HTC Advantage X7510 now up for pre-order

HTC still hasn't gotten official with the exact price or release date for its HTC Advantage X7510 handheld, but that hasn't stopped a number of retailers from putting the device up for pre-order, and at quite a range of prices to boot. As Pocketables points out, UK retailers Clove Technology and eXpansys each have the X7510 up for £595 and £700, respectively, although neither are making any promises about when it'll ship. US retailers are also offering the device at similarly varied prices, ranging from $800 at GearTrade to $1,300 at Smart Mobile Gadgets and On The Go Solutions (Google Product Search even turns one retailer by the name of PrestoMart listing it at $550, although that link unsurprisingly goes to a blank product page). For its part, Pocketables speculates that the $800 price tag is closest to the official one (which probably isn't too far off base), but we'll just have to wait for HTC to give us the final word on that.

[Dster @ Mar 11th 2008 2:48PM]

why? Will anyone buy this at that price, with Atom and Isaiah ramping production up? Yesterday's tech at tomorrow's prices.

[Chebwa @ Mar 11th 2008 2:51PM]

It may be portable and useful to some, but no way is it $800 useful.

[Dave @ Mar 11th 2008 4:09PM]

the box it is enclosed in should have on the side "Video Drivers not included"

[Wolfticket @ Mar 11th 2008 2:58PM]

Scale it up a bit and it would be a pretty sweet eee sized tablet pc design, esp. if the price was right. As it is, it's pretty much a niche within another niche.

[sinjinn @ Mar 11th 2008 5:50PM]

a niche niche ?

[Wonderkid @ Mar 11th 2008 3:36PM]

Having used the earlier model, I can confirm this is a totally impractical form factor. Set back full stroke keyboards, like that on the ASUS EEE PC make a huge difference. Else, best to get a very small phone and a regular or compact laptop.

[tekdroid @ Mar 11th 2008 4:14PM]

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=474
battery life is still better than any eee pc and it has inbuilt gps and size and weight still smaller.

I guess this is what people pay a (sizeable) premium for. Slightly different set of needs/uses, really.

Although a significant ammount of overlap for sure.

[epi117 @ Mar 11th 2008 3:38PM]

I'm still loving my HTC advantage 7501, gps, 5inch screen, 3g works great cept for the video drivers which suck big time

[JAmerican @ Mar 11th 2008 3:53PM]

No way is that worth $800. My EEE PC is half the price and comes with the correct video drivers and runs Windows XP! I think I'll pass HTC.

JAmerican

[tekdroid @ Mar 11th 2008 3:55PM]

just how many of HTC's products don't have the correct video drivers? I keep hearing about this...

Seems really odd.

[L. M. Lloyd @ Mar 11th 2008 8:47PM]

Actually, it is just people being snarky when they falsely claim the Advantage doesn't have the correct video drivers. The problem is with the HTC devices using Qualcom chips. That does not include the Advantage.

[JohnForger @ Mar 26th 2008 1:21AM]

Actually, many of the HTC Advantage models do not have the proper video drivers. Dopod customers seem to have them more often than HTC customers. I know my unit and at least several other people's units do not have the video drivers in question.

Lloyd, please do not make untrue and unverified statements that might convince someone to spend their money on a device that may not perform as expected. I can only imagine that you saw a post in a thread at a BBS that claimed the video drivers were present, then ignored all other claims of unexpected, poor performance. Perhaps, a better way to make your statement would have been "Some users have verified the existence of the video drivers in question, but others have been unable to verify their existence and have noticed unusually poor performance from their unit."

Now I go'a be goin' and listenin' myself some o' dat Liter o' Tears theme to do me some 'memberin'.

[James @ Mar 11th 2008 4:25PM]

No thank you ill take an EEE pc over this POS any day.

[bob e @ Mar 11th 2008 4:45PM]

It looks very nice to me :>

I was going to purchase this right out but now I'm waiting to compare it to the HP UMPC first.

[michael @ Mar 11th 2008 5:09PM]

If I could estimate what it 'should' be worth, I wouldn't say anything above $500.

I agree that HTC is overpricing this one.

[epi117 @ Mar 11th 2008 5:14PM]

3G , GPS, 12 meg, did i mention 3G, plus you can use it as a modem, bluetooth, 5 inch screen or hook up to monitor, did i mention 3G

[sinjinn @ Mar 11th 2008 5:57PM]

pffft How many pounds?.. crazy. gigabyte m528 will be 700 euro , same screen , gps hsdpa etc , windows xp.. better keyboard ..

[keithwwalker @ Mar 11th 2008 9:05PM]

Whenever I am at a show, or out and about using my 7501 camera function, people are impressed by this magnificent brick. PDA/Phone/GPS/Camera (ok, camera it's not great but good enough for work purposes..)

Sooner or later there will be a 1.0" 32 and 64gb SSD's that can be retrofitted. Only thing lacking is video performance.

[Mark @ Mar 11th 2008 9:55PM]

So why would anyone get a $800 Pocket PC? It doesn't even run Windows or Linux.

[Raymond @ Mar 11th 2008 11:24PM]

Read up on the Advantage. It runs both Windows Mobile AND Windows Vista.

[keithwwalker @ Mar 12th 2008 2:43AM]

That's kind of like asking why someone would buy a Sony UX.

Of the HTC can actually make a phone call, the Sony UX and Asus Eee can't.

[David @ Mar 12th 2008 6:54AM]

What's your number? I'll call you from my Eee via Skype right now. I hope your Advantage has video though, because the Eee does.

Just saying your statement is false. I call people via my Eee all the time, landlines, or not.

[Mark @ Mar 13th 2008 11:14PM]

The Advantage does NOT run Vista or XP. That's the Shift, which is twice as expensive. You HTC fanboys are amusing.

[Craig @ Mar 11th 2008 10:47PM]

Yeesh...and people thought the Palm Foleo was a doomed product. With the Asus EeePC out now, and all its clones, this thing has zero shot at selling enough for HTC to recoup its dev costs, let alone make much profit. A for effort, D for timing.

[Baloney Joe @ Mar 12th 2008 1:18AM]

strange typo theyd let slide on the official page.

"Highlights
16MB of internal flash memory to hold more files than before"

[wordpartnersink @ Mar 12th 2008 2:08AM]

Seems like a real cool gadget. Looks cool too, just needs to be able actually work on the internet with windows, ect... T
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[moonmen @ Mar 12th 2008 10:03AM]

WHAT!?!? No 3g Data?!?! What is the state of the art coming too? Fiber optic adaptive proccessing smartphones with 100kbps data connections?? I am still unsatisfied with evdo...I am going to throw up now. :-o

[Jack278 @ Mar 12th 2008 6:08PM]

Why are you guys keep comparing this to the EEE PC? Is the EEE PC a phone? I don't think so!

[Mark @ Mar 13th 2008 11:16PM]

Eee PC + Nokia N95 = Approaching the cost of this monstrosity.

[Joseph Sanders @ Mar 13th 2008 1:53PM]

Obviously, this is the "wrong" form factor for lots of folks, too big for a phone too small and expensive compared to the eeepc. A few (me) find it perfect. This thing will provide a much better web experience than any phone and is more portable than a laptop.

[Mark @ Mar 13th 2008 11:17PM]

How will it provide better web experience than a phone? It still runs shitty old Internet Explorer, which I have to suffer through on my HTC Touch.

[Joseph Sanders @ Mar 13th 2008 11:45PM]

It will run Opera... and it has 4x the screen of any phone.

[First Guy @ May 28th 2008 10:33PM]

FIRST!

[martin @ Mar 11th 2008 2:57PM]

not fucking likely

[wootman @ Mar 11th 2008 3:03PM]

FAIL!

[Wolfticket @ Mar 11th 2008 3:04PM]

@First Guy

I thumbed you down instinctively, but in retrospect, I think that you are probably a genius.

[Chebwa @ Mar 11th 2008 3:34PM]

@Wolfticket

When I initially came upon First Guy, I stopped and thought for a minute. Then I shot him a quick and dirty THUMBS UP. Way up.

[Shadyman @ Mar 11th 2008 3:57PM]

Funny, First Guy.

This is the second page I've seen you FAIL in the span of a day. I'm sure there are Many, many more examples of FAIL if I read the archives.

EPIC FAIL.

[Patrick @ Mar 11th 2008 8:42PM]

Well, another example of failure would be your hackneyed overuse of weak internet slang cliches.