Well looks like HTC Advantage Portable Office is the official name for the device, though this device is not a full featured PC and might not be defined or filed under the UMPC category it’s a good alternative.
HTC has launched a site dedicated to the device with lots of information.
Detailed spec after the jump… Continue reading ‘HTC — Athena, Ameo and now the Advantage’
The Soon to be launched Ameo (HTC Athena) from T-Mobile might cost you more than an average UMPC. Sources indicate the price of the device will be around $1500 USD. This device seems to be one of the original OEM device, Not a T-Mobile branded one and has the HTC logo on the top left.
MS Mobiles has posted some key points from the original Russian version.
- estimated price: 1500 USD, release date: first half of 2007
- built-in TV out connector and VGA-out connector (yes, you can connect even external monitor to this phone!)
- operating system: Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition with AKU 3.3 - not Windows Mobile 6.0 Crossbow what means: release of this phone is imminent
- display: 640×480 (VGA)
- communications: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, USB 1.1 Host
- cameras: 3 megapixel + VGA (for video calling)
- battery: Li-Ion of capacity 2200 mAh (approx. 2 times the capacity of small Pocket PC phones)
- dimensions: 133×97x20 mm, weight: 350 g
- the construction of the phone is very solid and in HTC incarnation it is available in black color
- stylus does not give solid impression as the construction of the phone itself and is transparent
- in the front, in left upper corner, a small joystick is located (very similar to the one that can be found in Toshiba Tablet PC computers)
- this phone is clear a 2 handed device and after one attaches the keyboard it looks like a mini-notebook
- detachable keyboard uses magnet to attach to the phone so one should be careful not to place credit cards near this device - in order not to damage their magnetic strip
More Pictures after the jump — Continue reading ‘Ameo — First look & more pics’
Remember the HTC Athena, Yes according to sources, the PPC is getting ready to released by T-Mobile named the “Ameo”. Not sure if this will hit the US markets anytime soon.
Specs for the new reigning king of HTC’s expansive Windows Mobile lineup include a 5-inch VGA display, an 8GB hard drive to supplement any Flash you might have stowed in the miniSD slot, on-board GPS, quadband GSM plus HSDPA (sorry, yanks — 2100MHz only), 3 megapixel camera, an XScale core clipping right along at 624MHz.
Though this might not be categorized as a UMPC, the screen size is pretty decent at 640X480.
A lot of those speculation of Apple’s tablet was put to death when they announced the iPhone today with Multi-touch. But interestingly a company named Axiotron is taking pre-orders for the Apple Tablet PC. Yes you read it right Apple tablets, this time called a ModBook.
They have the same specifications of the MacBook but with a touch screen.
Sure, you must read about it. So what is the impact of iPhone on UMPCs? It’s been 10 months since the announcement of the UMPCs and yes its still young. The products we’ve seen so far has not been the ones we were all expecting for the price. With the things you can do with iPhone (though it runs on OS X) it’s not going to affect the UMPCs directly — unless apple comes out with its own ultra portable multi-touch macbook.
For sure this device will have a great impact on Zune, Microsoft Smartphones, Nokia Internet Tablet and similar products. Not to mention the Walkman Phones lineup from Sony Ericsson. Let’s compare the Apple iPhone with Samsung Blackjack and Sony Ericsson W950i (not for the US markets yet)
