Hands on with the HTC HD2
HTC HD2
(Credit: Bonnie Cha/CNET)Of all the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones announced this week at CTIA Fall 2009, the HTC HD2 is arguably the sexiest and most powerful of the bunch.
The HD2 boasts a 4.3-inch WVGA (480x800) capacitive touch screen and is powered by Qualcomm's new 1GHz Snapdragon mobile processor, all while measuring just 0.43 inches in thickness. It also offers an HTC Sense user experience, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack--the works.
With those kind of impressive specs and sexy looks, can you blame us for being disappointed when it was a no-show at Wednesday night's Mobile Focus event? Well, someone must have heard our nighttime prayers because HTC America's vice president of sales and marketing, Jason Mackenzie, presented us with a surprise this morning: the HTC HD2.
Though it wasn't running final software, we were impressed with the phone's responsiveness, the customizable user interface, and then there's the screen, oh, the beautiful screen. Images and text absolutely pop and you can see so much more at a glance given the extra-large screen. Perhaps the best part? HTC has added multitouch capabilities so, like the iPhone and Palm Pre, you can pinch your fingers to zoom in and out of Web pages, photos, and e-mails.
When can you get your hands on this thing? Well, as SlashGear reported Wednesday, HTC CEO Peter Chou said the company is working on a U.S.-compatible version of the HD2 for release in 2010. HTC America would neither confirm nor deny this, but Mackenzie added that the intent for the device is global distribution. When asked about possible U.S. carriers, Mackenzie didn't get into specifics but did say that the good thing about the HD2 is that it wouldn't be hard to pitch, and we certainly agree.
So while we wait, you can check out some hands-on photos of the HTC HD2 below. We'll add more commentary and first impressions soon, but feel free to get the discussion going on your thoughts of the HD2.
Bonnie Cha is a senior editor for CNET, covering smartphones and GPS. When she's not testing the latest gadgets, you can find her chasing after her crazy lab or surfing in the chilly waters of Northern California. E-mail Bonnie.
It is a very sleek phone, and if it winds up on Verizon's network(doubt it) i would jump on it.
Most other companies don't thread that path
Cause you need to change the whole perception
and philosofy of the company in order to
it's basically a different way of doing things
Kinda like how bmw and ferrari have a limited range of models to choose from
compared to a toyota or ford
I think this is the first time I've seen a phone that isn't missing anything I want, hardware-wise... oh wait, a d-pad. Dammit. Definitely couldn't use my OG Touch without it, but maybe winmo 6.5 with that big ass capacitive screen will be do-able.
This phone is gorgeous and functional. Please let it come to the US soon.
Please? sooner than later?
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by JGadget
December 12, 2009 4:39 AM PST
- This phone is the close to perfect -all around best suitable phone, its so diverse, 1ghz Snapdragon processor, capacitive touch screen, for people with big fingertips super wide screen, but not bulky, very thin and sexy, 3.5 headphone jack, totally customizable, for the youtube junkies everything automatically view in HD, computer are now going touchscreen, and thats what this is pretty much, a touchscreen windows mobile device in the palm of your hands with no ceilings(no limits). The reason why i say close to perfect because to me there is some things missing that i can point out, like no camcorder mode, and me! ;-) JGadget
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