Touch Pro to land on Sprint in October

Almost a month to the day after the Diamond's release, it's business brother is scheduled to land on the nation's #3 carrier. The Touch Pro is nearly identical to the Diamond, but doubles the ROM and adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard along with 4mm in thickness. Like Victor, Herman appears to be just a code name and the device will indeed be known at the Touch Pro. As reported, the Pro will not have internal memory but will offer microSDHC expansion. Other features include a 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and the same 2.8' VGA screen found on the Diamond, along with a 528MHz processor. The Pro will cost $329.99 after all contract discounts, full retail pricing will set you back $579.99.

Sprint has five other devices slated to launch on 10/19 including the LG Lotus, also known as the LX-600, which will be a high-end, oddly shaped QWERTY device. Samsung has the M540 Rant and M630 Highnote ready to go, the latter of which is said to be a high-end music slider and the former may be a QWERTY messaging device. Look for the Lotus and Highnote to run $129.99 on contract, while the Rant will be $49.99. Motorola is prepping a pair of iDEN units, the rugged i576 and fashionable i776. The EX720 aircard will launch as a refresh on the same day and the Centro will get rose and green makeovers, bumping its color palate to five.

Lotus image courtsey of Engadget Mobile, i576 BGR and i776 courtsey of UberGizmo