The Nokia N97 is a great package, but since Nokia owns Symbian, we will never be seeing Windows Mobile run on the phone. And Microsoft wowing the crowds during the demonstration of Windows Mobile 6.5, there are quite a few of us who would love to be running the Windows Mobile OS on a full fledged smart phone like the Nokia N97 just to try it.

Oue wish is HTC's command, it seems, as it offers up a sequel to its popular Touch Pro slide-out Qwerty handset. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1, the Touch Pro 2 can be upgraded to 6.5 when it is released. With the addition of Pocket office, the device is a complete package for those who work hard and party harded.

Of course, that is not the change. The HTC Touch Pro2 does everything bigger and better than it's predeccessor, starting with the resistive touchscreen TFT (unlike the iPhone). The 3.6-inch display renders 65k colours at 480x800 pixels with ease and is better looking than the iPhone. The TouchFlo 3D is going to be an absolute treat on this knock-out, which packs an accelerometer, handwriting recognition and a touch-sensitive zoom bar.

The phone is powered by Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz processor, 288MB RAM and 512MB of ROM which is expandable via MicroSD card.

Surprisingly, HTC has decided to forgo an LED flash on the video-enabled 3-megapixel camera. The autofocus persists, but your 2048x1536 pixel images might just be too darn grainy at night.

The iPhone 3GS compatibility will come in handy when okin video calls on the secondary VGA camera. Also starring in this epic are WiFi, Bluetooth, stereo FM, TV-out and a special guest appearance by GPS :-) It offers seven hours of continuous talk-time.

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