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hey everyone I'm Bonnie cha senior editor at cnet com and I'm here to give you a first look at the HTC mozart this is another international Windows Phone 7 device that we got in thanks to HTC and as you can see it looks a lot like the other touchscreen smartphones we've seen lately but if you look closer you'll find that it has some really nice touches and details first of all it's made from a single piece of brushed aluminum so in the hand it feels solid not possibly your cheap it's also super slim and light so it's a breeze to carry around if you turn the phone around you'll see a bit of a topographic design on the back some of you may not like it but I think it looks pretty cool another unique cosmetic feature of the Mozart is the battery compartment if you slip off the battery door you'll see a latch here that you flip open to release the battery and access the sim card slot the design doesn't enhance the phone in any way but I definitely appreciate the thought that went into it if there's one downside to the design is the smaller display measures 3.7 inches diagonally which seems puny compared to some of the other four plus inch touch screens on the smart phones today but it's still sharp and clear and the pinch to zoom gesture works well the HTC mozart has many of the standard features including a 1 gigahertz Snapdragon processor it is a little more multimedia focused with surround sound technology and an 8 megapixel camera which is currently the largest camera on in Windows Phone 7 device today the sound enhancements were definitely a nice addition since it boosted the overall audio quality especially when I was listening to tunes with my headphones but the camera was a big disappointment pictures came out blurry and the video quality was also a little hazy and had kind of a pinkish hue to it so that kind of eliminated the whole appeal of this device if you don't care about the camera the Mozart still offers good performance and a great design but you're paying a lot for it since the unlocked version starts at five hundred dollars if you're after a good camera phone there are a number of other great options which you can check out in our top camera phones list at cnet com I'm Bonnie John this has been your first look at the HTC mozart you