Windows just sent me a HTC Mazaa

[Cpitt]

For those who might be interested. I was one of the 50 lucky winners in the ongoing WPAPPITUP student developer competition, and was promised a Mango phone about a week or so ago. To my surprise I arrived home to find a package from Microsoft waiting for me.

Open it up and I find my self a brand new unlocked HTC Mazaa, running Mango 7.10.7720.500 .Here is a screenshot of the about page

It's roughly the exact same as the one in the pictures that were released here back in April. The only difference being some kind of identification number that is etched into the bottom left hand corner.

First impressions the phone is fast, whether it just be the new Mango build or the phone itself I'm not entirely certain. But it runs circles around my HD7. On the same note comparing it to the HD7 it's a lot smaller. It also only has 8gig of internal not upgradable internal memory, which doesn't really cut it for me. However, beggars can't be choosers, and I'm glad to have the phone either way.

The real question is what to do with it. Tmobile was so kind to send me 2 free HD7 s just a few weeks ago for upgrading my plan (my Mom has the other one), which other than the speed (which may or may not be a related to the build of Mango I'm running) seems superior to this Microsoft test phone.

This leads to a few questions:

Developers, do you find it necessary to have more than one phone to test your applications on?

If I decided to sell this phone, how much would it go for? Where would be the best place to sell it?

If you had an extra WP7 phone what would you do with it?

It seems like details about this phone have been shrouded in rumor so if there is anything that I can clear up let me know

 

[iky10]

if you can post some pics of the phone and a comparison with the hd7.

 

[XGX5309]

Well, something I see that hasn't been said is that this is an MSM8655 device... another words, 2nd gen 45NM Snapdragon with the Adreno 205. So, how much faster are we talking? My Focus is pretty damn snappy as it is. Also, what's the battery life like?

Interesting. It's a true Mango release device.

 

[weijoon]

more pictures and descriptions in detail is appreciated, perhaps a video too?

=D

 

[dAV84]

please, can you extract rom and post here?

thanks

 

[Peew971]

please, can you extract rom and post here?

thanks

You could also you know... buy a Windows Phone .

 

[Peew971]

First impressions the phone is fast, whether it just be the new Mango build or the phone itself I'm not entirely certain. But it runs circles around my HD7. On the same note comparing it to the HD7 it's a lot smaller. It also only has 8gig of internal not upgradable internal memory, which doesn't really cut it for me. However, beggars can't be choosers, and I'm glad to have the phone either way.

Isn't 7720 the RTM version? Would be nice to know the differences with Beta 2, improvements, new features, etc.

 

[tomasslavicek]

Here is a photo of HTC Mazaa from another #WPAppItUp winner: twitpic.com/62x2rt

 

[bleui]

You could also you know... buy a Windows Phone .

oh do you know any store that already sells the 7720 version

 

[Peew971]

oh do you know any store that already sells the 7720 version

I was adressing him (and you) as a HD2 owner. If you love the platform you might as well support it, there are phones available sim-free unlocked for under 180€.
As for the request, Microsoft knows all the Mazaa owners so I wouldn't advise any of them to take the risk to extract and share the ROM just to please the modding community (yeah I know this is XDA, why are you here, bla bla bla).

 

[surur]

I would not sell this phone if I were you. It likely has a gyroscope, something your HTC HD7 does not have.

 

[qsr786]

Could you please tell us before you sell you htc mazaa what has been improved since Mango Beta 2, is the speed of ie9 been raised by 50 fps?

 

[petbede]

please, can you extract rom and post here?

thanks

How can he extract the rom?
PEACE!!!

 

[Tiemen_S]

If I were you, I'd definitely sell my HD7 because of the hardware improvements to the Mazaa and you'll always be able to test some app on your mother's phone before releasing it just to be sure - but I wouldn't think there will be much errors if both get the same update after all.
But very much so, I'm sure all people around here are very eager to know if there are any (interface) changes or additions in the RTM build! I don't know about any Microsoft issues if you'd tell. I think you yourself know your agreements best by entering that competition . I think XDA would gladly feature some article about it if you'd be so nice to write one!

 

[lionmilk]

there is no more ebay link here!

 

[PG2G]

How about running WPBENCH on it so we can see how it compares to the HD7

 

[tiny17]

Why are there not better pictures of the actual device yet?

 

[fb401]

I can only speak on the selling part. Obviously the best way to sell would be ebay, because it's currently a rare phone and the first with a 2nd gen snapdragon (and maybe a gyroscope), I would guess you could get $400 to $500 for it.

 

[lionmilk]

Why are there not better pictures of the actual device yet?

I will take some more photos and actually shoot a video when I go home. Actually I shoot the video but did not compress it (the video is 720p but I have a crappy upload), so I have to do it tonight.

Any different angles of photos, or video you may want?

 

[imotz]

I will take some more photos and actually shoot a video when I go home. Actually I shoot the video but did not compress it (the video is 720p but I have a crappy upload), so I have to do it tonight.

Any different angles of photos, or video you may want?

please make some test like boot time, wpbench, browser speed