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Microsoft paraded 3 Windows Phone 7 Series smartphones during MIX 10, which is obviously attracting the likes of Engadget. It is quite unexpexted since there are already 3 prototypes of Windows Phone 7 Series smartphone right now, as there is still 8-9 months to go before the phone is opened for sale.
Except Samsung (the most left), which is the hacked version of i8910 HD, the Asus and LG smartphone specifications remain unknown. Can someone persuade Microsoft to lend this phone please?
HTC has released the list of the latest suggested retail price for it’s Android and Windows Mobile based phone lineup. The price update is in respond to the increasingly competitive the smartphone market currently have. Looking on another side, this could also means that HTC is ready to launch numbers of smartphones that already available in other regions.
HTC Hero and HTC HD2 have substantial price cut amounting RM200 and RM400 respectively from their last price about RM2099 and RM2899 three months ago. Keep in mind that this is just suggested retail price or known more as RRP as a guide to retailer. The actual price usually lower than this due to competition. Full price list available in the press release below
HTC Android and windows mobile phones price revision
Malaysia – 9 March, 2010 – Getting ahead of the competition affordably has never been easier with the HTC’s series of Android and Windows Mobile Smartphones. Get ready to be spoilt for choice to integrate the lineup of HTC smartphones, now carrying new suggested retail prices into your work and play repertoire.
The revised prices will take effect immediately.
Android™ Phone Models
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Revised Suggested Retail Price |
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HTC Magic Targeted at users seeking a stylish smartphone which delivers a superior mobile internet experience, HTC Magic comes equipped with a 3.2” HVGA touch screen display and features a track ball and navigational buttons for quick easy access. |
RM 1,598 |
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Revised Suggested Retail Price |
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HTC Hero The first HTC phone that embodies HTC Sense™, allowing an intuitive and seamless experience to allow you to personalize a suite of widgets that best suit your personality and lifestyle. |
RM 1,899 |
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HTC Tattoo The latest addition to the HTC Android™ family, the HTC Tattoo allows you to fully customize both inside and out. Design a cover or choose from the wide range of cover designs available to make your Tattoo your own. |
RM 1,199 |
Windows Mobile® Phone Models
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Revised Suggested Retail Price |
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HTC Touch2 A compact and stylish smartphone that delivers the full touch experience boosted by Windows Mobile 6.5. Offering best-in-class messaging, browsing and productivity capabilities, HTC Touch2 keeps you connected with the people and information in your life. |
RM 1,299 |
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HTC Touch Diamond 2 An elegant companion, the HTC Touch Diamond2 simplifies communication with its people-centric communication technology, allowing you to view text messages, emails and call logs from individual contact cards or from the in-call screen during a call. Enhanced with HTC’s TouchFlo 3D user experience and zero-waiting Push Internet ensuring prompt and instant downloading of your favourite websites. |
RM 1,699 |
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Revised Suggested Retail Price |
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HTC Touch Pro 2 Remarkably designed with an intuitive mobile navigation and touch-responsive interface, you can view your office documents or browse web pages on the impressive 2.8” VGA touch screen. Targeted at business users, composing emails are a breeze with the slide out QWERTY keyboard. |
RM 1,999 |
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HTC HD2 Presenting a deluxe cinematic visual experience on its industry leading high-resolution, 4.3” capacitive touch display for a sharper and more vivid display, the HTC HD2 is powered by the new Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor to increase productivity and efficiency. |
RM 2,499 |
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Revised Suggested Retail Price |
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HTC Snap Designed for users who prefer a user-friendly QWERTY smartphone that simplifies communication. Featuring the Inner Circle, it allows you to use a dedicated button to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of your inbox, enabling you to respond immediately. Available in two versions, the camera and non-camera versions, the HTC Snap is a reliable smartphone companion regardless of whatever profession you are in. |
RM 1,099 |
About HTC
Founded in 1997, HTC Corporation (HTC) is a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design. Since its establishment, HTC has developed strong R&D capabilities, pioneered many new designs and product innovations and launched state-of-the-art mobile phones for mobile operators and distributors in Europe, the US, Asia and around the world. HTC is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.
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This unexpected news from APC is going to make HTC HD2 users broken heart. After long rumored that HTC HD2 will be the only Windows Mobile device that will receive update to Windows Phone 7 Series, a Microsoft general manager broke the news that Windows Mobile 6.X will not receive the update.
Curious why? It simply, because current WinMo devices including HTC HD2 has 5 button instead of 3 buttons that Windows Phone 7 Series suppose to have. Sounds ridiculous to many, but it is probably has something to do with the functionaly of the OS itself. If this is real, it still wiser for Microsoft to let existing HTC HD2 users to receive the update, although that means the extra 2 button will malfunction, instead of facing the backlash from them.
The news could pose another blow to already troubling Windows Mobile phone. Expect the sale of Windows Mobile smart phone going to dive in the span of 8 months until the Windows Phone 7 Series finally reaching the market. Who would ever wants smartphone that cannot be upgraded, when the new and more powerful will be coming soon?
With it’s impressive spec, HC HD2 is almost confirmed as the most powerful soon to be called Windows Phone Classic, the re-branding of Windows Mobile, once the Windows Phone 7 series out to the market by end of this year. And that’s because of the extra button..
Sign this petition to show your dissatisfaction.
Celcom is keeping their word, when they tweet that they will start offering HTC HD2 this month. Thankfully, your wish has been granted; HTC HD2 is now available with price tag RM2188 and Celcom Exec plan.
If you can’t waiting for Windows Phone 7 Series smart phone to available by end of this year, the hardware in HTC HD2 will gives the Windows Mobile experience that you can never had with other Windows Mobile phone. Couple with the fact that Windows Mobile 6.5.3 had just been released, HTC HD2 as HTC’s flagship phone, might be among the first to taste the new OS version.
And in case HTC HD2 is destined not to get an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series, I have feeling that XDA dev folks will come out with modified ROM for this phone , because in terms of hardware, HTC HD2 is just good enough to run the newest OS from Microsoft.
If there is one thing that Microsoft should have done years ago, it’s none other than Windows Phone 7 series. That’s what I feel and also some respond that I read about the newest mobile operating system that Microsoft just unveiled yesterday. The Windows Phone 7 Series is on the class on it’s own, stated by Endgadget in one of it’s post.
As excited as you’re, I have followed the Engadget’s live blog (coincidentally I work at night GMT+8 time, so no problem stay late) to witness the new beginning, of what I can say is the true contender for the next generation mobile operating system.
It’s totally awesome I have to admit. The UI concept is moving away from the common UI mobile OS in the market, which pretty much doing what iPhone has invented, slide left an right or up and down, and with big move-able icons on each page, some with customize background.
Windows Phone 7 Series UI is giving new perspective of what Mobile OS should be, although the main interface remain ’slide up an down’ concept. Called Metro, the shortcut to program is like tiles, as they were actually called ‘live tiles’ with 1 or 2 ’tiles’ at each row.
Well, you know, photo is always the best way to describe the beauty, so here is the Windows Phone 7 series Start Screen. It’s almost similar as Zune, but as most non-US folks never had chance to use Zune, consider this is new, at least to us in other part of the world.
Hub is what they called each section in this phone have. Among the hubs are
Some features that each Windows Phone 7 Series going to or might have. This is by far that I have read on.
Again, it’s best to let official videos from Microsoft to tell the features and demo the new mobile OS.
Windows Phone 7 Series Feature Videos
Windows Phone 7 Series Demos
Windows Phone 7 Series Promo Videos
Microsoft is not alone in bringing Windows Phone 7 Series to the world. AT&T has been chosen as be US’s premier partners. Other carries include Deutsche Telekom AG, Orange, SFR, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telstra, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. Manufacturers likes Dell, Garmin-Asus, HTC Corp., HP, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Qualcomm Inc are among that Microsoft has team up to manufacture the phone.
The first phones will be available by holiday 2010, which means by December 2010. So until then, stay still with your current phone. Hopefully the final product will deliver the same or higher excitement than what was demoed today. Microsoft can’t afford to fail again this time.
Other Links
WindowsPhone7series.com - Windoes Phone 7 Series Official Website
Engadget’ live blog on Windows Phone 7 Series release event
Channel 9’s Windows Phone 7 Series Hands-on Demo
Windows Phone 7 Series Press Release
