HTC Announces Dumbphone, The HTC Smart
I was thinking the dumbphone market was getting smaller and smaller as carriers push smart phone pricing super low. I don’t know how much this will entice future buyers, but HTC has announced the company’s first non smart phone. Thats right, it is not running Android or Windows Mobile. Not sure how this one will pan out for HTC, but you got to give it to them for trying to corner every market. Hit the jump for more information via Engadget.
Remember that Touch.B that leaked a few weeks ago? Well, it’s real now — and amazingly, it turns out that the rumored non-smartphone status is totally confirmed. This would be the first time HTC has released a device that doesn’t run a true smartphone operating system in the traditional sense of the word, instead going with Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform — the very same setup AT&T’s standardizing on for its dumbphone range starting later this year. It’s got 256MB of RAM and ROM, a 3 megapixel cam, Euro-friendly 3G plus quadband EDGE, and the now-familiar Sense UI that the Smart shares with its WinMo- and Android-powered siblings. Look for this puppy to launch across Europe and Asia this Spring — likely at a very, very competitive price point, if we had to guess.
