High Tech Computer (HTC) has already shipped its first batch of over 10,000 HTC Touch Diamond handsets to Hong Kong CSL, according to market sources, contradicting market rumors stating that HTC would delay shipments until June.

HTC will eventually start deliveries to telecom service operators in Europe as well as those in other Asia Pacific markets in June, said the sources who are familiar with HTC's roadmap.

HTC, having just launched the first model in the HTC Touch Diamond lineup, also recently unveiled a second-version (codenamed Raphael) in Germany. The new model adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

HTC will cooperate with T-Mobile to market the two models in Germany, with the first Touch Diamond to be available under T-Mobile's MDA Compact IV trade name and the second under the name MDA Vario IV, the sources noted.