Some more details about the pricing and release dates of HTC’s latest horde of smartphones, namely the HTC Touch HD, HTC Touch Viva, and HTC Touch 3G, have been revealed, courtesy of Windows Mobile Italy. In accordance with the original official press release, all three handsets will be launched throughout Europe in Q4 2008 and in Italy, they will be priced and released as follows: HTC Touch HD will go for €849 and will be available on TIM carrier network. The Touch Viva, on the other hand, will be available starting this month at a price of €279 in a single hue of Storm Gray. Finally, the Touch 3G will also start selling this month at a price of €499 with a wider palette of colors including Noble Gold, Spark Blue, Sophisticated Black, and Modern Brown, with Italy getting only the gold and blue versions.

What a day it was today for HTC! We’ve seen the HTC Touch Diamond get a lighter color, we’ve seen the HTC Touch HD and HTC Touch Viva/Opal get released and now we’re going to take a look at the HTC Touch 3G. The handset is quite promising although the Touch HD would by my choice of the day.
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