AT&T’s Smartphone Line-up for H2 2009

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First, and foremost: the HTC Touch Pro2 and Touch Diamond2.  The leaked slides list these smartphones as the HTC Warhawk (Touch Diamond2) and the HTC Fortress T7377 / T7378 (Touch Pro2).  The Warhawk is listed as running Windows Mobile 6.5 at release, while the Fortress shows WM6.1.  The documents’ release dates are a bit suspect, but you can probably expect to see these Windows Phones around August or September.

Next, the LG HQ.  This is also listed as a Windows Mobile 6.1 handset.  It has no touchscreen, and features a love-it-or-hate-it SureType keyboard.  Other features include HSDPA, aGPS, a microSDHC card slot and a 2MP camera.

Last, but not least, the Samsung Pivot, a Messenger-class touchscreen Windows Mobile handset powered by WM6.1 (at least on release).  Features include a full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, HSDPA, a 3MP camera, microSDHC, 4GB of onboard flash storage and aGPS.  Release may be sometime around October.

We’ve added the slides for each product to the jump page.

Some of the “facts” listed on these slides are suspect.  Some dates don’t seem plausible.  As with all leaked information, details should be considered as rumor only until officially confirmed.

HTC Warhawk / Touch Diamond2 

HTC Fortress / Touch Pro2 

LG HQ (Herald)

Samsung Pivot

All images courtesy of Engadget Mobile.

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