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HTC Touch Pro3 looking to be a smaller big hit this summer?

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HTC Touch Pro3 looking to be a smaller big hit this summer?
According to a poster on the xda-developers forum who claims to have had dinner with HTC's main distributor in Europe, the Touch Pro3 will get a  Q3 launch in Europe. Considering that the Windows Phone 7 OS will not be ready by then, it looks like HTC is going to be putting Windows Mobile 6.5 under the hood. Add to this the word from the distributor that the Touch Pro3 will be smaller and lighter with a 3 inch WQVGA resistive screen and it sounds like the Taiwanese manufacturer is taking one giant step backward. Still, even if the phone is released with Windows Mobile, a firmware upgrade could always be issued. And by the time the Touch Pro3 is rolled out in the States, Windows Phone 7 might be all ready to go. With the current trend toward larger screens, shrinking the display on the handset combined with the recent apathy toward Windows Mobile (except for the HD2, of course) might make this a hard sell.

source: xda-developersforum via TechieBuzz, WMPoweruser

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1. 203RichBoy posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:45

HTC Tera?

16. QWIKSTRIKE posted on 15 Mar 2010, 19:39

Yes.....I just discovered that this is the Terra. I wouldn't make sense to f up the tp2. If that phone gets windows 7 phone series it will make me seriously think about buying one. I like the HD2 with Adroid, but a win 7 TP3 would be the hottest keyboard phone on the market!

2. mdw92581 posted on 14 Mar 2010, 16:12

this is WACK news. Use the same OS and shrink the screen by over half an inch?? Call it the TP2.5 or somethin but NOT the 3. If they were smart they would make it a 3.7"- 4" screen with Android 2.1. Now that would be a phone.

4. BrokenImaege posted on 14 Mar 2010, 17:49

Agreed. Even just take the TP2, put SnapDragon into it and then Android.... Perfect device :-)

3. BrokenImaege posted on 14 Mar 2010, 17:48

FAIL!!!!!!

5. Phullofphil posted on 14 Mar 2010, 18:36

sounds like the specs wont be a windows 7 capable anyhow

6. Skyegyawali posted on 14 Mar 2010, 18:42

Looks like htc touch pro 3 is affordable windows mobile 6.5 for summer

7. matt1q2aw3 (unregistered) posted on 14 Mar 2010, 19:02

WHY???????????????????????????????????????????????? I want a TP2 same size or thinner but with a snap dragon and WM7!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. ajac09 posted on 14 Mar 2010, 20:11

booo

9. cansler posted on 14 Mar 2010, 21:49

Between this and the recent issues with the Nexus One, my undying loyalty to HTC is starting to waver. Quality Brilliant? Sounds more like clearing the stock of a bunch of unfinished projects (read WM7 incompatible hardware) to me. Hope you're just cutting the fat, because unlike software that can be released unfinished, (although we hate when y'all do it) and later fixed with a patch, it's kind of difficult to "patch" 5xx MHz to 1GHz Snapdragon.

10. david_the_gom posted on 15 Mar 2010, 00:41

eh... i'll just stick with TP2... so far, it is the best WinMo phone i had, only down part is slow-ass, non-overclockable CPU... (had fun with TP1 with CPU overclocked to 800 MHz)

11. jrcrow79 posted on 15 Mar 2010, 01:56

hell..I wanna an HD2 with android now..actually soon enough to arrive to USA!! David..here..YES the TP2 CAN be OC'd...http://www.fpsece.net/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=462

13. Schmao posted on 15 Mar 2010, 09:10

You mean with WinMO!

12. liquidmonkey (unregistered) posted on 15 Mar 2010, 02:21

this article info does not make any sense at all. if anything they would go bigger screen.

14. Schmao posted on 15 Mar 2010, 09:10

This would be the Touch Promini, like the Hd2 mini

15. QWIKSTRIKE posted on 15 Mar 2010, 19:03

They just screwed one of the best reasons the phone, sold besides the keyboard.....the larger screen size. I would love to see windows 7 series TP3 in the same size that it is now........what a wasteto make it any other way.

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