HTC Touch.B “Rome” Smartphone Spotted in the Wild [Is the Touch.B an Android Version of the HTC Touch2?]

It looks like we finally have a new HTC phone to explore but unfortunately for us it’s not official yet. The HTC Touch.B, also known as the “Rome”, has appeared out of nowhere today. The phone has been spotted in the wild but HTC hasn’t said anything official about it yet.

From the looks of it the Rome might easily be mistaken for the Windows Mobile 6.5-running HTC Touch2. In fact some people say that the Rome is an Android version of the Touch2. I’m actually interested in such a version of the truth since I secretly hope that the HTC HD2, the flagship Windows Mobile 6.5 phone of HTC, will also get an Android version. And I guess that secret hope is shared by lots of other smartphone lovers out there. In all fairness to them I’ll have to remind them that HTC says that the HD2 won’t come with Android on board. Well what is the HTC Passion/ Dragon supposed to be then?

Getting back to the Rome, the first pictures of the new HTC smartphone have been provided by a French website, MobiFrance but we have no specs whatsoever for it. The French guys did say that tomorrow we’re going to get more details about it. The pictures look genuine and I’m surprised that no blurry cam has been involved. Which makes me wonder how come we don’t have more details today if someone got that close to a Rome in order to take such pictures?

Unfortunately I don’t think that the Rome will be able to compete against the Motorola Droid. Sure, if it’s anything like the HTC Touch2 then we’re counting on it to be a great smartphone but it’s no best seller. At this point we have no idea what carrier is going to get it but bear with us until tomorrow and we’ll have more details for you.