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The confusion around the Windows Phone 7 and possible upgrades from previous versions is still there in Microsoft. Last week, Microsoft UK declared that an upgrade could be considered by Microsoft’s hardware partners. But today, Natasha Kwan, General Manager of Microsoft Mobile Communications Business for the Asian market has declared that due to specific requirements for the Windows Phone 7 Series, the current models on the market cannot access the upgrade.

In this declaration, it’s included the HTC HD2, which seems not to have all the minimum requirements. The Windows Mobile 6.5 will be able to receive an update to the Windows Mobile 6.5.3, and after the upgrade, the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 will officially become the Windows Phone Classic.

Many pictures of the HTC Legend have been seen, and it’s rumored to be presented officially during the Mobile World Congress. The latest image comes from the Dutch mobile carrier KPN, showing how the new smartphone looks similar to the HTC Hero, but featuring an aluminum body. According to the announcement, the phone will be available with them from March on. On the KPN ad there are also some new specifications for the Legend: a 600 Mhz processor, an optical trackpad and a 3.2″ touchscreen AMOLED display.

The other specifications present there were already known: 5.0 Megapixel photocamera with LED Flash, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Android 2.1 (Eclair) with HTC Sense.

Another image for the HTC Bravo smartphone: it’s a hands-on image, that shows the user interface for the new HTC device. The HTC Bravo seems to be very similar to the Google Nexus One, even though it has more keys and an optical trackpad instead of the trackball.

The HTC Bravo also features a 3.7″ AMOLED WVGA multi-touch screen, 3G Connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, 512 MB RAM, 5 Megapixel photocamera with HD video recording, Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz processor and the Android 2.1 OS.

Thanks to MobilityToday we can see the new HTC Imagio phone, one of the brand new smartphones featuring Windows Mobile 6.5. Some of the features on the device include the TV mobile live, a 5 Megapixel photocamera with autofocus, possibility of making VGA videos and a 3.6″ WVGA display.

Also present are the Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack, integration with Facebook and a memory card slot.

No summer vacations for HTC, it seems, as the company is already working on their next smartphone models. Among them, there’s Leo, a touchscreen cellphone, and we’ve found out some of its technical specifications. It measures 121 x 67 x 11mm, with a 4.3″ display with the resolution of 480×800 pixels. The photocamera has the resolution of 5 Megapixels with double LED flash.

The connectivity is done through the HSDPA protocol, and the internal 512MB memory can be expanded with microSD cards. The smartphone will feature Windows Mobile 6.5 and have a Qualcomm MSM 8250 Snapdragon processor with 1GHz and 320 MB of RAM. Also present the WiFi, GPS and accelerometer. Of course, price and availability are yet to be determined.

The HTC Hero should be the third smartphone from HTC featuring Android, and we have talked about it a few posts ago. But now it seems, according to the Amazon pre-order, that the device should be launched soon. The famous website has it listed for pre-order at the price of £429, and with a date fixed to July 15th.

The price seems a little high, doesn’t it? But we’ll have to wait and see.

Through a dedicated event, HTC has officially launched the successor of the G1. The HTC Hero has the Android 1.5 OS, and it seems good enough to rival the main smartphones with Android on the market. It features a rather original design, wit a 3.2″ touchscreen display with the resolution of 320×480 pixels. The photocamera has the resolution of 5 Megapixels with autofocus, but it lacks flash.

The connectivity is done through the HSDPA protocol, but it also has Wi-Fi connection. The internal memory is expandable through microSDHC cards, and GPS, accelerometer and 3.5mm for headphones are also present. It will be sold in the UK from next month on, with Orange.

The smartphone market is rising quickly, and that was easy to see with the first market data first released around May. HTC, that back in May was fourth in the list, has announced a sales preview of 20% more than last year.

It was Peter Chou, HTC’s CEO to announce the fact during one of the typical conferences with stock owners. Last year, HTC sold 12 million devices worldwide, and by the end of the year, the Taiwanese company expects to sell 14 million. The reasons for those statistics could be based around Android’s success, installed on the HTC Dream and HTC magic.

It seems that the launch of the Touch Pro II, the new smartphone from HTC featuring Windows MObile, touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard is close by, at least when it comes to the UK market.

Expansys UK has updated their pre-order page for the Touch Pro II with a date: June 12th. We will have to wait for more news from HTC, and it’s worth reminding you all that this smartphone will allow updates on the software when Windows Mobile 6.5 comes.

Another video for the HTC Touch Diamond II, made by Pocketnow, shows a little bit of the software that will come with the new model and its features.

The software on the video is very similar to what will be the final version, and it shows a good fluidity in the many operations, such as menu navigation and Internet browser (Opera). Even though the design didn’t please the fans of the previous model, the Diamond II seems to at least offer a good software optimization, even though it’s not yet the final version.

Enjoy the video!