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The HTC P4350, sold in the United States as the T-Mobile Wing, is a Pocket PC smartphone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) of Taiwan under the alias HTC Atlas. Other names for this phone include HTC Herald and XDA Terra. It features a right-side QWERTY slide and runs using the Windows Mobile 6.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition operating system.
Size: 2.3 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
Weight: 6 ounces
Internal battery: Li-Ion polymer
Talk time: up to 4 hours
Standby time: up to 6 days
Band (frequency): 850 MHz; 900MHz ;1800MHz; 1900 MHz

The Startrek runs Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphones.There are numerous reports across the internet that the external display on this device will stop functioning with no apparent physical damage. HTC and Cingular will not acknowledge the problem, leaving customers stuck with a defective phone or a repair bill costing more than the purchase price.Also some models allegedly suffer from a case of bad microphone settings, making it near impossible to hear; in that case the phone may need a ROM update.

The HTC Advantage X7500 or HTC Athena is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition based smartphone manufactured by High Tech Computer. The Athena is sold by T-Mobile under the name T-Mobile Ameo. The Ameo launched in Europe in March, 2007.It is also sold under Dopod as the Dopod U1000.The HTC Advantage X7501 is the Windows Mobile 6.0 version released in July 2007 as an OEM unlocked gsm phone by CompUSA and Amazon.com primarily for the North American market as a Pocket PC. A SIM card can be obtained from T-Mobile or AT&T Mobility to make it a smartphone. It does not have the second camera which the Advantage X7500 has for videoconferencing.The HTC Advantage X7510 is an updated version of the X7500, featuring Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional and solid state, 16GB flash drive. It is due for release in Mid-March.

There are many high-capacity “extended” batteries available for the HTC Universal. 2600mAh, 3150mAh, 3200mAh, 3800mAh, and even 4800mAh and 5200mAh(!) models have been sold by various retailers, which allow the device to run for more than a week in many cases on a single charge (with light to medium use). All extended batteries have one big drawback though, they are all supplied with a new plastic back to hold the battery, which considerably increases the size and weight of the device.

The HTC Universal is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC phone, manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation. It was the first 3G/UMTS-enabled Pocket PC phone, and also the first to come with Windows Mobile 5.0 pre-installed.It is sold by many different vendors under the names of O2 xda Exec, Orange SPV M5000, Dopod 900, Qtek 9000, T-Mobile MDA Pro, I-mate JasJar, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, etc. Despite all the different model names and housing appearance, they all have identical hardware specifications with small differences in the external color and branding.The most eye-catching feature of this device is its 180-degree swivel screen, allowing a quick swap between portrait mode and landscape mode. The GUI automatically adjusts screen orientation accordingly.

The HTC Titan, as it is referred to under its FCC registration, is an update to the HTC Apache. It is a Windows Mobile 6.0 device and sold as the HTC Mogul by Sprint, PPC-6800 by Alltel and Bell Mobility, P4000 on Telus Mobility, XV6800 by Verizon Wireless, and also as the P4000 Titan. It improves upon the HTC Apache by having an internal antenna, more storage memory, and EVDO Rev. 0 that can be upgraded to EVDO Rev. A, which is faster than EVDO Rev. 0 in both upstream and downstream connections. The Mogul, as sold by Sprint, has EVDO Rev. 0 and an upgrade to Rev. A will be available in the first quarter of 2008. The Mogul is another device in the new wave of smartphones to be released in recent years. The Windows Mobile 6 operating system is the newest version to to be released, and includes Office Mobile along with HTML email through Microsoft Outlook Mobile. The device is designed to act as an MP3 player as well with music stored on a microSD memory card that can be removed and replaced to and from the device. In addition to external memory storage, music can be directly download from the carrier’s Sprint Music Store. The Mogul supports a 2 megapixel camera along with camcorder capabilities. Media via the device’s camera or camcorder can be stored to the phone’s internal memory or can be placed onto an external storage device (see: microSD memory card).

The HTC S710 (a.k.a. The HTC Vox) is a mobile phone manufactured by HTC. As with other HTC models it is often sold “own branded”.

Some highlights include:

* Based on the Windows Mobile® 6 Standard platform
* TI OMAP 850 Performance : 200 Mhz Processor from Texas Instrument
* Auto-sliding QWERTY keyboard for easier typing
* Large 2.4” QVGA TFT LCD display (Portrait and Landscape modes)
* Receive e-mails as they arrive with Direct Push technology
* Improved Calendar functionalities
* Windows Live™(although not in the Orange version)
* Windows Vista synchronization via Windows Mobile Device Center

The HTC Apache is a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, sold as the PPC-6700 by Sprint, and the XV6700 by Verizon Wireless and released in the United States. It has a unique form factor, including a slide out keyboard.The device was originally available in the U.S. as a Sprint PCS exclusive in October 2005. It is now offered by Cellular South, ALLTEL, Qwest, Sprint, Embarq and Verizon Wireless.In Canada, the PPC-6700 was originally offered by Telus in December 2005, Bell Canada in April 2006, and Sasktel in August 2006.The upgraded generation of this model is the HTC Mogul, also known as the HTC Titan (TyTN), the PPC-6800, or the XV6800 from Verizon Wireless.
Design Modifications & Usability Concerns:-
The HTC 6700’s oversized keyboard was touted as the most usable keyboard of any mobile phone device [citation needed]. The product contained white LED’s behind a “dual-shot” plastic key set of both clear and red plastic. The white light shone through the clear keys creating white illumination for the Alpha characters. The translucent red plastic, when combined with white light created a red glow for the alternate characters and together the keyboard was brilliantly lit and quite usable in dark conditions where a backlight is intended and needed.A few months into the US launch, HTC changed the LED color from white to blue because of visibility difficulties. In daylight, there was not enough contrast between the white illumination of the alpha keys A-Z to the silver keyboard. As a result, HTC switched to blue LED’s. Unfortunately the change to blue created another problem.When blue light passes through dark red plastic, the resulting color is purple. In the 6700, that purple illumination is so dim that the alternate characters are illegible in the dark, degrading the usability of the keyboard at night. The Alpha keys, being clear plastic are brilliantly illuminated by the blue light which further diminishes the very dimly lit alternate characters, effectively making them illegible. HTC has failed to correct the issue.There has been an unofficial release of Windows Mobile 6 for this device.

The HTC Wizard is a Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan with a left-side slide-out QWERTY keyboard. There are variants which differ in the design of the case, the keyboard and the presence of an on-board camera.
Features:-
Besides the branding differences, there are several models of the HTC Wizard. The Wizard 100 model has a squared design with square keys. Specific branded models of this design are the Cingular 8125, the Dopod 838, and the Vodafone VPA II compact. The Wizard 110 model is physically like the 100 model, and contains almost all of the same technical features, with the exception of a camera. This specific model was sold only as the Cingular 8100. The Wizard 200 model is the most common model, and has a rounded design with rounded keys.
The Wizard model was sold as:

* Cingular 8100 / 8125
* Dopod 838
* i-mate K-Jam
* O2 Xda Mini Pro
* O2 Xda Mini S
* Orange SPV M3000
* Qtek 9100
* T-Mobile MDA IV(US)
* T-Mobile MDA Vario (Europe)
* Vodafone VPA II compact
Specifications:-
* Weight: 160 grams (5.64 oz) (with battery)
* QuadBand GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP 850
* Memory: 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB of RAM
* Display LCD (Color TFT/TFD): Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
* Display Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
* Display Size: 2.8″
* Dimensions: 108mm x 58mm x 24 mm
* Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g, IrDA
* Other connectivity: Mini USB (slave only, no host)
* Camera: 1.3 Megapixel CMOS Fixed lens with Flash LED & Self Portrait Mirror
* Audio Microphone/Speaker: Built-in/Dual Stereo Speakers, hands-free Headphone ; AMR/WAV/WMA/AAC/MP3 codec
* QWERTY Keyboard - Slide out (left side)
* Smart Media: miniSD
* Operating system: Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
* Battery: 1250 mA·h
* Standby time: 150 ~ 200 hrs ; Talk time (screen off): 3.5 ~ 5 hrs [1]
* ROM: Windows Mobile 5.0 (exact version varies by manufacturer)
* AC Adapter: AC input/frequency: 100 ~ 240 Vac, 50/60Hz : DC output: 5Vdc and 1A (typical)
Pre-Loaded Software
(Varies by operator)

Cingular 8125 now AT&T

* Office Mobile
* Goodlink
* Bubble Breaker (Game)
* Solitaire (Game)
* ClearVue PDF
* IE Mobile
* Pocket MSN
* HTC Zip 1.11

Specification:-
User manual (specification pages)
* Manufacturer: HTC
* Type: Smartphone / PDA
* Communications
o Quad band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA: UMTS 800, UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100
o Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with A2DP, A-GPS and GPS, USB 2.0
* GPS: Qualcomm
* CPU: 400 MHz Qualcomm 7200 (dual CPU, and integrates Imageon hardware 2D/3D graphics accelerator) Although the graphics hardware is without a Windows Mobile driver, so all graphics are done using the main CPU, therefore unaccelerated.
* Operating System: Windows Mobile 6
* Camera(s): 3.0(2048×1536) MP still/video camera with autofocus. VGA Video conferencing camera.
* Memory: 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
* Memory card: SDIO, microSD, microSDHC[2][3] 4GB and up, TransFlash
* Screen: 240×320, 2.8″ (42 x 57 mm) TFT-LCD
* Weight: 190g
* Size: 112mm (L) x 59mm (W) x 19mm (T)
* Battery: Li-Ion 1350 mAH
* Value Added Applications: HTC Home™, TomTom navigation software (tester edition normally, but Swisscom now supplies this phone with the full TomTom navigation package included. Swisscom also pre-load the full Swiss train timetable and a translation program and Live TV including MTV and CNN. No SkySports yet though!!), Business card scanner also on some but not Swisscom.
Video Driver Issues
Soon after its release to market, reviewers and end users reported the TyTN II’s graphical performance was below par. Both 2D and 3D graphics were affected, with notable symptoms being poor video playback and severely low frame-rates when running 3D applications and games.[4][5] The hardware platform (Qualcomm 7200 chipset) suggested that the device was capable of high graphical performance,[6] however the device is constantly outperformed by HTC products released two to three years earlier. As of January 16, 2008, HTC had neither acknowledged the issue publicly nor released a fix.

However, since then there has been unofficial comments referencing to a possible update that developers are working on for a release in February 2008 that would resolve the problem.The community of enthusiast developers have investigated what might be causing the poor performance, and came to the conclusion that DirectDraw and Direct3D applications were running in software rendering mode only. No hardware acceleration was taking place, and the drivers required to take advantage of the ATI Imageon hardware appeared to be missing.Many users within the community were dissatisfied by the apparent ommision of a video driver that would allow hardware acceleration of graphics, particularly since the device itself included rendering hardware which was not being used. In an attempt to help drive interest and expertise from developers, the community also began raising a bounty which could be offered to any developer (or team of developers) who could solve the problem by enabling hardware acceleration with a homebrew driver.A Class Action Lawsuit page has been established to raise awareness of the problem.

GPS:-
Users of this phone have successfully installed and used other GPS map software applications (such as Tracky, iGuidance, TomTom, Garmin Mobile XT, CoPilot Live, Google Maps, and Microsofts’ Live Search for Windows Mobile), which do not charge a service fee. The map applications are compatible with the built-in GPS receiver, provided users set the appropriate COM port for the map application. The built-in GPS receiver was intended by wireless providers to be used preferably with Telenav, which is a service that charges users monthly fees or fees based on the amount of downloaded map data. It should be noted that Telenav can only provide map data in areas where applicable cellular phone services are available and that users must have a data plan with their wireless providers.Unlike its predecessor, the Hermes, this device becomes a GPS navigation system in itself without requiring the use of an external Bluetooth GPS puck or receiver.