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What does HTC have up its sleeve for June 24 in London? [via] Your guess is as good (or as bad) as ours. We're not betting on hopeful for anything Windows Mobile-related, with the Snap, Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 already released, but stranger things have happened. Let the speculation begin in the comments.

Update: Wait a minute? What the heck were we thinking? there are still about 30 handsets from that leaked roadmap that we still haven't seen. No more writing before our coffee. Bring on the WinMo!

Yep, no denying it. That's the Sprint version of the HTC Snap, all right. Mr. Blurrycam strikes again as he picks up an early uboxing of the Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard phone, which we know to be coming to a couple of U.S. carriers now, and it's already on Best Buy's Web site.

If our previous leaked information holds up, the Snap should be on sale this coming Sunday, June 7. Get the rest of Mr. Blurrycam's work at the Boy Genius Report.

Well lookie what the cat dragged in. If our powers of reason and deduction are correct, we appear to be looking at a Sprint-branded HTC "Willow," courtesy of PPCGeeks user OrionsBuckle. This should be the S511 we've been expecting and will be Sprint's variant of the slightly more sexy Snap.

It's got the almost-standard 528MHz Qualcomm processor, a 2MP camera and what looks like 256 megabytes of  ROM (storage) and 128 RAM, with about 70MB available. Also note the Inner Circle button on the lower right of the keyboard. And as for the battery, well, OB puts it this way:

i wish i woulda took a picture of the battery on this thing...its GIGANTIC!! its 1500mah or however you spell that lol.... bigger then the TP battery and the screen is smaller.

OrionsBuckle says it'd have a June 7 release date, which falls in line with Sprint's usual Sunday launches, and it also matches up with that leaked Sprint roadmap we saw. Price should be $149, about $50 under the Treo Pro.

Loads more pictures after the break.

The Pharos Traveler 137 was announced a few months ago, and now the GPS-centric Windows Mobile phone has made its way through the FCC. The 137 has a custom "Smart Navigator" app that's pay-as-you-go, but you shouldn't be locked in to that. Windows 6.1 is on board, and it's not yet known if it will be upgraded to 6.5 in the fall.

The 137 is a quad-band GSM phone, but of particular note is that the 137 sports T-Mobile's 3G frequency. Does that mean we'll actually see it on T-Mo anytime soon? Tough to say. But if you manage to import one (and FCC acceptance means you can), then you should be able to rock some 1700Mhz 3G action. Or you could go the AT&T route and forget about 3G.

FCC listing [via wmpoweruser]

If you're falling in love with Microsoft's new Bing "decision engine" and wanted proper WAP access from your phone, look no further. The m.bing.com site is live, giving you proper mobile-formatted search. We're still expecting a full-on mobile client in the future, most likely to replace the Live Search mobile client.

Via Windows Mobile Training

Apparently Microsoft just couldn't wait any longer to unveil it's Live Search revamp, known forevermore as Bing. The "preview" site was rolled out this morning. And a little birdie tipped us off that seaching for "Windows Mobile news" returns the proper results for our favorite Windows Mobile site. See for yourself.