The Taiwanese HTC took the official announcement of the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 from Microsoft to present its new flagship smartphone is equipped. Successor of the current “HTC Touch HD, it has a code name” Leo “and trade name of” HTC HD2.
The first new compared to other smartphones from HTC for its casing through which we can find a word “with HTC Sense” (with HTC Sense). For some months after the release of the HTC Hero with a touch interface social, she’s now in the first “Windows Phone” trademark. The interface of the “HD2″ is not identical to that of Hero, many optimizations have been made to run on the big screen in WM6.5 smartphone from HTC.
On the technical side, the HTC HD2 incorporates a large capacitive touch screen 4.3 inch WVGA resolution (65.000 colors) with support multipoint, 512 MB ROM, 448 MB of RAM and a Qualcomm MSM 8250 processor clocked at 1GHz. This is the first “Windows Phone” HTC equipped with a chip Snapdragon, we could already be found earlier on the TG01 or Toshiba soon on new Touch Acer.
Quadband GSM, GPRS, EDGE and dualband UMTS and HSPA (7.2 Mbps download, 2 Mbps in transmission), the HD2 includes also a digital camera with 5 megapixel auto-focus and dual LED Flash, WiFi 802.11b / g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a chip A-GPS (there will be no navigation software pre-installed) and various sensors. We can note a sensor G-Sensor (accelerometer), a proximity sensor, digital compass and a light sensor. The G-Sensor skips silently simply by turning the screen HD2. Similarly, it helps when the Engadget touch the phone when an incoming call automatically mute the ringer, the HD2 detecting that the mobile will be brought to the ear.
Added to this is a Micro SD memory slot, an audio jack of 3.5 mm, an FM tuner, a Micro USB connector and battery with a capacity of 1230 mAh. This assures an endurance of 8 hours in video mode, 12 hours in audio mode, 320 minutes 3G talk or 390 hours standby 3G. The dimensions of HD2 are 120.5 x 67 x 11 mm for 157 grams.
At the software level, the HD2 provides a default mode modem via software transforms the smartphone into WiFi hotspot, the Opera Mobile web browser (with support of multipoint), Internet sharing via USB or Bluetooth interface and touch “HTC Sense . This is very pleasant to use with the weather for example, displayed throughout the home with activities associated with or integration with social networks. In addition to a Facebook widget, software “HTC Peep” to manage notifications Twitter is available. An optimized access to YouTube to view videos in high resolution is also proposed.
Finally, the same innovations of the previous interface HTC “TouchFLO 3D” is available as an option to call a telephone contact directly from the software for sending emails (Outlook Mobile), or the possibility during a call to see the latest mails , SMS or missed calls to a given contact.
Last detail, the HTC HD2 has a casing that can be used with additional accessories. One particular accessory will connect directly to a “car kit” with a suction cup-type support for automobiles. The price of this kit is not known. Other hulls will use a crutch or a high capacity battery. The HTC HD2 will be marketed during November for a suggested retail price of 500 euros.
