HTC P4350

Available December 2006
22nd November 2006

HTC are on familiar territory with the HTC P4350 (codenamed the HTC Herald), a familiar looking Windows PDA-style phone with a spring-loaded

slide out QWERTY keyboard.

As the saying goes, the HTC P4350 isn't a revolutionary device - it's an evolutionary device. It's a quad-band GSM device with GPRS and EDGE (so 2.5G rather than the HTC TyTN which is 3.5G). There's a 2 megapixel camera, WiFI, microSD memory card expansion and stereo Bluetooth.

The P4350 has the same landscape/portrait mode for the 2.8" 240x320 pixel display, and as you'd expect this a touch sensitive panel. The software is Windows Mobile 5.0, so it means the usual suite of Office compatibility, Outlook, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

It's a pretty typical device when it comes to weight - the HTC P4350 comes in at 168 grams. At 109x59x19mm the P4350 is fairly typical compared to modern devices of its type. Push email support is provided through Microsoft's "Direct Push" technology, and there's also IM support and a host of other goodies.

The HTC P4350 will cost around €570/£390/$730 before tax and subsidy. HTC say that it will be available from December 2006 in some markets.

Vodafone have indicated that they will pick up the HTC P4350, and other carriers will almost definitely follow on. Admittedly, it might not be branded at the HTC P4350 when you see it, but this capable smartphone is likely to turn up in all sorts of places under different names.

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