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The cat and mouse game between the Touch Pro / HTC 4600 / At&t Fuze and At&t’s website is beginning to grow tiresome. We’ve seen extensive pictures, an eBay auction and multiple instances of the Fuze being referenced on At&t.com, but it seems that the release date is still a mystery. Today while browsing the At&t Promotional Card (rebate) a user at FuzeMobility spotted a reference to the At&t Fuze, formally known as the HTC 4600 or the HTC Touch Pro.
The Promotional Card is good for 120 days after issue date on activations on up to a $35 per month data or messaging plan. As usual purchases from National Retailers, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam’s Club, CompUSA, Costco and R-Solutions/SC Kiosk retail locations are not eligible for this mail-in rebate offer. While this still does not give us an exact date, it is a good sign that a release is coming soon although we are still a bit weary from the relentless BlackBerry Bold delays so we won’t hold our breath.
Update 11/06: The At&t Fuze now has an official release date of November 11, 2008. The latest release date information comes from an internal At&t memo which outlines the launch announcement and accessory list for the HTC Fuze for At&t employees (see image below).
At&t Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) Specifications:
| Dimensions | 102 x 51 x 18.05 mm |
| Weight | 165g (with battery) |
| Screen | 2.8-inch VGA TFT touchscreen, 65k colors |
| Network | UMTS (850/1900/2100 MHz) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Quadband, 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) HSDPA |
| Processor | Qualcomm MSM 7201a 528 MHz |
| Memory | 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM |
| OS | Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with TouchFLO 3D |
| Multimedia | Video Share Calling, Cellular Video, Push to Talk, At&t Navigator |
| Camera | 3.1-megapixel CMOS camera with autofocus |
| Card Slot | microSDHC up to 32GB |
| USB | 2.0 (HTC ExtUSB 11-pin mini-USB 2.0 cable) |
| WiFi | 802.11 b/g |
| Bluetooth | 2.0 with EDR |
| Battery | Talk Time: 8 hours / Standby Time: 406 hours |
| Release Date | November 11, 2008. $299 at At&t stores nationwide on 2-year contract |
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