T-Mobile US is bringing more and more AWS phones over now that it’s got its 3G network up and going.  One of these devices is the HTC Rhodium, or the Wing 2 as it’s going by.  The device will run Windows 6.1 and will feature a sliding QWERTY keyboard in addition to its 3.6 inch WVGA touchscreen.  What else do the Rhodium feature?  The FCC specs include a Qualcomm 7201A processor, 256 MB of RAM and 512 MB or ROM, Bluetooth 2.0 support, and microSDHC support.  You can also get FM radio on the device.  With all that, it’s looking like the Rhodium will be a nice addition to T-Mobile’s line.

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The people at Smartphone Daily have provided an early review of the HTC Snap, one of the more interesting devices HTC has unveiled recently.  What’s so interesting about it is the Inner Circle feature, a new feature that makes it easy to filter your incoming email.  It displays email from your top friends and makes it very easy to reply or send new messages to them.  On the downside, the review mentions that the rest of the phone is decent but nothing amazing.  It’s a solid business smart phone, but other than the Inner Circle, there’s nothing really innovative or different about it.  Still,  solid phones are sometimes hard to come by, making the Snap a potential hit amount business users.

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Yesterday, we brought you news that Android 1.5, aka Cupcake, was possibly being distributed over the air to HTC G1 users.  Well, many people wanted to know if this was true, and so just about everyone was calling T-Mobile.  Their answer?  A very non-committal “we will confirm details in the near future.”  Is that a yes, a no, or a “stop asking questions”?  We don’t really know, but we’re hoping to hear more in the very near future.

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Good news for HTC—they’re expecting to see a high single-digit rise in profits for the second quarter of 2009.  They’re estimating their revenue to increase from NT$34.62 billion last year to somewhere between NT$37.5 and $38.5 billion.  This increase is based on an increase in phone shipments.  This comes after a 3.4% drop in their quarter one profits.  HTC officials say they’re planning to ship three Windows Mobile phones and one Android phone during Q2, and they’re figuring their gross margin to be somewhere around 31%, an increase from the 30.1% they saw in Q1.  While that’s good, it’s not the 34.5% they saw in Q2 2008.  Still, in the midst of a global recession, it’s good to know HTC is going strong.

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We’ve waited, and we’ve waited, and we’ve waited, but it looks like the wait may soon be over.  But suddenly, without much of any warning, it looks like some T-Mobile HTC G1 users have suddenly received the Cupcake update!  According to multiple sources, some G1 users may have already started receiving the Android 1.5 Cupcake update over the air!  This means they suddenly have access to the virtual keyboard, the customizable widgets, and much more.  Are these just rumors, or has anyone been lucky enough to find themselves a tasty Cupcake snack?  Let us know what’s going on with you and your G1.

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If you’re interested in hearing some new info from HTC, head over to AkihabaraNews, a Japanese technology site that recently interviewed Eric Lin.  Lin is the Global PR and Online Community Manager for HTC, and he has all sorts of interesting things to say about the new HTC phones, including the Touch Diamond 2 and the Touch Pro 2.  He also talks about the future of HTC and their plans for the market.

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While internal lists and memos aren’t supposed to become public knowledge, sometimes those pesky little things do slip out the door.  That’s what has happened with an internal list of mobile devices being prepared for Sprint.  This list includes a number of devices, including the S511, which is better known as the HTC Snap.  It looks like Sprint is currently doing some testing on the Snap.  Rumors have it set for a June release, although there’s nothing at all firm about that.  No price has been discussed, either, but chances are it will be comparable to the version of the Snap T-Mobile releases.

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Hate getting fingerprints all over the back of your phone?  It’s that darn glossy finish.  It looks so nice and shiny, but fingerprints show up all over it.  HTC’s Touch Diamond 2 will come with one of these glossy backs, but if you’d like to swap that out for one in a matte finish that won’t show prints as easily, one is available.  It’s an accessory, not something that comes standard, and so far it looks like it will run around $35 US.  That seems a bit much, but if it’s important that your Touch Diamond 2 doesn’t show fingerprints, then go for it.

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