Windows Mobile 7 to arrive on HTC smartphone?
Touch Diamond 3 uncovered
HTC’s Touch Diamond 2 bagged the Editor’s Choice award among Register Hardware’s top Windows Mobile smartphone of 2009. But it appears the firm is already working on a successor, this time designed to run Windows Mobile 7.
The successor will be known as both the HTC Diamond 3 and the Obsession.
HTC had planned to launch the phone in June, but delays have caused it to push the unveiling back to later in 2010, “reliable sources” told website WMPU.
The delay may have been caused by Microsoft. The software giant originally planned to unveil WinMo 7 – described as a major revision of the mobile OS – in 2009, but unspecified delays forced Phil Moore, Head of Mobility at Microsoft UK, to admit last month that the OS’ launch had “been put back until late next year [2010]”.
Those reliable sources also claim to know that the Obsessive will run on a 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, support 3G connections and offer 4GB of on-board storage with the option to slot in Micro SD cards of up to 32GB.
HTC is also said to have fitted the smartphone with a 5Mp camera and given it a multi-touch 3.7in OLED touchscreen.
We will bring you more news about the rumoured HTC Touch Diamond 3 as it comes in. ®
COMMENTS
Hmmm...won't be long now.
How long until this is hyped as the latest "iPhone killer"? I'd say about 43 seconds.
Lemming
It'll just be another MS-WinMo lemming stepping off the Apple/Google/Rim cliff....
chrisstevens
Sounds great apart from the ridiculous 3.7" screen.
Give me a break from large, heavy, bulky, ugly phones, I want 3.0" and 115grms max please.
Best HTC so far was original TD1 (apart from lousy processor and RAM), so neat and pretty and LIGHT.
