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I too am surprised by the tri-band decision. Even if it's not yet offered for sale via a US carrier, there is still a market in the US for the latest and greatest phones, isn't there? I wonder if the carriers are flexing their muscle here and forcing HTC to release a Euro only model until the time the US carriers get done with their "certification".
I'm also a little curious about the 192 Mb of RAM. I have a couple of devices with 128 MB today and don't every see need for more than that. It seems to me the processor bogs down when you get a lot loaded into RAM anyway (Or maybe the RAM is just slow?). HTC must have some sort of battery voodoo working, because the additional RAM just adds to the amount of power required.
I'm a little dubious about the viability of their new interface as well. In the past their TouchFlo and Today Plugins haven't talked nicely with third party PIM replacements such as Pocket Informant or Agenda One, which means they have very limited use for me.
I'd like to be more excited by the announcement, but I really don't see much ground-breaking here. The VGA screen is a nice upgrade, but I still wonder how much real world benefit we'll see on a 2.8" screen. The additional memory is nice, but still not as much as we find in some Nokia or Apple phones. The overall usefulness of the add-on interface is somewhat in question, since eventually you'll need to use a non-HTC application. I fear HTC has fallen into the trap of worrying about selling "features" (3D interface, lots of memory, etc) while forgetting that it's benefits (ease of use, convenience) that will win the minds of the general public.
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