HTC unveiled five HTC 7 series WP7 smartphones, Surround, Mozart, Trophy, Pro and HD7, with the HD7 featuring a 4.3-inch screen and Mozart an 8-megapixel camera.

The five models have been adopted by more than 20 telecom carriers globally including AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefonica, O2, Vodafone, Orange as well as carriers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan, HTC indicated.

CEO Peter Chou said that engineers from Microsoft visited HTC about a year and half to two years ago to present WP7's design concepts, and he immediately believed the OS is the right product, and both parties have worked closely during development.

Though WP7 is not an open platform, it should not effect the operating system's competitiveness since consumers do not care whether a phone is based on open or closed platforms; the key is product positioning and marketing strategy, said Chou.

By: DocMemory
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