Mobile Phone Haven

The latest mobile phone from HTC is named HTC Smart, ironically the ’smartness’ is limited to only the name as this is actually an affordable phone with smartphone features and hence it is stripped of some of HTC’s legendary groundbreaking features. The HTC Smart uses Qualcomm Brew platform along with HTC Sense UI. It will be probably running on a 300MHz processor with 256MB ROM and 256MB RAM. Other standard features include a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3-megapixel camera with integrated flash, 3.5mm headset jack, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth with A2DP, and a microSD card slot.

HTC’s new HD2 has already shipped into Asia and Europe back in November. The latest update is that it will soon arrive to T-Mobile early next year and will be the T-Mobile’s first smartphone to flaunt 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.

This new phone has actually appeared in a leaked YouTube video which shows a new ROM version 2.01 and also a completely new feature of the Sense UI, which is the document tabs. In the video there’s no logo of T-Mobile, but then the “Stick Together” graphic at the beginning of the video confirms that this will reach T-Mobile USA. The smartphone will be running on Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, and will include a 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 3.5mm headset jack, GPS, and Wi-Fi.

It has been only a while since the HTC Hero hit the store shelves and now already HTC exec Patrik Andersson has come forward to let out the word that a second version of Hero will be out next year, ie in 2010. Of course, there isn’t much information about the new device at this time but then we do know that it will be definitely shown off at the Mobile World Congress next February.

A white XV6900 or HTC Touch is now available at Verizon Wireless. Keep in mind that you have to be under a contract. The HTC Touch is going for about $250 after rebate. {techfresh}