Introduction, packaging
There are all kinds of devices in the world of telecommunication, which can be categorized by all kinds of criteria. Basically we can say that there are good and bad handsets but this matter is much more complex. We can sort them by destination for example: handsets for the youth, business models, luxury items, prestige devices. These last ones are in my opinion are those that don’t have much practical use and the group of targeted users is small too, but the manufacturer’s still produce them but only to be able to say: we can do this too!
It’s not small...
I think that this has been the reason why HTC Advantage X7500 (distributed under the name Ameo by T-Mobile) has been launched a while back. According to this I would have never though that they will ever create a successor to that handset, and even less in the age of netbooks (Asus Eee and co.). No matter what we think the original (X7500) Advantage wanted to fill in the blank on the market which has been targeted by UMPCs too, but it has finally been accomplished by netbooks: it’s larger than a PDA, smaller than a notebook, so it’s portable, but this doesn’t affect usability. The only problem is that in terms of features Advantage was way far from notebooks as practically it has only been an oversized Pocket PC. Still, the successor is here with 16 GB of internal memory and a new keyboard at a price for which we could by a high-end PDA-phone combo and a fine netbook. The question remains unchanged: why? I have asked many professionals what they think this handset is good for. I have received only one usable answer: to put it on the desk at a meeting and amaze everyone else as they haven’t seen such a thing before. This is quite true I think.
The handset, supplied by SpeedShop came in a huge box which contained a leather case, a carrying bag, a stereo headset, a charger, a data cable, a “lengthener” with TV-out and USB connectors and a backup stylus besides the phone itself. The pen-stylus combo is not included anymore as you can see.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
