It is official. The official details about the HTC HD2 that would hop on to the T-Mobile network have been let out by the carrier. The decision to make things official came close on the heels of a leak. T-Mobile will bring to customers the new HTC smartphone on March 24, and that date is just a few days away.
Previously reported to make an official debut next week (March 16th) at a T-Mobile press event, what we didn’t know about the HTC HD2 was when will it actually be available to customers and if it’s going to be upgradeable to Windows 7 Phone. Well folks, we now got the scoop as a “very close T-Mobile source” talking to Laptop Magazine has confirmed March 24 as a release date and the lack of Windows Phone 7 support.
Toshiba is bringing to the fore its new TG02 smartphone, which is taken off from its earlier super-slim Toshiba TG01 Windows phone. This apart, the Mobile World Congress also is being witness to K01, which comes across as a stylish, powerful and easy to use media device optimized for mobile messaging.
Windows Mobile 6.5 was supposed to be the savior of the WinMo platform flushing away all the problems that plagued WinMo 6. Devices running the new OS, branded as ‘Windows phones’ came in with much hype in October 2009, although Android and iPhone and other such platforms still stole a lot of the limelight. Sony Ericcson was one of the first to come out with a WinMo 6.5 device, in the form of the Sony Ericcson Xperia X2.Now here is Sony Ericcson’s latest ‘Windows phone’ offering, the Sony Ericcson Faith.
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X2 smartphone has been delayed once again with the company officially announcing that a release date is not to be expected sooner than January 2010. Officially unveiled way back in September and expected to hit the shelves for the holidays just in time for Christmas, the Xperia X2 Windows Mobile 6.5 QWERTY slider is back with the techs as SE is now optimizing both the battery life and the phone’s software.
Your next smartphone could come with a finger print sensor and pico-projector. LG Electronics has officially announced its next device that could sport these features. Christened Expo, the new LG smartphone would be available for $299.99. The phone could be yours with a $100 mail-in rebate, and a two-year agreement.
Verizon Wireless will debut the Samsung Omnia II on its network on December 2. To be priced at $199.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate, the phone will be offered with a two-year agreement. The handset, a full-touch all-in-one smartphone, will come powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.
Garmin-Asus is ready with the combo’s spruced up Nuvifone M20 with a Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. The all-in-one phone, mobile web-browser and premium navigation system, as Asustek calls it, the Nuvifone running on Windows Mobile 6.5 will come with a slew of improvements in its features offered.
The HTC Imagio has been a rumor baby until now and most of us have known it as the HTC Whitestone (codename). It has now been confirmed that the Imagio will hit the Verizon shelves along-with the the Razzle on October 6.
The multimedia smartphone is blessed with Windows Mobile 6.5 (Windows Phone) which too has a scheduled release date of October 6, which means that the Imagio will be one of the first phones to be released with the latest Microsoft OS.
O2 has lost its exclusive iPhone 3G S sales rights with Apple as Vodafone and Apple have also got the nod-ahead. What O2 is now keen on doing is to add some attractive devices to its list to make up for the loss and as per a latest catalog leak from the same carrier, that attractive device is the HTC HD II which is codenamed the Leo. The same brochure confirms that the release date for the HD II is October 26 which means the October 12 rumors were baseless.
