| If there's one trend emerging at the recently | | | | not as powerful as the Snapdragon on the HD2, but |
| concluded 2010 Mobile World Congress, it's the | | | | its 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 6bk |
| penchant of mobile phone makers to shrink beefy | | | | colors and Half-VGA resolution won't be as CPU as |
| models that have proven to be a market success or | | | | intensive. You still get the same multitouch support, |
| have generated some eager market expectation. | | | | gravity accelerometer for auto-rotate viewing, |
| So now you have those Mini versions like the | | | | ambient light for auto brightness and proximity |
| XPERIA X10 Minis. HTC obviously won't be left | | | | sensors for disabling the touchscreen sensitivity when |
| behind. | | | | held against the face in a call. |
| It unveiled the HTC HD Mini which, as the name clear | | | | Imaging comes with the same 5 megapixel autofocus |
| indicates, is the minimized version of the hefty HTC | | | | digicam with geo tagging from its A-GPS, widescreen |
| HD 2 released in November last year. Housed in an | | | | photo capture and unspecified video recording |
| unmistakable HTC crafted body that is beautiful to | | | | capability. Entertainment gets a boost with DivX |
| say the least, the HD Mini runs on the same | | | | video support for its otherwise capable media |
| Windows 6.5 but on its 3rd iteration with the same | | | | players. You get the same stereo FM with RDS and |
| HTC Sense UI. It somehow got eclipsed by the | | | | stereo listening options for a wired headphone using |
| announced Windows Phone 7 Series demoed in the | | | | its 3.5mm audio jack or wireless using its Bluetooth |
| event and we would have wanted the new HTC to | | | | A2DP support |
| run on it. | | | | The HD Mini is your 3G phone on the dual band |
| Alas, Microsoft still has to announce when its new OS | | | | UMTS with 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA and 2 Mbps on |
| can become available. And since it was made clear | | | | HSUPA and a quad band GSM with class 10 GPRS |
| by MS that no handset running the Windows Mobile | | | | EDGE on 2G. You also get WiFi 802.11b/g with WiFi |
| 6.X can't be upgraded to the WinPho7, don't expect | | | | router support. There's the usual local data |
| the HD Mini to have any upgrade path to it. | | | | connectivity features like Bluetooth 2.1 and microUSB |
| Minis undoubtedly will generate some following as | | | | 2.0. There's A-GPS with digital compass and location |
| they exude the same mystique as their beefy | | | | finder using HTC Footprint. |
| models but presumably at a more affordable price | | | | You get the same 512 MB ROM and a slightly |
| point. With the HD Mini, you won't get the 1 GHz | | | | reduced 384 MB RAM from the HD2's 448 MB RAM. |
| Snapdragon running the HD2 or its 4.3-inch display size | | | | MicroSD memory expandability for up to 32 GB is |
| but other than these, you're getting an HD2 in | | | | likewise supported. Its 1200 mAh Li-Ion batter |
| humbler circumstance of housing and price. | | | | allows up to 435 mins of talk time and 340 hours on |
| Full Features in a Mini Shell | | | | standby and audio playback time of up to 12 hours |
| For sure, the 600 MHz Qualcomm 7227 processor is | | | | on a single charge. |