HTC HD7 to hit the market next week

HTC will announce its Windows Phone 7 device HD7 next week in India at about Rs 30,000. HTC was also the first to introduce Android smartphones here.
The HTC HD7 has a 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen accompanied by a kickstand. The device is powered by a 1 Ghz processor and the Asian version of the phone is expected to come with 16 GB of in built memory. The European version meanwhile has 8 GB of internal memory.
The phone also boasts a 5.0 megapixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flash, and supports video recording in high definition.
As far as connectivity options are concerned, HD7 is 3G enabled and supports WiFi, GPRS, Edge and Bluetooth 2.1.
The interface of the new Windows operating system for mobiles has been revamped quite a lot and is expected to hit the right chord with users. The platform also integrates with many popular Microsoft consumer services such as Xbox LIVE, Windows Live, Bing search and Zune music.
The handset is also expected to lend a new lease of life to the Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile has been constantly losing market share to competitors such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.