HTC HD2

With the HD2, HTC Touch Sense brings Windows Mobile 6.5

XXL Screen 1 GHz processor, the HD2 is also, thanks to its capacitive screen, the first Windows phone multicast.

This Windows signed HTC phone is distinguished by its huge screen as well as its unsurpassed firepower, with Qualcomm processor at 1 GHz with 448 MB of combined RAM. This is also the first smartphone Windows Mobile 6.5 multipoint.

The first rumors evoked under the code name … He called Leo finally HD2. A worthy successor to the Touch HD, HTC Windows phone ultrafine signed boasts a large screen and high resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. With these dimensions, it becomes even the unit with the largest screen (almost 11 centimeters diagonal), the TG01 dethroning Toshiba’s just 5 mm.

Like the latter, it integrates the platform with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Swift 1 GHz processor combined with 448 MB of RAM (256 for the cons TG01). And these are not his only qualities. The HD2, whose commercialization is expected in a few weeks, will be the first smartphone Windows Mobile 6.5 to be equipped with a capacitive screen.

HTC promised: his smartphones Android, the Hero particular, are not the only ones to benefit from Sense. The Windows phone HD2 therefore also benefit from this environment created by HTC to improve the user experience. More than just a graphic overlay, Sense provides, for example, the HD2 unified management of contacts. And thanks to its capacitive screen, this smartphone also supports multicast, called “pinch of fingers” from the manufacturer.

With its screen XXL, the HD2 undoubtedly target the general public and provides resources to do so with a generous multimedia device with a 5 megapixel sensor with flash LED and a dual function audio / video player and FM radio. To save the media, it will be acquiring a MicroSD card to overcome the relatively small internal memory or hope … a tender operator including year end. Autonomy announced by the manufacturer appears satisfactory: more than 5 hours of talk time on 3G, up to 8 hours of video or 12 hours of audio.

Finally, equipped with a chip GPS associated with the A-GPS, the HD2 can turn into a real guide. Provided to associate a browser or subscribe to one of the offers provided by Orange and SFR! ALK copilot will be preinstalled by the manufacturer with a trial version of 15 days and a car holder and original design, coupled with a Navi mode panel (with display functions as a true GPS) will be offered as an option. Compatible with 3.5G and Wi-Fi, the device also includes a compass.

The HD2 HTC is available from November 2009 at the main operators. Its price is 649 euros naked. If he be well-funded, this model will probably be the star of this phone Windows season.

Positive points

* The processor at 1 GHz
* The RAM 448 MB
* The screen diagonal of 11 cm
* The thickness of 1.1 cm
* The capacitive screen that supports multicast

Negative points

* Nothing

Technical specifications

System
Windows Mobile 6.5
Keyboard
No physical keyboard
Play Audio
Yes
Videorecording
Yes
Telephony
Yes
Integrated modem
Yes