HTC Snap on sale in UK

If a QWERTY candybar running Windows 6.1 and HTC’s Inner circle technology is your thing then you can get the new Snap from HTC today from Devicewire.

No fanfare, no launch party, just a trickling of handsets to a set of preferred suppliers. This seems to be the way HTC does business and so we need to keep our ears to ground so we don’t miss these secret releases.

At £289 for a basic messaging device it certainly isn’t cheap. However we’re sure there’s a niche out there for just this kind of thing.

HTC Snap Specs

Processor
Qualcomm® MSM 7225™, 528 MHz

Operating System
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional

Memory
ROM: 256 MB
RAM: 192 MB

Dimensions
116.5 X 61.5 X 12.0 mm ( 4.59 X 2.42 X 0.47 inches)

Weight
120 grams (4.23 ounces) with battery

Display
2.4-inch TFT-LCD with LED back light and QVGA resolution

Network
HSDPA/WCDMA:

• Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
• Up to 7.2 Mbps down-link speed

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

• Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)

Device Control
Trackball with Enter button

Keyboard
4-row QWERTY keyboard

GPS
Internal GPS antenna

Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)

Camera
2.0 megapixel color camera with fixed focus

Audio supported formats
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, AWB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI

Video supported formats
WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI

Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time:

• Up to 300 minutes for WCDMA
• Up to 510 minutes for GSM

Standby time:

• Up to 480 hours for WCDMA
• Up to 380 hours for GSM

Expansion Slot
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

AC Adapter
Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A