Two sliders from HTC

John Chan | Aug 26, 2008

Taiwan-based manufacturer HTC has announced the price and availability of the HTC Touch Pro in Asia. It will cost S$1,248 and start selling early September. The price and exact date of availability may vary in your country, so check with a local distributor for details.

The Touch Pro is HTC's latest flagship product and will appeal to those using the TyTN II. It comes with all the features you find on the Touch Diamond including a VGA display, the TouchFLO 3D interface, and all the connectivity options you'd expect in a high-end HSDPA handheld. Additionally, it includes a slide-out keyboard and a whopping 288MB of RAM. We have done a First Looks video of the device, so check that out.

While many of us may have already heard of the Touch Pro from its Europe launch some time back, the HTC S740 (pictured here) may not be so familiar. This 3.5G device is a follow-up to the S730 smart phone and, like that model, comes with a numeric keypad under the screen plus a slide-out QWERTY keypad. Though it's a non-touchscreen device, you can see the company has taken some design cues from its Touch line of products. We spent some time with this smart phone--click here for detailed specifications and our first impressions of the mobile. The S740 will be available later in the year at a yet undisclosed price.