At least they’re not asking for your first-born child. Unlocked phones without a contract typically come at a bit of a premium, but if you’re itching to get your hands on the newly announced HTC Touch HD, you should be prepared to pay quite a lot of money.

If you hop on over to Amazon Germany, you’ll find that the online store has the HTC Touch HD available for pre-order for a whopping 619 Euro. That works out to about $912. Hmm, HTC Touch HD or two netbooks…

In case you missed it the first fifteen times around, the HTC Touch HD comes with a 3.8-inch WVGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 5 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.1, and TouchFLO 3D.