Well I finally received the Shift and it is certainly living up to its reputation. By far the best UMPC and with HSDPA it makes this unit completely ultra mobile. For $1899 plus a NextG sim card you have a notebook replacement with an excellent keyboard and a 7 day battery life (on snapvue). Further Details here. I’m not sure why HTC have cut down the Win Mobile 6 platform on the second processor and called it SnapVue as it is completely useless except for very basic email tasks. Luckily there is a “Liberate your HTC Shift” hack which at least gives you Office Mobile and a few other must haves - here.
Well I finally received the Shift and it is certainly living up to its reputation. By far the best UMPC and with HSDPA it makes this unit completely ultra mobile. For $1899 plus a NextG sim card you have a notebook replacement with an excellent keyboard and a 7 day battery life (on snapvue). Further Details here. I’m not sure why HTC have cut down the Win Mobile 6 platform on the second processor and called it SnapVue as it is completely useless except for very basic email tasks. Luckily there is a “Liberate your HTC Shift” hack which at least gives you Office Mobile and a few other must haves - here.
