HTC has launched three new phones at MWC including the aluminum clad HTC Legend which we featured last week. As expected, the Legend comes with 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, optical trackpad, and runs on a 600MHz processor. It’ll ship with Android 2.1 as its OS complemented by Sense, and will hit European markets next month with Asia to follow in the second quarter.
The one in the middle of the trio is the HTC HD Mini. It specs are almost identical with the Legend albeit lacking an optical trackpad, sporting a smaller 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display and running on Windows Mobile 6.5. This one should be available in Asia and Europe in the second quarter as well.
Last, but certainly not the least, we have the HTC Desire to the far left. It’s basically the Nexus One in different clothing with an optical trackpad in lieu of the trackball. It still runs on Android 2.1 and now comes with the company’s popular Sense skin. This one is also confirmed for Asia and Europe in Q2.
Pricing wasn’t made known, but they did announce that the Sense loaded on these new phones has been improved with a new app called Friend Stream, a social media aggregate, and Leap, a feature that’ll allow you to view all your homescreens at once, apart from the usual aesthetic enhancements. For those wondering if this is one and the same as the new Sense UI leaked late last year, we’re glad to tell you that it’s not.
Here’s a video courtesy of Engadget showcasing the HTC Legend and the enhanced Sense UI running on it:
An appropriate update is confirmed for Europe and Asia later this year. Nothing specific yet has been announced for the North American market, but there’s no reason why they shouldn’t release one in the region. It’s all just a question of when they’ll do it.
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