HTC Vox, the GSM version of Libra?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 7th 2006 at 4:01PM

Many fans of the form factor proposed by HTC's upcoming Libra (pictured) -- numeric keypad when closed, QWERTY when open -- probably felt a little snubbed when it seemed like CDMA customers would be the only folks lucky enough to put one in their pockets; we know we did. The latest intelligence coming off the wires suggests that we can all finally rest easy, though, with a device being called "Vox" taking the torch for the GSM side. Details are slim, but it sounds like Vox won't have the 3G capability of its EV-DO rev. A equipped Libra cousin, merely topping out with EDGE instead. HTC will apparently be positioning the Vox as a messaging-friendly phone (a la LG VX9900) rather than a full fledged PDA -- and with a meager 96MB of internal storage to its name, it shows. Look for it to drop shortly after the Libra in the first half of 2007.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: htc, libra, phone edition, PhoneEdition, pocket pc, PocketPc, qwerty, slider, smartphone, vox, windows mobile, WindowsMobile

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maximus @ Dec 7th 2006 8:52PM

I want this phone. Waiting for it instead of picking up the Env vx9900. But where the hell is the dpad?

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Jon @ Dec 8th 2006 5:44AM

Phone has liked me wish to buy to itself such..

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Jon @ Dec 8th 2006 5:45AM

Phone has liked me wish to buy to itself such..

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Korey @ Dec 8th 2006 9:56AM

Kinda reminiscent of The LG enV If its got the 850 band I want one, I was thinking of buying the cingular 8125 and this looks much better, Is there wifi?

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