Apparently,
HTC is having a little trouble keeping people with cameras out of its offices, as evidenced by this totally great spy shot of a what appears to be a bunch of (or two) new phones. We're familiar with quite of few of these devices, like the
TyTn II, Touch Cruise, and
Touch you see in the upper row, but things get a little stickier down below. Save for that
P3470 that's second from left, we have no clue what those slick looking square numbers are. The far left model and the far right might be the same device, but its hard to tell. It also looks like all the devices in this picture are using Windows Mobile, but we're holding out hope that maybe the model on the far right boots Android... and
soon.
[Via
IntoMobile]
Update: So we figure that one of the two on the right is likely the
MDA compact IV for T-Mobile, although that still doesn't explain the generous QWERTY board depicted over there on the left. Can't you just feel the excitement building? Thanks, Marios!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cmajewski @ Apr 20th 2008 5:59PM
hmmm....still no front-facing keyboard... :( Damn you HTC! Come on, compete with Palm in this space already!
sirblade @ Apr 21st 2008 8:25AM
If I remember right you should never see a HTC phone with a full front facing keyboard that competes with Palm..
Because HTC makes the phone for Palm, and part of their agreement is HTC cant make a Palm looking device with their name on it.
HTC_Lover @ Apr 30th 2008 10:13PM
HTC already released a smartphone with full front-facing keyboard:
the HTC S620 or T-Mobile Dash (http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=554).
I can't wait until these smartphones hit the market, but I hope pretty soon!
Riley Freeman @ Apr 20th 2008 6:22PM
umm this photo has been floating around for weeks on hofo. the one on the left is the htc raphael and its running windows mobile and it is the succesor to the tilt aka kaiser
plh2034 @ Apr 20th 2008 6:53PM
way to waste potential screen realestate.
If you have a friggin slide out keyboad why not extend the screen all the way to the edge.
How wasteful. I wont buy it
kozoto @ Apr 20th 2008 8:57PM
I believe that one with the weird numbers is "manilla"/touch flo 2.0, I remember it from the early leaked build
nycityguy @ Apr 20th 2008 9:07PM
If I am not mistaken, this is the new MDA II for T-mobile. There was a photos of it taken in a glass case from the mobile conference in Germany. Just my two scents, but they look identical and seeing as though HTC made the first one, it's a good bet this is the T-mobile smartphone.
P.S. It even slides like the MDA
Craig @ Apr 21st 2008 10:41AM
I'm wondering if the bottom left unit is the much-rumored Dream for Android.
Hmm...Android Dreams...isn't that a Philip K. Dick story or something?
dare instructor @ Apr 21st 2008 10:45AM
I believe you are thinking of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', the alternate title to Blade Runner.
Jason Peterson @ Apr 21st 2008 10:45AM
The one in the bottom left of this photo looks like one of the phones that HTC says is coming to AT&T. The HTC Device Rep described a thin touch screen device with a sliding keyboard.
Can't wait to see.
Marc Messer @ Apr 21st 2008 1:28PM
tmo shadow 2?
Andrew @ Apr 21st 2008 6:25PM
What happened to the whole t-mobile DASH design concept with the full qwerty on the front? I'm ready for an EVDO upgraded DASH follow up, not more TyTn II tilt whatevers...
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loosely_coupled @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:36AM
Sweet! Can't wait for the jerky, unresponsive interface without proper graphics drivers, the incredibly unstable and buggy firmware, and the gummy bear keyboard!