The new WP7 comes with sweet perk: a free copy of Halo or other Xbox fav game
The HTC Trophy, Verizon’s first Windows Phone 7, will be available online on May 26, and in Verizon stores on June 2 for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
HTC Trophy customers will need to subscribe to both a Verizon nationwide talk plan and a smartphone data package. The talk plans begin at $39.99 and an unlimited smartphone data package is $29.99 for monthly access, so we’re talking a minimum of $70/month for the new phone.
Not surprisingly, the new phone is much like the other HTC WP7 smartphones available on other networks. Here are the specs.
- 1 GHz Snapdragon® processor
- WVGA 3.8-inch touchscreen
- Surround sound through SRS WOW HD™
- 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
- 720p HD video capture
- 16 GB on-board storage
- Wi-Fi connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n
- Global ready – allowing customers to enjoy wireless voice and data service in more than 200 countries, with more than 125 with 3G speeds
- HTC Hub-customization through downloadable applications that offer even more entertainment and productivity
- View and edit Microsoft Office® documents, including Excel®, Word® and PowerPoint® with the Office Hub and data access on SharePoint® servers
Here’s how the phone stacks up against other HTC models.
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We’ll note, too that the $50 Samsung Focus (AT&T), the $50 LG Quantum (AT&T) and the $100 Dell Venue Pro (T-Mobile) also sport 1 Ghz Snapdragon possessors, 3.5 – 4.1-inch touchscreens and 5MP/720p camcorders. However, the Focus has only 8G onboard memory, compared to double with the pricier HTC models. That’s important, since WP7 phones by design don’t support microSD card expansion. (Though apparently if you wish to violate the warranty, you can hack open the phone and upgrade the card yourself).
My personal phone is an Android HTC Evo Shift but I’ve demoed the Sprint HTC Arrive and I really liked the WP7 interface. It is especially awesome if you want to use your smartphone to view Office documents as attachments via e-mail. You can do this with other devices, as well, but WP7 makes it especially easy.
On the other hand, Microsoft is still playing catch up with updates and features, such as cut and paste. (Copy and paste is now supported with the WP7 NoDo update, but not cut and paste).
The WP7 Mango update release is expected in the fall. While there’s no official word yet on how many of these housekeeping features Microsoft will address, most that have seen Mango like it. It features the ability to save and share Office documents through Office 365 and Windows Live SkyDrive (which in NoDo is limited to just OneNote documents), better e-mail search capabilities, integration with Lync (for enterprises that use that) … and who knows what nifty things might be added once Microsoft officially takes possession of Skype.
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