“Of all the Windows Phone 7 launch devices, AT&T’s HTC Surround is likely the most curious. It’s a landscape slider built on the same basic internals as the rest of its platform siblings, but there’s no keyboard under that screen — the quarter-inch slide reveals an aluminum speaker bar and integrated kickstand, which combine to create a tiny little stereo system of sorts. Mix in Windows Phone 7’s heavy Zune integration, add in a dash of Dolby Mobile and SRS Wow “virtual surround” audio processing, and top it all off with 16GB of internal memory, and you have what might be the ultimate phone for on-the-go media consumption. But does the Surround live up to all that promise? Read on to find out!”
News abounds on the HTC Surround, this cute little package that makes sound it’s claim to fame. Engadget has it covered, so does PCMag, Phone Scoop, and Adam over at Pocketnow! So if you’re interested in getting some serious audio enjoyment out of a device, take a look at any or all of these to get the first impressions of this unique Windows Phone 7 device!
“Of all the Windows Phone 7 launch devices, AT&T’s HTC Surround is likely the most curious. It’s a landscape slider built on the same basic internals as the rest of its platform siblings, but there’s no keyboard under that screen — the quarter-inch slide reveals an aluminum speaker bar and integrated kickstand, which combine to create a tiny little stereo system of sorts. Mix in Windows Phone 7’s heavy Zune integration, add in a dash of Dolby Mobile and SRS Wow “virtual surround” audio processing, and top it all off with 16GB of internal memory, and you have what might be the ultimate phone for on-the-go media consumption. But does the Surround live up to all that promise? Read on to find out!”
News abounds on the HTC Surround, this cute little package that makes sound it’s claim to fame. Engadget has it covered, so does PCMag, Phone Scoop, and Adam over at Pocketnow! So if you’re interested in getting some serious audio enjoyment out of a device, take a look at any or all of these to get the first impressions of this unique Windows Phone 7 device!
“With a 4.1″ AMOLED display coupled with a built-in portrait keyboard, The Dell Venue Pro is designed both for productivity and entertainment.”
14.9mm isn’t too bad in terms of thickness for a bottom-keyboard slider. I liked the name “Lighting” more than Venue Pro, but I’ll forgive Dell because the 4.1″ AMOLED screen with a keyboard gives you potentially the best of both worlds. This phone is definitely on my short list!
4.1″ 800×480 AMOLED touchscreen with Gorilla® Glass
“With a 4.1″ AMOLED display coupled with a built-in portrait keyboard, The Dell Venue Pro is designed both for productivity and entertainment.”
14.9mm isn’t too bad in terms of thickness for a bottom-keyboard slider. I liked the name “Lighting” more than Venue Pro, but I’ll forgive Dell because the 4.1″ AMOLED screen with a keyboard gives you potentially the best of both worlds. This phone is definitely on my short list!
4.1″ 800×480 AMOLED touchscreen with Gorilla® Glass
Last year some smartphone specs were leaked out of Microsoft that many guessed were Microsoft’s Project Pink Chassis: a.k.a. the magical Zune Phone. Well Mary Jo Foley over at ZDnet seems to think that this Chassis was actually part of an evolving discussion at Microsoft on how to lock down their phone ecosystem so that they had fewer hardware partners that were required to adhere to much stricter specifications.
On a recent “Frankly Speaking” podcast (feb 20) the Microsoft Australia Developer Evangelist hosts Michael Kordahi and Andrew Coates discuss the three different chassis that will be available for Windows Phone 7 Series devices. Chassis 1, which was the one in circulation already, was for big, touchscreen-only devices with 1GHz processors a-la HTC HD2.
Chassis 2 phones will feature hardware keyboads – either Palm Treo-esque or of the sliding QWERTY variety – and touchscreens. Then there was Chassis 3, which they guessed might be candybar form factor.
They suggested that Chassis 1 devices would be the first out of the gates around Christmas, but offered no details on when the Chassis 2 and 3 devices might be available. We’ve already seen a prototype of the LG “Chassis 2” type design, with a sliding QWERY keyboard, so maybe we’ll see more than just Chassis 1 devices at Christmas?
The sheer variety of hardware devices available will certainly be one of the main advantages of Windows Phone 7. By locking in some rigorous hardware requirements for partners and OEM manufacturers Microsoft can ensure a consistent user experience across a broad spectrum of devices.
During a recent taping of the Engadget Show, Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman pulled out a pre-production prototype of LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series device – the first real Windows Phone 7 device we’ve seen so far!
This nice-looking QWERTY slider is pretty attractive: just a little thicker than an iPhone, it has the mandatory Search, Home and Back buttons plus dedicated camera (appears to be 5mp with flash), volume and power buttons.
Here we go! The slider is my favorite form factor, so I’m excited to see this! Check out some more pics after the jump, the whole slidshow over at Engadget, or watcg this Engadget video:
Rumour has it that the Samsung Propel Pro (SGH-i627) will be dropping in on AT&T this week.
This Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (no touchy?) slider phone slides open to reveal a cute little QWERTY! It looks very neat, but is intended to be a low-end device — no wifi, camera is less than 1MP, small screen (only 2.2inches, 320×320), but it does have UMTS/HSDPA 3G, aGPS and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a microSD slot with SDHC compatibility for use with cards up to 32GB in size.
ce22d: @jugglerKENTO 俺も前はiPhoneにしたくてしょうがなかったんだけど今みんなiPhone使ってて使いこなせてなさそうなやつもiPhoneにしててなんかいやになったから他のスマホあるいはWindowsPhoneにするかも iPhoneももっと何か変わったら考える 9 months ago from Chromed Bird
