HTC serves as a ‘one side of Vista with Windows Mobile

After almost a year since its first mention in DailyTech, HTC’s vision of ‘The Shift, has finally come to the market - at least in Europe.

The HTC Shift sports many of the same characteristics as other UMPCs people, which includes an A110 Intel 800MHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory, 40GB or 60GB 1.8 “HDD, 7″ 800×480 touch screen, and Windows Vista Business — but adds a 400MHz Qualcomm based on the ARM processor, with 64MB RAM and 128MB of ROM, capable of running Windows Mobile 6. This gives the Time ability to run both operating systems simultaneously and switch between them at the touch of a button, HTC has dubbed “SnapVUE.”

Instead of behaving like two individual devices inserted in a common chassis, the two modes of operation of the shifts were designed to interact with one another and synchronize through ActiveSync - email, calendar appointments, contacts and can be access via Outlook on the full computer, “O through the Windows Mobile operating system when running on SnapVUE way.

HTC is also defending Microsoft of the new software platform “Origami 2.0 Experience” designed to make standard applications of informatics more “finger-friendly”. The new Origami platform includes a web browser, RSS reader, media player, and “Origami now” screen, which looks very similar to the Windows Mobile Today screen. Even the problem of conventional enter a password on a touch screen has been addressed through the “Picture Password” component.

The jump connectivity fortunately has remained unchanged since the initial announcement - UMTS / HSDPA is available for 3.5G connectivity, slower but more prevalent GPRS or EDGE data connections can be used, and the expected 2.0 Bluetooth and 802.11 b / g WiFi is also present.

Cost for the Time also has been announced officially â, ¬ 1199 (~ 1,750 USD), while the importer Dynamism is to accept the validity of the orders of United States dollars For 1599.