HTC Has Revealed The "Radar": The First Windows Mobile 7.5 India

Having found a cheap Android smartphone last month, HTC has added another phone to its growing range of smartphones. Although this time she has left the Android operating system to the latest version of Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. The new mobile phone code named "HTC Radar" will be the first phone in India to run on the new mobile OS from Microsoft.

HTC Radar is a 3.8 inch S-LCD capacitive touch screen (480 × 800 pixels) and runs on Windows Phone OS 7.5 Mango. The new operating system has a lot of new features that we had written previously.

And 'powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon chipset MSM8255 Scorpion processor and has 512MB of RAM. Built-in storage device is 8GB, only 6.54GB is user accessible (although users will have 25 GB of cloud-based storage with Microsoft Sky Drive) ..

The handset has a 5 megapixel camera on the back (with F2.2 lens) sensor with LED flash and BSI (to better capture low light) that can record HD video at 720p. A front facing VGA camera is also provided on the device.

The mobile phone is designed from a single piece of metal and size of the unit is 120.5mm x 10.9mm x 61.5 mm and its weight is 137 grams. The unit has a battery 1520 mAh, which, according to the company will provide up to 10 hours talk time and 480 hours standby. The unit has an integrated GPS antenna, HTC locations and Bing Maps

Additionally, the device comes with a microUSB port and a stereo FM radio. For connectivity, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G. The unit should be somewhere around Rs 24.000 price considering the specifications offered. Although this is the HTC phone for the first time in India with Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), could do a better job specifications.

HTC radar competitors in the Indian market include Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Torch BlackBerry 9860 and Samsung I9103 Galaxy R.

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Nokia X7 Smartphone

Three Mobile is the first mobile phone operator in the UK to launch the Nokia X7 smartphone, the second handset to come with the Symbian Anna OS, and as expected, the phone is not exactly cheap.

For £35 per month, the same as the Samsung Galaxy S2, users can enroll on The One Plan tariff with 2000 minutes, 5000 texts, 5000 3-to-3 minutes and all you can eat data on a two year contract.

Users can also choose to get the X7 on Pay as you go for £380 compared to £500 for the Samsung Galaxy S2 and £360 for the HTC Desire S. The handset comes with a 4-inch OLED display with a 640x360 pixel resolution (and Gorilla glass), 256MB RAM, 1GB ROM (and an 8GB microSD card).

Other features include Wi-Fi, microUSB, USB on-the-go support, a rear eight megapixel camera with dual LED and HD video recording option, a Broadcom BCM7227 ARM11 SoC clocked at 680MHz, AGPS, a 1200mAh Li-Ion battery and free Navigation with voice guidance.

Although the X7 is stunning, it is simply too expensive for it to be a roaring success given its entry level hardware; the Apple iPhone 4 for example, costs only an additional £69 upfront while the Nokia N8, the Xperia Play and the Xperia Arc can be had for the same monthly outlay.