HTC have finally unveiled their commercial incarnation of the platform HTC Raphael - we welcome the HTC Touch Pro. Based on the call Diamond Touch, HTC Touch Pro embarks on a full QWERTY keyboard of the equation and really impresses with its spec sheet.

Based on Windows Mobile 6.1, the HTC Touch Pro offers HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, 512 MB of internal storage, 288MB RAM, a microSD slot, a 2.8-inch VGA screen, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera, GPS receiver and a 1350 mAh battery which is tounted to provide up to 8 hours of talk time (as opposed to 900 mAh battery in the Diamond Touch).

The HTC Touch Pro is a worthy successor to the HTC TyTN II. HTC should have started to produce VGA devices for a long time. The HTC Touch Pro is shorter, narrower and more importantly lighter than the HTC TyTN II - the latter Pocket PC can hardly be called pocketable (pun intended!).

The HTC Touch Pro has a new line 5-QWERTY keyboard (as opposed to 4 lines in the HTC TyTN II) - and it ’s with a QWERTY keyboard that Windows Mobile Pro really shines. So the choice between Diamond and HTC Touch HTC Touch Pro is a choice to reach fans of the additional chip Windows devices.

Among other highlights of Touch Pro is the latest TouchFLO 3D intuitive user interface that allows base finger. The new Opera 9.5 is also part of the pre-installed package which offers unmatched Web browsing on the platform Windows Mobile. A HTC-developed customer YouTube also allow users to watch videos online.

The HTC Touch Pro will be available in Europe, Asia and the Middle East in late summer. North America and Latin American versions of Touch Pro will be available later in 2008.