Announced for the summer, the HTC TouchPro 2 mobile phone finally took a little in advance, to be launched on eBay in a unlocked version. And for info, the auction has already reached $780, while still 4 days before the sale ends …

HTC Taiwan has just announced the release of its last WM “GPS-Friendly” mobile phone, the Touch Cruise … Powered by a Qualcomm ® MSM7225 processor, our Cruise has on board 512MB of ROM, 288Mb RAM, a QWVGA display of 2.8”, the TouchFLO 3D, as well as WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, a 3.3-megapixel camera.. . You will also have GPS and A-GPS.

With a second keyboard, it is easier to send SMS / MMS, seizing mails (manageable with POP, IMAP or via an Exchange server), surfing the Internet or to chat with Messenger (with Windows Mobile 6.1). The S740 is an Internet tablet to ensure the connection to the rest of the world.

It is compatible GPRS, Edge (quad-band), 3G and 3G+ (dual-band 900 and 2100 MHz, for use in Europe and Asia) up to 7.2 Mbps. The S740 smartphone supports Wi-Fi 802.11b and g. And for short-range connections with a headset or a computer, it loads a Bluetooth module. Note that the USB 2.0 offers an alternative method of connecting to a PC, also serves to recharge the smartphone.

The HTC Max 4G, with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, available only in Russia at the moment is the first GSM/WiMAX mobile phone in the world. Normally this mobile phone can download data quickly: 70 MB/sec on a WiMAX network. Equipped of a 3.8-inch TFT-LCD touch screen in 480×800 WVGA, a network: Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 900/1800/1900 MHz, Yota Mobile WiMAX 2,5-2.7 GHz and an integrated GPS with the connectivity, VoIP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HTC ExtUSB. For now, all these technological miracles only work on the Yota WiMAX network with the Russian Scartel.

The work once again by Jay Freeman, author of Cydia, Cycorder and WinterBoard for iPhone, who has managed to bring Debian on the G1 of HTC. Note that Debian does not replace Android, but just mixing with it, all without any loss of functionality. The complete tutorial to install it is on the blog of the author.