HTC Mondrian (not HTC HD3) Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Revealed by Leaked WP7 ROM

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Is it just me or we Microsoft is doing a bad job at marketing its upcoming mobile platform? Sure the KIN ONE and TWO are Windows Phones but they aren’t really the smartphones we expect, are they? Windows Phone 7 handsets are coming this fall but by the time they actually make it in stores plenty of Sprint, AT&T and possibly Verizon subscribers will have purchased lots of HTC EVO 4G and iPhone 4 smartphones?

Where is all the hype around hot WP7 handsets? Where are all the leaks and leaked screenshots? Microsoft should seriously consider losing some hot Windows Phone 7 in a bar around Redmond in order to remind us they still exist. Otherwise we’ll keep focusing on Android and iPhone OS with a twist of BlackBerry and webOS every now and then.

In all fairness to WP7 handsets, we have news of a potentially hot phone powered by Microsoft’s latest mobile platform. The device is made by HTC (who else) and it’s called the HTC Mondrian. What’s with the weird phone names, HTC? Fortunately this codename can be easily explained: Mondrian was a Dutch painter whose work is fairly similar to that Metro UI you’ll find on future Windows Phone 7 handsets.

I bet a HTC HD3 running Windows Phone 7 would certainly be a lot more popular with the crowds but maybe the HD3 is coming later down the road, at some point after the Mondrian.

The HTC Mondrian has been found in a leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM but we don’t have any more details about it at this time. Apparently the ROM is waiting to be cracked in order to reveal more details about the phone. Here’s what was apparently found so far:

• NBH_WM7_AKU_6176_WWE_for_HTC_MONDRIAN
• Model: HTC Mondrian (Cingular USA)
• AKU: WindowsMobile_7_AKU_6176
• Language: 0409_WWE

We’ll be waiting for more information about the HTC Mondrian to appear in the following days, and hopefully Microsoft’s marketing department will start promoting these secret Windows Mobile 7 handsets a little better!