HTC’s ‘Omega’ Windows Phone: An Early Look

htc omega microsoft windows mango — HTC Z Source: PocketNow

HTC is potential to introduce its first Windows Phone "Mango" handsets at a crusade event incoming week, but an official photograph and details for one of the phones, the HTC Omega, have already leaked proscribed.

The HTC Z reportedly has a 3.8-inch show, a 1.5 Gigacycle Snapdragon processor (single-core, most expected), 512 MB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear photographic camera, and a front line-facing camera. In a photo posted by PocketNow, the Omega sports an aluminum-on-white design that actually looks a dish out like HTC's Broadside Android tablet. When the phone is released, it may be known as the HTC Radio detection and ranging.

HTC is likewise aforesaid to constitute preparing a inebriated-end Windows Call up handset codenamed Eternity, with a 4.7-inch reveal. The Timeless existence will also reportedly have a 1.5 GHz processor, as WMPowerUser pointed out back in May.

Microsoft has provided rafts of details on Mango tree. The OS update, collect this fall, is more like an renovation, with features like multitasking, Internet Explorer 9, speech-to-text, and Facebook messaging integration.

But all's been quiet along the ironware front, at any rate officially, with the exception of a Fujitsu call that's unveiling only in Japan. Nokia is planning to launching a Windows Phone codenamed "Sea Ray" this class, and more hardware is expected from Genus Acer, Samsung, and and LG. HTC has a press event scheduled for September 1, and is rumored to spend the entire time talking about Windows Phone. If that's the slip, expect different computer hardware makers to follow up with their personal announcements shortly thereafter. (Also imag Windows Phone 7 Mango: A Visual Enlistment of the New Features.")

Follow Jared on Facebook and Twitter as well as Today @ PCWorld for even more technical school news and commentary.

Note: When you buy something after clicking links in our articles, we may realise a small commission. Read our affiliate link policy for more details.