Sprint Getting Keyboard-Oriented Windows Mobile Smartphone

Sprint will be getting an HTC model with a fixed keyboard later this year, if an unconfirmed report is correct.

The first word of the HTC model code-named "Cedar" appeared last month, when a road-map of future smartphones leaked out of the company.

It will apparently be the successor to the HTC Excalibur, better known as the T-Mobile Dash. Like its predecessor, it will have a tablet shape with a thumb-keyboard below its display (see image at left).  

Naturally, the Cedar will be a CDMA phone for Sprint's network, not a GSM device like the Excalibur.

At this point, details are very sketchy. This model will likely run Windows Mobile Standard, the edition of this operating system for devices without touchscreens.

According to an insider source, this carrier will introduce the HTC Cedar in June. There's no word yet on pricing, or on what the official name will be.

Via Boy Genius Report