HTC Rose mentioned by Bluetooth SIG, inspires daydreams of Android

So when the Bluetooth SIG leaks a new handset, it's a leak of epically tiny proportions. Instead of the wealth of test reports we have the distinct pleasure of poring over when we get a juicy device via the FCC, the good ol' SIG gives us a single table of mostly meaningless information -- and that's in a best-case scenario. The worst case is where we get a model name or codename, geographic availability, and manufacturer name, and that's it. Such is the case with the HTC Rose, a phone we've never heard of before, and for all we know, may never hear about again. Our wild imaginations can easily concoct amazing Android-powered superphones with WVGA displays, 8-megapixel autofocus cameras, and 32GB of ROM until the cows come home, but this could just as easily be an EDGE-only Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard sleeper with all the design inspiration of an '82 Ford Escort. Or, you know, more likely something in between.

[Via Cellpassion]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 10:08PM]

Now if we could get a picture of it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 1:48AM]

Wow, a superphone, lol.
How about the HTC Dream? Anyone know what it actually looks like.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 11:07AM]

Rose is in HTC VOX/WINGS family with styling of Diamond and Raphael. It is WM6.1 Standard with slide QWERTY

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 4:04PM]

Care to elaborate on how you know this or where this intel came from?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 23rd 2008 2:36AM]

There is more than tiny proportions, all supported bluetooth profiles of the device:

https://www.bluetooth.org/tpg/QLI_viewQDL.cfm?qid=14218