HTC Leo – first phone to support Windows Mobile 7 upgrade
October 3rd, 2009 | 
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We had the official specs leaked earlier, and of note is this one line:
support Multi-Touch capability for WM7 Chassis
This is the first “official” indication we have seen that the HTC Leo supports Windows Mobile 7, in hardware at least.
Previously concern have been that the internal ROM is not large enough, but this line suggests it may come in more than one partition.
ROM: 512 MB / RAM: 320 MB / HD: 207.13MB
Besides the 512 MB Flash storage (which for Windows Mobile 7 needed to be “fast flash”) there appears to be another partition with 207 MB, likely part of a further 512 MB.
Of course with a digital compass, accelerometer, capacitive screen and 1 Ghz processor the HTC Leo meets all the requirements set earlier, which suggests strongly that even if HTC never releases an official Windows Mobile 7 upgrade for the device, XDA-Developers will as usual be able to take care of that little detail.
See the full HTC Leo official specs here and the ‘Chasis 1’ specs here.
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damnit, but not USA 3G band…….damn!!
l3v5y Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
It should be coming to Telstra, so there will be a version that will have USA 3G support…
Jake Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
According to B3ler3fonte at XDA-Devs it does support US 3G bands.
l3v5y Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
It should be coming to Telstra, so there will be a version that will have USA 3G support…
Jake Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
According to B3ler3fonte at XDA-Devs it does support US 3G bands.
Wow great news to have this official. Although HTC's upgrade releases havent been the best in the business, it would be great to have the opportunity to upgrade to Windows Mobile 7 when it comes out. Though it might have to be through XDA
What if WM7 requires more than 65k colors?? Can LEO support more than 65k colors?
Even if the LEO doesn't meet a minor requirement of WM7, keeping HTC from an official release – we all know the powers that be at XDA will MAKE it work, and we all know the LEO will handle WM7 like a dream.
I thought Windows 7 Phones were surpose to have tegra?
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
mighty Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
They should comply with chassis 1 specs:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=7528
If HTC gives an official confirmation of upgrade, then I'm getting this.