HTC Touch.B not shipping with Android. BrewMP pinch hitting.

Remember that HTC Touch.B we talked about a couple days ago, eagerly anticipating the (as we hoped) Android goodness it was too bring? Well, sorry to break it to you but the shipping OS won’t be Android. Heck, it won’t even come with Windows Mobile either. Instead, MobiFrance says that it will be a BrewMP device (Mobile Platform). That’s all find and dandy seeing as how BrewMP is in fact a widely available and free mobile operating system, but it’s not doing much to get my geeky innards all twisted with excitement. On the other hand, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What is disheartening however is that Brew is more of a low/mid-range OS that lacks some of the tools, services, and features of more advanced OS’s from the likes of Android, the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Palm.

So while Android and even WinMo fans are letting out a big, sadness filled sigh of disappointment, I’m sure the Brew faithful are jumping for joy. Oh ya, it doesn’t come with WiFi. Anyone still interested?

Phone Arena > HTC-Phones > MobieFrance (translated)

HTC Touch.B brings Touch Pro-esque goodness back to market with Android on board.

The HTC Touch Pro 2 is a pretty sweet WinMo device. To some, WinMo is a short coming, a flaw, a gimp leg that prevents the Touch Pro 2 from being the true mobile powerhouse it could be. For that I present to you the HTC Touch.B/Rome. The big reason to care about this particular phone isn’t necessarily for the hardware but instead for the software that resides within — Android. Details are nil for the moment. But rest assured that as the sun makes its way towards the eastern sky tomorrow morning, we will find out more on this mystery device. Tomorrow morning couldn’t come soon enough.

Ubergizmo > MobiFrance