HTC Shift
{{Infobox computer
| Name = HTC Shift
| Image = HTC-Shift-open.jpg
| Imagesize =
| Caption = HTC Shift running Windows Vista Business
| Developer = HTC
| Type = Ultra-Mobile PC
| Released = 2008 (January)
| Processor = Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800 MHz
| Baseprice =
| Website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091009041743/http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=596 HTC - Products - HTC Slider, archived at the Wayback Machine]
}}
HTC Shift (code name: Clio) is an Ultra-Mobile PC by HTC.[http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=596 The HTC Shift] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009041743/http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=596 |date=2009-10-09 }} from HTC website accessed March 21, 2008
Features
- Dual Operating System
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-Bit (notebook mode)
- SnapVUE (PDA mode)
- Processor
- Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800 MHz (for Windows Vista)
- ARM11 CPU (for SnapVUE)[http://www.arm.com/markets/mobile_solutions/armpp/20473.html HTC Shift – ARM Powered Product] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306111551/http://www.arm.com/markets/mobile_solutions/armpp/20473.html |date=2009-03-06 }}
- Memory and Storage
- 1 GB RAM (notebook mode)
- 64 MB RAM (PDA mode)
- 40/60 GB HDD
- SD card slot
- Intel GMA 950 graphics
- Communications
- Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (data only): GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
- Triband UMTS / HSDPA (data only): UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth v2.0
- USB port
- 7" display
- Active TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
- 800 x 480 pixels (Wide-VGA), 7 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition
- Fingerprint Recognition
- Ringtones
- MP3
- Dual speakers
Upgrading
In November 2011 the team from [http://blogs.distant-earth.com/wp/ DistantEarth] have succeeded in loading the developer preview of Windows 8 onto the HTC Shift.{{Cite web|url=http://www.itproportal.com/2011/11/21/windows-8-developer-preview-ported-first-htc-touch-based-phone-instructions-part-1/#7|title=Windows 8 Developer Preview Ported on First HTC Touch-Based Phone: Instructions Part 1|date=21 November 2011|access-date=17 February 2023|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129210158/https://www.itproportal.com/2011/11/21/windows-8-developer-preview-ported-first-htc-touch-based-phone-instructions-part-1/#7|url-status=live}}
References
- [http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=393 HTC Shift forums on XDA-Developers]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080426183908/http://pof.eslack.org/blog/category/htc-shift/ HTC Shift on pof blog: technical information about HTC Shift]
- [http://htcsource.com/ HTC Source: a news blog dedicated to HTC devices]
- [http://www.pocketables.net/htc-shift.html HTC Shift X9500 on Pocketables: Many photos, features, and reviews]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010184216/http://reviews.techcastnetwork.co.uk/2008/09/23/video-review-htc-shift/ TechCast Reviews the HTC Shift]
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