Windows Phone Thoughts: HTC Acknowledges the USA in 2006 Lineup

"At CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, HTC today revealed a new DVB-H TV phone for the U.S., and outlined other parts of its 2006 lineup for the U.S. The DVB-H phone is a quad-band GSM/EDGE Windows Mobile Smartphone like the T-Mobile SDA, but with a landscape QVGA display. The phone is designed specifically to work with the new DVB-H network being launched by Modeo later this year. An HTC executive also sat down with Phone Scoop and outlined plans for additional phones. The company plans to bring its "Star Trek" ultra-thin clamshell Smartphone to the U.S. in mid-2006, and its Hermes PDA phone to the U.S. in Q4. The Hermes is a 3G update to the Wizard device currently sold as the Cingular 8125 and T-Mobile MDA. The U.S. version of the Hermes will sport tri-band WCDMA (850/1900/2100) with HSDPA."



Leave it up to PhoneScoop to bring our community some good news like this. It looks like HTC is actually aware of the demand of good Windows Mobile phones in the United States and will grace us with US-friendly versions of their most anticipated devices after all. With Cingular's continued rollout of 3G to major cities (New York Metro is the latest offering), it looks like these HTC phones will arrive just in time, and probably offered by the US carriers with subsidized prices. Personally, I got weary of spending as much as $800 for a Pocket PC Phone. Don't ask if I regret making the switch to Verizon with my XV6700 - but check with me again in several months when the Hermes and US 3G comes busting through. ;)