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And so, the HTC rumor merry-go-round continues. We've already brought you what we believe to be the specs for the HTC Leo, aka the Athena 2. Now, here's a photo to go with it.

A refresher on the specs:

• Manilla 2.5
• WVGA/16:9 Screen/4.3"
• Snapdragon/1GHz
• 8MP Camera--NEW (up from 5MP?)
• WM6.5
• 320mb/512mb RAM/ROM

The general consensus remains that the Leo will be more of a Mobile Internet Device than a phone, even a slider phone, so it's possible there's a keyboard hidden in there somewhere. It's also possible that we're looking at somebody's Photoshop hopes and dreams, so let's just take all this with a big grain of salt.

HTCPedia via WMPoweruser

Well, it's Tuesday, and you know what that means: Time for more Touch Pro 2 pictures! These are of the Verizon variety and go up against the Sprint Touch Pro. And ppcgeeks poster MrDerrickson even gives us one of the system specs. Peep them, and more shots of the phone itself, after the break.

Here's a forum post from WMExperts reader Blinocac200sx, who has a problem with his Exchange account.

How do I change my exchange account. It's currently set for a place I no longer work for, and now I want to use it at my current job. I can change the server, but it doesn't want to let me change the domain or user name.

The answer's easy enough, if you know where to look. (Yeah, welcome to Windows Mobile.)

What else is going on in the forums? Simbadogg asks about over-the-air updates with Windows Mobile 6.5. The Celio REDFLY developer's forum is jumping. And Glidersgalore needs some help sending a contact by e-mail. Join the conversations!

With the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 set for release on Wednesday, pricing was still a bit up in the air. But TmoNews has tracked down some confirmation, and it's as we feared — this is gonna be pricey.

A two-year contract will get you the Touch Pro 2 for $349.99. A one-year contract takes it to $399, and the TP2 will sell at retail for $549. But as we've said before, you need to factor in the price of the voice and data plans when figuring the overall cost.

That said, it sounds like a good many of you are willing to drop that much, if not more, for one of the most anticipated phones so far this year. What say you?

Just a reminder folks, that you have until 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday to leave a comment and be entered for a chance to win a BlueAnt S1 Sun Visor Speakerphone.

Yep, that's it. Just be sure you're registered ('cause it's tough to track down 300 "Anonymous" comments), and chime in on the latest rumor or review.

And stay tuned for more giveaways in the coming weeks.

We've already seen the screenshots of Build 23022 of Windows Mobile 6.5, and the ROM is available at XDA Developers. Now Pocketnow takes us inside this mysterious build that brings more finger-friendly buttons to the user interface. Peep the video after the break.

That's it, we give up. Here's the HTC Touch Pro 2 with AT&T branding, courtesy of Engadget, in case you hadn't had enough TP2 news this week, what with learning the Verizon and Sprint versions will have 3.5mm headphone jacks and whatnot. (And start your guessin' as to the "Tilt 2" will have the headphone jack.)

So here's what we're gonna do: We're not going to sleep until all four major U.S. carriers release the bloody things. We've pulled out the emergency take-out menu repository, stocked up on Red Bull and are duct-taping ourselves to the office chairs. Settle in, boys and girls. It's gonna be a long month.

GigaOM Pro Analyst Network has compiled, crunched, compared, and slide-showed wireless data stats for the second quarter of 2009. The numbers seem to indicate that the demand for wireless data continues to grow despite the national economic picture.

The highlights of the report are as follows:

• U.S. wireless data service revenue grew 7% during the second quarter to $10.6 billion (with a "B"). This represents a 30% gain compared to the second quarter of 2008.
• Verizon and AT&T represented the largest gains with both seeing an 8% increase.
• The U.S. is now the largest mobile data market in the world passing Japan and China.

Broken down by service provider, Verizon is tops with regards to the total number of subscribers with 87.7 million followed closely by AT&T with 79.6 million.  Sprint was a distant third with 49.7 million subscribers.  Combined, AT&T and Verizon account for 69% of the data market and 61% of the wireless subscriber base.  Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon each saw an increase in Pre-Paid subscribers

GigaOM Pro offers a full review of the second quarter numbers here (subscription required) or you can follow the break to catch the slide show highlights.

More at GigaOM.