Sprint HTC Arrive WP7 - the 2/24/11 Announcement!

[anyonenow]

LINK IS HERE - THE OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE FROM SPRINT

Available March 20th for $199.99 on a two-year contract after $100 mail-in rebate.

Pre-Orders Available--Looks like in-store as well.

The HTC Arrive™ smartphone is the first device from Sprint based on Windows Phone 7. It offers an innovative design with a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and tilt-up display and provides an incredible experience leveraging well-known Microsoft services, like Microsoft Mobile Office, Zune and Xbox LIVE. Windows Phone 7 features Hubs for quick and easy access to the user’s most valuable content, including People, Pictures, Games, Music & Video, Office and Marketplace. Additionally, the Start screen is customizable with Live Tiles that come to life with real-time updates. Depending on the app, the Live Tiles might show pending messages and appointments, news and weather, or game and friend status – all continuously refreshed by the Web.

.PRODUCTIVITY

• Windows Phone 7 with a unique Start screen and Live Tiles allowing quick viewing of everything from pending messages and upcoming appointments to game notifications
• Integrates with many popular Microsoft consumer services, such as Xbox LIVE, Windows Live, Bing™ and Zune
• Full HTML Web browser with Bing Search
• Office Hub gives you read/edit access to popular Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), plus Sharepoint for collaboration on the go and OneNote
• Corporate email (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®), personal (POP & IMAP) email and text messaging
• Windows Phone Marketplace offers a single view to showcase apps, games, music and premium
  Xbox LIVE games
• Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g/n)

ENTERTAINMENT
· 5MP camera with flash, autofocus and digital zoom and 720p HD camcorder
· SRS WOW HD surround sound
· Media player with 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
· Sprint Zone™ one-stop wireless account access, phone tips, news and more
· Sprint TV and Movies® and NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
· Stereo Bluetooth® 2.1 (+ EDR)
· Voice and text prompts in both English and Spanish

SPECIFICATIONS
· Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
· Dimensions 4.63 inches (117.6 mm) x 2.32 inches (58.9 mm) x 0.61 inches (15.5 mm)
· Weight: 6.5 ounces (184.27 grams)
· Main Display: 3.6-inch (91.4 mm), 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen with multitouch
· Internal Memory: 16GB
· Battery: Standard 1500 mAh Lithium-ion
· Talk Time: up to 6 hours

[quick99si]

I get more excited by email spam than by these Sprint announcements.

[lpi408]

I couldn't agree more..... As a long time sprint customer I am seriously thinking of changing carriers. I am both jealous and frustrated by seeing all the new phones the other carriers are offering. And what make it even more frustrating is when you see sprint announce 2 lame a$$ phones in a row.... come on sprint pull your head out and start listening to your customers, give us the phones that are comparable to what the other carriers are offering !!!

[austin420]

color me dissapointed as well. i think its just because weve all known it was coming for what, 8 months now? last years specs just dont look good anymore. i would love to hold out for the second sprint wp7 offering, but dont know if i can make it that long. i may be vzw or tmo bound very soon.