Rumors of the HTC Leo - a clamshell phone

Posted on Saturday, Jul 18, 2009 by Phil Nickinson
 
Filed Under: News; Tags: htc, leo, Omni, clamshell, snapdragon

HTC Omni (not released)

When we first heard about the HTC Manila 2.5 build a month or so ago, another whisper in our ear was about an HTC device called the Leo. We hadn't said much because, frankly, we didn't know what the heck it was.

Now comes some more possible deets on the Leo courtesy of wmpoweruser. It may well be a clamshell device (talk about old-school) with a 16:9 aspect ration WVGA screen — and an external QVGA screen. Under the hood is rumored to be a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Open GL 2.0 for graphics.

And speaking of old school and as wmpu notes, this might be the long-awaited HTC Omni, seen above, finally coming to fruition a good two years after it was first rumored. Time will tell.

 
 

Comments

Sounds interesting enough...

Hmm, interesting. The form factor reminds me slightly of the N-series internet tablets from Nokia (N800, N810). If it has WinMo or Android, I'll be stoked.

The clamshell wrox!

An updated competitor for the long in the tooth E90 and the abysmal Toshiba things?

Put a real capacitive touch QVGA on the face for simple, quick main functionality or even better, one big honkin screen that folds back 180 with deactivated keys in touch mode....
That would be a nice twist.

I can't wait to see some killer clam shell phone releases from HTC. snapdragon, too? Color me elated.

HTC Touch Pro2

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