[itouch24]

i will def be buying the pro over the diamond... i have the touch right now and i cant stand the no keyboard ...

HTC Touch Pro: HTC Touch Pro is a professional workhorse that enables mobile professionals to easily balance their professional and personal lives. Along with the features available on HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD card slot (1 GB card included) and a business card scanner application to automatically capture and convert business card information to contacts using the built-in 3.2 MP camera/camcorder. Additionally, with Windows Mobile 6.1, users have access to security and device management capabilities desired by most business customers when used with Microsoft's System Center Mobile Device Manager solution. HTC Touch Pro will be available Oct. 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate

the above is from the sprint website:
http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoen...oom&ID=1195804

Through an email with customer care they are stating that i can purchase through telesales on the 19th ... so that seems like a firm date for telesales