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If yesterday's Mobilitysite video hasn't whetted your appetite enough, pocketnow has an unboxing video of the HTC Touch Pro 2 for your viewing pleasure.

"It is very easy when you have reviewed many HTC devices to get battle weary and to just look at each one as a slight variation on the previous models, and this is true of many of them. The Touch Pro2 does feel like a Touch HD squeezed into a TyTN II and this is most definitely a good thing...It is a power users dream, but one which will also suit people who need to keep in contact throughout the day and thus it covers many of the areas power users want in a smartphone. It does not have the finesse of an iPhone, but then again nothing does. It does, however, offer top of the range features in almost every area."

Shaun McGill at PDA-247 takes the Touch Pro 2 on and largely likes what he sees. The spiritual successor to the TyTN 2 offers a 3.6" WVGA screen, GPS, quadband GSM and dualband 3G, HSPA, 3.2MP AF camera, and TV out. The review comes in three parts:

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III

All in all, the Touch Pro 2 looks like a worthwhile addition to the HTC line-up, a nice evolution of a proven design.

"HTC, a Taiwan based company, is by far one of the largest PDA and Smartphone manufacturers in the world. So when last year one of my friends, Eric Lin, became HTC Global PR and Online Community Manager for HTC, I had everything at hand to give you an exclusive 40 minute plus video interview with Eric about HTC's latest products, the Touch Diamond 2, Touch Pro 2, and the Snap and the Android based Smartphone the HTC Magic."

Akihabara News had a sit-down with Eric Lin and talks about HTC's branding, markets and latest products. Nothing earth-shattering, but these make good viewing and has some decent info on the devices talked about:

• Part I (embedded above) - 6:54 mins long - covers who Eric is and the HTC brand;
• Part II (17:48 mins) talks about the Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2 and the improvements made to both (and in passing possible plans for sucessors to the HTC Advantage and HTC Shift); while
• Part III (22:34 mins) shows off an early engineering sample of the HTC Magic (HTC's upcoming Android phone) and also covers the HTC Snap, along with a general discussion on upgrading possibilities to WM6.5 (bad news for Snap fans - no confirmation yet).