HTC push the boundaries of the UMPC form factor
well it seems they’ve done it again, those innovative people over at HTC have come up with another market beater. this time it’s the HTC Shift.
I snagged the info via Tracy and Matt who seem to be the getting the skinny first on quite a few devices these days Matt snagged it from Hugo Ortega over at Uber tablet got hold of one of the first ones in Australia. the video is pure techno porn, minus the money shot (just)
The device specs are pretty impressive a 40 Gig HDD with HSDPA built in, Biometrics, WiFi, GPS and all in a lovely package. the shift has dual RAM and processors – why ? you ask because it supports….
Windows Mobile 6 professional AND Windows Vista Business
yes…
Windows Mobile 6 professional AND Windows Vista Business
AT THE SAME TIME!
Oh and for eye candy it supports Aero as well.
A while ago I mused on the blurring of the line between the benefits of a full desktop OS and the rapid on off of Windows Mobile the inevitable power versus speed trade off that would inform your OS choice, well in one fell swoop HTC have blown this line to smithereens.
Hugo describes the alternative environment as a kind of sideshow, which it isn’t, the Shift has a full Windows Mobile 6 Professional environment, wrapped up in the HTC today skin, as seen on the Touch. With WM 6 pro of course you get Office Mobile, you get IE Mobile, you’ll get Windows Live and with exchange activesync you have near instant access to all your everyday applications, mail, calendar and contacts in fact, all the benefits you have from a standard WM device now with a 5 day battery life.
Switch to vista and you have a full blown operating system with all the regular applications you might need, yeah battery life drops to 3 hours but hell you’re running Vista.
The only oddity is the cellular, apparently it’s data only, but I can’t see why using the SDK someone couldn’t write a fairly comprehensive phone application.
remember this is a UMPC but it’s a world beating UMPC, HTC innovation has done it again a unique solution to the greatest dilemma facing the mobile professional today….. Windows Mobile or Windows Vista ? ..forget it get a Shift, I know I am and I’m going to get one as soon as humanly possible.
the only downside, I know hundreds of users that would benefit from this and I guarantee the product will be in constraint before the day it hits the shelves.
well done HTC very well done, a peach of a product, a peach that’s going to have those apple fanboys green with envy !!!
it’s available for via Expansys on preorder for £740 +VAT sans contract.
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August 15, 2007 at 2:18 pm |
now if this had full cellular capabilities it might be the exclusive device that Orange are rumoured to be releasing this quarter :) let’s wait and see.