HTC Touch HD takes 480 x 800 pixels fullscreen
By Thomas Ricker 
posted September 10th 2008 9:18AM
posted September 10th 2008 9:18AM
posted September 10th 2008 9:18AM
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this image kind of makes me want to try my windows task bar up top, does anyone else do that?
i just changed it lets see how it is for the day....
I have it at the top for Vista and keep it at the bottom for XP. Just seems like That's how Vista should be. :p
I tried that lots of times on XP, the taskbar on the top is much more "natural" and handy for me.
Only problem, most app don't give a fuck about where you place the bar and keep spawning windows starting from the top of the screen, so that their titlebar is hidden under the task bar.
After countless alt+space > "move" trips, I always end up givin' up and moving the bar back to the bottom. :/
You can avoid that setting the taskbar to autohide, but I don't like that setup.
I'll probably get raped for saying this but I have windows xp patched to look like apple osx using flyke osx. it looks great. sue me. So yeah, it's at the top..
Yup, been auto-hiding task bar at the top ever since they introduced the task bar. Seems weird on a new install to have it at the bottom.
i use ubuntu and its at the top and it works a hell of a lot better...i know its not the same os but same concept
Fading out neutral comments sucks. They're usually just as relevant, but not funny. Don't just change the comments; make them better!
You're talking about taking something from WinMo and applying to PC's. Think the other way around.....
The samsung omnia has a freakin OPTICAL MOUSE with A POINTER in WinMo 6.1.
That with WinMo 7.1, Zune client, and the HTC Touch HD
can't wait
I've always had the taskbar at the top. It's just more natural when it's close to all the other menus. I never understood why MS made it default at the bottom.
Amazing. As long as that screen is 3.3 inches+.
fail, i am looking at iPhone, the screen is like 1024x700 at least..
iPhone is 480x320
800x480 that's exactly 2.5 iphone screens side by side
WVGA's been done before, mostly PVPs like Cowon and Archos
as for smartphones the EXPERIA X1 has been advertising its screen for ages now, lets hope this one actually releases
I have to say that's a good looking phone. One of my favorite things about the iPhone is that it does have a nice screen, it's good for web browsing and general use. I like HTC's too, so this looks like a very nice phone!
Finally we are back to the HTC Falcon, except thinner, bluetooth, and WiFi. My god it took 6 years for them to get here. I knew they would be back, but I didn't think it would take this daanng long.
It's 4" based on the photo and specs ;)
@Drvec
It can't be 4" (115 x 62.8 x 12mm). Its pretty much the same size as the iPhone which is 3.5" (115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm) The spec looks nice except for the no flash. I've been using the flash from my other WinMo phone to pick up dog poop at daily night walk. Hopefully this is not one of those regional tri-band HTC been pushing out.
@ no_one fail, "i am looking at iPhone, the screen is like 1024x700 at least.."
LMAO man not even close. Try 480x320.
It is the same resolution of my first gen Eee PC 701, "verticalized." Incredible. Here's hoping Apple or some one else one-ups them on the next gens.
@rock99rock
Even though there is a possibity of what you said is true. Looking at the info we currently have, the screen doesn't look like it reaches the width of the body. No known phone I know of will reaches the width. Maybe for shock reason? I do hope this will come in true in the future. As I hate the border as well as the next person.
Who care about this closed source, POS device? My Nokia Internet tablet has 800x480 screen, and I had it for years! And BTW, it's been said before but bears repeating: THE IPHONE IS A POS, AND SO IS YOUR FACE!
When measured in photoshop with the leaked width of the device, the screen comes out as 2 inches wide and 3.3 inches tall, giving a screen size of 3.8 inches. Definitely bests the iPhone 3G, in the same size package, and thinner too.
a WVGA screen is certainly nice. but IMO, it doesn't matter if the hardware is utterly fantastic --- it's dead in the water if it runs Windows mobile.
@HEMANC:
borderless screens coming soon :)
http://www.i4u.com/article19215.html
LG making screens with no frame!
@HemanC
Actually, I reckon it will be about 3.8 inches as its wide vga, the iphone isn't a 16:9 screen
That looks like the phone I've been wanting for about 2 years now. Just hope it has plenty of memory, FM radio and if MS can sort a Zune client for WinMo, then I'm sold.
give that sucker windows mobile 7 and the rumored zune client and that will be a huge seller. that screen is just awesome.
I've been waiting for a Zune client for WM for forever. If they could pull this off, M$ and HTC would really have a killed device here. Though, wiating to put WM7 on here would be nice too.
http://htcsource.com
Unfortunately, HTC will probably screw it up by not including a 3.5" headphone jack. I have an HTC Mogul, and there's no way to listen to music on it, because the A2DP sound quality is so bad, and nothing works with the HTC's proprietary mini-USB + Audio port.
Well WinMo 7 should be just in time for it or maybe for a later edition.... I going to skip the X1 and get this baby.
The Modaco forum page on the Touch Pro has several posts from the guy who leaked the shots. He says there is a 3.5mm headphone jack on this phone.
incredible screen
What the hell !!
We planned to have this res all along, but we thought that we would tease it out first, then stiff our loyal fan-base when we have squeezed enough out of the market.
HAHAHA I like your comment Apple Computer Company!
i hate cdma, but im stuck with verizon
and if they make a verizon version (which i doubt they will)
im sold. no matter how much it is.
Dude, no sweat, VZW's getting it in 2012! Yay!
That's funny because CDMA is the most solid data network in the states..
VZW will be moving to the GSM standard of LTE for their 4G networking... so CDMA may become a thing of the past in the coming years.
Holy Crap that screens looks huge.
Holy crap that screen IS huge!
This is awesome! Plus, I'm sure it'll get hacked by the end of this year to run Android.
HTC FTW!
Maybe this is the G1?
HTC and Google playing with us with leaking the reference design pics out and
the "real" G1 being this..
I know, just wishful thinking - LOL
Sadly, any attempt by HTC to sell this handset in the United States with an OS other than Windows Mobile will be met with Redmond's 500+ sharky lawyers. Contractually obligated to be Windows ONLY. Don't you love anti-competitive practices? Why make a great product when you can just lawyer up and wipe the playing field clean?
The best we can hope for for this particular handset running Android is importing a non-US version.
That sucks, given that TouchFLO falls far short of making WinMo crave-worthy.
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/03/mossberg-reviews-htc-touch-diamond-cant-disguise-winmos-flaw/
Todd WTF are you talking about? HTC makes the G1 which runs Android and is set to go on pre-sale in mere days for T-Mobile US.
Looks very nice HTC
using your real picture as a Avatar is creepy as hell. Am I the only person who thinks so?
It doesn't make a difference. Both of your comments are pointless.
Yes, I realize what I've done.
@Tony, I do usually post "pointfull" posts, but I'm usually creeped out my selfportrait avatars, since I found this one particularly creepy, and this thread to be active, I thought it'd be a good venue to address this peeve of pine. Sorry :p
Agreed. If you're going to use a picture of a real person, they should be dead.