Sprint announced the first CDMA Windows Phone 7 smartphone today, the HTC Arrive with a landscape QWERTY keyboard and tilt up touchscreen.
The HTC Arrive is the U.S. version of the HTC 7 Pro with a Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon Processor, 3.6-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, 5MP camera, 16GB internal 25GB of storage in the cloud (at no additional charge
using a Windows Live ID), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sprint TV, and SRS WOW HD surround sound.
The HTC Arrive will come with the newest version of Windows Phone 7 that includes copy/paste. It also features corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync), personal (POP & IMAP) email and text messaging.
The camera button will snap photos fast, even if the phone is
locked. It comes preloaded with Netflix for viewing movies and TV.
People Hub consolidates social media, personal and business contacts.
HTC Arrive will arrive March 20, for $199.99 with a new
two-year service agreement or eligible upgrade and after a $100 mail-in
rebate. All Windows Phone 7 smartphones have the same features and minimum processor requirements.
Windows Phone 7 has an entirely revamped operating system that
uses Live Tiles, Hubs and the App Bar. The objective of the design was
to simplify things that are very complicated.
Windows Phone 7
integrates products and services from Microsoft into the phone
through Office, Zune and Xbox Live. There are hubs for photo, people,
office and marketplace (read review).