HTC’s second launch event of MWC 2010 may have been a little more subdued than the Desire/Legend/HD mini announcement, but the phone it detailed may reach a whole lot more users than that trio. Along with carrier O2, the company have announced availability of the HTC Smart, an entry-level device running Qualcomm’s Brew MP OS on a 300MHz processor. Check out our hands-on video demo after the cut.
Other specs include a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot. There’s also HTC Sense, meaning that the Smart UI looks and feels a whole lot like the company’s Windows Mobile or Android devices. Despite the relatively slow processor, the Smart is a speedy little performer and we were surprised by just how capable it feels.
Interestingly, while talking to Enrico Salvatori, VP of Qualcomm Europe, he explained that Brew MP isn’t solely the entry-level, basic platform many have assumed to to be. Actually, it supports all the features on Qualcomm’s top-spec chipsets, as currently found in the Google Nexus One for instance; the company are basically offering it as an option to OEMs, rather than aggressively promoting it as their own entrant into the mobile platform segment.
The HTC Smart will be available on O2 in the UK, Germany and Ireland come April 2010, together with hitting Italy with Telecom Italia and Norway with Netcom. There’ll also be unlocked sales; no word on pricing as yet, though we’d imagine the Smart will be relatively cheap.
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