HTC Smart is, ironically, company's first dumbphone

Remember that Touch.B that leaked a few weeks ago? Well, it's real now -- and amazingly, it turns out that the rumored non-smartphone status is totally confirmed. This would be the first time HTC has released a device that doesn't run a true smartphone operating system in the traditional sense of the word, instead going with Qualcomm's Brew Mobile Platform -- the very same setup AT&T's standardizing on for its dumbphone range starting later this year. It's got 256MB of RAM and ROM, a 3 megapixel cam, Euro-friendly 3G plus quadband EDGE, and the now-familiar Sense UI that the Smart shares with its WinMo- and Android-powered siblings. Look for this puppy to launch across Europe and Asia this Spring -- likely at a very, very competitive price point, if we had to guess.

[nickyP Posted Jan 7th 2010 1:21PM]

I think the quiet brilliance of Google making an open source phone OS is that eventually all phones will be powerful enough to run it. So essentially almost any phone without crazy DRM will be able to have Android installed. That might prove the difference...

[The Missing Link Posted Jan 7th 2010 6:20PM]

Why even fucking bother, HTC?

This is the last thing they should spend time developing.

[The Missing Link Posted Jan 7th 2010 6:22PM]

Why even fucking bother, HTC? This is the last thing you should spend time and money developing.

[peterlikesmilk Posted Jan 8th 2010 1:49AM]

i suggest... that since this phone is so WEIRD as it's from Qualcomm and HTC, why don't we have a try--see whether Windows Mobile or Android could run on it??

I really think it is a great idea...

[dank414 Posted Jan 8th 2010 9:09PM]

Didn't you guys get why they called it Greenland?

[Pies Posted Jan 12th 2010 4:38PM]

I want one, especially if it's free with contract. I love simple phones.