http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/ Engadget Comments for O2 launches HTC Advantage as Xda Flint, curiously aims at education sector 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/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 15th 2009 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
Maybe if they made it more aggressive to be a premium device, in the Vaio P vein, it could be a lot better.]]>Jan 14th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
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If I could toss this in a jacket pocket, connect to a bluetooth headset, and make phone calls (making it a smartphone with a huge screen/keyboard), I'd buy it right now.]]>Jan 14th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
I have got news for you: You can surely do all the things you say, you can use it as a phone with a BT headset or even without (if you aren't afraid to look a bit silly) and if you have pokets large enough to hold a couple CDs they can also hold the Shift or the Advantage.
I have had this thing until I bought a netbook (last july) and it would fit perfectly in the inside, large pocket on the right side of Burberry's raincoats; the inside pocket of the classic Loro Piana cashemere coat , can also easily fit the shift, but unfortunately not my new Vaio TT.
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If O2 wanted to absorb HTC's left-over stock (which is virtually what this is given we've seen the Athena 2 is coming this year) they would have done better to buy up and customise the shift. Maybe even build a cpl Win7 drivers to maek use of the better battery life.]]>Jan 15th 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
Seriously, you make the KEYBOARD so thin that there's no room for the keys to be pushed down, but the SCREEN really thick so that... um why again?]]>Jan 14th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/Jan 14th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
Delusional doesn't really cover it...]]>Jan 14th 2009 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/
I on the other hand would much rather see them bring out the HTC Touch HD although I read somewhere Orange have in on exlusive until the end of January '09. That said though....do you think the grasp of Apple at O2's throat would allow them to release a competitor device like the Touch HD....it has copy and paste after all.]]>Jan 14th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/o2-launches-htc-advantage-as-xda-flint-curiously-aims-at-educat/This is no permanent laptop replacement though. Edu-ma-cation requires a laptop.
Also, I don't know why HTC perseveres with the stupid keyboard, lack of the joystick as on the 7500/7501. It also needs a 64+GB HDD or SSD.

As for the pro's of this device, instant on, HSDPA speeds, big screen compared to 'smart phones', great battery life compared laptops - true convergence device. Just wish the Athena2 will have wimax...]]>Jan 15th 2009 3:00PM