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Filed under: Handsets , HTC , UTStarcom , Verizon Wireless , Windows Mobile , EV-DO , CDMA We've been patiently waiting for a national US carrier to launch a version of HTC's Libra for nearly a year , and by golly, it looks like it might finally happen (and not in the hideous green Verizon was showing back in the day, either). The UTStarcom-sourced XV5800 lies somewhere between the Vox and the S730 ; although it shares 3G functionality with the S730, it's from the same vintage as the Vox (its GSM cousin) and has launched on a number of carriers . No word on a price or release date just yet, but it'd be a nice Festivus gift if we got 'er before the end of the year, yeah? [Thanks, anonymous tipster] %Gallery-11137% Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Windows Mobile , 1xRTT , EV-DO , CDMA If our brief time with the GSM variant (the S710 Vox) is any indication, Qwest subscribers should be pretty freakin' stoked about this. The regional carrier has just picked up HTC's S720 Libra, the CDMA radioed version of the manufacturer's slide-out QWERTY smartphone rocking Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The naming is a little confusing -- Qwest calls it the "Fusion HTC 5800" -- but whatever they want to call it, it's pure gold by HTC and Windows Mobile standards. The spec sheet tells of a 2 megapixel cam, A2DP, microSD expansion, and EV-DO all packed into a pleasantly compact (we know from our experiences with the Vox) shell. Grab it now for two bills on contract. [Via Phone Scoop ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments