HTC HD 2 AKA Leo - Prepare To Drool

Oppressa · 19th September 2009, 5:47 PM

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As promised, we present to you the very first video review of HTC Leo, the first capacitive Windows Mobile device from HTC. Stylus is gone and 1GHz Snapdragon processor is in. So long 528MHz… Check out the gallery with few more screenshots of the WM 6.5 on this model (developer screens included). If the video is too crispy, that means you are too fast for youtube (it is being processed)…

Snapdragon MSM 8250 1Ghz
Display 4,3" 480*800 capacitance touch-screen
512 ROM and 320 RAM
Camera 8mp with autofocus
Wi-Fi, A-GPS Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, support GSM/EDGE, HSDPA
3,5mm Jack
MicroSD Slot
G-Sensor, motion sensor and light sensor

4.3"... 8MP... *drools*

I was going to wait for Tegra devices but I may have to sell my Touch HD for this!

More info and pics
http://www.gsmarena.com/more_images_...-news-1131.php

sven222 · 19th September 2009, 5:53 PM

Surely screen sizes are getting to the point where the phone can't comfortably be used with one hand.

Ignoring that, it looks like a beast.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 19th September 2009, 5:55 PM

blah i have big hands, gimmie that 4,3" screen!!

Oppressa · 19th September 2009, 5:57 PM

Haha nah man, THIS is too big

http://www.slashphone.com/media/data/796/htc_adv.jpg

5 inches

bl4ck32 · 19th September 2009, 8:37 PM

Looks great.

Leaves me asking though...What are the benefits / downsides of having WindowsMo vs having an Android based phone (looking at the Hero) ?

If I had to decide between the two, why would one OS make me choose it over the other?

chainbolt · 20th September 2009, 8:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Oppressa

Haha nah man, THIS is too big

http://www.slashphone.com/media/data/796/htc_adv.jpg

5 inches

That's the "Advantage". Almost 2 years in the market. It has such size, but flopped for that reason.

5 inch is too big for a phone, because you cannot hold like a phone anymore. But 4,3" could be just right. I think HTC is going to the optimal size now.

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Originally Posted by bl4ck32

Looks great.

Leaves me asking though...What are the benefits / downsides of having WindowsMo vs having an Android based phone (looking at the Hero) ?

If I had to decide between the two, why would one OS make me choose it over the other?

Android seems to be faster. But then Windows is Windows, if you are used to it, and like it, you stay with it.

Oppressa · 20th September 2009, 8:28 AM

I was considering getting one. Only reason I didn't was that the keyboard came off it. Was just held on by magnets. I'd want it to be fully attached. Man I would have looked like the biggest nerd holding that thing to my ear LOL

chainbolt · 20th September 2009, 8:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Oppressa

I was considering getting one. Only reason I didn't was that the keyboard came off it. Was just held on by magnets. I'd want it to be fully attached. Man I would have looked like the biggest nerd holding that thing to my ear LOL

I was also very, very much tempted.

I like the big screen, it's like an UMPC. But it's pricey, and the resolution is too small for the big screen.

DavidRa · 20th September 2009, 8:38 AM

Now give me that device with a hard keyboard and I'll buy one today (I do a fair amount of email on my Touch Pro 1). That rocks - though I'm sure I wasn't the only person to notice the reviewer struggling to find things to do with the phone.

Oppressa · 20th September 2009, 8:42 AM

Ahh he didn't seem to know what he was doing a lot of the time. Just opening random programs then trying to close them. It's all about the custom ROMs anyway

chainbolt · 20th September 2009, 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidRa

Now give me that device with a hard keyboard and I'll buy one today

I would not buy it WITH a hard keyboard. The huge success of the predecessor HD Touch and the iPhone is partially because of that. A hard keyboard makes the device clumsy, heavier, and always takes away some space. The new on-screen keyboards are so finger-friendly, you really don't need a real one.

mR_CaESaR · 20th September 2009, 9:33 AM

whoaaaa so when does this come out?

I'm due to get a new plan with Three by decemeber, I wonder if they'll get it then

Oppressa · 20th September 2009, 3:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mR_CaESaR

whoaaaa so when does this come out?

I'm due to get a new plan with Three by decemeber, I wonder if they'll get it then

No way. HTC devices come out in Europe first with at least a 4 month wait until they arrive here. Just buy it outright from Europe

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 20th September 2009, 7:04 PM

HTC HD2 aka Leo...

http://techblog.gr/mobile/htc-leo-ak...y-photos-6543/

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iNoob · 20th September 2009, 7:11 PM

Thats sick,
Although I want touchy and a physical keypad, from iphone experience, i kinda wonder how that thing hasnt been used in a throwing contest.

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