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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sprint To Announce the Kyocera Echo and the HTC Arrive Later Today; Echo To Sport Dual 3.5-Inch Displays

Coming from Businessweek is word that Sprint will be unveiling the Kyocera Echo and the HTC Arrive at their event later today. The former is an Android phone, while the latter is said to be running the Windows Phone 7 OS. Specs are unknown for either handset right now but the HTC Arrive will likely be the first CDMA WP7 handset to the US - maybe it's the HTC 7 Pro?

Update: Coming from Phandroid via the WSJ is word that the Kyocera Echo will be their industry first smartphone. It's going to be similar to the handset you see below; it's said to be sporting dual 3.5-inch touchscreen displays to make it more tablet-like. Well, now we wait.

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WP7-Based HTC Arrive and Kyocera Echo (Sanyo Orange) On Its Way To Sprint?

Two new handsets look like they're Sprint bound if Engadget's tipster is correct. First we have the HTC Arrive which will reportedly be the company's next Windows Phone 7 device. Let's hope it doesn't have anything silly like a flip-out speaker or something. The other handset is going to be the Kyocera Echo which could eventually hit the market as the Sanyo Orange - an even weirder name. Like I said, both could be Sprint-bound so we'll have to wait and see if it really happens. Maybe an MWC announcement for both.

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