Tech in Radar similar to 2010 models
1 September 2011 19:30 GMT / By Stuart Miles
Sporting a white and silver design similar to the company’s Android powered tablet, the HTC Flyer, it will be the follow up to the HTC Mozart and HTC Trophy and sport a Qualcomm MSM 8255 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 3.8-inch Super LCD screen. Other tech specs include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA for sharing with other DLNA devices, a VGA front facing camera for video calling, presumably when Microsoft gets around to adding Skype, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, and all the usual sensors you would want including a digital compass and proximity sensor.
Although it’s an all new phone slightly longer than the HTC Trophy launched in 2010, the big focus HTC says will be a range of new software enhancements within it’s Windows Phone 7 Hub Experience and Mango itself.
Those enhancements include a new Panorama Sweep and Burst modes in the camera, the addition of it’s Footprint service that allows you to send people directions to your location, and the launch of HTC Watch - the company’s movie rental service already available on Android here too.
It will come with 8GB of on board storage and be available on various networks (no word as to which ones as yet) from the very beginning of October in the UK. No word on an US release at the moment.
Additionally the HTC Radar will also come with a dedicated docking station complete with a dock mode that is automatically activated when the two pieces of hardware are connected.
The idea, says HTC, is to allow you to charge your phone and see key bits of information like the time, the weather, and have access to your music. Sadly because of the way Windows Phone 7 has been programmed, while you'll be able to access most of the apps in landscape mode, you won't be able to view the main tile homepage or the apps list in landscape mode.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/41780/htc-radar-windows-phone-7-2011-smartphone
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