HTC Touch Diamond followed by the HTC Touch Pro; HTC Touch HD followed by the HTC Touch HD Pro? Could be.

The mockup here shows what the device could look like—the same HTC Touch HD we’ve all know and love, maybe, with a QWERTY keyboard tacked on.

Again, this rumor mainly came about because of the “Device, Device Pro” progression we’ve seen for other HTC products. That is to say it’s tenuous at best.

The iPhone. Not that it matters much, but the stinking iPhone brought home 2008 Gadget of the Year, Best Mobile Technology, Most Stylish Technology and Technological Innovation of the Year from the British Technology Awards. The iPhone has been sweeping similar award lists like LOTR: Return of the King did in the 2004 Academy Awards. Apparently ‘coss the Pond, 2008 is already done and over with, leaving phones such as the G1, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm, and HTC Touch HD out of the running cause they didn’t launch within the first 10 months of 2008. Just saying.

In case the last HTC Touch HD pics didn’t satisfy your craving, this massive gallery certainly will.

Also, the site causally mentions that O2 Germany will be the first carrier worldwide to launch the WME smartphone sometime in November with a 659 Euro price tag. No word when that exclusive deal is up though.

theunwired via wmpoweruser via BGR

CNET Asia has some photos of the HTC Touch HD as compared to the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro handsets. While the Touch HD may look monstrous, keep in mind that the Diamond is almost deceptively small. Same for the Pro, except that its slide-out keyboard gives it a fair amount of extra thickness.

That, my friends, is a pretty gorgeous looking screen at 800×480. That’s the same screen resolution as the 7-inch Eee PC! The Touch HD’s screen, though, is 3.8 inches diagonally. Yum.

And here’s an in-hand shot. I’m hoping that the guy who took the photo has small hands. The Touch HD’s dimensions at 4.35 x 2.5 x .47 inches. I just measured my iPod Touch and it has almost the exact same dimensions except that it’s thinner at .25 inches. It doesn’t look quite as unwieldy in my hand. Example:

So there you have it. More photos over at CNET Asia.

[via SlashPhone]

The gadget loving internet first heard of the HTC Touch HD through a handful of spy shots that hit the internet last week, so it seems almost appropriate that its first official debut was pushed into the spotlight a bit earlier than HTC apparently intended. One way or another, some crafty gent found himself at a full-blown HTC Touch HD product page complete with visuals and specs galore before the press release has made its way down the wire.

For specs and a link to the full product page, head to MobileCrunch >>