http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for HTC Shift gets hands on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
Can the HTC really be that good? Can anything?]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/whats wrong with that guy talk about long winded. evil fluffy eyebrows too.]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
Swing away, Merill!

Swing away!]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/I was really looking forward the first video but the first 120 seconds are just crap.]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
So it's 800x480 in Vista and 640x480 in PocketPC? I'm used to a 17"wide+24"Wide LCD... VGA Vista sounds painful...

Really sweet kit though... Dual mode especially.]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
Geez, the nerve some people here have... DVI? There almost aren't any *laptops* with DVI.]]>Aug 13th 2007 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
It really is. It really, really is. :)]]>Aug 13th 2007 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
"I'm in PocketPC, I'm back in Vista. I'm in PocketPC, now I'm back in Vista. I'm back in Vista, I'm in PocketPC, back in Vista, back in PocketPC."

Painful.

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By the way, I was just waiting for him to bring the crying baby into the frame and have it start cooing when it realizes it can switch from Vista (shittiest OS ever) to PocketPC (second shittiest OS ever, or third after WindowsME) in the SAME device --- and back again! FTW!]]>Aug 13th 2007 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/

I think HTC has a great device now. This is by far the best UMPC to EVER come out. After watching the video i am really interested in this device. Just gotta figure out what this could do for me. The dual OS is a very good idea. I cant wait to see a more detailed description of either OS. And 7 days battery life is amazing for Windows Mobile 6..]]>Aug 13th 2007 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
You're in windows ce, now in Vista, now in CE, now in Vista. CE, Vista, CE, Vista. Now concentrate on my eyebrows. Now relax. rellaaaxxx. Now when I click my fingers you'll feel your arms fall heavy, reach into your pockets, get out your wallet and make the most relaxing and fufilling purchase of your life. Keep focussed on my eyebrows.]]>Aug 13th 2007 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
...this "thing" is just as mobile as a brick! Look at it, its bigger than most purses, bigger than this guys head!]]>Aug 13th 2007 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
Resuming vista takes really long. Opening apps takes a long time too. I know, blame it on bulky vista, which likely wasn't optimized in any shape or form; but in an UMPC it would foremost like things to be swift. Much swifter than what I saw in the video. It doesn't seem any faster than 5yr old tablet hardware.

As revolutionary as it may be. Too big to be pocketable. Too slow for frequent use. ]]>Aug 13th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Lol
question is, how safe is it to switch between modes mid operation? Do the operation sleep? do they carry on? If so, what happens to battery life when both are "operational?"

when do you need the thumbpad when you have touchscreen?

Price? Weight?

missing great deal of info.]]>Aug 13th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
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But seriously, someone should attend to the baby.]]>Aug 13th 2007 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/128 gig video ram? Holy shit, my desktop doesn't even have that! What would you even need that for a 1024x600 screen?]]>Aug 13th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
I suddenly lost interest in that gadget now...]]>Aug 13th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
*POP*

"IN AMERICA WE DON'T TOLERATE THAT KIND OF CRAP, SIR!"]]>Aug 13th 2007 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 13th 2007 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/When he reads these comments he wont be giving Engadget anymore shoutouts. ]]>Aug 13th 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 15th 2007 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
Yeah, the video has some low points, but overall he does a great job and it looks like a great device.]]>Aug 14th 2007 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/
And as far as his eyebrows go, allow me to tell you those extra ten pounds really do you a disservice. And your pores are looking especially large today. What? That doesn't have anything to do with what you're trying to say? Really?

Do I sound annoyed by your irrelevant and childish comments? I am. You know those Delete Cyber-bullying commercials for kids--the ones that teach them not to say things online they wouldn't say in person?(Because even children know when they're being unnecessarily rude.) I'm ashamed to say they should be making them for you grown-ups, too.

Post when you have something new and important to say about gadgets. Don't make the rest of us read a bunch of unpleasant opinions that don't matter. That way, you don't have to read posts like this, and we can all get back to the point of the site.

Hugo, thank you for a very informative review. I'm sure there are scores of smart people out there who also appreciate your efforts--but have the good sense not to even dignify these... mature and admirable adults, yeah, that's it... with a response.]]>Aug 16th 2007 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 18th 2007 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/htc-shift-gets-hands-on/Aug 20th 2007 10:00AM