| In a world where broadband internet access is | | | | That's just an awesomely clever thing for HTC to |
| everyone's goal, one device rules them all: the | | | | have built into the Shift. |
| awesome HTC Shift. | | | | And then, of course, you have a long, long list of |
| Due to be released on Orange very soon, the | | | | other features. You have full Office functionality, |
| HTC Shift is all set to shake up the world of | | | | you have full internet functionality and of course, |
| mobile broadband, because it is, simply, the | | | | full email functonality. So, whether you're using the |
| ultimate all-in-one solution. Combining all the good | | | | HTC Shift for work, rest or play, it will instantly |
| stuff of a UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC, to the unitiated) | | | | shift (geddit?) into whatever gear you need! Add |
| with a built-in HSDPA modem, it's the perfect tool | | | | in to that a massive 7 inch screen, and security in |
| for getting the internet on the move. | | | | the form of biometrics (fingerprint scanner, the |
| Features of the HTC Shift | | | | ultimate in security, to you and me), and it makes |
| Known round the world as an Ultra-Mobile PC, or a | | | | the HTC Shift one hell of a powerful device. |
| sub-laptop, the HTC Shift is an absolute | | | | Mobile broadband - the future! |
| powerhouse of a device. The trap many are | | | | But the HTC Shift mobile PC's real party trick is |
| going to fall into, though, thinking it's a mobile | | | | mobile broadband. At speeds of up to 3.6Mbps. |
| phone. Because it's not, it won't do phone calls | | | | Built in. Just imagine that for a second. You're out |
| (and dear lord, if it was, that'd be one BIG mobile | | | | on the train, trying to organise tickets to go see a |
| phone!) What we have here is essentially a laptop | | | | film after work. The cinema's automated booking |
| in a squashed-down body. You know it's a fully | | | | service is a nightmare. But you're not worried, |
| featured PC, because it comes complete with | | | | because you have an HTC Shift, so you change it |
| Windows Vista Business, the latest in the long line | | | | from Windows Mobile to Vista mode (a process |
| of Windows operating systems, designed to give | | | | that takes all of, ooh one button-press!), and book |
| you all the grunt and power of a what you might | | | | the tickets online. And then jump on Messenger |
| call a 'proper' laptop. But combined with that, it | | | | and tell your friend the tickets are booked |
| also includes a stripped down version of Windows | | | | without having to pay for a phone call.And all the |
| Mobile. Why, you may ask? Well, once you've | | | | time you do it, you'll be getting that lovely warm |
| finished using one of the many programs in Vista, | | | | feeling inside, knowing that with mobile broadband, |
| you just switch it to mobile mode, and you get a | | | | you're getting internet speeds twice as fast as |
| lot of functionality, and you get your messages, | | | | the average your friends get, sat at home! |
| without Vista being left on, draining the battery. | | | | |