HTC: “The Chin” an Android exclusive
Do you like chin? Or, do you really like chin — massive, larger than life, Jay Leno edition chin? If you don’t, the chin on the first Android handset that debuted last year, the G1, most likely turned you off. A jutting piece of plastic is a hard thing to make attractive or market successfully. For the most part, the G1 has sold well chin and all. Perhaps your a freak. Maybe you like like or even long for that chin but camp out in the WinMo forest. Get your tissues and caress a souless, battery deficient G1 carcass and pretend it’s full of all that Windows Mobile goodness you love as according to HTC, The Chin will never come to Windows Mobile. An interview conducted between Forbes and HTC’s design firm, One & Co:
Its (HTC’s) Windows Mobile devices come in dark, glossy finishes to appeal to a professional audience, while its Android phones often sport a playful “chin” or angled base. Those characteristics will stay separate, says Zellweger, meaning no chins for HTC Windows Mobile phones. (HTC’s newer Android phones like Sprint’s version of the Hero and the Tattoo have shed the chin as well, but Zellweger says the distinctive feature may return in future devices.)
The Chin may come in various shapes, sizes, and lengths, but you can bet your sweet protrusion loving self that WinMo will never see a chin. That is unless they backtrack on their statements. In the meantime you’re going to have to get a lot friendlier with Android before ever rubbing that oh so lovely chin against your face anytime soon.
