For those interested, I spoke to two Sprint reps yesterday (one in store and the other on *2) and they both confirmed to me that the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro are scheduled to be released by Sprint 1st/2nd week of September.  The guy in the store mentioned it first and, not believing him, I called customer service and got the same answer.  They both referred to an email that the company sent out out to the sales reps, so I believe it is true. Cant Wait!  Hope the Raphael is way better than the Mogul for performance & reliability, I am getting quite fed up with my Mogul and its problems.

WHen you talked to them did they refer to the phones as Diamond and Raphael or Victor and Herman as the news articles are stating their named.

They referred to them as Touch Diamond and Touch Pro.

I can't wait for these two devices to launch. Unsure which I want until I test them both out. Its about time they launch some new WinMo devices. The last couple WinMo devices have been lame. I'm glad I picked the Mogul, but I am ready for an upgrade.

I can second that information.  A friend who works with Sprint said early september, and he already knew about the stupid names.  Unfortunately, he had no information on pricing.

dfrank said :

I can't wait for these two devices to launch. Unsure which I want until I test them both out. Its about time they launch some new WinMo devices. The last couple WinMo devices have been lame. I'm glad I picked the Mogul, but I am ready for an upgrade.

I dont know if typing on the screen would be novel for me.  The Mogul spoiled me with the pull out keyboard.  Thats just me.

I did at one point say I would never give up the full slideout keyboard, but since I've said that, I don't need my keyboard so much anymore. I guess it depends on how much typing you plan on using. I might go for compact size over full keyboard access.

I will have to get the Touch Pro with a bigger battery, tv out, more ram, and the micro sd slot.  I need more than 4gb of storage space for movies and music.  The Pro is far better if you don't mind the size difference.

I think the MicroSD card will be the key for many people. I could probably live without the keyboard, but I know I'll be wanting more than 4gb of memory. Sure, I could always use something like Orb for basically unlimited storage, but streaming from Orb uses a data connection which drains the battery faster. I'd rather have the on board memory.

Am I missing something? 6G MicroSDHC (Sandisk) works fine in my Mogul, though I think I'll break down and get the Touch Pro when it comes out, instead of waiting for a $150 discount...