HTC Shift : Interesting concept of Ultra-mobile computing.
Posted by Cedric in Nomad Tools
Just finished to watch Hugo Ortega's video presenting HTC Shift and I must admit I like the HTC idea of bringing to us an UMPC (Ultra-mobile computer) which has 2 processors and 2 operating systems working independently on board.
Is the UMPC form factor market ready to take-off soon ?
Is the double O/S option chosen by HTC the winning one ?
A recent research by In-Stat found the following:
- The UMD worldwide forecast is for more than 8 million units in 2011.
- 2008-2010 will be key years for the development of a market inflection point of anytime/anywhere wireless connectivity that is necessary for widespread adoption of the UMD paradigm.
Some specifications:
- Size: 19 x 13.5 x 3cm
- Weight:
0.9 kg0.791 kg - 7 inches display
- Resolution : 800×480 - 1024×600
- Operating Systems : Windows Mobile 6 & Windows Vista Business
- CPU's : Qualcomm 400 MHz for WM6 & Dual Core 800 MHz Intel A110 for Vista
- 7 days battery capacity running on WM6 only. 3 hours on Windows Vista
- Ram Memory : 1 GB
- Hard Drive : 40 GB
- Communication : WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0,
- Phone data : Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE - Tri-Band UMTS/HSPDA
- 1.3 MB built-in camera
- 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 VGA port
- 1 Finger print reader
- 1 SD Card reader
- Slide out Tilt display
- Price tag : 1200 euros (?)
- Availability : Q3 2007
The very interesting concept is the possibility to switch from one environment (e.g WM6) to the second one (Vista Business) and back in just the press of a button. Input can be done either using the QWERTY keyboard or the hand-witting recognition system.
Streaming video is available on Gottatobemobile.com or there is a 250 MB video available for download here.
Shift on HTC website
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