HTC HD3 coming soon, but now named the HD7?

It seems that the rumoured next smartphone in HTC’s HD line might not be called the HD3, as standard numerical progression would suggest.

Engadget got the scoop on this one, with the site obtaining an internal spreadsheet from O2 which had the phone listed as the HD7.

Of course, as Engadget points out, a simple spreadsheet isn’t the hardest thing in the world to fake, so this has to be taken with a pinch of salt. It seems a natural name, however, for a handset running Windows Phone 7.

The launch date is also recorded on the document as October 18th. Although that seems mightily close to hand… Of course, if this is all true, the fact that the spreadsheet comes from O2 means the company will be offering the handset.

With the time-frame being so close at hand, we won’t have to wait long to find out whether the HD7 does indeed exist.