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Remember that Touch Pro2 we saw in Sprint livery yesterday? A leaked roadmap indicated that this would be a global roaming device packing both CDMA and GSM radios — and Telus’ inventory system certainly corroborates the existence of such a device. Further proof now comes to us in the form of an FCC filing for yet another variant of the Rhodium (HTC’s codename for the Touch Pro2), and while only CDMA is being tested here, there’s also some assurance from HTC that the FCC needn’t worry about the locked-down GSM radio lying dormant in there. In other words, it’ll only be used outside US borders — places the FCC doesn’t give two flips about. Even better, there are actually two versions being referred to here — …

Sharp has released yet another handset for SoftBank Mobile to usher in the summer this year in Japan - known as the AQUOS SHOT 933SH. What stands out the most for the 933SH would be its massive 10-megapixel low-noise CCD sensor that was specially developed to make it as simple to use as a standard digital camera courtesy of its rotating touchscreen display. All you need to do is flip it around and you’re good to start capturing the subjects of your choice. When the camera function is turned off, you’re left with a generous 3.3″ WVGA display alongside global roaming capability. Guess import shops outside of Japan will charge a …

SoftBank today not only announced six new cell phones made by Sharp but also nine other models from companies such as NEC, Panasonic, Samsung and Armani (well, the Armani handset is really made by Samsung). The carrier will start rolling out the handsets between May and October this year. Here is the rest of the SoftBank summer 2009 line-up (all models that are not made by Sharp): NEC 931N (Wi-Fi cell-phone featuring a maximum performance of 54MBps, a rotating 3-inch touch screen and a 8MP camera) NEC 930N (featuring a super-slim body (13.9mm) and a 8MP camera) NEC 831N (easy-to-use handset with earth quake information function) Panasonic 931P (VIERA handset …