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You're thinking mobile WiMax. ;-)

Thomas]]>Dec 21st 2006 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/
On the upshot, I just signed a 2yr w/Verizon and got a Samsung I-730, so that contract should be ending right around the time this HTC hits US soil...

I'm not bitter and jaded about the US cell market or anything.]]>Dec 21st 2006 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/Dec 21st 2006 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/>HTC Athena (X7500): a UMTS/HSDPA quad-band UMPC?

>>sethx @ Dec 21st 2006 9:04AM
>>i so have the feeling OQO will get a SERIOUS ass whoppin' if

Come down now everyboyd: it's frickin' Windows Mobile
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I'm considering one of these now:

http://www.dynamism.com/sa1/main.shtml]]>Dec 21st 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/Dec 22nd 2006 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/
This is meant to be a smartphone blended with your PDA. Not a UMPC. Instead of buying a smartphone and a PDA, you're paying a price premium for the engineering work to combine them into a single device. If you're looking for a UMPC, look elsewhere!]]>Dec 23rd 2006 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/
Manufactures just stop!! All you’re doing is embarrassing yourselves, because you don’t know how to LISTEN!!! $500 dollars and not a penny more!
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But with M$ software.

The Dark Side is calling to me now!]]>Dec 21st 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/
The key feature of a Psion or a neu-Psion is a touch-typeable keyboard, something with a key mechanism like that of a laptop, not little nubs like on a TV remote control. This is the difference between the 60-70 WPM I can type on a Psion, Jornada 720 or Sig3 and the 10-20 WPM I can type on a Zaurus C760, PPC-6700/HTC Apache, or the HTC Athena.

I hope it at least has a 5" keyboard- the last report said it was a 3.5", and a screen that smal would make
it even farther away from a neu-Psion.

For something that is a *ton* more like a neu-Psion, check out the NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion 3. I had one of these for a while, and it is an *incredible* machine. Using remoted X11 apps and RDP connecting to a machine in my basement, this took over as my desktop at home. I used actual CE apps when I was using it on the go. This was my primary machine for the year I had it, but I had to sell it to make rent. Unlike the HTC Athena, it has a real, laptop-like touch-typeable keyboard. The Sig3 is reasonably priced at $400-500.

http://conics.net/shp/pda/sigmarion3/

If you want another modern device like the HTC Athena, including the detachable keyboard, but missing the built-in cell radio, check out the Samsung Nexio XP40 or the older S160. The lack of a cell radio could be good or bad depending on your situation, same with the use of real WinCE. WinCE is definately a useful OS, and I personally have found more useful Linux/Unix ports than for the Zaurus (that may have changed!), and regular WinCE is more powerful and useful than WinMo/PPC, though with less software support.

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=284
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/335/C1757/

I still have a Jornada 720 which I use for certain occasions. It's an older machine with only a 206 MHz Strong ARM and older software, but it can still run a lot of new software. The WinCE machines I mentioned (Sig3, NEXiO, J720) can all run most WinMo/PPC apps using a few tricks, and if you are a power user willing to do a little tinkering these machines can replace a laptop.

The real issue is: why the hell doesn't someone release a device like these for the US market? The Jornada 720 is old and the Sig3 and NEXiO are both meant for non-US markets, though they can be converted to a good extent. My dream machine would be a Sig 3 created for the US market, with a swivel screen like the Zaurus C-series to be converted into a tablet, with builtin Bluetooth for connecting to my phone (Spring PPC-6700, the HTC Apache), on which caps out at a totally decent 1-3 megabit.

HTC- *please* make one of these for me! ]]>Dec 21st 2006 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/Dec 21st 2006 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/
This is meant to be a smartphone blended with your PDA. Not a UMPC. Instead of buying a smartphone and a PDA, you're paying a price premium for the engineering work to combine them into a single device. If you're looking for a UMPC, look elsewhere!"

The Sony VAIO UX also uses Cingular's EDGE network. Plus, it's got the two Motion Eye webcams. So the UX can also function pretty much like a phone because you can use it to make VoIP calls wherever a mobile phone can be used. Plus, you can have video chats. I'd take the UX anyday.]]>Dec 23rd 2006 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/htc-athena-x7500-a-umtshsdpa-quad-band-UMPC/Dec 24th 2006 3:14AM