Monday, July 13, 2009
HTC Snap Coming to Canada from Telus Mobility
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HTC-based Microsoft Smartphones" @ 01:26 PM
"...the HTC Snap is an easy to use smartphone with a slim and stylish design and a full QWERTY keypad. The enhanced Windows Mobile 6.1 platform will enable users to sync their email, contacts and calendar with TELUS mobile email, plus HTML web browsing on TELUS' 3G network and almost anywhere they travel around the world with TELUS international roaming."
The above quote is from a Telus press release, which seems to be impossible to find online, but here are some other quotes from it:
- Network support: 3G EVDO Rev A and Quad-band EDGE to stay productive and entertained on-the-go while travelling abroad or across Canada
- Optional microSD memory expandable up to 16GB to store documents, music, videos and photos
- 2.0 MP camera/video to take and share pictures with family and friends.
- TELUS mobile email, TELUS Visual Voice Mail and TELUS Portal by Pocket Express
The interesting thing here is that this is a CDMA phone with EVDO Rev A but also quad-band GSM - so when you're in North America you can rock the better speed and range of CDMA, and when you travel you'll roam onto the GSM network. That's a big deal for anyone that has a CDMA phone and is used to leaving it behind when they travel internationally. Note also that Telus nixed the trackball - too bad, I liked that thing. No word on exact pricing.
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