Diamond2 En Route For Verizon?
 

All this talk about the Touch Pro2 and who's getting it first, we forgot all about the Diamond2. Did most carriers get it first anyway?

engadgetmobile.com/2009/07/20/htc-xv6975-picks-up-gcf-approval-en-route-to-verizon/

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Touc...le-a_6104.html

If you're holding out for a Touch Pro2 on Verizon... well, we really don't want to jump the gun and say that your wait won't be much longer -- the original Touch Pro just launched last November -- but signs of a XV6975 in a major certifying body are certainly a step in the right direction. We've heard from our sources that the XV6975 is going to be the go-to-market model number used by Verizon for its version of the Touch Pro2, and the Global Certification Forum has just gone ahead and approved precisely that model. If you're wondering what's up with all the mentions of GSM and HSDPA, wonder not -- like Telus, Verizon will be getting a global device for the business-minded folk that are likely to be latching onto this thing. Add in a 3.5mm jack and it's just a bag of awesome, isn't it?


We have already showed off pictures of a Touch Pro2 wearing Verizon colors. Today came word that the Global Certification Forum had approved XV6975 for an unnamed HTC smartphone. The XV prefix is usually the manufacturer's designation for Verizon, although the phone had very un-Verizon support for quadband GSM and single band support at 2100MHz for UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA. It could be a "world phone" for Big Red and early conjecture was that this model was the HTC Touch Pro2. By the time the sun went down in the east, it was speculated that the XV6975 was actually the HTC Touch Diamond2 and that Verizon's Touch Pro2 would be model XV6875. No launch date or pricing for either model was printed.

Re: Diamond2 En Route For Verizon?
 

I've read in a few places rumors that the XV6975 will really be the Whitestone, that silly looking thing with the kickstand, not D2. Any thoughts?

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I heard it will be the whitestone also, but of course nothing is set in stone.

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Maybe your right...

pocketnow.com/news/rumor

Verizon Touch Pro2 Leak Now Believed to be HTC Whitestone Design
Posted by Chuong Nguyen
July 21st, 2009 at 11:58 AM

If you're following all the latest changing and design-shifting rumors as of late, we apologize as things change with new information. The Verizon Wireless model that was cleared by the GSM certification board, XV6975, is actually not of the Touch Pro2 variety.

Rather, that model is said to be keyboard-less and its specs are in line with another HTC device called the Whitestone, which is a slab device (a la iPhone) from the HTC leaks that we heard about earlier in the year. The device will reportedly have a 5-megapixel camera, WVGA display, and be multimedia-centric with the kickstand for viewing video and 3.5 mm headphone port for audio listening.

It looks like then that the XV6975 will be the Whitestone while the XV6875 will be the Touch Pro2.

Take all these rumors with a grain of salt, but we're passing on all that we know for the tech geeks out there.

(via: Engadget Mobile)

Re: Diamond2 En Route For Verizon?
 

It never really occurred to me that the Whitestone, and Diamond 2 might be one in the same, but it looks like that might be the case... at least according to phone arena

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Veri...er-c_17_3.html

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vzw will need time to cripple the d2 also so might be a delay.

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haha so true!!!!

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sad, but true. i couldnt handle that on VZN, htc crippled phone gettin crippled again? :-s