Hasta La Gadget!

Would you believe that after months of leaks, this is the first time we’ve allegedly seen the HTC Mondrian? It’s true — though from this angle, it’s a dead ringer for the Mozart, which looks just like the Shubert, too. The above picture comes from what appear to be a pair of mostly complete ads for AT&T’s Windows Phone 7 push, which if real make the Mondrian look like it might be a flagship device. Perhaps those rumors of a 1.3GHz Snapdragon inside weren’t too far off. You won’t find real phones demonstrated in the videos after the break, but don’t let that stop you from clicking through — you do like watching oblivious folks flying through the air, don’t you?

Continue reading HTC Mondrian stars in leaked AT&T ad campaign, jump-kicks lesser smartphones? (video)

HTC Mondrian stars in leaked AT&T ad campaign, jump-kicks lesser smartphones? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This morning we had schematics, by lunchtime the HD7 received its first purported image (visible after the break), and now there’s already an even bigger and better picture showing the supposed HTC Hub-enriched Windows Phone 7 interface (see above). Any bets against the phone actually dropping into our laps by dinner time? HTCInside.de has garnished its imagery of the phone with a list of specs, headlined by a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, 1GHz Snapdragon SOC (the same QSD8250 as rumored for the Mozart), a 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, 720p video recording, and 8GB of built-in storage. No, we’re not exactly blown away by this hardware inventory either, but WMPoweruser has agreed with everything on the list, excepting a MicroSD expansion slot — its tipster doesn’t think there’ll be any such expandability.

Update: And now we’ve come across even more live imagery, though the handset they’re of is adorned with an HD3 label. Hilariously enough, the title of the Chinese forum thread they’re from reads “HD3 picked up at the bar” (according to our machine translation, anyway). Still, this supposed HD3 looks like an exact match for the earlier drawing of HTC’s jumbo WinPhone, and you’ll want to see it if only for the ingeniously integrated kickstand on the back. All yours after the break. Thanks, Ahmad!

Continue reading HTC HD7 pictured and specced by rumormongers trying to outdo one another (update: even more pics!)

HTC HD7 pictured and specced by rumormongers trying to outdo one another (update: even more pics!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250, 576MB of RAM, 1,300mAh Li-Pol battery, 3.7-inch WVGA Super LCD screen, and an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash around the back. Those are the handsome, albeit somewhat predictable, specs of the purported HTC Mozart we have on show today. It looks and reads very much like HTC has just transported the Nexus One/Desire recipe into the Windows Phone 7 world, which isn’t exactly the worst idea in the world. But you know what, every time we see one of these WP7 devices in action, we’re taken aback by the swiftness of their responsiveness (honestly, Microsoft didn’t have to pay us to say that… not extra, anyway), so do yourself a favor and witness this humbly-named device cranking through a Bluetooth pairing process after the break.

Continue reading HTC Mozart shows off Windows Phone 7 credentials on camera, teases specs (video)

HTC Mozart shows off Windows Phone 7 credentials on camera, teases specs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whoa, Nelly! Just 24 hours after we caught wind of a leaked webOS 2.0 video, in flies this. If the “Confidential use only” watermark is accurate, the video embedded after the break is HTC’s Sense overlay on Windows Phone 7. If you’ll recall, we finally heard that Sense would indeed be hitting Microsoft’s forthcoming mobile OS after all back in July, but we’ve yet to see any real indication of what the end product would look like. Until now, of course. With “the holidays” rapidly approaching and Redmond holding funerals for rival operating systems, there’s a better-than-average chance that this is legitimate. Frankly, we’re digging what we’re seeing thus far, but is it wrong to wish that even more panels were shown off?

Update: And what’s this? Yet another video has fallen into our laps, and it’s featuring an HTC handset we’ve never seen before. Pocket PT is calling it the Hub (while tipster Eric suggests it may be the Mozart), suggesting that it’s also running Sense atop Windows Phone 7 in the video after the break. When it rains, right?

[Thanks, Sid and Pedro]

Continue reading Is this HTC Sense on Windows Phone 7? (update: and is this HTC’s Hub?)

Is this HTC Sense on Windows Phone 7? (update: and is this HTC’s Hub?) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you knew anything about The Rachel Zoe Project, you’d know that dear Rachel never, ever leaves home without her BlackBerry. Apparently, her comforting hubby — known affectionately as Rodger Berman — isn’t going far without his unbranded Windows Phone 7 device (and a little help from Bing, naturally). Curiously enough, the date on the screen shows July, so there’s a halfway decent chance the software they’re playing with is of the pre-production variety… particularly since he’s wielding a Samsung Omnia i9810-based prototype. Oh, and as you can see above, we’re guessing he’s relying on WiFi or some off-camera magic to actually pull anything up. Hard to get 3G in Los Angeles, especially when your phone is missing its SIM card. At any rate, the spot in full is embedded just past the break, and just between us, we get the feeling this is just the first of many more to come.

[Thanks, Michael]

Continue reading Windows Phone 7 slides into TV spot, Rachel Zoe’s life

Windows Phone 7 slides into TV spot, Rachel Zoe’s life originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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