{"id":4608,"date":"2009-03-17T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/2009\/03\/17\/sprint-2009-device-roadmap-excites-confuses\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T16:58:00","slug":"sprint-2009-smartphone-roadmap-excites-confuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=4608","title":{"rendered":"Sprint 2009 Smartphone Roadmap Excites, Confuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sprint-09-roadmap.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sprint 2009 Device Roadmap - HTC Touch Pro2\"  height=\"218\" alt=\"Sprint 2009 Device Roadmap - HTC Touch Pro2\" src=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sprint-09-roadmap-thumb.jpg\" width=\"292\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> PhoneNews.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonenews.com\/exclusive-sprint-2009-roadmap-7201\/\"  >has obtained<\/a> Sprint\u2019s 2009 device roadmap, a document which shows what smartphones Sprint plans to release this year.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The roadmap contains detailed information regarding the release of three Windows Mobile devices (four if you count the already-released <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/sprint_treo_pro.htm\" >Sprint Treo Pro<\/a>), and some of that news is a bit confusing.&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">One slide in the roadmap (shown above) states that the <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/htc_touch_pro2.htm\" >HTC Touch Pro2<\/a>, which the document refers to as the HTC Rhodium, will not debut until Q4; however <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/2009\/03\/11\/sprint-getting-touch-pro2-diamond2-in-may\/\" >we\u2019ve heard rumor<\/a> that the Pro2 will debut in the late second or early 3rd quarter, and in fact, another slide in the roadmap places the Rhodium for a Q3 release.&#160; The document also states that the Touch Pro2 will run Windows Mobile 7.x, although version 7 of the Windows Mobile OS isn\u2019t due until well into 2010.&#160; This likely refers to <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/windows_mobile_65_brief.htm\" >Windows Mobile 6.5<\/a> rather than 7.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There is no mention in the document of a Sprint version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/htc_touch_diamond2.htm\" >HTC Touch Diamond2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Other noteworthy information from the Roadmap: Sprint plans to release two other Windows Mobile smartphones this year, the Samsung Ace II (a replacement to the current Samsung Ace) and the HTC Cedar (a low-end WinMo smartphone).&#160; We\u2019ll be posting more information on these devices later in the day.&#160; <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"more-777\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here are more Windows Mobile relevant slides from the Sprint 2009 roadmap:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2009 Smartphone Roadmap\"  height=\"322\" alt=\"2009 Smartphone Roadmap\" src=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/roadmap1.jpg\" width=\"428\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"HTC Cedar\"  height=\"321\" alt=\"HTC Cedar\" src=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/roadmap2.jpg\" width=\"427\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Samsung Ace II\"  height=\"322\" alt=\"Samsung Ace II\" src=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/roadmap3.jpg\" width=\"428\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonenews.com\"  >PhoneNews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> PhoneNews.com has obtained Sprint\u2019s 2009 device roadmap, a document which shows what smartphones Sprint plans to release this year.<br \/>\nThe roadmap contains detailed information regarding the release of three Windows Mobile devices (four if you count the already-released Sprint Treo Pro), and some of that news is a bit confusing.&#160;<br \/>\nOne slide in the roadmap [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=4608\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}