14 DAY TRIAL // We all knew HTC had an Apache follow-up named Titan in the works for about a month or so. That being said, its appearance in the FCC listings will not surprise anyone or at least none of the individuals that check the mobile phone news periodically.
As we have already seen here, the Titan is a refreshed edition of HTC's Apache handheld with not so many changes as one would expect in a revamped version of an older device. The things they've changed are a relocated scroll-wheel, repositioned keyboard LEDs and a rubbery back that will increase the user's grip on the handset.
This makes it a revolutionary handset compared to the previous ones HTC released on the market. The Titan shows the HTC team has paid a lot of attention tot the ergonomics of the device, moving the soft keys to the edges, transforming the tab key into a comma, placing a caps lock and an fn indicator on top of the keyboard, changing the battery door mechanism and moving the apostrophe in a much better location.
The spec sheet mentions 256 MB of internal storage, a 2 megapixel digital camera with CMOS sensor and camcorder capabilities, EVDO connectivity upgradeable to REV A, Bluetooth 2.0, a Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC OS, microSD memory expansion card slot and, as the rumor goes, a TI OMAP 850 200 MHz processor.
The Titan will most probably be launched on the networks of two of the biggest US mobile carriers, Sprint and Verizon, the Sprint version being called PPC6800 and the XV6800 for the Verizon edition.
If you are expecting it to be a handheld breakthrough, I'm afraid you have some too high hopes for it because this is a handset that will most probably go unnoticed due to the handsets HTC has unveiled during the 3GSM expo (the Love, the Advantage and the Vox).
In case time will prove me wrong, I apologize in advance and hope the Titan will feel cozy enough in your pocket to deliver the best mobile experience imaginable.