Friday, December 29, 2006
HTC's 2007 Roadmap Revealed
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 10:30 AM
It looks like HTC has a busy year ahead of itself with a slew of new devices - some we have heard of before, and some we have not. On the Pocket PC front, there's the Omni (the rumoured HTC Universal upgrade) with a 3.6" VGA display and a QWERTY keyboard, and most likely, a powerful CPU and a good handful of wireless radios. There's also the Kaiser, which should have a similar set of features and form factor to the E-TEN Glofiish M700 (integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and QVGA display), but with the added bonus of 3G support.
Moving on, there's the Panda and its 3.5"-3.7" QVGA display, 400MHz CPU, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE (note, no 3G). And then there's the Elf (we think HTC's designers have been watching a few too many Will Ferrell films as of late), pictured above - a low-end Pocket PC Phone with a touchpad, Bluetooth, a 200MHz CPU, and notably, no Wi-Fi. Lastly, we can't forget the Athena. You know what it's capable of. Expect it in the first quarter of the new year at a price point of $1700... which I'm guessing is money better spent elsewhere. Laptop or UMPC, anyone?
Moving on, there's the Panda and its 3.5"-3.7" QVGA display, 400MHz CPU, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE (note, no 3G). And then there's the Elf (we think HTC's designers have been watching a few too many Will Ferrell films as of late), pictured above - a low-end Pocket PC Phone with a touchpad, Bluetooth, a 200MHz CPU, and notably, no Wi-Fi. Lastly, we can't forget the Athena. You know what it's capable of. Expect it in the first quarter of the new year at a price point of $1700... which I'm guessing is money better spent elsewhere. Laptop or UMPC, anyone?
