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AT&T Announces HTC Surround Windows Phone: Pop-Out Speakers, 16 GB Storage

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, October 11th, 2010 at 6:55 AM

AT&T has shown off the HTC Surround at the official announcement of Windows Phone 7. The more specific details are sparse right now, but here’s what AT&T has to say about it:

“The HTC Surround brings an immersive multimedia experience to an elegant, compact device. With slide-out speakers that deliver rich, full sound in Dolby™ or surround sound, the HTC Surround blurs the line between home and mobile entertainment, making games, music, and video on the go more enjoyable than ever. …

Features

• Slide-out Yamaha® speakers with surround sound
• 16 GB internal storage for all your applications
• Ideal for sharing music and videos with your friends”

It has a 3.8″ capacitive touchscreen, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera, and a kickstand for ideal listening.This promises to be an interesting and different phone for music fans. It’ll be priced at $199.99 on contract, available “a few weeks after” their first Windows Phone launch on November 8.

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