Retro Review: HTC Freestyle, Brew-MP OS Phone!

Throwback of the HTC Freestyle feature phone w. Brew OS Find HTC products: https://amzn.to/2V2dJbq Details: Brew Mobile Platform (MP); Fast 3G connectivity; HTC Sense interface 3.2-megapixel fixed-focus camera; Video capture capabilities Onboard GPS; Bluetooth connectivity (v2.0); Music player; Video player 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display; Onscreen QWERTY keyboard; Released in February, 2011 HTC FriendStream for integrated social networks on homescreen Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions What's your style? There are those that don't want to be categorized. Unlocked HTC Freestyle is for that type of individual seeking to be unencumbered by borders and restrictions. At only 1/10-th of an inch thin, and 4 ounces, the Freestyle is virtually free in weight and size. User-friendly. Friend-friendly too. Every update, e-mail, text, and tweet is automatically grouped by friend, turning you into the ultimate social butterfly with just a glance. Be at the center of your social world. FriendStream pulls what's happening with all your contacts on Twitter, Facebook, and more into one easy-to-access place. With the 3.2 MP camera, you can capture any moment and instantly mail it, message it or post it for all your friends to see. With a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen, you've got photos, apps and entertainment in crystal-clear resolution. It's little but it's got a whole lot to look at. With a compact, brushed-metal alloy body, the HTC Freestyle is sporting a head-turning, sophisticated design. After all, developing freestyle is a level of sophistication that few aspire or achieve. HTC Freestyle is the tool for your free style. Camera 3.2 megapixel color CMOS with fixed focus Memory 256MB/RAM, 256/ROM Internal GPS antenna Connectivity USB 2.0 with high-speed client 3.5mm audio jack, and microSD card slot Processor QUALCOMM MSM 7225, 528MHz Some features are dependent on services and options provided by your chosen service carrier. Unlocked 4-band GSM phones allow use around the world - where cell service is available Featuring a premium design with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display clad in an aluminum unibody construction, the HTC Freestyle is the first of a new generation of quick messaging phones from AT&T to run on Brew Mobile Platform. The Brew MP operating system allows AT&T and software developers to more easily offer smartphone-like applications to those who want an affordable, full-featured messaging phone. HTC Sense Mobile Experience With the next generation of the popular HTC Sense mobile experience, the HTC Freestyle automatically delivers your most-wanted information to your screen. It offers even more ways to stay connected--including FriendStream, which delivers Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr updates in a consolidated view. And you'll be able to pinpoint the location of a lost phone on a map, send a command to make the phone sound an alert--even while on "silent" mode--through the htcsense.com web site. If needed, you can also remotely wipe all of the phone's data with a single command in addition to forwarding calls and text messages to a different number. About Brew MP: Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (Brew MP, Brew, or BREW) is an application development platform created by Qualcomm, originally for code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile phones, featuring third-party applications such as mobile games. It is offered in some feature phones (mostly with the similar specifications of a mid to high-end mobile phones) but not in smartphones. Developed in 1999, as a platform for wireless applications on CDMA-based mobile phones, it debuted in September 2001. As a software platform that can download and run small programs for playing games, sending messages, and sharing photos, the main advantage of Brew MP is that the application developers can easily port their applications among all Brew MP devices by providing a standardized set of application programming interfaces. Software for Brew MP enabled handsets can be developed in C or C++ using the freely downloadable Brew MP software development kit (SDK). The Brew runtime library is part of the wireless device on-chip firmware or operating system to allow programmers to develop applications without needing to code for system interface or understand wireless applications. Brew is described as a pseudo operating system, but not a true mobile operating system. Brew is not a virtual machine such as Java ME, but runs native code.