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O2 scores exclusive on HTC Smart

Carrying HTC's very first feature phone exclusively: a blessing or a curse? O2's about to find out the answer to that question as it's hooked up with HTC to be the one and only carrier to offer the Smart in Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Though it's not running Android or WinMo, the Smart's not your average crappy, free-on-contract kind of handset -- it offers its own implementation of Sense, email access, and a browser, just like its bigger brothers, and it runs on Qualcomm's newly-introduced BrewMP platform. Look for it to hit in April, while TIM will grab it in Italy, Netcom in Norway, and the rest of Europe through direct sales.