High
Tech Computer (HTC) has already shipped its first batch of over 10,000
HTC Touch Diamond handsets to Hong Kong CSL, according to market
sources, contradicting market rumors stating that HTC would delay
shipments until June.
HTC will eventually start
deliveries to telecom service operators in Europe as well as those in
other Asia Pacific markets in June, said the sources who are familiar
with HTC's roadmap.
HTC, having just launched the
first model in the HTC Touch Diamond lineup, also recently unveiled a
second-version (codenamed Raphael) in Germany. The new model adds a
slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
HTC will cooperate with
T-Mobile to market the two models in Germany, with the first Touch
Diamond to be available under T-Mobile's MDA Compact IV trade name and
the second under the name MDA Vario IV, the sources noted.
So the 1st hansets are going to China, then it will be over to Germany for a T-Mobile re-branded and re-cased version.