Microsoft has been struggling to gain traction with its new Windows Phone 7 operating system and the first Windows Phone 7.5 phones have now gone on sale in Europe.

Although Nokia is supposed to lead the Mango charge, HTC is the first outfit to unleash Mango handsets on the unsuspecting public.

Starting with the HTC Radar, a €350 affair with a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8225 processor and Adreno 205 graphics, HTC is hoping to seize the mid range market. It features a 3.8-inch SLCD 800x480 screen, 512MB of memory, 8GB of storage and a 5MP camera, all packed in a smart aluminium body measuring 120x61x10.9mm.

The HTC Titan is a bit more serious take on Mango. It’s powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor with Adreno 205 graphics and it has 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Titan features a spacious 4.7-inch 800x480 SLCD, 8MP camera and it measures 131x70x9.9mm. The price currently stands at €499 in Holland and it costs roughly €540 in Germany and Britain.



With high end Android handsets selling for just over €400 and pretty good mid range phones going for less than €300, HTC could have a pretty tough time selling Mango phones at these prices.