Laptops Arena

HTC Advantage got updated. HTC announced for Mobile World Congress 2008 to add new software, more storage capacity and an enhanced keyboard.
The ultra portable PC comes with a new customized HTC Home today screen with one-touch access to e-mails, messages, calls, contacts and even weather forecasts.

Its TouchFLO software is enhancing the finger touch scrolling and web sites browsing, and there are included also Opera Mobile 9 and Google Maps.
Now the HTC Advantage has 16GB of Flash storage and a G-sensor which recognizes the display orientation improving the viewability.

More than that, the UMPC model lets users run programs via the projctor and TV output capability and comes with a nice 5-inch VGA toch-sensitive screen and a magnetic QWERTY keyboard for best ergonomics while working in the Microsoft Office applications.

It will come to Europe in March under the name HTC Advantage X7510, with WCDMA/HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks support, the 3.1MP camera, miniSD card slot, WLAN 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, the HTC ExtUSB miniUSB, HTC16 pin port, the 3.5mm audio jack with microphone, a 2100mAh Li-Ion battery, and powered by the Marvell PXA270 624 MHz processor and Qualcomm MSM6275.

"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," declared 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."

This is the HTC Shift Ultra Mobile PC that is to be released soon in the rest of the continents besides Korea, where it is already available, and finally we have a price for it: it will be available at about $1600.



HTC invites us to experience a new era in mobile computing with its latest powerful UMPC that features a 7-inch Wide TFT LCD touch screen with adjustable screen angle, up to 60 GB HDD, a superb QWERTY keyboard for the best ergonomics, tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth technologies, and 3.5G high-speed connectivity, all running on a Microsoft Windows Vista Business platform.
In addition it comes with built-in GPS, card slot, a fingerprint sensor, and a CMOS VGA camera.



Shift is powered by one of the best Intel’s processors, a Stealey 800MHz with the Qualcomm MSM 7200 chipset, and has 1GB of DDR II microDIMM RAM for Vista plus 64 MB and 128 MB for SnapVUE.
SnapVUE mode is a technology that allows you to have instant access to e-mail previews, local weather, calendar or SMS when the device is turned off.

The Shift comes in a small form factor measuring 207 mm x 129 mm x 25 mm and weighting 800g with the 2700 mAh Li-Ion Polymer battery that lasts up to 2 hours in working time.