More on the HTC Advantage Update
Posted by Chris Leckness on 02/11/08 in HTC, Mobile World Congress
1st off, I love using my Advantage. I use it mainly as an entertainment device though. Web browsing, games, etc… It’s really nice for those, but it’s much more powerful. I am not putting it through the hell that Matt Miller does!
Anyhow, the announcement came during the sleeping hours for us in the US, but HTC has announced an update to the HTC Advantage. Jack posted a blurb earlier, but I am here to share the Press Release and a couple photos.
Let me start out by saying… WOW. The keyboard looks 9.7x better! It looks more sleek, but it’s really not. I guess I am going to have to get this one too, I really look forward to checking this one out.
Press Release courtesy of Jesikka at Wagged…
HTC Introduces Enhanced HTC Advantage
New applications, keyboard and storage capacity expand user experience
BARCELONA — Feb. 11, 2008 – Today at the 2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress, HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile® smart devices, announced an updated version of the HTC Advantage™ that introduces new software, increased storage and an improved keyboard. The HTC Advantage™ is an ideal companion for the business traveller who needs a powerful and portable device that includes constant connectivity.
Developed from the ground up to be extremely portable, yet powerful, the HTC Advantage™ integrates a broad set of features into a compact and innovative design. Based on a future version of Windows Mobile, the updated HTC Advantage™ includes a customized HTC Home today screen that provides one-touch access to emails, text messages, missed calls, calendar appointments and contacts, as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for hundreds of cities around the world.
The HTC Advantage™ features HTC’s TouchFLO™ software which enhances finger touch scrolling and browsing of Web pages, documents, messages and contact lists. The Advantage™ will also include Opera Mobile 9 and Google Maps for mobile.
In addition to the many software enhancements, the HTC Advantage™ also adds a variety of new and improved hardware features including 16GB of storage, a new improved keyboard with haptic feedback and an updated version of VueFLO™ using a G-sensor that recognises the screen orientation of the device for optimal customer usage.
“Having established broader boundaries for mobile computing with the first HTC Advantage a year ago, we are introducing a wealth of new enhancements focused on improving the overall touch screen and keyboard user experience,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO of HTC. “Our goal with the HTC Advantage is to provide a small connected mobile computing device that will replace notebook PCs on daily commutes or short trips.”
With its innovative built-in video output capability, the HTC Advantage™ empowers its users with freedom to make presentations anywhere. Users can run presentations directly via the projector and TV output. Its 5-inch VGA colour touch screen and innovative, magnetic QWERTY keyboard are ideal not just for editing Microsoft Office documents, but also for enjoying leisure time. Users can watch videos, browse the web, use instant Outlook push e-mail, synchronize their contacts, tasks and calendar, and navigate anywhere with inbuilt GPS and TomTom NAVIGATOR 6.
Offering a complete package of connectivity, the HTC Advantage™ offers a wide variety of Wireless connectivity options such as Tri-band HSPDA, Wi-Fi® and stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 connectivity.
The updated HTC Advantage™ will be available in March in select countries across Europe.
The Full product spec is as follows:
Product name
HTC Advantage™ (X7510)
Size
133.5 x 98 x 16 mm (additional 4.75mm for keyboard)
Weight
290g + 85g for keyboard
Networks
WCDMA/HSDPA: 850/1900/2100 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Operating system
Future Version of Windows Mobile®
Display
5-inch VGA with touch screen
Camera
3.1 megapixel with auto focus
VGA for video calling
Internal memory
256 MB + 16 GB flash; 128 MB RAM
Memory card
miniSD™
WLAN
802.11b/g
Bluetooth®
2.0
Interface
HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0
High-Speed); HTC 16 pin port (USB 1.1 host, TV/VGA out); 3.5mm audio jack with microphone
Battery
2100 mAh
Talk time
WCDMA: up to 300 minutes*
GSM: up to 360 minutes*
Standby time
WCDMA: up to 300 hours*
GSM: up to 300 hours*
Special feature
Detachable QWERTY Keyboard with Haptic feedback; document printing; G sensor
Chipset
Marvell PXA270 624 MHz; Qualcomm® MSM6275
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Are you going to respond to Dave Ciccone? He is calling you out in a major way on his blog (davidciccone.com)
As for his comment, it’s unwarranted, irrelevant, and total speculation. It’s irrelevant since I didn’t write a review for the HTC Advantage anyway. Our review was written by Breley (http://mobilitysite.com/2007/10/review-of-htc-advantage-x7501-2/). Breley returned the unit to HTC himself. Later we had an HTC Advantage donated to the site by HTC for a giveaway in which Wesley Tremblay from Canada (http://mobilitysite.com/2007/12/5th-birthday-contest-htc-advantage-winner/) won. In fact he’s still waiting for delivery, see my personal blog for this fiasco. This person is speculating that I wouldn’t buy a device just to have. I do it all the time. I buy devices just to video and give away in contests. I keep some of them too. I have an iPhone that sits in my bathroom to replace my magazines and newspapers.
Since you have pointed me to this post I found another post that was made there accusing me falsely of another thing. He has a claim that I redesigned Tiltsite.com by copying his blog’s look. This is completely false. Tiltsite’s look was changed on 12/14/07. (http://tiltsite.com/2007/12/tilt-site-get-a-facelift) The claim on that blog was that I changed it 4 days ago. I am not sure why this person cares, but it’s cool.
I do not wish to engage in debate on this subject here. I will not discuss this accusation or the accuser here publicly. If anyone wishes to discuss it, you are welcome to email me.