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HTC Shift

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HTC are best known for their Windows smartphones, but the HTC Shift is actually a full-blown PC, albeit a tiny one, that uses HTC's phone expertise to the full.

A quick look around the hardware shows that this is an 800 gram device with a clever sliding mechanism that allows it to be used as a tablet or ultraportable laptop. The display is a 7" 800x480 pixel touchscreen, and there's a VGA resolution camera for web conferencing. The Shift doesn't have a digital camera in the traditional sense, but it would be rather impractical in a device of this size.

Delve deeper, and it turns out that the HTC Shift has a huge 1 GB of RAM, an 800 MHz Intel processor and WiFi. The Shift has either a 40 or 80 GB hard disk. Mobile connectivity is via tri-band HSDPA or UMTS, and the Shift also has quad-band GSM with GPRS and EDGE. There's also a USB 2.0 port, VGA out and 3.5mm audio jack plug. To top it all, the Shift has fingerprint recognition for added security.

Screen

  • 800x480 pixel touchscreen

Memory

  • Memory Card: No

Battery

  • 2 hours on Windows Vista
  • Up to 11 days on SnapVUE

Camera

  • 0.3 megapixels

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth: True
  • TouchScreen: True

Additional Featured

  • Expected November 2007
  • Mibile Size: 207 x 129 x 25mm
  • Weight: 800 g
  • Network: GSM 800 / 900 / 1800 /1900, UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth, GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA + WiFi
  • Language Support: English