HTC "Gene" makes FCC appearance

After a fairly productive 3GSM last week showing off new Windows Mobile 6 wares in the form of the Vox and the Advantage, everyone's favorite Taiwanese Windows Mobile ODM has graced us with this here "Gene" (or at least we think that's what it's called, based on its model number, GENE100) via our usual Tipster Extraordinare, the FCC. The specs aren't really enough to knock our socks off -- data tops out with quadband EDGE, the cam is a simple 2 megapixel unit, plus the usual Bluetooth 2.0, 128MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM, and QVGA display atop a 201MHz TI OMAP850 -- but at this point, we're still happy to get whatever new Professional hardware we can get.

[boe Posted Feb 21st 2007 3:33PM]

WOW - No memory, low resolution, fat brick design - HTC's streak continues!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 21st 2007 3:45PM]

10 Gold Dubloons to the person that can identify the camera in the reflection!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 21st 2007 4:04PM]

lol, what is this crap?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 21st 2007 4:32PM]

Gene is the codename for the HTC P3400:
http://www.europe.htc.com/z/pdf/products/1854_P3400_PRODSHT_FRNT.pdf

[Damage Posted Feb 21st 2007 4:48PM]

Dude's rocking a Canon A-series...

[boe Posted Feb 21st 2007 5:12PM]

Specs -
dimensions 58 x 109 x 17.65 millimetres
resolution 240 x 320 - as mentioned by original poster
Display Diagonal: 2.8 "
Mass: 126 grams
memory barely enough to mention

IPHONE -
dimensions 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
Screen resolution 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
Screen size 3.5 inches
mass: 135 grams
Memory - 4GB or 8GB

Why doesn't HTC just hire the company that makes the iphone to make a WM6 phone?

[nutzareus Posted Feb 21st 2007 5:16PM]

No 3G? No Deal!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 21st 2007 5:40PM]

um....i didn't realize HTC was making Tomagochis???

[macserv Posted Feb 21st 2007 5:58PM]

Is this company *capable* of making an attractive device? Their track record lately is looking almost as bad as Scientific Atlanta's.

[boe Posted Feb 21st 2007 6:42PM]

Stunning - I can pick 10 different HTC models that are just released or being released and here are the differences - model number

Similarities - Big/FAT (OK if you need a blunt instrument), ugly, low resolution, short battery time, poor BT, lack of memory....

How is it that so many of us at engadget notice how archaic there "new" phones are and yet no one at HTC is doing anything to push the envelope? At least iMate is making some effort by releasing VGA phones - what the hell has HTC done in the last year or so that is innovative?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 21st 2007 8:36PM]

That's oooooogleh!

It's like Ford releasing an hybrid Pinto.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2007 6:01PM]

we are talking about this at http://www.cellphoner.net!