New Windows Phones Form Factors

Almost a week after Microsoft announced specs requirements for new Windows Phone devices (NFC functionality and full microSD support, camera button, multi-core processor), new form factors are published. Details are slowly trickling down, so we will have to sit down and compile it all, but at this point we can say Microsoft really tries to [...]

HTC LEO – Is it a MID?

Over at our sister website, WindowsPhoneMix.com, we have published some tasty pictures of upcoming HTC’s flagship model, HTC LEO. Immediately after taking a quick glance at its specs, it was pretty clear that this phone is big. But, is it big as a MID? It is still very much pocketable and slim just like iPhone (which is also a powerful MID, which, unfortunately, cannot multi-task).

The HTC LEO is rumored to be the first Windows Mobile device to sport a capacitive display just like iPhone. However, HTC LEO has much higher screen resolution than iPhone: WVGA (800×480), which will allow you to see much more information at a particular time. Oh and the display size is 4.3-inches!

Windows Phones video

At MWC 2009, Microsoft changed the name of Windows Mobile to just Windows phones. Here is the video depicting the new sliding panel interface.