The HTC Shift (updated)
HTC (High Tech Computer), popular for their Windows Mobile Smartphones (re-branded by major carriers), has officially announced their first UMPC - the HTC Shift. It has a sliding keyboard, a 7-inch tilting screen, and cellular built in. Additional specs as reported by Engadget are as follows:
- 1.2GHz VIA CPU
- Vista business running Aero
- 7-inch sliding, tiling wide-touchscreen
- 30GB drive
- Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE
- WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
- Biometric reader, front-facing camera
It is expected to be in the market by Q3 for less than $2000.
An excerpt from the press release:
Unveiled at CTIA, the HTC Shift combines the power of Windows Vista with an innovative QWERTY-based keyboard design and 3G-connectivity. The days of compromising productivity for portability are gone. The HTC Shift provides all the power, functionality and connectivity the busy professional needs in a sleek design that is half the size and a fraction of the weight of what they lug around today. Similar in size to a couple of DVD cases, the HTC Shift comes with Windows Vista Business, includes a brilliant 7-inch widescreen touch display and a 30-gigabyte hard drive. Packed with advanced connectivity, the HTC Shift features high-speed global connectivity with Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. A multimedia maven, the HTC Shift leverages Windows Media Player 11 to provide easy access to music, videos and photos.
“The HTC Shift is combining the power of Windows Vista with advanced connectivity in a sleek mobile computer design,” said Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Platforms Division. “HTC and Microsoft have been innovating on smartphones for years, so it is exciting to see them bring that experience and innovation to mobile computers.”
The HTC Shift will be available in the US and Europe in Q3 2007. Additional details, including specifications, pricing and availability will be announced when available.
More images coming. Stay tuned.
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Wow its looks really nice, but whats with this - all these companies coming out with these UMPC’s that have very similar specs as the UX, but really expensive. If anything, make a new UMPC with better specs, or a new UMPC with more features. All this thing has over the UX is a few extra connectivity options.
A fine looking UMPC indeed and if HTC (whom I’ve bought 2 splindid pocket pc based phones from before the PPC6600 & 6700) had managed to squeeze those same specks into say the HTC advantage I’d fear that my UX might indeed need a once over in the upgrade department. Be that as it may the 7 inch UMPC form factor is a tatste to big in my belief to be pocketable and therefore not micro so it’s going to give all faithful Tablet PC owners somthing consider. But for me its Micro PC because I’m a fan of pocketable computing.
Check out http://htc-shift.info
it’s the community site for this device, many options, and great to see more HTC SHIFT owners discuss their gadget, and ways to communicate with it.