Windows Phone Thoughts: Athena To Be Launched Next Week

"Dopod International, a brand-poduct unit of High Tech Computer (HTC), will begin to market HTC's first ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) as the Dopod U1000, in the Taiwan market starting next week, according to Dopod president Jack Tong. The launch comes much earlier than originally scheduled, said market sources, who had expected HTC to launch such a device by the end of the first quarter at the earliest."



I thought the launch was close, but not this close! Dopod is reportedly on the verge of releasing the Athena in Taiwan, which means it'll probably be in general release in the Asia-Pacific region in about a month or two. Maybe they got wind of the O2 Flame release and decided to go head to head? Whatever the case may be, it's coming out to be a fascinating year on the hardware front. For more pics of the Dopod iteration of the Athena, you can find them here (sorry, no translation available for this page).