Join the Talk | 61,553 members - 250,989 posts Advertise | Have a scoop? Tip us!

HTC Lancaster Android phone for AT&T

24 May 2009 by Vincent Nguyen


Worth Reading?

NoYes

+32 [44 votes]


AT&T is getting an Android-powered phone after all. Behold the HTC Lancaster with a striking resemblance to the HTC Magic when closed and looks a lot more like the Touch Pro in form factor for a QWERTY slider than the T-Mobile G1.

htc-lancaster-1

According to the leaked slide on Engadget, the HTC Lancaster feature quadband EDGE and 850 / 1900MHz HSPA, AGPS, a 3 megapixel fixed-focus camera, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD expansion, and a “unique HTC social messaging user interface”. The display is oddly only 2.8” and not 3.2” with QVGA 240 x 320 pixels. The battery size is 1,350 mAh.

htc-lancaster-slide

The targeted availability date is August 3. The price of the HTC Lancaster for AT&T is still forthcoming.

  1. holy crap i want this phone wow!!

    no more chin, and it has a nice slideout keyboard along with the htc magic front form wow!!

    get this unlocked and its a winner =D
  2. Finally a phone I could use in Canda with the correct 3G frequencies. The only possible drawback is the screen resolution as 240x320 is a major step down from my G1 which is 480x320.

    I was thinking about purchasing a Magic from Rogers, however the off contract price is $CDN649.99, which is a bit too steep for me.
  3. teh BEST looking android phone YET

    !!




    damn! screen is soooo small!
    >: (

    (but DAMN is that a goodlookin phone!!)
  4. oh!

    read the slide!!



    its "exclusive" for only 6mos!

    sweet!





    i was contemplate holding my nose and signing up w/ at&t but mabye won't have to afterall!heh!!
  5. A smaller screen, 4 roll key broad, 3.0mp FIXED focus ?? And most Likey At&t Custom UI No Thanks !!
  6. Ugliest HTC phone. Screen too small. The G1 looks way better.
  7. ugly phone

    thank GOD it's on ATnT
  8. Looks like a poor relation to the G1 (in terms of screen size and resolution).

    And a social messaging interface... sounds like a "noddy" phone, rather than a PDA-type smartphone device that does everything.
  9. mmmm i want one!!!!!!!!!!
  10. 4 row keyboard? BAH!!

    It's nice to see an AT&T 3G Android phone, yes. But lower resolution? Smaller screen size? AND A 4 ROW KEYBOARD? ... That just completely undoes the sexyness of this thing. It's like seeing a hot babe walking down the beach in her micri-mini-bikini ... until she opens her mouth and you see she's missing every other tooth, and they're all incredibly crooked. And then she talks with a shrill voice.

    I call this one a fail.

    (This looks a LOT like the picture of the HTC Memphis, that was leaked early in the year, as well)
  11. User Preference.

    I prefer the G1 with the circular 4 buttons vs the Lancaster's 5 umm small rectanguish buttons.
    I prefer the G1 trackball over the Lancaster's big button?
    I prefer the G1 spaced out keyboard over the bunched in keyboard of Lancaster.
    I prefer the G1 bigger screen and resolution over the Lancaster's.

    I prefer the Dream over the Lancaster, seriously what kind of name is Lancaster? LOL.
  12. Son of a BITCH!!!

    Mabye I'm just lookin at the picture and not the specs but this looks like its the same size as the magic but has the slide out keyboard which is a MUST for me. I thought the magic had the same size or larger screen *shrugs*. Seems like some folk are a bit jealous of this phone defending the G1 and all. lol Did you think there would never be another phone with a slide out? lol

    Flat out it looks better than the G1 to me. I wanted to support Android by being an early adopter but I'm not gonna lie and say there aren't nicer looking phones than the G1. The Magic with a slide out is the best thing yet. I can see I'll be wanting to switch phones alot in the future.

    *EDIT*

    Finally looked at the specs. Somehow I get the feeling its not going to keep those video specs.
  13. found the dimensions...

    109 x 54 x 17.1mm



    !!


    converting to "english" that's

    ~ 4.3 x 2.16 x .67 inches




    this thing is TINY

    probably like the treo centro - aiming for the female consumer


    ??
  14. AT&T won't put an Android device in direct competition to the iPhone, at least while they have the exclusivity on the fruity phone.

    Anyway, the Lancaster running for a USD 99 will be competing head-to-head with the Palm Eos and the Motorola Heron/Iron Man for the pockets of savvy txters/tweens on the Ma Bell.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by cesarcardoso View Post
    AT&T won't put an Android device in direct competition to the iPhone, at least while they have the exclusivity on the fruity phone.
    I was just thinking the same thing. How much of a push do you figure AT&T will give this thing, considering Android is poised as a major competitor to the iPhone? If they were smart, they'd push the hell out of it, draw in the non-apple lovers out there. And they're forced into a bad deal with apple to keep the phone, they'd make more with Android.
  16. Thats not a screen its a postage stamp - pass.
  17. Wow it is funny how all of you guys hate on this thing before it is even released. I am on ATT and I want an Android phone. The thing is, I don't want to be with a different company nor do I want to buy a phone for a high price. With that being said, this is my only Android option and I think that it will be a good phone. You must realize that this is an Android Community and that we will all have Android regardless of what the phone looks like.

Android Phone Accessories


T-Mobile G1 Accessories
Palm Pre Accessories
iPod Touch Accessories
Advertise with SlashGear
Free Tech Support at SlashGear Forums

© 2009 Android Community. Part of R3 Media Network

Contact | Advertising | About Us