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Telus HTC Touch Pro surfaces in Best Buy ad

Posted by Joshua Karp on Sep 21, 2008 6:03 pm 13 comments
Filed in EV-DO, HTC, Handsets, Telus, Windows Mobile

This week’s Canadian Best Buy ads have hit the presses, and the company had a bit of a shocker in store for those attentive enough to catch the gaffe. It seems that the big box retailer has let the cat out of the bag in regards to the upcoming Telus HTC Touch Pro. The handset appeared alongside the Touch Diamond and the Touch Dual in the ad spot, all but confirming that the QWERTY-equipped beast will be hitting Telus stores before too long. The ad doesn’t reveal anything in the way of details such as pricing, specs, and/or release date, but we can’t imagine these formalities will take too long to surface. If you’ve been in the market for a CDMA version of HTC’s flagship device (that is, of course, until the Touch HD hits the streets) and happen to live on the right side of the border, consider this a prelude to your lucky break.

Thanks, rileyfreeman!

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  1. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 6:08 pm, Mike Said:

    These phones look great!

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  2. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 7:06 pm, Mike Said:

    Is it me or is the screen on the diamond bigger then on the touch pro?

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  3. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 7:15 pm, Jimmy Said:

    @Mike

    No its not you. The diamond’s screen looks bigger than the pro’s to me to

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  4. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 7:30 pm, Marc Flores Said:

    My brother just bought an HTC Touch Diamond unlocked today… I thought the back would be far more contoured based on the pics, but it’s not bad at all. The phone is actually suh-weeeet.

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  5. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 9:39 pm, zadidas Said:

    any word on the carrier? can i use the touch pro on verizon?? i’ve been waiting for this for soooo long

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  6. On Sep 21, 2008 @ 11:45 pm, rileyfreeman Said:

    i guess u missed the bigass telus sign everywhere

    but if verizon is serious about accepting foreign phones then yes u can

    telus is in CANADA

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  7. On Sep 22, 2008 @ 2:51 am, tommy Said:

    I was looking at the HTC touch pro, and comparing it to the xperia x1, which I have been contemplating, and I must admit the full keyboard is an enticing change from qwerty.

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  8. On Sep 22, 2008 @ 9:51 am, Likeabite Said:

    I think every carrier should have this phone by now. It has been out waaaayy too long and even the TouchHD is already out. Come on people

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  9. On Sep 22, 2008 @ 10:43 pm, Troy Said:

    I’m curious…will Best Buy be offering either the Touch Diamond or Pro as a subsidized phone with a plan via Sprint…or will they just stock the unlocked versions?

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  10. On Oct 2, 2008 @ 6:52 pm, turnip Said:

    Just talked to a Telus rep at cityplace… they had one of these out.. He said that they are not selling them until november 7th however. He also said that there is no wifi in it. Gah!

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  11. On Oct 13, 2008 @ 9:25 am, Neil Said:

    Hi Riley,

    I wondered if you might have picked up on how Telus have made the TouchDual different from other operators.

    They’ve pre-loaded it with “Quick Find”, a re-branding of Zi Corp’s Qix, which basically replaces the usual in-built dialler application. Have you come across this before?

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  12. On Oct 23, 2008 @ 11:38 am, Alex Said:

    No Wifi? That’s a deal breaker for me. How can the diamond have wifi but the pro doesn’t? Makes no sense to me!

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  13. On Oct 24, 2008 @ 4:36 pm, Davedude Said:

    The Sprint HTC Touch Pro DOES have WIFI.

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