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April 9, 2009

HTC Advantage X7510 review

Product Code: 99HFC004-00

A good option for business users who are happy with Windows Mobile as a platform, like the familiarity of the Office applications, Internet Explorer web browser and Outlook email and calendaring functions. The HTC Advantage X7510 is marketed as a ‘smart mobility' device and distinguishes itself from the WinMo pack by being neither a phone nor a laptop but offering some of the features of both.

In this second version of the HTC Advantage, onboard storage has been boosted to a mighty 16GB while the camera now supports video and a still capture resolution of 3.1Mp.

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Our first hands-on experience of the Advantage concept was when Microsoft used one to demonstrate Windows Mobile 6.0 to us, showing off the strongly integrated communication options - IM, email, appointments and other contact and status options all being intelligently threaded on the screen, while other elements were highlighted on the attached projector screen. The HTC Advantage X7510 retains this unusual VGA projector output, but other design touches have been tweaked.

The HTC Advantage X7510's separate keyboard is now almost totally flat (but still attaches magnetically). The revised design is better equipped for a light touch - the original model had a rubber-y ‘chiclet' keyboard. In common with several of HTC's smartphones, it supports touchscreen entry, indeed your first setup task is to align the screen.

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Our test HTC Advantage X7510 was a Windows Mobile 6.1 device, though WM 6.5 ought to be available shortly. The 5in offers at-a-glance status overviews for appointments, calls, emails, text messages and tasks and it's possible to invoke video calls as well as text ones.

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The only review:

03 Jul 2008 Uwe, Oxford

9

Good Points

laptop like performance with instant on, good batterylife and pocket size, large pocket though;-)

Bad Points

Phone only works as speakerphone or with headset. Phone speaker would be great.

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