Finally, a sexy Windows Mobile phone: HTC Leo

I used to be a Windows Mobile guy. Now, looking at most of the offerings I find most of them lacking. That is, until I spied the HTC Leo. This phone, while on the large side, is super thin and the best looking WinMo smartphone I’ve ever seen. A monster 800 x 480 display will make media, spreadsheets, and docs almost enjoyable while on the go. The preliminary specs say this has a capacitive screen.

The UI in the spy shots suggest HTC has not strayed too far from their previous skin on Windows Mobile phones. I’ve found this to work pretty well for casual users, but power users will come face to face with the ugly underpinnings of the base OS. It’s good, but to a point. Other shots confirm HTC will rely on the honycomb-like icon display that is part of 6.5.

The screen looks to be glass and the unit has a host of hard buttons below the screen. Those buttons are still needed to tame Windows Mobile. No word on a stylus yet. The big screen and capacitive touch interface should make for some fun. I am still very skeptical that this will be any improvement over Windows 6.1 but we’ll see. Hopefully, HTC will change it up a bit more.

Read [WM Power User]