We’ve seen leaks of the HTC Legend and Desire (formerly known as Bravo) previously, but what look like the official pics and specs for those and the Touch HD Mini have appeared a day ahead of HTC’s MWC press conference. The Desire, pictured above, will reportedly pack a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen and will run Android 2.1 with HTC Sense. The Legend looks to have a 3.1″ HVGA screen, a 5 megapixel camera, and a 600 MHz CPU, while the HD Mini is a WinMo 6.5 handset with a 3.2″ HVGA screen, 5 megapixel camera, and HTC TouchFlo 3D. Full specs, from the Android forum at MoDaCo : HTC Desire (Bravo) * CPU Speed - 1 GHz * Platform - Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC SenseTM * Memory - ROM: 512 MB, RAM: 576 MB * Dimensions - (LxWxT) 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm (4.7 x 2.36 x 0.47 inches) * Weight - 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery * Display - 3.7-inch AMOLED touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution * Network - HSPA/WCDMA: o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz o Upload speed of up to 2 Mbps and download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps * Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: o 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.) * Onscreen navigation - Optical Trackball * GPS - Internal GPS antenna * Sensors - o Proximity sensor o Ambient light sensor o G-Sensor o Digital compass * Connectivity - Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, and PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit * Wi-Fi® - IEEE 802.11 b/g * 3.5 mm stereo audio jack * Standard Micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0) * Camera - 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flashlight * Audio supported formats o Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma, o Recording: .amr * Video supported formats o Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv o · Recording: .3gp * Battery - Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery * Capacity - 1400 mAh * Talk time: o Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA o Up to 400 minutes for GSM * Standby time: o Up to 360 hours for WCDMA o Up to 340 hours for GSM * Expansion Slot - microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) * AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency - 100 ~ 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz * DC output - 5 V and 1 A * Special Feature - Friend Stream HTC Legend * CPU speed - 600 MHz * Platform - Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense * Memory ROM - 512 MB, RAM: 384 MB * Dimensions - (LxWxT) 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm (4.41 x 2.22 x 0.45 inches) * Weight - 126 grams (4.44 ounces) with battery * Display - 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-sensitive screen with 320 X 480 HVGA resolution * Network - HSPA/WCDMA: o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz o Upload speed of up to 2 Mbps and download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps * Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: o 850/900/1800/1900 MHz * Onscreen navigation - Optical trackball * GPS - Internal GPS antenna * Sensors - o G-Sensor o Digital compass o Proximity sensor o Ambient light sensor * Connectivity - Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, and PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit * Wi-Fi® - IEEE 802.11 b/g * 3.5 mm stereo audio jack * Standard Micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0) * Camera - 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash * Audio supported formats - o Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma o Recording: .amr * Video supported formats - o Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv o Recording: .3gp * Battery - Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery * Capacity - 1300 mAh * Talk time - o Up to 440 minutes for WCDMA o Up to 490 minutes for GSM * Standby time - o Up to 560 hours for WCDMA o Up to 440 hours for GSM * Expansion slot - microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) * AC adapter - Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz * DC output - 5V and 1A * Special feature - Friend Stream HTC Touch HD Mini (Full specs unavailable).

The WSJ has confirmed that Mic will introduce their newest mobile phone OS on Monday at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. WinMo 6.5 is dead; long live Windows Phone 7 . The announcement will almost certainly come during Steve Ballmer’s Windows Phone press conference , scheduled for 3pm local time. According to the WSJ, Windows Phone 7 will have an entirely new user interface that closely resembles that of Zune.

Google’s Nexus One has been interpreted by some press as a title inspired by the Nexus series of androids in the Blade Runner movie. Creator Philip K. Dick’s daughter, Isa, says, “We were never consulted, no requests were made, and we didn’t grant any sort of permissions.” She is consulting her legal counsel over the matter. [ NYT ]

Google’s Nexus One has been interpreted by some press as a title inspired by the Nexus series of androids in the Blade Runner movie. Creator Philip K. Dick’s daughter, Isa, says, “We were never consulted, no requests were made, and we didn’t grant any sort of permissions.” She is consulting her legal counsel over the matter. [ NYT ]

The boys at BGR got a hold of a mysterious Motorola phone called the Opus One this morning. Details are sparse, but the source (described as “new”) says the phone is the company’s first Android iDEN handset. Images are about all that’s offered up here. No specs, no dates, no explanation. Just pics and some well-groomed fingernails: We’ll keep an eye out for more

Look’s like the Wireless Power Consortium can add another one of the big boys onto its list of powerful allies. Research in Motion’s come on board as a member of the organization, which now includes 21 manufacturers. The Wireless Power Consortium’s noble quest, you’ll remember, is to develop a wireless charging standard, which it calls the Qi . The group also announced simultaneously that it’s successfully finished the second round of prototype testing. RIM’s support is adds further hope to the pursuit of said standard, after Nokia joined the cause in October.

Mike Arrington’s following up yesterday’s rumor of the Google Phone with an interesting angle: That it may be VOIP and data only, having no traditional voice plan. Sounds like the telcos worst nightmare. But Mike notes that AT&T is already ok with setting up Windows and Blackberry phones with data only plans (but not iPhones) and that a data/voip-only phone is what Google proposed to the FCC when bidding on wireless spectrum back in the day. The initial post that there would be a Google phone—an in-house, top-to-bottom Google developed handset running android—was met with skepticism by the press. Most people quoted previous statements from Google’s Andy Rubin stating that they would not “compete with their own customers” by releasing a handset of their own.

Michael Jackson may never take the stage again, but that doesn’t mean you can’t commemorate him in your pocket, right? This special, “limited edition” mobile phone appears to have been dipped in gold and diamonds , and, if we’re not mistaken… it’s basically a Vertu KIRF that’s dressed like a headless MJ? We’re pretty light on specs and pricing information here, but rest assured that unless you live in China, you’ll probably never be able to get your be-gloved hand on one of these. Nothing like cashing in on the dead . [Via Shanzhai ] Filed under: Cellphones Blinged out Michael Jackson phone is fashionably late originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:25:00 EST

It’s looking like LG will be offering an Android phone boasting Qualcomm’s hot Snapdragon chip — which has recently squeezed its way into handsets such as the Xperia X10 and Acer’s Liquid . The new LG mobile phone is expected for the Korean market in the second quarter of 2010. While the device is still unnamed and specs are still a mystery, LG is promising that the device will be “more mature” than the GW620 Eve , an Android device announced earlier this week for Rogers in Canada. There’s no solid word on what availability of the device will be like, though LG says its considering possibilities outside of Korea. [Via Slashgear ] Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds LG to announce Snapdragon-boasting Android phone, Korea-bound in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

RIM’s successor to the original Bold — the BlackBerry Bold 9700 — has finally landed on our doorsteps. The 9000 is in many ways a hard act to follow. Hardware-wise, it lived up to its name, going where most phones never went with its retro, leathery, nearly clunky looks in an age of rounded edges and shiny curves. Don’t get us wrong — we loved the 9000’s aesthetics obsessively — which is why we couldn’t wait to get our hands on its newborn child. A few questions we had in mind: would the 9700 live up to its predecessor’s notoriously uncompromising fashion sense? Would the new Bold feel as good to hold and use in the hand as its loving parent ?