HTC has had a meteoric rise in the smartphone world over the last few years, easily outpacing almost everyone on the market with their Droid and Windows Mobile phones, and achieving the impossible, like reviving Sprint as an actual player in the mobile market. And one of the favorites has been the Incredible, with phones like the Incredible S.

But you know what the Incredible was really missing? A big, scary, red Eye of Sauron on the home screen. A phone just isn’t a phone if you’re not feeling like a hobbit being chased by Ringwraiths every time you take your phone out to call the pizza place or something.

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So HTC‘s latest smartphone looks a bit like the Blackberry Bold, but that’s okay; RIM’s probably flattered by having some competition that isn’t copying the iPhone (although, HTC’s kind of done that as well). For specs, you’ve got the Windows Mobile OS running on a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor. There’s 192 MB of RAM — a bit better than the Bold’s 128 MB, at least — a 2.4-inch screen, a 2-megapixel camera, 3G HSPA and all the usual stuff, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a QWERTY keyboard. Asking price? Fat chance, they never talk about this stuff during reveals. It’ll be available in the second quarter, but here’s something nice: An unlocked version, dubbed the HTCS522, will arrive for U.S. consumers in the summer.

Make sure you take a look at the BlackBerry free apps that are available to download on the market place. There are many new free apps to keep you entertained on your new RIM device.

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This morning at the MWC 2009 event, HTC has officially revealed its latest phone for Google Android, the HTC Magic.  The HTC Magic features a 3.2″ touchscreen, a 3.2 MP digital camera, GPS, HDSPA, and a bottom-center trackball.  The HTC magic will be available for Vodaphone contracts and priced between 99 and 199 Euro in Spain, Germany, UK, France and Italy.  The hard stats are available after the jump!  More to come… [via engadget]

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Among the many handsets introduced at Mobile World Congress yesterday were two touch screen smartphones from HTC. The Touch Diamond2 is your basic iPhone clone, with a 3.2-inch WVGA screen, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, built-in GPS and a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, measuring 4.25 x 2.1 x 0.54 inches. It plays audio and video in a variety of formats and runs on Qualcomm’s MSM7200A processor. The Touch Pro2 uses the same CPU and connectivity standards as the Touch Diamond2 but adds a full keyboard. It has a 3.2-megapixel camera and 3.6-inch WVGA screen and measures 4.6 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches. Both phones come with Windows Mobile 6.1, but Microsoft says they’ll be upgradable to the new 6.5 operating system. Click the gallery pics below to see both phones in glorious detail. [via Akihabara News]

First and foremost, the Touch Cruise is a mobile phone, but HTC is promoting it as something much greater, something that helps you “remember every step of every journey.” What they’re saying is the Touch Cruise has built-in GPS that not only navigates, it automatically geotags your pictures and helps you find those places again in the future. You can also add notes and audio clips to aide the memory. The phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera and 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen and runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. An unlocked version will ship this spring for $500 to $600. [HTC and CNet]

With nary a spec, price point or firm release date, this photo of HTC’s “Sapphire 2.0,” suspected to be the company’s G2 Android phone,  is circulating the Internet. This will apparently be the latest touchscreen for T-Mobile, with a 3.2-megapixel camera to boot. A photo of the “Tungsten,” a possible candidate for the Wing II phone with full keyboard, has been leaked as well. Engadget says the G2 is expected in May. [TmoNews via Engadget]

While Sprint Wireless has preached their new WiMax networks for more than a year, its actually HTC that’s making the biggest splash of recent WiMax memory.  The HTC Max 4G was announced today, and surprisingly the device doesn’t offer Sprint based CDMA calling, but rather the more worldwide friendly GSM offering.

The Max 4G features an impressive hardware set that not only includes GSM calling and WiMax data, but also includes an impressive screen resolution coming in at 800 x 480 pixels. The unit also offers a Built-In GPS receiver, 8GB of on-board flash memory, and two distinct cameras, a front side video conferencing camera, along with a secondary backside camera for picture taking.

The Max 4G also comes equipped with WiFi, which is great for non-WiMax friendly areas. If you don’t have a WiMax network connection or WiFi available however don’t fear, users can also surf the web and download data via the units tri-band Edge network capabilities.

We should also mention that the device is rounded out with a fairly standard FM Radio offering.  Sure there’s no release date, and the full GSM/WiMax combo is really only accesible in tandem in Russia at this point, but its still enough to make us salivate, or beg for more info at the very least.  [via Engadget]

Fellow Verizon subscribers will agree that although we have the best network around (wanna fight about it?), the phones available to us are boring. Lately that’s been changing with the introduction of the BlackBerry Storm but Verizon isn’t stopping there. Next month the carrier will roll out the Samsung Omnia, Saga, and the sexy HTC Touch Pro. Hit the link for details. [via PhoneArena]

As discovered by Nedge2k.com, HTC has a sexy little device planned for the Russian WiMax network Yota.  Its big, bold, and a tough competitor to the iPhone– and even the other HTC releases.  The HTC T8290 includes a huge 3.8″ 800×480 LCD touch screen and connectivity via GSM, WiMax, WiFi and BlueTooth.  More on this one as news unfolds.  For now, take a close look at the gallery below… [nedge2k via engadget]

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