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Re-defining the perception of advanced mobile phones… the HTC Touch Diamond™ signals a giant leap forward in combining hi-tech prowess with intuitive usability and exhilarating design.
Featuring a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed steel and flawless faceted edges, the HTC Touch Diamond is as beautiful to behold as it is to use.
With HTC’s vibrant touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO™ 3D, and ultra-fast HSDPA internet connectivity… the HTC Touch Diamond offers a rich online experience to rival a notebook computer, allowing you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with a broadband connection.
Your contacts, favourite music, videos and photos are no longer an uninspired line of text. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends’ and family’s faces are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips.
A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need. The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will help you find your destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.
Style and substance in a phone are no longer mutually exclusive. The HTC Touch Diamond has arrived.
Highlights:
*2.8-inch touch screen, with four times the pixels of most phones.
*Vibrant TouchFLO 3D user interface, responding perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media… all vividly displayed as photos and artwork powered by the 3D graphics processor.
*HTC Weather - providing a constant view of weather at home and abroad.
*Surf and download at broadband speed with HSDPA internet connectivity.
*3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera for quality stills and video.
*4GB of internal storage to preserve more photos, music, files and exchanged data than ever before.
*Integrated GPS for use with maps software for a full turn-by-turn satellite navigation experience.
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/06/2008 09:15:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
HTC is known for making great smartphones for many different smartphone companies. In a move to highlight its own HTC branded smartphones, HTC is launching an ad campaign for the US to get the word out that they make the best Windows Mobile devices. Their new ad definitely looks like HTC is going after the iPhone, even the commercial is very Apple/iPhone like.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 4/22/2008 12:15:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
The Boy Genius has posted a review of the HTC Shift . This UMPC runs both Windows Vista and Windows Mobile on one device. Why would you want to do that you ask?? Read the full review here to find out.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/10/2008 07:51:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times. ADVERTISEMENT
Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless operate so-called EV-DO Rev. A networks, but have used them only for laptop cards. Their fastest phones have used the older and slower EV-DO Rev. 0 network.
Sprint said Monday it was releasing a software update for the Mogul phone, made by HTC Corp. of Taiwan, that will enable the phone to connect at Rev. A speeds. Downloads speeds should be 600 kilobits per second to 1,400 kbps, up from a range of 400 kbps to 700 kbps with Rev. 0. It will be capable of uploads of 350 to 500 kbps, up from 50 kbps to 70 kbps.
Sprint said its broadband network now covers 234 million people, and the vast majority of it has been upgraded to EV-DO Rev. A, short for Evolution-Data Optimized Revision A.
The Mogul is a smart phone that runs Windows Mobile software and can be used as a modem for a laptop. It costs $199.99 with a two-year contract and went on sale in June. The software update will be available immediately from HTC's site.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/10/2008 12:53:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/29/2008 11:17:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
AT&T's First Windows Mobile 6 Device, The AT&T Tilt Features Groundbreaking Angled Screen, Global 3G Capabilities, Built-in GPS and Wi-Fi
San Antonio, Texas, October 4, 2007
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that the AT&T Tilt™, the most feature-packed smart device available in the United States, will debut exclusively through AT&T beginning Friday, Oct. 5. The AT&T Tilt is the first AT&T-enabled Windows Mobile 6 smart device and features an innovative slide-out QWERTY keypad design, a 3-megapixel camera, 3G data speeds from AT&T's UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network and complete global connectivity.
Designed by HTC (TSEC:2498), the AT&T Tilt features a 2.8-inch color screen that slides back to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, then tilts up to position the screen perfectly for reading and creating e-mail, browsing online, using applications or just playing videos and games. The AT&T Tilt supports Bluetooth® 2.0, which allows for up to six Bluetooth devices to be wirelessly connected simultaneously to the device and also supports Bluetooth Stereo.
"The AT&T Tilt is the most comprehensive wireless device on the market today," said Michael Woodward, vice president, Business Voice/Data & Mobility Products, AT&T. "In addition to its innovative design, there is no device on the market that packs the number of features that are available on the Tilt." The Tilt will sell for $299 with a 2 year contract. More information can be found on AT&T's press release .
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/04/2007 07:51:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
The Boy Genius is reporting that T-Mobile will be getting the HTC Kaiser. The FCC just approved the Smartphone to work on the 1700MHz band which is the band T-Mobile uses. The Kaiser has some pretty impressive specs. The Kaiser has a unique slide-out laptop like design, runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional, a 400MHz Samsung ARM-based processor, a 256MB flash drive, 64MB of system memory, an integrated GPS receiver, a 2.8" QVGA display, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and compatibility with HSDPA high-speed wireless networks.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 9/20/2007 09:52:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Gottabemobile has posted a video review of the HTC Shift, and they couldn't be more impressed. This UMPC runs both Windows Vista and Windows Mobile 6, allowing you to toggle which OS you want to work with. Windows Vista and Windows Mobile 6 can both be running at the same time, just press the toggle button to switch. Here's a run down of the specs:
*Windows Vista Business (3 hrs battery)
*Intel Santa Rosa A110 Processor
*1GB DDR2 RAM
*40GB HDD
*HSDPA (Data only) ready
*Web Cam
*Biometrics
*HTC_Shift_Hugo_Ortega_GBM_slide3Windows Pocket PC (over 5 days battery life when used exclusively)
*Qualcomm 400MHz Processor
*64MB RAM
Check out Gottabemobile for a video review of the HTC Shift.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/13/2007 12:10:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
According to msmobiles , Sprint or Verizon will be getting the HTC Vogue (CDMA version of the HTC Touch). It just got approved by the FCC, so expect it soon.
Some highlights about this Windows Mobile phone:
* the second phone from HTC that uses "TouchFLO" technology - a touch screen that recognizes that user uses fingers instead of stylus and extensions in Windows Mobile that improve usability
* powered by Windows Mobile Professional (with touch screen)
* works with CDMA EVDO - a wireless broadband much faster than EDGE
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 7/20/2007 03:25:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 7/17/2007 09:44:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
This rather large, but powerful Windows Mobile Smartphone can currently be purchased at CompUSA for $899 . The HTC Advantage runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional.
The HTC Advantage X7501 is a powerful mobile office device that lets you work wherever and whenever you want. Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 with Direct Push Technology, you have the office tools you need while on the road. Attach the QWERTY keyboard and easily type up documents, e-mails, and messages. The huge 5-inch VGA display provides you more than enough room for surfing the Web and viewing documents. With its 3G, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 2.0 capabilities, you stay connected to the world.
The built-in 8GB hard drive gives you plenty of room to store your work and media files on the phone, and if that's not enough, insert a miniSD™ card to add even more storage space. Use the TV Out feature to output contents on the screen onto an external display such as a Projector or TV when doing presentations or sharing photos. You can also print out documents by connecting to a Bluetooth® or network printer. Have your office with you wherever you are with the HTC Advantage X7501.
Highlights:
* Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6 Standard with Direct Push Technology
* 624 MHz CPU
* Built-in 8GB hard drive with miniSD™ expansion slot
* Laptop-style experience with a huge 5-inch touch screen display and detachable QWERTY keyboard
* Always "on", connect to your office, watch videos or listen to music anywhere
* Built-in GPS
* Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
* Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi®
* 3 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash
* HTC VueFLO™ for easy navigation
* TV or VGA Out lets you output screen contents to an external viewing device
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 7/09/2007 02:38:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
The Boy Genius has gotten some information on some upcoming HTC smartphones, and is sharing a picture of one of them. The above is code named Iris. This phone looks similar to the rumored Palm Gandolf.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/21/2007 03:42:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/20/2007 05:07:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
Sprint has released an update to the Sprint PPC-6700, it's called the Mogul and has some pretty impressive specs.
* Windows Mobile 6 Professional
* EV-DO Rev. 0 (Rev. A comes later with a software update)
* 400MHz Qualcomm CPU
* 64MB RAM, 256MB ROM
* 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
* 2 megapixel camera, microSD, 1500mAh battery
* 4.3 x 2.3 x 0.73-inches
* $399 + two year contract, available in July
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/18/2007 08:03:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Engadget Mobile is reporting that Sprint will release the HTC Mogul on June 18th according to their playbook.
The Mogul will include Windows Mobile 6, 256MB storage and 64MB RAM.
MSRP for the Mogul is $549.99, with a two-year agreement bringing it down to $399.99.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/05/2007 05:09:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/05/2007 02:06:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
HTC has announced their newest smartphone, it's called the Touch.
"It's not multi-touch like the iPhone, but it does offer a "new and unique" way to sweep a finger (or stylus) across the screen to control the 3D interface. To recap, the diminutive 99.9 x 58 x 13.9-mm Touch runs Windows Mobile 6 with TouchFLO UI on a 2.8-inch display and OMAP850 processor while packing tri-band 900/1800/1900 GSM with EDGE, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 1GB microSD expansion included, and a 2 megapixel cam."Via Engadget.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/05/2007 08:12:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Dopod International is one of the largest PDA and smartphone distributor in Asia. The transfer of all assets will become effective on 1 July 2007. HTC estimates that the total amount paid for these assets will not exceed US$14.5 million.
After the acquisition, HTC will unify the products under a single global brand. In the future, all of HTC’s new products will be marketed under the HTC brand. However, Dopod International’s current on-the-market products will still be sold under the Dopod brand name.
This acquisition is also the start of HTC's operations in Asia, after a sucessful entrance in Europe after the company's acquisiotn of QTEK, another local brand." Via Geekzone .
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/08/2007 11:13:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
Mobile Tech Review has written a great review on the HTC S710 Vox .They're very impressed with this new smartphone, so am I. Make sure you check out the review.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/02/2007 08:16:00 AM 0 comments links to this post
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/01/2007 12:29:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
I've had the HTC S710 Vox for 2 days and wanted to post some first impressions.
Here's a quick rundown of the HTC S710 Vox specs:
Windows Mobile 6 Standard
TI's OMAP 850, 201 MHz processor
Memory: Rom:128MB RAM:64MB SDRAM
2.4" QVGA Transmissive LCD screen
Quad band GPRS + EDGE
802.11b/g WiFi
Bluetooth 2.0
Slide out QWERTY keyboard
2 mega-pixel camera (this camera is unbelievable, takes amazing pictures)
MicroSD expansion
1050mAh battery
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First and foremost the HTC S710 Vox is a slick, solid, gorgeous smartphone. HTC did an amazing job with the build of this phone. It feels solid, it looks and feels like a luxury phone. HTC used the same soft-touch paint found on the T-Mobile Dash, and is outlined in a mirrored metal face, it's beautiful. While the smartphone is small in size, it's big in high end features. Just take a look at the above specs and you can't help but be impressed.
The screen is sharp and beautiful 2.4 " QVGA, which takes up most of the device. The screen is in portrait mode by default when the phone is in "candybar position", but once you slide it out the keyboard the screen it automatically flips to landscape (very slick).
HTC announced that they would be building their own smartphones under their name besides of making them for other companies. They've also started building their own applications. One of the first applications you'll notice is HTC's Audio Manager. You still get Windows Media on the HTC S710 Vox, but I prefer HTC's Audio Manager. It has some pretty cool features. One of my favorite is being able to set any song in my library as my ringtone, it couldn't be simpler.
HTC also added a note taking application called Quick Notes (most Windows Mobile Smartphones lack this kind of application ). Quick Notes does what the name implies, it allows you to make quick notes right on your Vox. You can decide the size of the font, and where you'd like to save your notes, either Phone memory, Storage Card, or Bluetooth (more about this later).
HTC has also added an application called Bluetooth Explorer which allows for Bluetooth file sharing with other Bluetooth Devices. Bluetooth Explorer searches for other Bluetooth devices that have file sharing enabled and lets you access their Bluetooth shared folder. You can copy files from and to their shared folder, and create subfolders in it. When you enable Bluetooth file sharing on your device , other Bluetooth-enabled devices will be able to access your Bluetooth shared folder. I have a Bluetooth folder setup on my iMac that lets my Vox access it and add or copy files to it. I can also do the reverse. Of course I have a security enabled on my Vox so no other Bluetooth-enabled device can access my Vox unless I provide them the pass key. This is such a cool and useful application.
In this first impression I wanted to touch on some of the cool HTC applications they've added to Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The HTC S710 Vox is one helluva smartphone. Windows Mobile 6 Standard runs pretty fast on it, and I am very impressed. Stay tuned for a more in-depth look at the HTC S710 Vox and how it compares to my other smartphones.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 4/30/2007 12:39:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
This is one sleek/slick smartphone. Stay tuned for some first impressions.
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¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 4/27/2007 10:43:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
Engadget is reporting that HTC has made an official announcement of what smartphones will receive Windows Mobile6. If you've got one of the above devices you're good to go, if not Windows Mobile 5 will just have to do. HTC is offering this upgrade to smartphones that focus on messaging (don't all of them?), as they feel these smartphones will benefit most. Apologies in advance if your smartphone didn't make the list and feels like the kid not picked in gym class;)Labels: htc, windows mobile
¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 4/19/2007 07:40:00 PM 0 comments links to this post
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