Comments on: HTC Firestone image emerges: early rendering or clever Photoshop?

By: sp33d_dialz

sp33d_dialz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:18:25 +0000

I say fake . The minute HTC hears or sees the word 3.5mm they go home running to mama. this is wishfull thinking

By: BrianC

BrianC — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:23:40 +0000

Fake or not, this phone is not much different than Touch HD. I hope HTC will come out with more innovative features, like built-in digital mobile TV DVB-T. TV-OUT is also useful.

By: labrats5

labrats5 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:56 +0000

Fake, obviously. Or at the very least fake specs. They say it is a WVGA screen, but whipping out my ruler I can easily see that it isn’t. WVGA is either 16×9 or 5×3, this one seems to be 3×2, or the iphone’s ratio, making it even more likely to be fake.

By: RM

RM — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:57:30 +0000

Dear HTC,

Please hire the photoshop artist who rendered this and put him on your Android team.

Thanks in advance

By: jpg

jpg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:01:40 +0000

for the record though, the site does okay in terms of credibility.

By: jpg

jpg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:57 +0000

i can read thai (the original language that this is written in) and i can tell you that this is written as more of an ad for an upcoming fake phone than for a pr release. furthermore, why would they release this kind of news in thailand? they wouldn’t is the answer.

By: JustMe

JustMe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:31 +0000

Def a fake.. as Fahad said, all Windows Mobile 6.5 phones are to have a mandantory physical “start” button using the Windows logo.. Not the little home button shown in the picture above.

http://www.connexion.org/rssitem.cfm?id=133856

By: Sonya

Sonya — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:25:32 +0000

Where is the damn Whitestone

By: mobileswitch

mobileswitch — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:33:27 +0000

And WM 6.5 hasn’t looked like that “honeycomb” start menu since some of the earliest leaked builds long ago..

By: sal

sal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:22:52 +0000

yea.. i’d say it’s a faker but i still like the overall design

By: Orga

Orga — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Am I the only one who’s getting tired of seeing phones that don’t have discrete buttons on the front?

As time goes on, figuring out the sweet spot to push so that you get the Home button instead of the dialer will become a pain in the ass.

/bitter
//Touch Pro owner
///knows that of which he speaks

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:58:14 +0000

why would there be an 8 MP with 65K colors?

i know the screen is small so it’s not like millions of colors or the resolution of an 8 MP photo can be appreciated on it, but it still doesn’t make sense.

By: warhed

warhed — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:05:21 +0000

wonder were they get their info… 8mp camera without a FLASH! yeah real nice.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:29 +0000

As soon as a phone’s got a decent mpx camera w/ flash and a 3.5mm headphone jack…my interest gets piqued!

By: Zoid

Zoid — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:03 +0000

Those are Android buttons on the bottom.

By: Zoid

Zoid — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:47:40 +0000

Tose are Android buttons on the bottom.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:59 +0000

will someone please wake me up when BGR stops covering WM devices.. yawn? They’re dead to me…

By: grrr

grrr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:43:15 +0000

agree, i’d say fake. it looks like a diamond1 w/o the dpad and an uglier back. OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE!?!

By: Fahad

Fahad — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:22:31 +0000

fake .. Winmo 6.5 phones are required to have a “Windows logo” button, not the “Home” button shown in this rendering …