More details on the HTC Maple
By Will Park on Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 10:55 AM PST In HTC, Rumors, Windows Mobile
HTC’s making a big push into the smartphone market for 2009 with some interesting new hardware. And, we have it on good authority that HTC’s booth presence at CTIA Las Vegas 2009 should be a fair bit more grandiose than in previous years – a sign of big things to come, perhaps. So, what does HTC have planned? One thing’s for sure, we’ll be seeing a lot of the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 at the show. But, the lesser-known, BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)-esque HTC Maple should also be on-hand for a bit of in-person perusal. The HTC Maple is rumored to be making its first-ever debut at the CTIA conference next month in beautiful Las Vegas.
The HTC Maple is expected to sport a 2 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch display, QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile Standard. It’s unclear whether or not 3G is in the cards, but if HTC is smart about it, they’ll include 3G data in the HTC Maple.
The Economic Daily News is also reporting on a rumor that HTC is in talks with all four major wireless carriers in the US. The report indicates that both CDMA and GSM variants of the HTC Maple are in play, and could result in a Maple-covered US smartphone market.
[Via: Electronista]
The Maple is the follower of the Cavalier and that’s about all that we officially know. The handset is said to sport a user-friendlier keyboard, a trackball and an “Inner Circle” feature which will improve the way you communicate with your closest friends depending on the time of day and day of the week. We’ll be back to check this phone when official details will be available. Until then you have time to figure out if you want an HTC Windows Mobile QWERTY handset like the Maple or you’re more of a Berry kind of person.
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