HTC Omega, Mazaa, Getting a Little More Real!

Well it looks like the HTC Omega is getting a little more real, with it appearing in the game logs of developer Elbert Perez [@mechaghost on twitter] found reference to the HTC Omega, in game logs on his site, The Occasional Gamer. Elbert has a huge portfolio of Windows Phone, and a couple of xBox Live titles, and of course he logs usage of his games. Any site host will know the way this data is tracked, and it get’s broken down into very specific things like what browser, what OS, locale etc. Well Elbert’s games send back the same sort of data, and there are some surprises to be had in his phone usage log. Confusing as it is, HTC devices, depending on their carrier configuration, and what country they are in, are logged by their codename, model number, with all of the variation they are all labelled HTC, and while all of the current/ generation one, windows phones are listed there are a couple of surprises in the list. Firstly, we’re all aware that Windows Phone has been ported to HTC HD2 , and there are 4 listed as the “Leo70”, I wonder if the 70 appears because of the hacked install, as the HD2 was always denoted the “Leo”. Big surprises in the list, the HTC Mazaa, the Mazaa has been in the spotlight for a while, previewed in a lot of the early mango hands on reviews.

It makes sense tat there are 18 Mazaa’s showing up as it was a preview developer phone, passed around to high profile mobile bloggers to keep momentum, excitement growth around the platform. The biggest surprise in the log is the HTC Omega, in the singular, but we now know for sure it’s out there somewhere in the wild, waiting for us to bring it home when it’s released. Till now, it’s all been a little vague, we’ve seen cases for the Omega, as well as the HTC Eternity,

Both the devices reportedly boast a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 Processor, DLNA support, 480X800 resolution display with 8mp camera and 16GB memory

It makes me a wee bit excited to see that these devices are real, not the rumour that they have been for so long, Most of the talk about new Windows Phone devices, seems to point to an anniversary release, so late October, mirroring the introduction last year. Any speculation on earlier release dates would confound Microsoft’s already projected schedule. Any earlier release may be consistent for new markets like Japan, and parts of Europe where Nokia need to gain a foothold with the OS. Looking at the table below, there are still OEM partners not represented, so hopefully that part of the picture will fill out in the coming months.

Table via, Occasional Gamer