| The Taiwan based mobile phone maker HTC takes a | | | | 6.5.3 with the same HTC Sense UI. Don't expect any |
| swan song to the Microsoft Windows Mobiles 6.5.3 | | | | upgrade path to the WinPho7 as there's none and no |
| with one of the few smartphones left running the | | | | WinMo smartphone can. |
| platform that once catapulted that brand as among | | | | HD2 Features |
| the leading players in the industry. | | | | It's a tribute to HTC that it only took two features to |
| This is the HTC HD Mini, a minimized version of the | | | | minimize the HD2 into a compact body that is sure to |
| promising giant that was the HD2 encumbered by a | | | | attract a wider market. That's a lot more than what |
| platform that really has no place to go but settle in the | | | | Sony Ericsson did to minimize the X10 to fit into their |
| dustbins of failed smartphone platforms, especially now | | | | mini derivatives. |
| when MS has unveiled the new Windows Phone 7 | | | | - The HTC HD Mini is a 3G phone on the dual band |
| OS that has the muscle to take on the Android and | | | | UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA(900/2100) and a quad band |
| iPhone juggernaut. | | | | GSM/GPRS/EDGE in 2G. It has WiFi with DLNA and |
| The HD Mini can be considered one of the last hurrahs | | | | WiFi router support. There's al local data connectivity |
| of the WinMo OS but admittedly, it is as capable and | | | | support for Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB2.0. |
| powerful as any on the market. The nice thing about | | | | A-GPS with digital compass and HTC Footprint are |
| the HD Mini is that apart from a couple of features, it | | | | also present. |
| does everything else the HD2 can do. | | | | - Imaging gets the same 5 megapixel autofocus |
| Shrinking a Giant | | | | digicam with geo tagging and widescreen photo |
| Admittedly, there's only so much shrinking you can do | | | | capture. HTC is silent about its video recording |
| and still leave the giant recognizable for what it can do. | | | | capability. Mobile entertainment comes with the same |
| In the HD Mini, you have to shrink the extravagant | | | | media playback support for popular audio and video |
| 4.3-inch display onto a 3.2-inch Half-VGA display as a | | | | file codecs including DivX. There's stereo FM with RDS |
| monolithic body measuring 103 x 57.7 x 11.7 mm can | | | | and stereo listening on either its 3.5mm audio jack or |
| accommodate only this much. You still get the same | | | | Bluetooth A2DP. |
| capacitive touchscreen and multitouch technology, a | | | | It has the same 512 MB ROM but a slightly reduced |
| gravity accelerometer, proximity and ambient light | | | | 384 MB RAM down from the 448 MB RAM on the |
| sensors found on the HD2. | | | | HD2. You still get microSD expansion capability for up |
| With a reduced display size, a reduced CPU-intensive | | | | to 32 GB. Talk time is the same decent 7 hours on a |
| graphics no longer needs the 1 GHz Qualcomm | | | | fully charged 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery that also allows |
| Snapdragon that powered the HD2. You now have a | | | | 14 days on standby and audio playback time of up to |
| shrunk processor power on a 600 MHz Qualcomm | | | | 12 hours. |
| 7227 processor. It also runs the same Windows Mobile | | | | |