Hasta La Gadget!

This rather slick video purports to show the upcoming HTC Schubert, a Windows Phone 7 handset that could be available at the launch of the new Microsoft phone OS. The video comes courtesy of Italian blog 247WindowsPhone, and looks to be real.

The Schubert is hewn from a single block of aluminum, with cutouts for the screen and the plastic, radio-transparent panels on the back. The OS, seen running briefly near the end of the clip, looks a lot like the official demo I saw at the Mobile World Congress show earlier this year in Barcelona, where Microsoft revealed Windows Phone 7 to the world.

247WindowsPhone has no details on the internals, but speculates (probably accurately) that it will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip. Taken with the leaked Asus Windows Phone 7 phone seen last week, things are hotting up in the WinMo world. I’m actually pretty excited to see it, too. Despite the clunky name, Windows Phone 7 looks to be the biggest new thing in cellphone OS design since the iPhone.

HTC Schubert – Exclusive Video [247WindowsPhone]

See Also:

• ASUS Windows Phone 7 handset
• Purported Windows Phone 7 Device Appears in Leaked Photo
• Microsoft Tells Windows Phone 7's App Story
• Hands-On With Windows Phone 7 Series

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