HTC unveiled their new Qwerty Windows 6.1 smartphone, HTC Snap yesterday. Form factor looks good, price reasonable for a mid-tier smartphone. Got potential.
HTC Snap
Price (inclusive of 7% GST): SGD $688
Availability: From 10th June in Singapore
Specifications: Quick specs include a 2.4-inch TFT LCD display, 2 megapixel camera, typical network/connectivity options (HSPA/WCDMA, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ExtUSB, GPS). Device control is via their full Qwerty keyboard and/or trackball cum enter button.
More specs can be found at HTC Snap’s product webpage here.
One touted feature of the HTC Snap is their Inner Circle function. A special key on the phone brings emails from a preselected group right to the top of the inbox, making it easy for users to get to the emails they access most often.
Obviously a business phone, the concepts sounds interesting, and I can think of any number of situations with my old Blackberry that this function might have been useful. Needs testing though.
One other feature mentioned was that the HTC Snap runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and synchronizes well with Microsoft Exchange server backends.
