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umpc

Hands On HTC Shift EV-DO

HTC had their Shift UMPC on display here at CTIA, which packs Sprint EV-DO, an 800 MHz Celeron processor, 1 GB RAM and a 40 GB SSD into a tidy $1500 package. After getting touchy feely with it for a few minutes, I found it wasn't half bad. I was especially impressed by the proprietary HTC SnapView interface that runs on top of Windows Vista, and provides quick access to weather, calendars and emails (similar to the Windows Mobile 6.1 homescreen that it's based around).
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4:16 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Adrian Covert
5,433 views, 11 comments

Latest by hanswurst0815: Is that a fingerprint reader on the screen's lower right? more »

laptops

HTC Shift UMPC Now Available in the US

It took damn near forever, but the HTC Shift—the UMPC that was supposed to change your mind about UMPCs—has finally hit store shelves in the States. To refresh your memory, the features include an 800 Mhz processor, Vista Business, 1GB RAM, a 40GB HD, Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, HSDPA/UMTS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Unfortunately, it will cost you more than many conventional laptops at $1629.99. [onthegosolutions]

3:30 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,263 views, 17 comments

Latest by Lamont: This device was cool a year ago when it was announced. I was psyched to get one and more »

mwc 2008

HTC Updates the Advantage X7510 With 16GB Flash

The HTC Advantage has just received a hardware and software upgrade, and is now called the X7510. HTC has bumped the internal storage to 16GB of flash, and improved the keyboard as well as adding in Opera 9.5, and a "future version" of Windows Mobile. No price info yet, but the Advantage will be available in March. Expect to see HTC's other hiptop, the Shift, hit Europe a little earlier. Specs of the Advantage and pic of the Shift, after the jump. More »

3:09 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,280 views, 8 comments

Latest by SomeAudioGuy: Still waiting for a true follow up to the Universal. Sony/Ericsson? Hello? more »

delays

HTC Shift Gets (Carbon) Dated?

While the HTC Shift was supposed to be released in November, the world is still waiting anxiously for this quasi-UMPC device to show up in stores. Now the company has announced a January 11th launch date in Britain, and there's a good chance we won't see it until then. And by good chance we mean that your unfulfilled preorder may make your wife cry this Christmas, but only because it was for something she never wanted in the first place. [wired]

11:35 AM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,502 views, 4 comments

Latest by Mandatory_Field: I really wanted one of these. I ended up getting an Eee instead. Now if I get a decent midsize more »

The HTC Shift, a UMPC that runs Vista and has a slide-out keyboard, just got re-officialized again today. Still no US launch date. [HTC]

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umpc

HTC's Shift Does Not Run Windows Mobile Says HTC

Contrary to what we've been hearing HTC's Vista-capable, UMPC-like Shift will NOT run Windows Mobile, but only use WM as a data modem, provide push email while the device is asleep and run some of the same apps that you'd see in a Windows Mobile device. That sounds WinMo-ish to us, but we'll take HTC General Manager Kevin Chen's word on it. Plus, when you have Windows Vista Business and a three-hour battery life when in Vista mode, why would you use Windows Mobile anyway? It's like choosing the fat Britney of last night over the skinny, taut Britney of five years ago. [Kaz911 via JKontherun]

4:00 PM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By Jason Chen
3,650 views, 11 comments

Latest by lopezunwired: I wonder if this HTC device supports IPv6. Microsoft sees strategic value in IPv6 because, among other things, it eases more »

Dynamism has the HTC Shift on pre-order for $1500. [Dynamism via jkOnTheRun]

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umpc

HTC Shift Gets 60 Hours of Hands-On

The dudes over at GottaBeMobile got to play with the HTC Shift, the upcoming Windows Vista-running UMPC from HTC. If you don't remember, this UMPC beats current UMPCs because it has an actual slide-out, fold-up QWERTY keyboard. What does GBM think about it? Best. UMPC. Ever. They even made a video of their experience. More »

12:10 PM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Jason Chen
12,807 views, 16 comments

Latest by kaiserfan: Maybe a hard reset solves the problem [www.hardreset.eu] more »

unconfirmed

HTC's Roadmap Shows Sliders, Smartphones, and Fingerprint Recognition

CTI Miami got their hands on HTC's latest roadmap for their upcoming phones. Among them are the Kaiser, which is along the same lines as the Sprint Mogul (GSM), and the Vogue, which is like the HTC Touch. Some of the more interesting ones are the Nike, which is a WM6 Professional (that's the touchscreen one) that slides up to reveal a regular keypad; the Iris, which is a CDMA EV-DO Rev. A phone that looks like the T-Mobile Dash; the Polaris, which looks like an update to the GPS-enabled Artemis, and the Sedna, which actually has a fingerprint reader and both CDMA and GSM. More »

4:00 PM on Thu Jun 21 2007
By Jason Chen
6,609 views, 14 comments

Latest by maevro: The Polaris has a 2.8" screen, I have screen shots of it. more »

the future

Microsoft Shift Makes Cellphone Finger Input Easier (But Not Booger Free)

The shift project from Microsoft research has a goal that may not seem lofty at first, but could possibly help shape cellphone touchscreen technology in a big way. Traditionally, with Windows Mobile phones and other touchscreen phones, you have to use a stylus because your finger is too fat and unwieldy. Even Apple's iPhone, with its crazy gropeability, doesn't solve the problem of your finger being in the way of what you're trying to click. More »

7:00 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Jason Chen
3,031 views, 9 comments

Latest by wtf123: OKAY, uhhh, this is a brilliant idea. No arguments but once more, microsoft fired up their xerox machine. more »