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Poll: Can HTC go back to resistive screens for their high-end devices?

October 11, 2009 | By Surur

With the advent of the HTC HD2 and its capacitive screen, which offers a superior (if less accurate) touch experience, the question arises whether another high-end device without the technology will be tolerated again.

Previously the excuse that Windows Mobile 6.5 does not support capacitive screens sufficed for most, but clearly this is no longer a barrier, and obviously will be less so in the future, with further touch enhancements in Windows Mobile 6.5.1.

We have been privileged this year to know HTC’s 2009 line up in detail, and the only device from that list still to arrive is the HTC Thoth, HTC’s HTC Advantage replacement. Another rumoured device is the HTC Omni, but this device is of course much less certain.

Will these devices be upgraded to capacitive, or will HTC release them with resistive screens (and likely to lower sales)?

Take part in our poll and let us know how you feel in the comments.

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HTC Thoth and Omni show up on carrier XML page

October 4, 2009 | By l3v5y

Leo PB81100

When I saw some of the latest Leo pictures, I couldn’t help but notice the model ID of the device “PB81100”. Naturally, I switched over to Google, and found a myriad of results for “PB81100” none of which were helpful! Searching for “HTC PB81100” was much more successful, bringing up a service called Cloud9-Mobile which appears to be a cheap roaming provider for UK people.

For the “PB81100” which I guess has to be the Leo, it supports the following bands:

GSM 1800,GSM 1900,GSM 900,GSM850 (GSM800),HSDPA,HSUPA,WCDMA FDD Band I,WCDMA FDD Band VIII

After a little more digging in a large XML, I found “OMNI100”, supporting

GSM 1800,GSM 1900,GSM 900,GSM850 (GSM800),WCDMA FDD

And the THOT100 and THOT110 which have to be the Thoth from those leaked roadmaps. The Thoth supports

GSM 1800,GSM 1900,GSM 900,GSM850 (GSM800),HSDPA,HSUPA,WCDMA FDD Band I,WCDMA FDD Band II,WCDMA FDD Band V

Which appears to be just about every band you’ve heard of 2100MHz 1900MHz and 850MHz which includes the sought after US 3G.

There are a few more devices which I’ve not heard of, (so I plugged them in to PDAdb.net) SUPE100/SUPE110 (which could be the SuperStar), MEMP100 (probably that keyboarded Android Memphis), FORE100 (HTC Foreseer, cancelled), CONV100/CONV110 (T-Mobile Shadow 2009), CLIC100/CLIC110 (HTC Click). Less well known devices are the CORA100 (HTC CORAL?), HTC CAIR100 (HTC Cairo?) HTC PLATXXX (HTC Platinum?) and HTC PILO100 (HTC Pilot?)

These are all from here.

Now the presence of these handsets in this file does not mean the device will be released. This is of course especially true of the HTC Omni, with had been floating around in limbo for years now. The XML is however pretty up to date, and should give some indication of what’s to come.

If any of our readers have any more details, drop us a line on our contact page

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HTC Leak 2009 part 2 – the details!

March 4, 2009 | By Surur

We have just received a tip regarding HTC’s 2009 line-up which includes details on a number of upcoming devices.

First, the exciting ones:

The HTC Whitestone will have a 3.6 inch WVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, run on Windows Mobile 6.1 and have a Qualcomm 7600 processor running at 528 Mhz. The device will have both GSM and EVDO and debut on the Verizon network in September.

The Firestone is a GSM/3G device, the real successor to the HTC Touch HD, and also feature a 3.6 inch WVGA screen, HTC’s first 8 megapixel camera, 256 MB RAM/512 MB ROM, run on a Qualcomm 8250 processor at 600 Mhz and be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.

This powerhouse is expected in August 2009.

Next, the Thoth is clearly the Athena successor. The Thoth feature a 4.8 inch WVGA screen, a 5 megapixel camera, 256 MB RAM/512 MB ROM, run on a Qualcomm 8250 processor at 1000 Mhz (!) and be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.

Expect this device to be announced in September 2009.

Now to less exciting devices.

The Twin is a dual CDMA/GSM device, with a VGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, 256 MB RAM/512 MB ROM, run on a Qualcomm 7501A processor at 528 Mhz and also a TI Locosto processor . The Twin is expected to launch July 2009 on China Telecom.

Finally, the Maple.

We have already seen this device, with its 2.4 inch QVGA screen, 2 megapixel camera, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard. What’s new is the internal specs. It runs on a Qualcomm, 7225 processor at 528 Mhz, and has 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM and is expected in May.

The Cedar is a similar device to the Maple, but for CDMA networks and was meant to debut on Verizon in June, but may have been cancelled.

Good news for T-Mobile USA subscribers is that, besides the Maple which is heading their way in May 2009, they are also getting the HTC Touch Pro 2, code-named Rhodium, around the same time.

The source of this extensive leak is the finance section of Sina.com here.

Thanks Wishmaster for the tip.

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