HTC has shown for the first time their new Merge Android Smartphone which is set to be launched in Australia. It will be its first Android CDMA that will operate anywhere in the world where there is a 3G network.The new Smartphone which has a 800MHz Qualcom processor, 2GB embedded memory and includes 8GB MicroSD card, stereo Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm audio jack, seven-panel home screen with widgets, digital compass, gravity sensor, proximity sensor and light sensor.
It also comes with a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen and pinch-to-zoom capability. It has a 720p video camera, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 5-megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, Exchange ActiveSync, HTC’s Sense user interface, and HTC’s FriendStream social-media aggregation service, which delivers Facebook, Twitter and Flickr updates in a consolidated view.
The Android 2.2-based Merge phone will operate in U.S. 850/1900MHz 3G CDMA Rev. A networks, in overseas 2.1GHz 3G HSPA networks, and in U.S. and overseas GSM/EDGE networks.