The X7150 also has updated HTC VueFLO, so that it detects the device's orientation and rotates the screen. The rest of the hardware remains the same as the earlier Advantage: Marvell PXA270 624MHz and Qualcomm MSM 6275 processors, 5-inch VGA screen with 3-megapixel camera, 128MB of RAM and tri-band HSDPA. Looks like the new battery has about 5 percent less capacity, but we guess that the flash drive should make up for that difference. [ZDnet]

While the Shift also has GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA network support, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it looks like if you buy it from Orange in the UK, you'll only be able to get a data plan with it. [Slashgear]

• Windows Mobile 6
• 5-inch VGA touchscreen display
• 8GB hard drive, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM
• Quad-band GSM and HSDPA
• Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi
• MiniSD Slot
• HTC VueFLO navigation
• 3-megapixel camera
• GPS
• 3.5mm audio jack

It's a weird no-man's land of a device since it's got a bunch of phone features and runs Windows Mobile 6, the smartphone OS, but has a big keyboard and doesn't fit well into your pocket. It's supposedly a laptop replacement if you don't have a laptop handy, but we'll have to try it out ourselves to see if we can replace ours.

It also won't be carried on either Cingular or T-Mobile, our two GSM carriers, officially. But that means you can take it to either one, since it comes to you unlocked. Grab it now for a reduced $849 on Amazon. Unless you're like 12% of the people who visited the page, then you'll buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [Amazon]

If you've got $849.99, you can pre-order it now (the page says in stock soon) and get your mobile computing groove satisfied. It comes unlocked, so both T-Mobile and AT&T customers can get in on it. And if you're not keen on buying this before the actual reviews are in, you can make like 12% of Amazon shoppers who viewed the page and buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows instead. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Amazon via i4u]

It was once called the Athena (and, briefly, the Ameo). Now it is the Advantage, and it has arrived in Europe. And lest you think this is just one of those never-gonna-get-here tease videos, HTC now says it will launch the Advantage in the US this summer. It's quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE plus HSDPA/UMTS 850/1900/2100, but my guess is that T-Mobile will introduce it, high-speed network or not. And in case you didn't know, it's got GPS built in, too. In Europe that means TomTom software; in the US, it's anyone's guess. – Wilson Rothman

HTC Advantage (X7500) unboxed [Tracy and Matt's Blog]

Well, now it's called a "portable office," and it's running Windows Mobile 6 and officially called the HTC Advantage. It will first be released in Europe by T-Mobile, but there's no word on when we'll be seeing it stateside. There are, however, a couple more great-looking pics of this strange but resplendent bird:

This pretty bauble has what most UMPCs lacked when they first came out: a keyboard. Bravo. We want one. – Charlie White

Product Page [HTC, via Slash Gear]