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HTC Leo revealed, super-thin cellphone with a huge screen
Put a huge 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen and quick-like-a-bunny Snapdragon 1 GHz processor on a cellphone, and you have a handset we would certainly call "high end." The 11mm-thin HTC Leo, available in the next month or two, brings the serious features, including an autofocusing 5-megapixel camera with a built-in 2-LED flash, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 3.5mm headset jack.
You're familiar with HTC, aren't you? It's the same Taiwan company that makes the HTC Dream, Also known to most as the Android-packing T-Mobile G1.
The downside? It's going to be running the so-so Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, but maybe future refinements to that OS will make it worthwhile to carry such impressive and slim hardware. We especially like Leo's WVGA resolution, great for watching movies, and also able to browse the Internet with aplomb, fitting an 800-pixel-wide window in full page width.
Take a look at another pic of this HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, same as the iPhone 3GS) phone's back end, prettier than the front:
AI.rs, via Geeky Gadgets
By GreenwoodKevin at 12:43 PM ON 08/14/09
As an IT person, I HATE iTunes as a piece of software. I WANT THIS!!!!
By Old Man Dotes at 12:46 PM ON 08/14/09
I agree with GreedwoodKevin, but Windows Mobile is a deal-breaker. :(( Plus it won't work on the Verizon network, so I'm stuck anyhow.
By GregDgr at 2:12 PM ON 08/14/09
WM 6.5, with the ability to upgrade to the next WM release is the exact reason I would be interested in this. Forget the other stuff, I need to get work done on it.
By Bandido at 2:26 PM ON 08/14/09
This is the kind of phone I was expecting when HTC released the Touch HD.
This looks like my perfect phone, the only bad thing it's that HTC doesn't seem to believe there is a market in the USA for phones like this one. I hope they get their act together and bring this device to USA (unlike TouchHD). I said it before, when the Touch HD was released, I wanted to buy it instead of buying an iPhone 3G, but they didn't care about people wanting that phone. This time, I will say it again, if they bring this phone to the US, I will change my iPhone 3G for the Leo in a heart beat. Please don't make me go and grab the iPhone 3Gs instead.
By tecnoblix at 4:50 PM ON 08/14/09
So....what happened to the HTC Touch Pro 2?
By JasonInMelbourne at 11:16 PM ON 08/16/09
The only reason I didn't swap my Touch HD for the Touch Pro 2 was the drop in resolution in the camera. But with this slim beast (can you use that term about "Slim") will make watching movies ont he commute that much more bearable.
By Pyro at 12:31 PM ON 08/17/09
Which mobile service will this phone be on?
By klavius71 at 8:45 PM ON 08/17/09
Yes...which service, please? I have an HTC from Sprint and I want and up grade that can handle the work load (processer).
By 4r4nd0mninj4 at 6:02 PM ON 08/21/09
No Android, no deal.
By Kris at 7:51 PM ON 08/22/09
Finally something I wanted! A large, capacitive screen with no obstinate Steve Jobs behind!
By DrawnToScale at 11:13 AM ON 08/24/09
All looks good. My question is...... when will we see this in the US?
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