Mystery HTC Windows Phone 7 device: in the wild and lacking any Sense

A candybar slate from HTC with a 3.7-inch SLCD and 1GHz Snapdragon processor -- sounds about right for the Desire, but this little puppy is actually running Windows Phone 7 (presumably a developer build, given the apps catalog). According to our tipster, the three buttons under the screen are touch-sensitive à la Nexus One, the camera boasts 8 megapixels of memory retention, and the "hardware is ready." What you're not seeing, however, is any sign of skinning -- no Sense on this one, we're afraid. The company is apparently in talks with two US carriers, including Verizon (we'd presume Sprint given the CDMA connection, but we've no insight here). Are we looking at the rumored VZW-bound HTC Spark from June? Unfortunately we can't confirm anything at this point, so for now, just enjoy the tantalizing snapshots.

Mystery HTC Windows Phone 7 device: in the wild and lacking any Sense

[Thanks, anonymous]

[mocax Posted Jul 26th 2010 1:43AM]

htc needs to work harder.... it's dell lightning for me.....

[noblemetal Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:24AM]

another Crapplastic device from HTC

[appleipad Posted Jul 26th 2010 2:49AM]

Finally some phones coming out without android

[Fdo35 Posted Jul 26th 2010 3:07AM]

I just noticed that this is an old build of WP7.
Look at the Pictures Hub Live Tile and notice that the displayed picture is one that was used in builds up to 6176. The current beta is build 6414.

[Chaset010 Posted Jul 26th 2010 3:24AM]

+1 for puns!! Thought htc wouldn't support windows mobile

[gamemanx Posted Jul 26th 2010 4:25AM]

I hope this is not the HD3, that would make me cry :D

[xdeiri Posted Jul 26th 2010 5:10AM]

yah it will have max of 512 MB, useless ROM size.

[darkore Posted Jul 26th 2010 5:57AM]

Hi, the 80s called. They want their user interface back.

[Viper Matrix Wireless Posted Jul 26th 2010 10:07AM]

If the build is older most likely its the mondarian or whatever its called.

[jek Posted Jul 26th 2010 11:31AM]

I don't understand the touch sensitive buttons on the bottom. Why not just put those on the screen itself and make the screen bigger. They could even change for different situations. They seem to be easy to hit by accident on other phones.

[MrLife Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:50PM]

Good. Now I will maybe buy one of their Windows phones.

[esp Posted Jul 26th 2010 12:54PM]

According to some other reviewers there are 3 Windows Phone 7 mobile test models in the wild. The Samsung one we have seen in Engadget and Paul Thurrott sites etc. This is likely a HTC test model doing the rounds and may have little bearing on what might be available at launch. Sounds like a Desire/Incredible level device which lines up pretty much around the minimum specifications that Microsoft are putting on the hardware for WP7.