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The AT&T Tilt2 (Touch Pro2) is now on sale on their website for $300 (after rebates and on a two-year contract).  You can also get the device for $500 if you purchase it outright.  I think this pretty much wraps it up for Touch Pro2 availability on all major U.S. carriers!  Yay! 

Alright! The last of the major U.S. Carriers has officially announced their version of the Touch Pro2 (called the Tilt 2) as well as the HTC Pure (the Diamond 2): 

The HTC PURE is available at AT&T retail stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com for $149.99. The HTC Tilt 2, will be available in the following weeks for $299.99. (For the HTC PURE, pay $199.99 and receive $50 mail-in-rebate, for the HTC Tilt 2, pay $349.99 and receive a $50 mail-in-rebate. Two-year agreement on a minimum $69.99 plan required.)

Verizon users can now join the happy bandwagon along with T-Mobile and Sprint customers, availing themselves to the HTC Touch Pro2 as early as Friday!

The Touch Pro2 will be available for $199.99 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan with an e-mail feature or e-mail plan. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Beginning Friday Sept 11, customers can order the HTC Touch Pro2 online, in business sales channels and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

As with the HTC Snap, Verizon has undercut Sprint by $50 for the Touch Pro2.  Time will tell if Sprint will budge on their $349 price (with new 2-yr contract).  I’m guessing not - Sprint’s plans are generally more affordable, so it balances out in the wash.

Regardless, it’s great to see the TP2 out on another carrier!

I received my Touch Pro2 on the Friday before Labor Day weekend, which was perfect timing.  It allowed me the entire weekend to get acquainted with the device, install apps and prepare this “first impressions” review.

On Friday, I just played around with the new device in it’s native state - I didn’t install or change anything.  I wanted to check out the changes to TouchFLO3D and other enhancements before I began installing things.

I ordered a car mount, a case and a spare battery in advance of getting the TP2.  The mount and case arrived earlier in the week - I’m still waiting on the battery.  The HAiCOM car mount is just like the one I have for my original Touch Pro (all that’s different is the clip) and it works great. Cost me $12.95, which is a really decent price.  I got the case from Expansys for a whopping $4.49, and while it’s not the fanciest case, at least I have one - Sprint didn’t include a case in the box (more on that later).  The device fits snugly in the case, and it has a magnetic closure (more on that later too).

Read on after the break! (more…)

The Sprint Touch Pro2 is due to be released right after Labor Day, so to whet everyone’s appetite, Sprint has posted tutorials, videos and the device user guide on their site.