HTC 7 Pro handset photographed, reveals Touch Pro2 style QWERTY keyboard

The HTC 7 Pro is a Windows Phone 7 handset with a side-sliding landscape QWERTY keyboard. The unit is expected to launch in Europe early next month with a CDMA version heading to the States later in the year. Actually, the latest speculation has the phone coming to Sprint as soon as next month as we reported.

The usual suspects are on board here, including a 1GHz processor under the hood and a 3.6 inch screen with 480 x 800 resolution. The phone sports a 5MP camera with AF and flash that can capture video at 720p. 8GB of native storage is on the phone and keep in mind that the platform does not allow you to expand memory with a microSD card.

Take a look at the keyboard and see if it brings to mind the QWERTY on the HTC Touch Pro2. When the latter came to market in 2009, the keyboard was considered one of the best available at the time and now, more than a year later, this looks to still be true.

source: IntoMobile