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Here comes the Poor Man's Smartphone in India. HTC Smart. HTCand Bharti Airtel today announced an exclusive partnership to launch the HTC Smart in India in collaboration with Qualcomm Incorporated.

The HTC Smart incorporates the latest cutting-edge features and is powered by Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform™ operating system. The stylish device sports a 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution and is equipped with a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack. The HTC Smart also includes a 3.0 megapixel color camera with fixed focus and flashlight.

The HTC Smart is a special phone from HTC as it runs neither on Google's Android OS or Windows Mobile like most other HTC Devices do Instead, it is the first device based on Qualcomm's Brew platform.

The HTC Smart offers easy-to-use widgets, browsing and connectivity at an affordable price. and is equipped with a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack. The HTC Smart also includes a 3.0 megapixel camera. However there is no autofocus.

Some of the HTC Smart's features

• Friendly and compact design with HTC Sense experience
• World’s first commercial 3G smartphone based on Qualcomm’s Brew® Mobile Platform (Brew MP™)
• HTC’s Friendstream integrates Facebook, Twitter and Flickr into one stream of social communication updates
• Airtel customers to get an exclusive offer for data and content with  HTC Smart

Specs:
Processor - 300 MHz
Operating System - Brew Mobile Platform
Memory - ROM: 256 MB
RAM - 256 MB
Weight - 108 grams
Display- 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
Network- HSDPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia - 2100 MHz
Up to 384 kbps up-link and 3.6 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Connectivity - Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Camera - 3.0 megapixel color camera with fixed focus and flashlight
Battery  - Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity - 1100 mAh

Talk time:
Up to 370 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 450 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
Up to 600 hours for WCDMA
Up to 450 hours for GSM
Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

The HTC Smart will be available through Airtel in top 30 cities across the country at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 9,990 (taxes extra) and at all authorized HTC resellers.