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Aug 25, 2007

HTC Shift: two OS on one device

Early this year HTC announced its ultra mobile PC HTC Shift. The device features a sliding and flipping 7” screen and a QWERTY-keyboard. According to the previous info the UMPC would be powered by Windows Vista. Now we’ve got the info that HTC Shift can also work on Windows Mobile 6 Professional. This info has been shared by Hugo Ortega in his blog.

In addition, the source mentions UMPC Shangri-La X9500 with two operating systems: Windows Vista and Windows Mobile 6 Professional. According to Ortega, who tested the device, HTC Shift can last for 3 hours offline on Windows Vista Business and over 5 days on Windows Mobile.

The specs of HTC Shift by Hugo Ortega:

  • Windows Vista Business
  • CPU - Intel Santa Rosa A110
  • 1 GB DDR2 RAM
  • 40 GB HDD
  • HSDPA (for data transfer only)
  • Web-camera
  • Biometric reader
  • Windows Pocket PC
  • 64 MB RAM

Here you can download a clip demonstrating HTC Shift in action (34-minutes).

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