HTC Corporation has launched the first Windows phone with HTC Sense in India — HTC HD2. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, The HD2 uses the 4.3-inch ‘capacitive touch’ display to make viewing, zooming and resizing websites, Microsoft Office files, PDF documents and pictures easier.

Utilising Qualcomm’s new 1Ghz Snapdragon mobile processor, the HTC HD2 offers enhanced performance that improves the speed of applications, videos, games and more, according to the company.

Tata DoCoMo has announced an exclusive offer with this launch. Tata DoCoMo customers who purchase an HTC HD2 phone will get an exclusive offer to browse the Internet and download 500MB of data per month free for a period of six months. It will be also premiering the HTC HD2 exclusively at Tata DoCoMo Dive-In stores to offer first-hand experience to customers.

The HTC HD2 will be available at a market operating price of Rs 39,990 in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, and Rs 36,990 in the other parts of the country.

Source: EFY Times

Solar Powered Waterproof 3G Mobile Phone

The new solar powered mobile phone even has a 8 megapixel camera. The handset has a waterproof body which actually means it can be submersed in water up to 1 metre deep and is resistant to rain etc. No problem dropping this one in the bath !

The new handset ( the SH-08A pictured above ) charges via sunlight as well as normal recharging. A flat battery can be recharged in sunlight within 10 minutes to give 60 seconds of talk time. Good as theres nothing worse than when away from your normal charger and your battery is flat. This solves that problem.

SH-08A Specification details

3G HSDPA Mobile Phone
Height x Width x Thickness 109 x 50 x 17.3 mm (max. 21 mm)
Weight 140 grams
Continuous Stand-by Time (static) 540 hours (3G)
Continuous Talk Time 210 minutes (3G)
Continuous Video Calling Time 110 minutes
Main Display
3.0 inches (480 x 854 dots)
Full wide VGA; NEW MOBILE ASV LCD; 16,777,216 colors
Sub Display 0.8 inch (39 x 96 dots); Organic EL; one color
External Memory Devices
microSD memory card (2 GB)
microSDHC memory card (16 GB)
Cameras
Outer: CCD with face-detection autofocus
Effective resolution: 8.0 megapixels
Recorded resolution: 8.0 megapixels
Inner: CMOS
Effective resolution: 430,000 pixels
Recorded resolution: 410,000 pixels
Colors Forest Green, Sea Blue, Shine White

Source: 3G