Another from
HTC we saw coming, but that's still a pleasant surprise:
HTC's Advantage (codename Athena) will in fact be making it Stateside! Noice, but even better, HTC will be releasing the Advantage (now camera-free) under its own brand. In other words, the little ODM we all watched grow up in the last couple of years has finally broken free of designing handsets for others and the perpetual carrier rebadges, and is officially launching devices under its own brand in the US. Perhaps they finally have the cachet to play the game outside of the normal carrier / device ecosystem (or, equally likely, no US carrier was brave enough to sell the Advantage), but either way users can look forward to:
- 5-inch VGA touch display
- Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE
- WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
- GPS navigation
- 8GB drive, 256MB flash memory, 128MB RAM
- miniSD card slot, HTC VueFLO nav
- 3.5mm audio jack
Coming this summer -- hard price and date not yet established.
posted March 26th 2007 11:01AM
"Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE"
I know this means it does data over cell but does this mean it's a cell phone also?
iPhones, FTW!!!
Where's the CDMA version damn it? I've been using this ppc-6700 for more then a year now!!!! And I love it!
Yes, it IS a phone - but it's not strictly designed for phone usage. You have to kinda "bodge" it - it has a micrphone in it, and that works fine, but you either have to wear the headset to hear the other person, or you can put speakerphone on. Obviously, it's a little too big to hold up to your ear, but then I can't see this being aimed at the blackberry-users, it's more of an "alongside" product.
But yes, short answer: it can be a phone, too. Imagine Skype on it :D
Yes, it IS a phone - but it's not strictly designed for phone usage. You have to kinda "bodge" it - it has a micrphone in it, and that works fine, but you either have to wear the headset to hear the other person, or you can put speakerphone on. Obviously, it's a little too big to hold up to your ear, but then I can't see this being aimed at the blackberry-users, it's more of an "alongside" product.
But yes, short answer: it can be a phone, too. Imagine Skype on it :D
Why did they drop the camera?
It's available in Asia as the Dopod U100
What asian country should I look in, for the Dopod U100 mobile download, for use on HTC Advantage x7500?