HTC leaks suggest big, small, buttonless, and Brew MP-based phones are on the way

All things considered, HTC doesn’t do the best job of protecting its roadmap; indeed, the slides that leaked a little over a year ago ended up doing a fabulous job of showing us what was in the pipe for 2010, so we wouldn’t doubt the massive spread that PocketNow published today. Starting at the top, we’ve got a device that looks like a trackpad-less evolution of the original Desire (pictured above), another that looks like an Aria -sized Nexus One in black (complete with old-school trackball), and an additional version of a buttonless phone that’s got generic HTC branding in place of the Verizon logo in a picture unearthed by Phandroid a few days ago (pictured after the break). That’s not all, though: there also seems to be a lower-end Android device with physical Send / End buttons and an optical trackpad underneath a smallish display accompanied by the usual four capacitive buttons. A device with a China Telecom logo on it is also in the mix, looking like a big-screened model that’ll probably be ready to do battle with that 1.2GHz Droid X by a different name that just launched over there. Finally, there’s a small, entry-level model that might succeed the Smart as HTC’s Brew MP -powered flagbearer, though Android is obviously the thrust here. Specs and names are still a mystery across the board at this point, but as PocketNow says, we wouldn’t be surprised to get details at MWC next month. Continue reading HTC leaks suggest big, small, buttonless, and Brew MP-based phones are on the way HTC leaks suggest big, small, buttonless, and Brew MP-based phones are on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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