14 DAY TRIAL // A new mobile phone from the Taiwanese-based handset vendor HTC Corporation has been spotted on its way to the market in the United States, the HTC PB92300, which made a pit stop at FCC, to receive the necessary approvals for being marketed in the country.
Unfortunately, there are not too many details available on the smartphone at the moment, since HTC requested for FCC to maintain confidentiality on its device until May 15 2011.
However, some info on the upcoming device did emerge, including the fact that it should include support for GSM/EDG in the 850 and 1900 bands.
Moreover, a recent article on Android Community suggests that we are looking at a handset that packs WiFi and Bluetooth, capabilities too.
At the same time, the news site suggests that the new mobile phone might be released on the market as the successor of the HTC Aria (PB92110), which was put on sale at AT&T earlier this year.
Of course, there is no confirmation available on the matter, but the cut-outs on the FCC label are reportedly a match for those on the older HTC Aria.
This would suggest that the upcoming device would be released on the market with Google's Android operating system on board.
Even so, since details on the matter lack at the moment, we might see a completely different device being launched on shelves in the second quarter of the next year, when the confidentiality period ends.
One particularity of this device would be the inclusion of both back and front-facing cameras into the mix, something that was seen at HTC only on Android-based phones, another reason to bet on Google's mobile platform.
As stated above, specific info on the smartphone lack at the moment, and it might take some time before HTC decides to make them official, so keep an eye on this space for more info on the matter, as soon as they become official. In the meantime, take a look at the device's yellow label spotted at FCC.