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Samsung India Electronics is hoping to sell around two million mobile phone sets compatible with the code division multiple access (CDMA) platform through its open market channel next year.

Samsung's announced the launch of Corby Speed, its first touch screen mobile handset on the CDMA platform.

The new Samsung Corby Speed complements the company's existing touch strategy of "a mobile for every lifestyle" and gives data speed up to 2.4Mbps for Hi Speed Internet surfing and downloads on the phone. The company has launched this phone in the open market and it supports full Service (Voice + Data) across all CDMA operators OMH SIM Cards like Tata Indicom, Reliance Mobile, MTS and Virgin Mobile, with the latter set to launch their OMH cards in January '10.

Announcing the launch of Samsung Corby Speed, Hendrick Lee , Vice-President, Mobile Division, Samsung India Electronics Ltd., said, "With the launch of the Corby Speed model, we are targeting the youth and young professionals who are looking for hi speed internet surfing, faster downloads, quick access to SNS and Instant messaging on their phone. The launch of this phone with OMH technology gives consumers the flexibility of choosing/changing an operator at his/ her will at any point in time."

The Samsung Corby Speed, available on the CDMA platform, has the original Corby's trademarks of bold colours, pop-style contours and stand-out curved body design. Users can update current status and access friend's updates, live feeds on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The handset also supports various social networking community sites by integrating leading User Generated Content sites such as Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket and other popular SNS sites including Facebook, MySpace and Friendster directly into the handset's user interface. Users can upload photos and videos to these SNS and User Generated Content sites.

"Samsung Corby Speed also boasts of a trendy and a terrific touch screen experience with twenty nine pre-installed widgets for smooth usability," said Lee. The mobile phone brings alive a complete multimedia experience for users with its 2MP camera, 2.8" (7.1cm) large screen display, music player, FM with recording and comes with 80 MB internal memory expandable upto 8GB with a MicroSD.

The Corby Speed package includes 3 vibrant color fashion jackets – Yellow, White and Black and is priced at Rs. 10,400 /-

Samsung today further strengthened its CDMA portfolio by announcing the planned introduction of Mpower Muzik 219 and Duos 259. The Mpower Muzik 219 comes with dual speakers, music player, Bluetooth, menu options in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telegu and Bengali languages, FM recording to SD card memory, 1000mAh battery, VGA Camera with video recording and expandable memory up to 2 GB. The MPower Muzik 219 is priced at Rs. 3599 /-

The Duos 259 is a GSM cum CDMA - dual standby phone. It comes with a 1.3 MP camera and video recording , Stereo FM and FM recording, MP3 Player, up to 8GB expandable memory, a 1140mAh battery, GPRS and Bluetooth. The Duos 259 is priced at Rs. 8350/-

Coutsey: Tech2.in.com

Samsung is expanding its Corby family with the launch of Corby Pop in India. Samsung C3510 Corby Pop mobile phone is expected to be launched soon in India. Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is also known as the Genio. Samsung Corby Pop C3510 details have appeared on upcoming section of the official website of Samsung in India.

Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is slated to have most of the features of its earlier model Corby S3650. Corby Pop is expected to bemore affordable for India. Samsung Corby Pop equipped with FM radio with recording option, 1.3megapixel camera and 22MB of internal memory and battery with a capacity of 960 mAh. It will display a touch screen with a resolution of 240×320 pixels.


The Samsung Corby Pop C3510 contains other interesting features, which includes 'multi instant messaging' and social networking support for facebook, myspace, tweeter etc.

The Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is expected to be priced in India at around Rs. 7000 /-

Fly Mobile, one of the pioneers in dual SIM phones in Europe and a brand owned by the Meridian Group, headquartered in UK, today announced the launch and availability of its latest 800MHz CDMA mobile phone model,C-250 in the Indian market. Fly Mobile shall be selling the all new C-250 CDMA phone model at customer price of Rs. 4490 /- only through its nation-wide network of channel partners in top 100 cities.
According to Mr. Prem Kumar, Chief Executive Officer (India Operations), Fly Mobile, "It is our constant endeavor to capture not just the requirements but also the aspirations of the users through continuous consumer research. These inputs are then incorporated into our products as features. This is possible only because we have our very own design and development facilities involved in incessant innovation enabling us to come up with superior products at unbelievably affordable prices. Of course, it also sets us apart from brands that are merely traders in cheap imports."

The all new C-250 has QC1110 chipset. Fly Mobile is in fact the first mobile handset brand in the country to introduce this advanced chipset which gives C250 buyers an impressive talk time of 8 hours owing to better power management. It is a BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) capable phone which essentially means that it supports the application development platform created by Qualcomm that can download and run small programs for playing games, sending messages, sharing photos, etc., enhancing the user experience further.

It is a candy bar phone with 2" QVGA screen that offers 65K colors with display resolution of 176x200 pixels. It also has a 2 mega pixel camera with image capture resolution of 1600x1200 pixels, digital zoom and self-timer.

The phone can be charged with the help of USB cable and the USB connectivity also allows the users to use it as a flash drive for data storage as and when required. The expandable memory with the help of mini-SD card is 4GB. It also has Bluetooth connectivity for which allows users to share files, put on the Bluetooth headset for conversation and enjoy stereophonic music sound while on the move. The integrated modem enables users to connect the phone to a computer and access Internet.

In terms of messaging, C-250 supports SMS with predictive / intuitive editor, long message and multi-recipient features. When it comes to sound settings, the phone supports polyphonic and true ring tones in MP3, MIDI, AMR, AAC and AAC+ format.

Fly Mobile C-250 supports a media player which is capable of audio and video recording as well as playback. In fact, the one touch access to audio player (on press of the down key) and the side keys for volume control make C250 an ideal buy for the music aficionados. It has a full track MP3 player with play, pause, stop, back, mute etc. functions. Using the media player functionality, users can edit pictures as well. The C250 allows users to indulge in conference call i.e. connect and speak to multiple people simultaneously. The standby battery life is 7 days while the talk time is 8 hours, long enough for users to enjoy uninterrupted usage. What's more, it has an additional capability which enables users to blacklist unwanted numbers.

For the busy traveller the C-250 CDMA phone from Fly Mobile is loaded with utilities like FM Radio, calendar, alarms, world clock, voice recorder, speed dial, network information & time zone, currency converter etc.

Courtesy: Fly Mobile India

Spice Mobiles, India's leading mobile handset company today revealed the brand's first fully loaded digital camera phone and one of the most amazing camera phones in the country, the new Spice M-7070. Empowered with 5 MP camera, 8x Digital Zoom, Anti- shake and Auto- focus features, the gadget is packed to deliver impeccable picture quality and capture all the priceless moments excellently. The phone also allows taking perfect videos and capturing all the precious occasions forever with its support for 30 fps video recording.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the Samsung M5650, a music-focused addition to its popular lineup of full touch screen handsets for young mobile users.

Tata Docomo's Doer Pooja Chopra stood true to her promise and the coveted title, 'Beauty with a Purpose' by spreading Christmas cheer at the Tata Docomo Experience Centre and contributing to the 'Do gift a smile' initiative

The Nokia Comes with Music Flagship phone, the Nokia X6, is now available in selected markets. Through the 'all-you-can-eat' music offering the Nokia X6 pioneers new ways for the world to experience music. The Nokia X6 is expected to retail for approximately EUR 450, before taxes and subsidies.

"The Nokia X6 Comes With Music edition is a stellar offering, that gives music fans the power to download all the music they could ever want - quickly, easily and for free," said Ole Feddersen, vice president, smartphones, Nokia. "We are giving people a handy access to and ownership of a vast music library and a great new touchscreen device to play their music on."

In addition to the unlimited access to millions of tracks available in Nokia Music Store, Comes with Music subscribers will be able to download exclusive content directly to their device or PC from both, international superstars and favorite local artists. Fans will have access to bonus tracks, remixes and other additional content, free of charge as part of the Comes With Music subscription.

The Nokia X6 is a powerful entertainment device capable of playing up to 35 hours of music, offering 32 GB of on-board memory and supporting all main digital music formats, with a slick 3.2" finger touch interface and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens.

The ultimate device for social butterflies, the Nokia X6 has a 16:9 wide screen optimized for photos, videos and browsing. The Nokia X6 is a hive of activity that brings friends and virtual communities, like Facebook, to the home screen, making it easy to socialize with friends and follow all the favorite blogs and celeb gossips.

The entertainment experience is completed by three embedded games, Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Game loft, and direct access from the home screen to download more games and applications through the Ovi Store.

The Nokia X6 will initially be available in Europe, Eurasia and Middle-East and Africa. It is also possible to order the device from the Nokia Online Store.

Courtsey: Nokia

Goldstriker International has won the questionable first prize in managing to produce the most expensive mobile phone in human history this week, The modified iPhone 3GS Supreme worth a reported £1.92 million.


GoldStriker International is known for the manufacturer of highly expensive handsets.The iPhone 3GS SUPREME designed by Stuart Hughes features a 22ct gold case weighing in at 271g with 136 flawless diamonds, totaling 68cts, embedded in the front bezel, a further 53 diamonds (totalling 1ct) serving to make up the read logo and a single cut 7.1ct serving to adorn the navigation button – making a total of 190 diamonds.

And it doesn't stop there, as the 'chest' that housed the iPhone 3GS SUPREME is, according the product page, 'made from a single block of Granite, in Kashmir gold with the inner lined with Nubuck top grain leather , which weight is a massive 7kg.'

The Stuart Hughes are presently listing the price of the unlocked iPhone 3GS SUPREME as 'to be announced' though they have confirmed that it's been valued at a cool £1.92 million (so we'll expect it to retail for more, possibly).

If you are one of the rare specimens who can actually afford to "order" one custom made for you, let us remind you that it will come in a chest made of granite and decked with Gold with a leather interior lining. This is one box you won't be sending for recycling! Head to the GoldStriker website if you want to know more or even if you wish to order one!

LG brings in the World's first transparent design handset with new Gesture Command touch navigation feature. Riding high on its classy designs, innovative aesthetics and excellent user interface, LG Electronics India Limited launched a completely new design concept of transparency with its LG GD900 Crystal. Rich on its arty appeal, the world's first transparent phone, LG GD900 with its drop-down touchpad is extremely beautiful, stylish and remarkably usable.

Ready to make a fashion statement, this new chic handset will make a perfect arm-candy and make you stand out from the crowd. Along with its appealing look, the LG-GD 900 has a heart of a winner. It is the first phone to feature LG's next generation touch technology and Gesture Command, which complements the much-praised 3D S-Class User Interface.

The handset features an 8 megapixel autofocus camera that displays photos on a high resolution 3-inch WVGA LCD touchscreen and with the auto-rotating display, photos look great every time. The handset also has a MP3 player and can hold up to 32GB of music, photos or data using the expandable memory card slot. The phone is Wi-Fi enabled, allowing user to connect to the internet via wireless hotspots and it also supports Bluetooth 2.1 for secure, high-speed connectivity to other devices.

The LG-GD900 Crystal's slide-down Crystal Touchpad first appears to just be an alphanumeric keypad, but it actually doubles as a touchpad for controlling the phone. It can be used like the trackpad on a laptop computer but also recognizes handwriting, responds to multi-touch commands and enables a new way of navigation called Gesture Command.

The crystal touchpad is completely transparent and illuminated with a soft glow. This scratch resistant design made from tempered glass and reinforced by a band of Liquid metal ensuring extended use.

"We wanted to give our consumers a super luxury experience and therefore, developed a handset that touts a gorgeous sliding keypad - the LG GD900 Crystal. The phone's transparent touchpad feature adds to the personality of our consumers and gives gizmo geeks a wonderful reason to possess it. Not only this, we have made a creative use of hardware through Gesture Command that provides control via simple, on-screen finger movements. We are positive that our new handset will become a winning model of the year," says Mr. Anil Arora, Business Group Marketing Head, Mobile Communications, LGEIL.

The LG GD900 Crystal Priced at Rs. 26,000 /- , the mobile phone is available in Chrome and Titen color choices at all retail outlets across the country.

Courtesy: LG Mobile India

Samsung Electronics Hong Kong today announced the launch of the Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C, a colorful and curvy designed full-touch phone with Handwriting, Cartoon User Interface (UI) and Upgraded Facebook Widget.

"Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C is the most stylish communicator and is a must-have for trendsetters," said Billy Chen, director of the Telecommunications Team, Samsung Electronics Hong Kong. "The eye-catching colors and sensual design of Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C bring fun, vitality and excitement to users. This phone is designed to complement a dynamic lifestyle with the combination of Social Networking Services, usability and design. Customers can express their own style with pop colors and design, while staying connected with Social Network Widget access to Social Networks."

The Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C is compact in a curved body design with pop-style contours making it easy to grip. This phone has four vivid color options -- Pudding Yellow, Citrus Orange, Cherry Pink and Whipped Cream White -- enabling customers to express their individual tastes. It also comes with two additional changeable covers – patterned "Fashion Jackets" and a black cover. In addition to the versatile exterior, the Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C has multiple options for colorful UI themes; it is fun and entertaining to operate the mobile phone in the exclusive Cartoon UI.

With the combination of Social Networking Widgets and Communities features, the Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C offers simple one-click uploads of favorite photos or video to popular Social Networking sites, including Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace, Photobucket and Friendster. This Samsung Anycall first-ever Twitter Widget and Upgraded Facebook Widget provides automatic notifications of news feeds, comments, and status updates. It also allows full browsing of inbox, profile, and friend status that allows users to stay connected with their friends.

Customers can zoom-in and out image or web page by simply pressing on the screen with the One Finger Zoom feature. The Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C is also the first Samsung Anycall phone with a Chinese English Dictionary function. The innovative Smart Unlock function allows customers to unlock the phone and access functions or perform actions directly by drawing a preset alphabet from A to Z on the locked screen. This combination of speed and convenience is truly unrivalled. Built-in Chinese English Dictionary function makes learning English vocabulary easier and hassle free.

The Samsung Anycall Corby S3650C is equipped with rich multimedia features, including a 2.0 Mega-pixel camera with Smile Shot, music player, and FM radio with RDS. With 50 MB of internal memory and microSDHC support (up to 8 GB), users can store favorite songs, photos, and videos. Bluetooth V2.1 and USB 2.0 provide fast connections to mobile peripherals, PCs and other devices for more convenient file transfers.

Courtesy: Samsung Electronics

Fly Mobile, the pioneers in dual SIM phones in Europe and a brand owned by the Meridian Group, headquartered in UK, today announced the launch and availability of two of its dual-SIM touch-screen mobile phone models in India that are high on design and loaded with features.

Targeted primarily at youth who not only love their music but love to flaunt their phones too, the two new dual-SIM touch-screen models- Fly MC160 and Fly E106, available for as low as Rs. 5,300 /- onwards, are all set to break the touch screen phone price barrier.

While touch-screen phones from other brands with similar features are pegged at Rs. 8000 /- onwards, these two mobile phones are poised to take the market by storm. Not to forget the fact that unlike competition, the MC160 and E106 have the dual-SIM capability which allows users to have two GSM connections in one instrument, making them an attractive proposition.

According to Mr. Prem Kumar, Chief Executive Officer (India Operations), Fly Mobile, "It is our constant endeavor to capture not just the requirements but also the aspirations of the users through continuous consumer research. These inputs are then incorporated into our products as features. This is possible only because we have our very own design and development facilities involved in incessant innovation enabling us to come up with superior products at unbelievably affordable prices. Of course, it also sets us apart from brands that are merely traders in cheap imports."

The Fly Mobile MC160 is a dual-SIM touch-screen phone that comes with a Yamaha chipset which produces music quality that touches the heart. What's more, this tri-band bar phone also has motion sensors, 3.2 mega-pixel camera, FM radio with FM recording capability, talk time of 4 hours and standby time of 200 hours, internal memory of 87 MB and expandable memory up to 8 GB, Bluetooth, EDGE and GPRS functionality.

Fly Mobile MC160's touch screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 262K colours display ensures a brilliant representation of multimedia content with sharp and clear image. Additional features include MP3 ring tones, speaker phone, video recording, self-help feature, A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Protocol), card slot, mobile tracker with remote control capabilities, privacy protection feature, and a phonebook that can store up to 2000 records. Last but not the least, using a USB cable and expandable memory of the card inside, the phone can double up as a pen drive for data storage as well. This efficient phone is available at an affordable price of Rs. 6,000 /- only.

The Fly Mobile E106 is a sleek looking dual-SIM full touch-screen phone that's slender enough to slip into your pocket, and budget as well, easily. The main attraction is the crystal clear 2.4" QVGA screen with 262K colours and 240 x 320 resolution that displays images vividly enough. This dual-band phone also sports features like loud FM radio without earphones, FM recording capability, Bluetooth, GPRS, talk time of 4 hours and a standby time of 240 hours, A2DP, live MSN, motion sensors, 2 mega-pixel camera, speaker phone, card slot, MP3 ring tones, video recording, expandable memory up to 4 GB and a phone book that can hold 1000 records. This light weight and slender phone that can be used as a pen drive as well (as and when required using the USB cable and the expandable memory card) is available at an unbelievable price of Rs. 5,300 /- only.

Courtesy: Fly India

Nokia, world leader in manufacturing mobile handsets today announced the latest addition to its Nseries range, Nokia N97 mini in India which is a cheaper alternative to the Nokia N97.

The Nokia N97 mini mobile is equipped with QWERTY keyboard and fully customisable homescreen, stylish stainless steel cues, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, featuring a tilting 3.2" touch display, 3.5 mm headset jack and a powerful camera for experiencing quality photography and it has 8 GB internal memory for addressing storage needs of customers.

The Nokia N97 mini is a smaller mobile computer that has been designed for the style-conscious consumer.

Nokia N97 mini also comes with Lifecasting with Ovi through which users can publish their location and status updates directly to their Facebook account and other features include a digital compass, TV-out, document viewer, Flash Lite 3, video and photo editor, push email and multimedia player.

"More and more people today want to bring their physical and online worlds together via the internet. The Nokia N97 mini is designed for this new social internet and to help navigate people and places. Moreover, it comes in a pocket-friendly size for those out and about. With live feeds, personalized content, Lifecasting with Ovi, Ovi Mail and Ovi Store, the N97 mini provides web centricity to user in a compact case." said V Ramnath, Director-Operator Channels, Nokia India.

Nokia N97 mini available in three colours, viz, cheery black, garnet and white. The device will start shipping in the last week of November 2009 at Rs. 30,939 /-

Courtesy: Nokia India

Sony Ericsson today unveils the XPERIA X10, the first phone in a family of phones to deliver a consistent user experience where communication truly becomes entertainment. Building on Sony Ericsson's entertainment heritage and combining rich graphics with intelligence capabilities, the XPERIA X10 introduces a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time continuously introducing new features and capabilities.

The UX platform builds on top of the Open OS and creates a unique Sony Ericsson user experience by combining best-in-class entertainment features with signature applications, unrivalled integration of social media services and a rich graphical user interface. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is the first mobile phone to truly humanise the way people interact with their phones.

Bert Nordberg, President, Sony Ericsson said, "The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and the family of phones launching in the first half of 2010 underpin our commitment to an open and multi-platform strategy that maximises choice for the consumer and delivers the best possible consumer experience. The reaction from our global operator partners to the XPERIA X10 has been extremely positive and we will be rolling out across the world including Japan from the first half of 2010."

Rikko Sakaguchi, EVP and Chief Creation Officer, Sony Ericsson said, "The XPERIA X10 is a fantastic example of our make. Believe philosophy because we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible and demonstrating that anything consumers can imagine, we can make possible. With the Sony Ericsson X10, we are raising the bar we have set ourselves with entertainment-rich phones like Aino and Satio by making communication more fun and playful, multiplying and enriching opportunities to connect."

Introducing signature applications like Mediascape and Timescape, the XPERIA X10 lets consumers organise everything in their phone in an intuitive way:
* Sony Ericsson Timescape manages all your communication with one person in one place. Browse through your conversations the bright way to check out your Facebook, Twitter, photos, emails, and texts all in one go
* Sony Ericsson Mediascape is the smart way to get all the music, photos and videos you want from your favourite friends and artists. It accesses content from everywhere – your phone, YouTube, PlayNow – and presents everything for you

Intelligence capabilities, integrated into Mediascape and Timescape, can automatically recognise connections between contacts, content and media. By recommending alternative ways to communicate or guiding to new media experiences, consumers can discover more in a truly open way. For example:
* Pressing the new "infinite button" guides you through the connected world, aggregating all your interactions with one person into one view
* Intelligent face recognition features recognise up to five faces in any picture, automatically connecting them with your social phonebook and all other related communications with that person.

Sony Ericsson's open approach gives consumers maximum choice and with the XPERIA X10, users can download any application that they want direct from a wide variety of stores including Play Now and the Android Market, co-creating an experience that is entirely unique to them.
Sony Ericsson is also introducing the new Wireless Stereo Headset with FM Radio - MW600. Featuring advanced Bluetooth technology and a built-in FM radio, MW600 lets you stream music to your headset in high fidelity through sound-enhancing ear-buds. With a crystal clear OLED display, easy access controls and RDS radio station information; you don't even need to take your phone with you to tune in to your favourite radio station.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 supports GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100 and UMTS HSPA 800/850/1900/2100

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 will be available in selected markets from Q1 in the colours Sensuous Black and Luster White.

Courtesy: Sony Ericsson

With the increase in the competition in the mobile phone companies, all the companies are launching new devices on a day to day basis. With the rise in competition even Motorola is not left behind, it has announced several stylish handsets at affordable rates.

Motorola India Private Limited has launched the multimedia MOTO ZN300, a sleek slider with 3.1megapixel camera and two MOTOYUVA WX candy bar entry-level handsets with FM radio - the MOTOYUVA WX160 and MOTOYUVA WX180. It has also launched the MotoYuva WX280 and MotoYuva WX288 with camera and sharing capabilities, and the MotoYuva WX390 and MotoYuva WX395 which combine all the WX features with added MP3 functionality.

The most stylish and recently launched handsets are Moto ZN300, Motoyuva WX160 and WX180.

The Moto ZN300 slider sports a 3.1 megapixel camera with LED flash and 8x digital zoom. The camera also includes ‘capture’ and ‘review’ modes that present neat and innate imaging experience. It also features Bluetooth, as well as has USB 2.0 high speed connection that transfers fifteen times faster than the conventional USB 2.0 full speed.

Added with Video editing capability and Video Mixer that helps to add customizable or preloaded transitions and sound effects to their videos, the ZN300 targets those who thrive on content consumption and creation.

While the Motoyuva WX180 consists of a .5-inch color display and integrated FM radio with RDS, the WX160 incorporates a 1.3-inch black and white display. Its powerful battery provides around 7 hours of talktime.

The other six offerings in the MOTOYUVA WX range seek to increase features with affordability in the basic phone category. The Moto ZN300 is retailed for Rs. 7,999 /- , the Motoyuva WX160 for Rs. 1,499 /- and WX180 for just Rs. 1,649 /-

Courtesy: Motorola

HTC Corporation, today unveiled the HTC HD2, the first Windows phone with HTC Sense, a customer experience focused on putting people at the centre by making their phones work in a more simple, natural and personal way. With its industry leading, high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive touch display, the ultra thin HTC HD2 delivers more visible content in a sharper, brighter and richer way.

"At HTC we believe that the best things in life should be experienced, not explained. HTC Sense is based on this principle by making the mobile phone more simple and natural to use and by enabling people to personalise their mobile experience in their own unique way," said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. "With HTC Sense, the HTC HD2 melds the power and flexibility of the Windows platform with the most advanced mobile phone we've ever created."

"HTC has a long history of innovation with Windows Mobile, shipping millions of devices over the years in a wide range of designs," said Andy Lees, senior vice president, Mobile Communication Business, Microsoft Corp. "The HTC HD2 Windows phone breaks new ground with its responsive, touch screen."

The HD2 uses the first capacitive touch display on a Windows phone to make viewing, zooming and resizing websites, Microsoft Office files, PDF documents and pictures easier with just a pinch of your fingers. The large display also enables faster, more efficient and accurate typing using the onscreen keyboard. Utilizing Qualcomm's new 1Ghz Snapdragon mobile processor, the HTC HD2 offers enhanced performance that improves the speed of applications, videos, games and more.

Developed with a passion for enhancing peoples lives through innovation, design and ease of use, HTC Sense is rooted in three fundamental principles of Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.

Make It Mine
The HTC HD2 continues HTCs drive for personalization by reflecting not only what you want on your mobile phone, but also where you are. Using its large 4.3-inch window-like display, HTC has brought a new dimension to weather with a localized, animated weather experience that utilizes HTC HD2s entire display without being invasive to your important content and information. The HTC hHD2 can also be further enhanced to reflect your needs and style by downloading a wealth of applications at the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile.


Stay Close
The HTC HD2 helps you stay close to the important friends and colleagues in your life with HTCs people-centric communication approach that provides a single contact view that displays individual communication snapshots of your conversations with the people in your life regardless of whether a call, text, Facebook status update or email were used. While in the midst of email exchange with someone you can easily transition to a call by pressing the call button. HTC has also included a new Windows-based version of its Twitter application, HTC Peep. The pictures you take with the 5MP camera can also be quickly shared via Facebook or Twitter.

Discover the Unexpected
With the HTC Sense experience, the HTC HD2 includes a variety of enhancements that expand and improve the overall phone experience. The HTC HD2 includes a variety of sensors including a proximity sensor that is used to prevent false screen touches when the mobile phone is picked up to answer or make a call. A light sensor automatically adjusts the brightness of the display. Leveraging its 3G broadband connectivity, the HTC HD2 also offers personal Wi-Fi anywhere for your computer or other devices.

Also available for the HTC HD2 is the optional car kit that automatically transforms HTC HD2s user interface into a finger friendly in-car navigation experience for driving.

Windows Phone
As a new Windows phone, the HTC HD2 showcases the powerful messaging, browsing and productivity capabilities delivered by Windows Mobile 6.5. Offering a best in class e-mail experience complete with the ability to synchronize with Microsoft Exchange, you have the ability to check and manage multiple email accounts. Microsofts new My Phone service enables you to automatically back up and synch photos, music, contacts and text messages for free from the HTC HD2 to the web.

Availability
The HTC HD2 will be available later this month with selected operators across Europe, before rolling out to other regions in the coming months.

Courtsey: HTC Corporation