After a couple of days worth of teasing, the HTC Arrive -- aka the HTC 7 Pro -- has, erm, arrived on Sprint! It'll officially go on sale March 20 for $199.99 (after two-year contract and $100 rebate). And that's not a bad price for the tilting, sliding phone. And best of all, it'll have the cut-and-paste update on board when you pull it out of the box. Can't beat that.

Other features of note:

  • 3.6-inch touchscreen at 480x800
  • 1GHz Snapdragon processor
  • 16GB of internal memory
  • 1500mAh battery
  • 5MP camera with flash and 720p recording
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
  • Wifi b/g/n
  • And all the usual Sprint customizations and WP7 features.

Full specs and the presser are after the break, and there's more at Sprint. Who's gonna pick this one up?

Glance-and-go when it matters most

The HTC Arrive™ smartphone is the first device from Sprint based on Windows Phone 7. It offers an innovative design with a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and tilt-up display and provides an incredible experience leveraging well-known Microsoft services, like Microsoft Mobile Office, Zune and Xbox LIVE.

Windows Phone 7 features Hubs for quick and easy access to the user’s most valuable content, including People, Pictures, Games, Music & Video, Office and Marketplace. Additionally, the Start screen is customizable with Live Tiles that come to life with real-time updates. Depending on the app, the Live Tiles might show pending messages and appointments, news and weather, or game and friend status – all continuously refreshed by the Web.

 

PRODUCTIVITY

  • Windows Phone 7 with a unique Start screen and Live Tiles allowing quick viewing of everything from pending messages and upcoming appointments to game notifications
  • Integrates with many popular Microsoft consumer services, such as Xbox LIVE, Windows Live,
  • Bing™ and Zune
  • Full HTML Web browser with Bing Search
  • Office Hub gives you read/edit access to popular Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel
  • and PowerPoint), plus Sharepoint for collaboration on the go and OneNote
  • Corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®), personal (POP & IMAP) email and text messaging
  • Windows Phone Marketplace offers a single view to showcase apps, games, music and premium
  • Xbox LIVE games
  • Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g/n)

 

ENTERTAINMENT

  • 5MP camera with flash, autofocus and digital zoom and
  • 720p HD camcorder
  • SRS WOW HD surround sound
  • Media player with 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
  • Sprint Zone™ one-stop wireless account access, phone tips, news and more
  • Sprint TV and Movies® and NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
  • Stereo Bluetooth® 2.1 (+ EDR)
  • Voice and text prompts in both English and Spanish

 

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
  • Dimensions 4.63 inches (117.6 mm) x 2.32 inches (58.9 mm) x 0.61 inches (15.5 mm)
  • Weight: 6.5 ounces (184.27 grams)
  • Main Display: 3.6-inch (91.4 mm), 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen with multitouch
  • Internal Memory: 16GB
  • Battery: Standard 1500 mAh Lithium-ion
  • Talk Time: up to 6 hours