HTC Fiesta is "an Android phone," so says Bluetooth SIG

We know from countless encounters with our dear, dear friends at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group that their certifications aren't as... shall we say, "detailed" as their counterparts at the FCC; frequently, we don't even bother with them because there's simply nothing there to talk about. Android phones are still pretty difficult to come by, though, so whenever we see the platform mentioned in a certification of any kind, we're bound to sit up and take notice -- particularly when said certification comes via HTC. Tipster Jeff came across a filing for an HTC "Fiesta" in the SIG this time around, descriptively noted as "an Android phone" that'll be available in Asia, Europe, and North America. Other than that, we can count on it having Bluetooth (would be funny if it didn't, wouldn't it?), but that's about it; the G1 / Dream was the Kila, the Magic was the Sapphire, so what's this gonna be?

[Thanks, Jeff]

[B3astofthe3ast @ Apr 11th 2009 5:20PM]

the true successor to the G1??

[The Dude @ Apr 11th 2009 5:24PM]

It's going to be the HTC Piñata.

[PO.OP @ Apr 11th 2009 5:30PM]

lets party everyone!! i say htc will announce it on cinco de mayo

but on a serious note, its probably the htc memphis that got leaked early jan

[foxanimal @ Apr 11th 2009 5:38PM]

i hope it is the htc hero, but in a non-pink color.

i'd like a small android, as in max thickness of 10 mm.

[Shinigami @ Apr 11th 2009 8:00PM]

I'd like a Nvidia Tegra HTC android for $99.

[foxanimal @ Apr 12th 2009 5:05AM]

@shinigami:
who spoke of price and hardware? i only want the android platform in a small format. don't need the slide keyboard or a >2,6 inch display.

the htc touch diamond is 11 mm thick. do you mean that it is impossible to make a android with 1 mm less thickness?

[TareX @ Apr 12th 2009 5:54AM]

@ Shinigami

....and your information source is...?

[Phoenix @ Apr 12th 2009 8:18AM]

He said he'd LIKE one, not that he thinks there WILL be one.

[TareX @ Apr 12th 2009 10:02AM]

oh my bad. I read it "it's like a.." not "i'd like a..."

But yeah, this secrecy says it could be the long awaited Tegra Android.... FIESTA is too party-ish for a business WM phone.

[Roman @ Apr 11th 2009 5:53PM]

the more then better... I want to see WinMo go away..

[Look_Around_You @ Apr 11th 2009 7:25PM]

Dont use it if you dont like it, but to hope that it goes away accomplishes what exactly?

[tande @ Apr 11th 2009 9:30PM]

Thats my guess too (I'm sure the hero would come in more then just pink).

The Memphis would be the other likely candidate. I'm rather partial to the slide out keyboard on that one.

[Nelagster @ Apr 11th 2009 6:01PM]

what carrier is getting it?

[matt @ Apr 11th 2009 6:20PM]

Sapphire, Fiesta? Ford aren't going to look at this kindly. What's next. the Focus and the Mondeo?

[Blacknimbus @ Apr 11th 2009 6:32PM]

Sadly, it's actually a phone marketed towards synthetic humanoids.

It actually runs Symbian.

[Taylor @ Apr 12th 2009 12:00AM]

I lol'd so hard

[superhobo @ Apr 12th 2009 6:19AM]

I'm sure you're right.

[Dralite @ Apr 11th 2009 6:57PM]

I just realized... There's still only one phone that runs Android still right? Love android, hate the sluggish releases

[rento @ Apr 11th 2009 7:05PM]

HTC just make sure you push out a successor of the HTC Touch HD that runs Android.. oh and it will have to be by Christmas.

Thanks

[ryan @ Apr 11th 2009 7:55PM]

oh please oh please oh please dear god yes please

[Game_playa @ Apr 11th 2009 10:12PM]

What about the 2 new ones they announced at CES

[ddub @ Apr 11th 2009 7:52PM]

hopefully whatever it is it will not be watered down. Will have a flash, decent battery life, a normal audiojack, a keyboard and hopefully the icons and look of Android will get a bit of, for lack of a better phrase, slickin up.

[Sarig @ Apr 11th 2009 8:06PM]

And a forward facing camera, like almost every other 3g phone on the planet (NA excluded).

[ddub @ Apr 12th 2009 6:36PM]

personally, i'm in north america and don't care about a forward facing camera. i wouldn't use it. I'd barely use the camera with the flash i mentioned as it is. but i don't want to video conference.

[ddub @ Apr 12th 2009 6:38PM]

and ya know it won't have video conferencing because no network in the U.S. is built out enough to support that level of data usage. Not by everyone on a network at once.

[laughing_skullx @ Apr 11th 2009 9:00PM]

HTC better watch out that Ford doesn't sue them.http://www.freefoto.com/images/29/11/29_11_23---Ford-Fiesta_web.jpg

[scape @ Apr 11th 2009 10:01PM]

does anyone have pics of the phone, too early?

[digitallysick @ Apr 11th 2009 10:44PM]

Maybe 20 years from now it will come with a headphone jack on the handset itself! Amazing technologies!

[Shank @ Apr 11th 2009 10:48PM]

LOL !
No one even cares about android.
It died on the g1

[McPOW @ Apr 11th 2009 10:52PM]

You are going to have to try better than that, troll

[mynk @ Apr 11th 2009 11:09PM]

maybe...
he wasnt trolling.
OH SHIT N****

[Famous by Marital-Association @ Apr 12th 2009 12:24AM]

Just like OS-X died on the iPhone.
That is why your unlocked version cost's $799.99 chump!

[sk @ Apr 12th 2009 8:42AM]

Dude Fiesta is Spanish for Party

[diegoelunico @ Apr 28th 2009 10:24AM]

I agree with foxanimal, it must be the HTC Hero... I also hope it won't come out only in pink... I hate pink! It looks sooo Barbie. :(

[john @ Apr 12th 2009 4:27PM]

Hopefully, it'll be an HTC Rhodium with the face re-worked to have the 5 android buttons, a 5 way d-pad, and the keyboard re-arranged with android-ish buttons, usable on AT&T 3G.

[Ayle @ Apr 12th 2009 7:37PM]

What are androidish button supposed to be?

[john @ Apr 12th 2009 8:16PM]

Android-ish buttons on the keyboard was meant to reference the difference between the G1's keyboard layout and the Touch Pro2's keyboard layout. The main thing is probably a menu button (that doesn't look like a windows button) and a search button (magnifying glass). Though, I'd also like to see it retain the Tough Pro2's ctrl button, and add an escape button. But that's just me.

(and my reference to android buttons on the face of the phone is that android buttons seem to have 5 buttons (menu, home, back, call, hangup/power), one of which seems to set them apart from none-android phones (menu))

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Apr 12th 2009 6:59PM]

Are you here for the fiesta?

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