Since the
Excalibur and
Cavalier, HTC's shown an unhealthy aversion for the immensely popular portrait QWERTY format -- until now, that is, with the introduction of the
rumored 12mm-thick HTC Snap. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard smartphone features a 528MHz Qualcomm core, 256MB of ROM, 128MB of RAM, 2 megapixel camera, microSDHC expansion, and the requisite QVGA display, all paired with AGPS, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi, and HSDPA data. "What kind of HSDPA?" is the next logical question in that progression, and the answer is that you're looking at two versions of the device: one with 900 / 2100 for Europe and Asia, one with 850 / 1900 for North America (interestingly, the North American version won't be known as the Snap -- instead, it'll simply be called the S522). The new device also marks the introduction of HTC's "Inner Circle" feature, which can selectively pull emails from certain contacts to the top of your inbox -- the perfect way to ignore Terry from Accounting who's been on your case for the past three weeks about filing expense reports. Look for the Snap to launch globally this quarter, while the unlocked S522 hits "during the summer."
posted Apr 1st 2009 9:29AM
Wow, a whole 2 megapixel camera!!!
even such low end 3G model T-Mobile wouldn't pick up
no more Dash II!!!
this should be the dash 2 and not that crappy ugly duckling known as the maple...
This must be coming to the US, since HTC hates America(ns). I kind of like the look even thopugh I am not looking for this type of phone anymore.
im pretty sure im falling in love with the portrait/qwerty all over again. it started with the blackjack way back in 06(?) and now, i'm afraid im gonna have to get my hands on this little fellow.
I wonder if this is the same phone I saw listed on one of the HTC fan sites as coming from Sprint in Q2? They've got an HTC pictured but I can't recall the name and it was definitely a portrait style phone.
Still waiting for the HTC TouchPro II, though. Portrait is okay but I really like my sliding keyboard and larger screen area.