The HTC Surround takes the idea of a mobile media center to a whole new level.

The Surround is also among the first smartphones to use the Windows Phone 7 Operating System.

Technical Specifications:

• 1 GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon processor
• 448 MB RAM
• 16 GB internal storage
• 3.8 inch widescreen WVGA display
• 5.0 MP camera

To fully accommodate the phone home theater aspect of the Surround, the entire bottom half of the the phone slides out to reveal an impressive speaker array.

The phone also sports a kickstand (a la Evo), presumably so you can set the phone down upright when you want to night-club on the go. Or to watch videos. Whatever.

Through the use of plastic opening tools, the back cover of the Surround comes off easily and we get our first look at the internals of the Surround.

You really don't have to use plastic opening tools to open the back cover, as fingernails will work just fine. But we like to be cautious with these things -- you never know what might break.

The 3.7 V 1230 mAh 4.55 Wh Li-ion battery supplies power for up to 4 hours of talk time and about 275 hours of standby time.

Want to open your HTC Surround any further? Hope you don't care about warranties. Two VOID stickers attached to the inner case screws ensure that no intrusion attempts go undocumented.

After voiding the warranty, removing five T5 Torx screws gets us a step closer to the goodies inside.

Four more Phillips screws along the edges of the phone secure the rear case to the body of the HTC Surround.

After a bit of prying with a plastic opening tool, the bottom inner case can be removed from the Surround.

Six pressure contacts on the bottom inner case serve to:

• Connect the lower speaker to the lower motherboard.
• Connect to what is presumably an antenna housed in the bottom inner case.

Some more prying with a plastic opening tool and the upper section of the inner case can be removed.

The upper section of the inner case also has a small interconnect board to connect the speaker to the top motherboard in addition to an antenna and integrated shields for EMI protection.