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It looks Verizon has already put up their listing for the HTC Imagio with WinMo 6.5 pre-installed. This handset will clearly be available for $199.99 on 2-year contract, but we already knew that. Check out the listing here.

[Engadget Mobile]

A 2 minute and a half video has just been shot of the Verizon-bound HTC Imagio XV6975. In this video, it shows off the Imagio's TV capability, so that's why I felt that it was worth posting. Check it out below.

Early this morning this photo popped up and it's actually the HTC Imagio XV6975 that is set to launch on Verizon. The specs make it seem like it's just a variant of the HTC Touch Diamond 2 - apart from the larger 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display. Other specs include: a 5MP AF camera with no flash, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, a Qualcomm 7600 528MHz CPU, WiFi, aGPS support, and HTC's TouchFLO 3D UI. The price isn't official yet, but it should be available in early October - possibly even the 6th with WinMo 6.5 on-board of course.

[WMExperts, Phone Arena]

As you may or may not know, the HTC Touch Diamond 2 is going to be launched by Verizon as the HTC XV6975 - or could this actually be the Whitestone? Whatever it is, above is the new rendered form of it. It looks quite different from the Touch Diamond 2 that we all know and love, but it looks sexy. Like I said, this could be the Whitestone, since the specs are a little bit different from the Touch Diamond 2. This handset has: a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, aGPS support, a 5MP AF camera, a Qualcomm 7600 528MHz CPU, 512MB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, GSM / CDMA connectivity, and it will also run WinMo 6.1. It will, of course, be upgradeable to WinMo 6.5. If you remember, the Touch Diamond 2 has a smaller 3.2-inch touchscreen display. Anyways, the release date for the Touch Diamond 2 / Whitestone / XV6975 on Verizon is said to be September / October.

I've talked about the HTC Mega before and what you see above is what it will supposedly look like. The HTC Mega has: a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, GSM / HSDPA connectivity, GPS support, a 3MP camera, a Qualcomm 7225 528MHz CPU, and 256MB of ROM and RAM. It will be running on WinMo 6.5 and will have the new Touch FLO2D UI that we saw just over a week ago.

Last, but not least, is a picture of the HTC Tachi. This phone will be sold in China via China Telecom, under the Dopod brand name. It'll be running Windows Mobile.

[Unwired View]

It looks something's up over at Verizon. According to the latest news, the HTC Touch Diamond 2 aka HTC XV6975 and the HTC Touch Pro 2 aka HTC XV6875 was just spotted in Verizon's inventory system, which means that it could get launched soon. However, we still don't have confirmation that the XV6975 is the Touch Diamond 2, but it's a pretty good guess. However, it looks like another carrier will be handling the Touch Pro 2. Sprint's scheduled to launch this phone on September 3. Let's hope that Verizon gets it first - well, if you want.

Update on August 1st: The first time around I actually misread the original article, so what I posted on here was incorrect. I only found this out because of an anonymous comment. It's an embarassing mistake on my part.

[WMPowerUser]

Looks like it was a bad second quarter for Verizon. Their profits dove down 21% and they have just reported that they will be laying off around 8,000 employees by the end of 2009. And that sucks. The good news is that they look like they could have a strong future. They reaffirmed that they are launching the Palm Pre in early 2010. It looks like they could be launching the Apple tablet by the end of this year / early next year too. They are going to launch the BlackBerry Storm 2 / Thunder in the near future. They could also launch the LG BL40, which will also be a great addition to their line-up. The Samsung Rogue U960, HTC XV6875 (HTC Touch Pro 2), and HTC XV6975 (HTC Touch Diamond 2) looks like it will also get launched as well. The future doesn't look so dim for Verizon - at least, for their sake, I hope.

[Boy Genius]

It looks like the HTC XV6975 has just been approved to hit the market, according to the GCF. The HTC XV6975 is Verizon's model number for the HTC Touch Diamond 2, so it looks like it will make its debut on there. Look out for another announcement regarding the price and exact availability of this handset in the, hopefully, near future.

Update: According to Unwired View, the HTC XV6975 could either be the Touch Diamond 2 or the HTC Whitestone (below). A recent Engadget Mobile post, has also mentioned that it will be the HTC Whitestone as well, so it looks like they're unsure too.

[Engadget Mobile]