Hands-on with the HTC Cavalier

Unboxing plain ol' released products is so 2006. The hip new thing is unboxing products that have yet to be released, like this here HTC Cavalier, and to a lesser extent, the iPhone. Boy Genius, international man of mystery, does the honors on this one, and while we don't see a box anywhere in sight, he makes up for it with a myriad of pics, so we're going to take his word for it that there was a box somewhere in these proceedings. As for the phone, that 400MHz processor, side mounted touch-wheel and 2 megapixel camera look just as promising in the flesh as they do on those oft-leaked spec sheets. Unfortunately, the phone seems to share its progenitor's curse of looking odd for the camera, but if it's as good in person as the Excalibur, we could still have a winner here. Unfortunately, HTC has sent out word that the phone is currently "postponed indefinitely," so we'll have to see what's up with that before we get our hopes too high for this little HSDPA number. Check another pic after the break, or peep the read link for the whole collection.

[CTG @ Jan 16th 2007 5:20PM]

The iPhone can't get here soon enough.

Please rescue me from this garbage.

[Bob @ Jan 16th 2007 5:29PM]

Am I the only one that thinks comments like this are already getting old? Not to mention they are not even remotely creative.

[dimsum05 @ Jan 16th 2007 5:29PM]

Did they get rid of the touch strip from the Excalibur... cause that was a pain..

[dimsum05 @ Jan 16th 2007 5:34PM]

Agreed

[Kirko @ Jan 16th 2007 5:31PM]

Oh god, is EVERY post about an mp3 player, phone, or pda going to have ignorant garbage about "why is anyone even making these things anymore, the iphone is almost here!!"

grr
-kirko

[comrade @ Jan 16th 2007 5:42PM]

Looks very last century. Almost looks retro.

[comrade @ Jan 16th 2007 5:43PM]

(actually, it more reminds of one of the old HP scientific calculators from the 90s...)

[enzo @ Jan 16th 2007 5:55PM]

Well I think it's sexy.

[chad @ Jan 16th 2007 6:03PM]

It's really not a retro looking phone. I assume this has the same problem as the Dash, which is that it looks chunky and ugly in photos, but very slick in person. Since I bought this phone a month ago, I've had about 15 people come up to me on the streets and ask me about it (and no body has ever wanted to check out any previous phone I've ever owned).

[v_dogg @ Jan 16th 2007 6:05PM]

i wonder how that guy cut himself

[Don Wilson @ Jan 16th 2007 6:34PM]

Haha, yet another ripoff from the Moto Q.

[Mattso @ Jan 16th 2007 10:00PM]

Why oh why won't they start including pocket pc in these things already? Then I would be excited. I refuse to give up my 8125 for anything with the stripped down version of the OS.

[Michael Mantion @ Jan 18th 2007 3:25PM]

R u serious? Moto q doesn't have WIFI... among other things.. WIFI.. it was a big mistake for MOTO to make a device with out WIFI.. In case you didn't get it... the biggest difference is WIFI

[Xinyu @ Jan 16th 2007 6:53PM]

Wait until you walk down the street with your iPhone, you will have 150 people stopping you to look at your phone if they don't have one already.

[Troy @ Jan 16th 2007 8:13PM]

looks like it has an iSync software (2nd icon), does that mean it is going to sync with apple? mnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[brian @ Jan 16th 2007 8:36PM]

No, that is not iSync. It is the icon for the Communication Manager.

[beanspants @ Jan 16th 2007 9:05PM]

400 mhz processor? i have a desktop computer that i use on a regular basis that's only 400 mhz.

wow.

[resource @ Jan 16th 2007 11:16PM]

This needs a Pocket PC Touchscreen and T-Mobile 3G.

[Michael Mantion @ Jan 18th 2007 3:24PM]

Agreed

[tobin92 @ Jan 17th 2007 1:09AM]

I pray for Dash like pricing, basically the same phone

[Kory @ Jan 17th 2007 8:36AM]

Hey, why doesn't HTC release any products with the Palm OS? I know, it's an old OS, but it's damn good and very extensible.

Do you think they're locked out because of their past relationship with Palm (the hardware guys)?

[PS3guy @ Jan 17th 2007 10:33AM]

iphone no 3G = Suck

[boe @ Jan 17th 2007 11:48AM]

Why does it look bigger than the Q or the blackjack? Is it the full Windows Mobile 5 or just a bloated smartphone?

[panflute @ Mar 13th 2007 10:41PM]

I would like to buy it NOW.
Anyone have one for sale?