, I'll pass. I'm hoping my test unit wasn't the final production unit and they fix the stiff screen and poor battery life.

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Austin @ Aug 11th 2008 4:15PM

This is very good news! That is, if the phone is released for sure.
Saving hundreds on the subsidized version would be very nice...$600-$800 is just way too much for a phone...

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rehs @ Aug 11th 2008 9:48PM

I agree, which is why I have to wait for some good phones to be available with US carriers rather than buying them unlocked overseas. If it were up to me, I would have already bought an HTC Touch Diamond already, but $700 is way to much for me :(

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Louis @ Aug 12th 2008 1:06AM

My initial thoughts were "Oh, someone just copied some AT&T files into a European Touch Pro," but upon further examination, there's no front-facing camera and there's a globe hardware key on the keyboard picture in the original post.

Still though, there were AT&T-branded N95's that never saw the light of day...