HTC Imagio Among New Verizon Smartphone Bumper Crop

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HTC Imagio will run $200 with a two-year lock-in and $100 rebate, be available starting Oct. 6 from Verizon online, and will hit Verizon Wireless stores on Oct. 20.

According to Verizon and HTC, the phone -- which was called HTC Whitestone under its development code-name -- also works with Verizon's V Cast Video On Demand and V Cast Music services. Monthly access packages for V Cast Mobile TV are $15 a month.

The Imagio sports a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen and an antenna, measures 4.6 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches, weighs 5.25 ounces and features a 528-Mhz Qualcomm MSM7600 processor, with a 1500 lithium ion battery. It uses HTC's TouchFlo 3-D interface, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.5-mm headphone jack and a microSD expansion slot.

Verizon mentioned a number of new Verizon-supported mobile devices on Thursday. The HTC Imagio joins the Nokia 2705 Shade, the Samsung Razzle, the Motorola Barrage, and, a netbook, the Gateway LT206u.

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Oct. 6 is also the launch date for a number of other phones from AT&T, Sprint and Verizon using Windows Mobile 6.5.