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HTC’s Snap made a reasonably big splash in a generally quiet show here at Las Vegas, packing a slim form factor, nice keypad and Windows Mobile. Yeah, sure, we saw the code-named “Maple” coming several thousand light years away, but it was good to have it out in the open for playtime. The HTC Snap proved to be a truly competent messaging handset that may just give BlackBerry looky-loos a reason to choose Windows Mobile. We know, that’s why we said “may.”
That’s not all HTC was showing off, however – the HTC Touch Pro 2 and Diamond 2 were both available for hands-on oogling. As cool as they are, a lot of their value is waiting on the release of Windows Mobile 6.5, which will really take advantage of what’s under the hood of these upcoming handsets.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
