According to our pals over at Macrumors, Apple is working on an ultra-thin 15-inch Macbook.  It’s not clear at this point if it will adopt the same specs and limited feature set as the recent released Macbook Airs, but the site says that the laptop is in the late testing stages at Apple.

In the past Apple has indicated that it is looking to move away from all things spinning (hard drives and optical drives) inside of their machines.  So we see the chances of this rumor as being true pretty darn good.  Macrumors also says that Apple is working on a 17-inch version, though there doesn’t seem to be any indicator as to where that is in the development phase.

On the other hand, Apple just released the brand new Macbook Airs.  So it begs the question why they’d release another laptop with an almost comparable feature set, but with a larger, more popular screen size.  However, Apple has long sold the Macbook Pro in 3 different sizes (13″, 15″ and 17″), so the move wouldn’t be all that unorthodox.

HTC’s Touch Pro 2 is said to be landing in the US sometime in June, and a recently leaked image showing the handset with Verizon branding seems to firm up that rumor. No word on price, but the Touch Pro2 launched last month in Singapore for an unsubsidized $887, a price no one would pay in the UK or US.

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Before Monday officially rolls in I thought it only appropriate to further disseminate a Samsung rumor.  Supposedly called the Omnia Pro, the handset will build upon the already successful Omnia line up, but add a few features that will probably appeal to the conservative smartphone user.  So what should we expect, assuming the rumor is true?  A 3.5-inch 800 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen display, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 5mp camera with flash and video recording and Windows Mobile 6.1.  Rumor says the Omnia Pro will hit in July, but let’s hope some additional info leaks out before then to firm things up.  Oh, and that pic, it’s a mockup.

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Sprint got all official on release date and pricing for the HTC Pro and Touch, today. The HTC Touch will hit Sprint stores sometime this September (some are saying 9/14) and cost $250 after a 100 mail-in-rebate and 2 year contract. The HTC Pro, essentially the same phone as the Touch with the addition of a slide out QWERTY keyboard, will be available for purchase October 19th and cost $300 after a $100 mail-in-rebate and 2 year contract.

I’m interested to see how well the HTC Pro’s ‘biz card’ software works to add contact info to the address book via the 3.2MP camera. Healthy dose of skepticism, anyone?

Touch and Pro’s quick specs after the ‘leap’

• 2.8-inch VGA display + gravity-sensor technology (aka accelerometer)
• TouchFLO(TM) 3D
• Opera browser
• 3.2 MP camera/camcorder
• Stereo Bluetooth technology
• Windows Mobile 6.1 and provides easy access to Sprint-exclusive multimedia content, including Sprint Music Store’s quick over-the-air song downloads
• Sprint TV with its extensive collection of live and on-demand channels.
• Micro SD slot (Pro)
• Biz card scanner (Pro0

Official press release here