LG Optimus 7 aka E900 shows itself again

LG Optimus 7 aka E900, a highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 handset, is due out in the mid October, but has already got its preview by our fellow Korean colleagues. In addition to what we already knew about the Optimus 7, their hands-on experience has added speech-to-text recognition. We hope that they were testing it in English, of course, or at least English will be supported by the Optimus 7 in English-speaking countries were it will come out. Another new feature is ability to shoot panoramic images by adding a couple of ordinary picture together, well, again, new to LG Optimus 7 of course. Follow the link for a splash of specs.

LG Optimus 7 aka E900 specifications:

Processor: 1GHz
Display: 800 × 480
Camera: 5MP
Memory: 16GB
Battery: 150mAh
Price: $650 (estimated)

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HTC Shift runs Mac OS X 10.5.6, iPad doesn’t

Do you remember the HTC Shift? It has been with us since mid 2007, back in its days it was called names we barely ever come across today: an ultra mobile computer, a pocket PC and indeed a turning point in mobile device industry. Now though, rather unexpectedly, it has been given a new live. Well, it would have been given one if the hardware wasn’t so hopelessly outdated, but the news is that guys from xda developershave managed to get Mac OS X 10.5.6 up and running on HTC Shift. So can you with the help of their blog, an applicable OS build and an external hard drive or a flash. The thing that staggers me is how much technology of today is tighten up to money rather than progress. Anyway, question that is on minds of masses today is whether Apple themselves will ever ship their tablet running their desktop operating system or not. Given HTC Shift running Mac OS X I’d say they would if they will ever want to.

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HTC 7 Trophy aka Sparks leaks its specs

HTC 7 Trophy aka Sparks being initially a smartphone designed for European 3G network has been interesting for folks in the US only as a platform for the American analogue. Now when we have Trophy’s specifications leaked we can start thinking of how its analogue will kick off in the States. By looking at the specs, by the way, HTC 7 Trophy doesn’t look too much like a show-stopper. We will be honest about it: we are looking forward to have the Trophy around chiefly because of Windows Phone 7 onboard. But average smartphone-side specs can give the Trophy a very compatible price hence a decent bite of the market. Check out the specs after the jump.

HTC 7 Trophy aka Sparks specifications:

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD 8250 @ 1GHz
ROM: 512MB
RAM: 576MB
Memory: 8GB microSD
Display: 3.8-inch LCD 480 × 800 multi-touch capacitive touchscreen
Camera: 5 megapixel w/ LED flash and autofocus
Network: HSPA/UMTC 900/2100MHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
OS: Windows Phone 7

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