The latest smartphone from HTC. The new HD2 is a strong competitor for the Apple iPhone and will definatly have huge impact in the smartphone market.

With an 11cm (4.3) touch screen and a 5 megapixel camera, this new handset is the perfect rival for Apples iPhone. The HD2 is manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC and goes on sale from today. The beautiful phone is on sale with Vodafone today!

HTC’s claims their £550 HD2’s glass screen being scratch-resistant. Russian Mobile Tech world site decided to test it for themselves with a knife, keys and scissors, Surprisingly the HTC HD2 comes out completely unscathed. I wouldn’t however advise you try this with your iPhone.

The HTC HD2 is still the best Windows Mobile 6.5 phone. It is simply effortless to use and the browsing experience is to match the Safari experience if not better.

The HTC HD2 gives you a full Smartphone experience from all angles.

The tech specs are HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, a digital compass, accelerometers; proximity sensors (use it as parking sensors? Joke). You also get a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash video and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Finally the responsive 4.3inch high resolution capacitive touchscreen display.

The only downside to this phone is the size. Not something that will get unnoticed in your pocket or purse.

So is it going to beat the iPhone and the Nokia’s N97 in the battle of Smartphone’s? We just have to wait and see.

Specification

• Weight: 157 grams (5.54 ounces) with battery
• Touch screen Resolution:480 X 800 WVGA
• Operating System: Windows Mobile® 6.5 Professional
• CPU: Processing Speed: 1GHz Snapdragon™ processor
• Storage: ROM: 512 MB – RAM: 448 MB – Expansion slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Bluetooth
• Camera:5 megapixel color camera - Auto focus – Dual LED flashlight
• Recommended Windows System Requirements:Windows XP or Windows Vista® – Microsoft® ActiveSync® 4.5 for Windows XP – Microsoft® Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1
  for Windows Vista .
• Multimedia: Windows Media® Player – Albums – Pictures & Videos – FM Radio.