HTC MTeoR
Discontinued 15th June 2006
One of the first HTC handsets to be
retailed under HTC's own brand, the HTC MTeoR is a conventional
looking Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone. It comes with
a 2.2" 240x320 pixel display, 1.3 megapixel camera,
microSD memory expansion and Bluetooth.
It's a 3G device, and unusually the
HTC MTeoR is a tri-band UMTS phone (850/1900/2100 MHz)
as well as a quad-band GSM handset with EDGE and GPRS
data. This means that the MTeoR can work on the upcoming
UMTS 850/1900 networks in North America in addition
to the standard UMTS 2100 used elsewhere in the world.
Windows
Mobile 5.0 is pretty familiar now, with Internet Explorer,
plus an email client and Microsoft Office view. Windows
Media Player is a strong point in this particular OS,
and it gives the MTeoR strong multimedia credentials.
There's push email support too, presumably using Microsoft's
extensions to Exchange.
It's a fairly compact device, weighing
120 grams and measuring 112x49x15mm - not bad for a
Windows smartphone. Internal memory is 64Mb, and the
internal processor is a 300MHz Samsung ARM-based processor.
It's an evolutionary design rather than
a revolutionary one - you can see that it's pretty closely
related to the HTC
Tornado / O2 XDA iQ for example. It also seems to
lack stereo Bluetooth and the 1.3 megapixel camera is
looking a little dated these days. And unlike the Tornado,
the MTeoR doesn't support WiFi. Still, it's a very promising
looking device and it's a good deal easier to carry
around than a PDA-style smartphone.
HTC say that the MTeoR should be available
in Europe from July 2006 onwards.
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HTC
MTeoR at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2006
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Network:
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GSM
850/1900/1800/1900 UMTS
(3G) 850/1900/2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EGDE + UMTS (3G)
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 65k colours
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Camera:
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1.3
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
candy bar 112x49x15mm
/ 120 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
/ TransFlash
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Limited
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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OS:
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Windows
Mobile 5.0 smartphone
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