There have been so many identities for the leaked and rumored HTC Leo that it’s beginning a lot more difficult to manage. The blogosphere is now stating that the Leo is in fact a replacement for the HTC Athena, a device that blurs the line between smartphone and mobile internet device (MID). While the Athena has phone features and data access for wireless connectivity, it’s larger size accommodated a larger screen in its day with a detachable magnetic keyboard, making it a nice internet tablet.

The replacement for the Athena was documented in the HTC 2009 leak as the HTC Toth. The lineup features the Toth as a 1 GHz device with larger than 4-inch display, a screen size that is larger than even the Toshiba TG01‘s display.

Here are some rumored specs:

-Manilla 2.5

-WVGA/16:9 Screen/4.3″

-Snapdragon/1GHz

-8MP Camera–NEW (up from 5MP?)

-WM6.5

-320mb/512mb RAM/ROM

Perhaps this is the Athena2? Given that the Athena wasn’t really officially announced for the US market, we’ll have to wait and see if this device makes it stateside being subsidized by any of the big four carriers.

(via: WMExperts)