WP7-Based HTC Arrive Hits Sprint, Amazon Has It For $149

Take a look at your calendar. Sprint has released the 7 Pro aka the HTC Arrive for $199.99 on a 2-year contract. Of course, you can also head over to Amazon and pick it up for $149.99 on a 2-year but the choice is yours. This handset is one of the best Windows Phone 7 phones out there right now so you might want to take a look at it.

[Engadget]

Wirefly Now Taking Pre-Orders For the HTC Arrive On Sprint

If you've been waiting for the HTC 7 Pro in the US then you should know that it'll be hitting Sprint as the HTC Arrive but you should already know that. Wirefly is actually taking pre-orders for the phone right now if you're willing to pay up $49.99 which isn't much. If it's not for a new account then it'll actually cost you $149.99 but that's still cheaper than the $199.99 price tag that it'll be available for on March 20th.

[Engadget]

HTC Arrive aka 7 Pro Gets Officially Announced By Sprint, Available On March 20th For $199

Sprint has finally announced it but we all knew it was coming. The HTC Arrive has just been made official and it's the HTC 7 Pro. This handset will be available starting on March 20th for $199.99 on a 2-year contract. The Arrive features quite the spec sheet: a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 16GB of internal storage, WiFi b/g/n / Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash and 720p HD video recording, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, an Adreno 200 GPU, aGPS, and Windows Phone 7. It's a pretty good handset but Sprint does offer some pretty great smartphones and some of those Android ones even have WiMAX (4G) connectivity. By the way, you can pre-order this handset right now if you want to.

[Engadget]

HTC 7 Pro Likely To Hit Sprint Tomorrow As the HTC Arrive

If you head to Sprint.com/arrive you'll be granted with the message you see above. Yup, Sprint is looking to launch the HTC Arrive tomorrow and that'll likely be the HTC 7 Pro. Sprint's own Twitter account has hinted that they're launching a Windows Phone 7 handset for a few days now and we know that HTC filed a trademark for the Arrive a few months ago. Now we just have to wait for the announcement which will be tomorrow.

[Engadget]

Sprint Set To Announce the WP7-Based HTC 7 Pro On Thursday?

If you keep up with Sprint's Twitter account then you might have caught both tweets above. Yes, Sprint looks like they'll be announcing a new phone on Thursday, February 24th, and it's looking like it could be a Windows Phone 7 handset with a "hub for gaming, music, pictures, and video." Of course, everyone's assuming it'll be the HTC 7 Pro and it's looking like that's a pretty good assumption.

[WMPowerUser]

Microsoft Update Coming In March With Multitasking and Copy and Paste; CDMA Devices In March

If you love Windows Phone 7 then I hope you managed to catch Microsoft's MWC event earlier today. They showed off and announced a bunch of new things and I'll just recap them for you. First off, they showed off multitasking on the OS and it looked fairly good. The company also announced that Twitter integration (into the People Hub) along with Internet Explorer 9 Mobile would be headed to the OS later this - hopefully with HTML5 support. We do know that IE9 Mobile will definitely have graphics and hardware acceleration so that's great news.

Update: Another Engadget post has mentioned that this update is going to be coming in early March and that's not all it will bring. It'll also feature "Copy and Paste" which is great. Along with this news is finally word that CDMA support is coming in "early March" so you can expect Verizon and Sprint to announce their batch of Windows Phone 7 handsets in the very near future. Hopefully, the HTC 7 Pro will be launching soon.

[Engadget]

Clove UK Now Has the HTC 7 Pro In Stock, Yours For £360

Finally, the Windows Phone 7 handset that you've been waiting for is in stock at one e-tailer. Yes, it's the HTC 7 Pro (with 8GB of internal storage), which is going for £360 ($582 USD) or £432 ($699 USD) with VAT. They're even throwing in a bonus £30 ($49 USD) HTC M300 Bluetooth headset for free with your purchase. Whenever you're ready, check it out on Clove.

[WMPowerUser]

WP7-Based HTC 7 Pro and Android-Based Gratia Hitting the UK In February

Two new HTC phones are headed to the UK next month - February - and it's the HTC 7 Pro along with the Gratia. The 7 Pro is one of the most anticipated Windows Phone 7 handsets and features a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 8GB of internal storage, and a 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording. The Gratia, is a variant of the Aria, and features a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 resolution touchscreen display, a 5MP AF camera, a microSD card slot, a 600MHz CPU, WiFi b/g / Bluetooth 2.1 support, and Android 2.1 with the Sense UI.

[Engadget]

HTC 7 Pro Now Available in Germany On O2 Or Unlocked

The HTC 7 Pro is finally on sale, but it's not in the US; it's on sale right now in Germany. It's available on O2 for €29 on a 2-year €22.50 monthly contract or you can also get it unlocked for €599 ($796 USD). That's quite expensive considering that you can get a better Android phone at a cheaper price. This Windows Phone 7 handset features a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording. 

Yes, this should be hitting the US in the first half of this year and it'll be a CDMA device - could launch on both Verizon and Sprint.

[Slash Gear]

HTC 7 Pro Gets a Spot On O2 Germany, Launching In January

It looks a smartphone from HTC will be hitting at least one carrier in Europe, O2 Germany, in early 2011 and it's the 7 Pro. This is obviously a Windows Phone 7 handset that will reportedly be available sometime in January 2011. Since this is the case you can expect this one to get official in a few days / weeks. Maybe we'll see it at CES 2011. Check it out on O2 Germany.

[Engadget]

GSM HTC 7 Pro Model Hits the Official Website, Should Be Launching In Q1 2011

HTC has actually just put up the GSM variant of the 7 Pro on their own website. They've posted the specs and they're a bit of an improvement over the HTC Touch Pro 2. The 7 Pro looks like it will feature a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 1GHz CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 576MB of RAM, a 5MP AF camera with a flash and 720p HD video recording, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a 1,500mAh battery, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and it has a 15.5mm thick body because it does have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This one should be launching on a few carriers in the first quarter of 2011 so all you can do right now is just wait patiently. Check it out on HTC.

[WMPowerUser]

Sprint To Start Taking Pre-Orders For the HTC 7 Pro On December 8th?

There's a new rumour going around regarding when Sprint will be putting up their pre-orders for the WP7-based HTC 7 Pro. According to the tweet you see above - which you're actually not allowed to do at this point - Sprint will be taking pre-orders starting on Wednesday, December 8th. Price is unknown right now, but I'd be surprised if it's not $199.99 on a 2-year contract.

[WP Central]

HTC 7 Pro Hits the FCC With CDMA Connectivity

Something quite interesting has just been spotted at the FCC and it's the WP7-based HTC 7 Pro, which will reportedly launch next year. This Windows Phone 7 device sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is the successor to the HTC Touch Pro 2. The FCC tells us that this smartphone has CDMA connectivity along with WiFi b/g/n / Bluetooth + EDR. Check it out at the FCC.

[Engadget]

HTC 7 Trophy, 7 Mozart, and Even the 7 Pro Get Official!

Three more HTC Windows Phone 7 smartphones have just been made official. The first two are above, which we've heard before, it's the HTC 7 Trophy and the 7 Mozart. Both of these smartphones pack a similar  spec sheet, they both share: a WVGA LCD display, a 1GHz MSM8250 CPU, 576MB of RAM, 720p HD video recording, and 8GB of internal storage. The Trophy is said to be the most affordable WP7 handset though, so it features a 5MP camera on the back with an LED flash. This smartphone will be hitting a couple Vodafone overseas so you can look out for that one soon.

The Mozart, on the other hand, sports an aluminum body, a 3.7-inch display, and an 8MP snapper with a xenon flash. This one is going to be hitting Orange in the UK, France, Spain, and Switzerland along with Deutsche Telekom in Germany. You can scroll down for one more smartphone that is actually a new one!

The handset you see above is headed to Sprint in the USA and it's called the HTC 7 Pro. This features a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 16GB of internal storage, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 512MB of ROM, 576MB of RAM, a 5MP camera with an LED flash and 720p HD video recording, and a 1,500mAh battery. Unfortunately, if you're going to wait for this one you better be patient. This one isn't expected to launch until the first half of 2011.

HTC 7 Mozart and 7 Trophy: Engadget
HTC 7 Pro Gets Official For Sprint: Gizmodo