HTC had theirShift UMPCon presentation here at CTIA , which packs Sprint EV - DO , an 800 MHz Celeron processor , 1 GB RAM and a 40 GB SSD into a tidy $ 1500 package . After getting touchy feely with it for a few bit , I found it was n’t half regretful . I was particularly shanghai by the proprietary HTC SnapView interface that pass on top of Windows Vista , and provides ready admittance to atmospheric condition , calendar and emails ( similar to the Windows Mobile 6.1 homescreen that it ’s based around ) .
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I would n’t exactly call the Shift a mobile computation power station , but I found that Vista more or less run smoothly on the UMPC . While running Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer , I load a smattering of webpages over EV - DO that were n’t too resource gruelling , but had active content and artwork . The web page take about 20 - 30 seconds to load and endure a routine of choppiness with Word running in the background . But they did initialise nicely and looked skillful , which should be expected since its run a full blow atomic number 76 .
One of the better feature was the SnapView port created by HTC specifically for the EV - DO Shift . The port is built around a stripped down Windows Mobile 6.1 , and made utilization of the platform ’s more attractive features to work up a immediate - launch CRT screen . It looks a raft like the homescreen on the HTC Touch Dual and , as bring up before , provides entree to weather , calendars , emails in a quick and well - designed interface . The Shift has a dedicated clitoris on its front bezel to access Snap View and it transitions between SnapView and Vista with legato animations and no interim ( Vista is put into a sleep mode while running SnapView ) .
The hardware felt tough , and the 7″ sieve offered plenty of viewing space , but the keyboard was on the pocket-sized side ( it ’s specify for standard touch typing ) and the touchscreen could have been more antiphonal . And the carrying case / sleeve is permanently append to the UMPC , which is kind of lame . Not a bad jaunt at all from HTC , but it needs just a bit more horsepower .
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