HTC has announced two more smartphones that will be significantly upgraded versions of devices that debuted last year. They will have generally the same designs as their predecessors, both these upcoming Windows Mobile models will have larger, higher-resolution displays.The HTC Touch Diamond 2 and HTC Touch Pro2 each is the updated and better version of the original devices.

The Touch Diamond2 has a 3.2 inch VGA touchscreen display, while the Touch Pro2 has a 3.6 inches WVGA touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Both run Windows Mobile 6.1 currently but there is a possibility that each phone model will be shipped with 6.5 when Microsoft officially announces it .

Each handset also has the TouchFLO 3D GUI, 3G, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo wireless. Both phones have an improved version of Touch FLO that includes more finger friendly elements as well as a Push Internet feature that auto-caches certain favorite websites in advance, letting users get complete pages without having to always load them on request. Either has 3G over 7.2Mbps HSDPA, GPS and Wi-Fi. The Touch Diamond2 has a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, while the Touch Pro2 has a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 will be available in European and Asian markets in early Q2 2009 with broader global availability coming later in the year. The Touch Pro2 will be available across major global markets beginning in early summer. No word on prices as yet.

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