New from HTC: Legend, Desire, HD mini. Upd: promo videos
Today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the presentation of the HTC. If Samsung was waiting for the phones on Bada, from SE the next attempts to return the former glory by the release of new products, then HTC wanted everything at once, namely: the release of the long-awaited new products based on Android (Legend and Bravo), a preliminary announcement of the products on Windows Phone 7 Series , update HTC Sense, a full-fledged multitouch in the shell of HTC Sense.
But first things first, today HTC introduced three new smartphones. HTC Desire and HTC Legend - the long-awaited news on the basis of Android 2.1, as well as the HTC HD mini - a miniature version of the older brother HD2. The official site is still silent, but @HTC_Ru today showed unprecedented agility.
HTC Legend is a complete replacement for the popular HTC Hero smartphone. Legend, like Hero, is made in the form of a monoblock with a slight bend to the bottom. However, unlike its ancestor, Legend has an optical sensor instead of a trackball, and is also manufactured with a solid aluminum body. During the presentation, representatives of HTC mentioned that HTC Legend is their special pride, as it has an attractive design and a strong body. ')
HTC Legend works on SoC Qualcomm MSM7225 with a frequency of 600 MHz, has AMOLED 3.2 "HVGA capacitive screen with pinch-to-zoom function, 512 MB of ROM, 384 MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera, support for microSDHC memory cards up to 32 GB. Go to sale to the Russian market - the end of March.
The following was presented Nexus One brother - HTC Desire, aka Bravo nee. Like the N1, Desire is based on a Qualcomm QSD8250 1 GHz SoC, has an AMOLED 3.7 "WVGA capacitive screen with multi-touch capability, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM, 5 megapixel camera, microSDHC support up to 32 GB. Also HTC Desire, unlike the Nexus One, it has at its disposal a more modern optical sensor instead of a trackball. HTC Desire is expected on the Russian market in April.
The third was presented HTC HD mini - a simplified and reduced version of the HTC HD2, which should, apparently, take place between the series Diamond and HD.
At the heart of HD mini is all the same budget System-on-Chip Qualcomm MSM7225 with a frequency of 600 MHz. Also HD mini boasts a TFT 3.2 "HVGA capacitive screen, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM, 5 megapixel camera, support for microSDHC cards up to 32 GB. It is worth noting that this smartphone is only the second WinMo-device in the HTC lineup with capacitive screen. Probably, he will find his buyer in early April.
Also, according to a press release , the long-awaited update for the HTC Hero will be available in April. New Sense can be seen in action on video:
On the video present HTC Desire.
Update: HTC posted new promotional videos. Well, it seems their quality is growing after the quality of smartphones. Bravo!