The HTC Wizard: out and about
By Ryan Block 
posted Jul 28th 2005 5:05PM
posted Jul 28th 2005 5:05PM
Well, the deal's pretty much been sealed by this point: looks like the HTC Wizard will come in multiple versions (Wizard 100, 110, and 200, as per the design seen here without and with camera, and yesterday's design, respectively), is popping up everywhere, so it looks like we have a pretty good idea what to expect. Still no word on the supposedly impossibly anemic 200MHz processor that won't even be fast enough to run Skype with the integrated WiFi, but it never hurts to be patient for more details in this biz. For what it's worth, the thing's also been approved by the FCC, so with any luck we won't be waiting more than a few months before this thing gets out the door—or is, at very least, legal to bring home from overseas.
That thing already seems outdated. 200 mhz? Bwahaha.
this phone has officially grown on me. i wish some of these hot new phones would come out already.
Anyone know if it's got a miniSD or SD slot?
Please let it be SD...
Maybe the different models indicate CPU speed. As with the DELL palms.
It's miniSD so 1 gb only for a while.
Don't focus on the MHZ. 200 is fine with a decent cache and memory architecture. Look at the latest HP with a 312 mhz cpu that is one of the fastest Pocket PC's out there.
Handheld's are almost always bound by their slow memory.
asdfasg why mini-sd? i cant use any of my sd cards with it! call it something else! goddammit i wish theyd pick a media for everything and stay with it.
The good thing about minisd and transflash (now microsd) is that they are all electrically the same as SD. That means a simple physical adapter will make them work in an SD slot.
Remember how huge PC Cards seemed when CF came along? And how SD seemed so tiny compared to CF? Well now SD seems huge compared to miniSD.
It's not all about getting smaller for smaller's sake but miniSD cuts out a considerable volume from a device over SD.
But then again I'd give up the freaking nickel sized space to have an SD card in all it's 4 to 8 GB glory.
The clock speed has been talked about quite alot at www.imate-user.com and the answer is:
Yes, the K-Jam does have a 200mhz chip
Yes, the Jam has a 416 mhz chip
BUT
The K-Jam chip is totally different to the Jam, it can do a lot more work per cycle than the Jam chip can, so whilst it has a slower clock speed (meaning lower power requirements and less heat produced) it actually works faster that the Jam because it can process more data in each clock cycle.
Mhz isn't a direct relation when your talking about different chip types. Which is the same reason you can't compare Intel processors against AMD directly based on it's Mhz value. An AMD chip at 2.2Ghz can process a lot more data than an Intel at 2.2Ghz
Which is why the AMD (running at 2.2Ghz clock) has a 3200+ rating as it can deliver the same performance as an Intel running at 3.2Ghz
So in summary, a 2.2Ghz AMD can deliver the same performance as an Intel 3.2Ghz so whilst the AMD is running at a slower clock speed, it can still deliver the same performace as an Intel at 3.2Ghz
The same as the K-Jam processor is running at a slower clock speed as the Jam but can deliver the same if not better performance.
piece of shit!!!! go ZIRE 72s