Monday, January 12, 2009

Windows Almighty!


The iPhone drooled many people's eyes. I, too, wanted to get my hands on it. Unfortunately, it was only available in selected countries. Until HTC came with the new HTC Touch HD, which surpasses all the specifications of the iPhone 3G. The only thing that it could not beat was the finger friendly user interface. Apart from that, the HTC Touch HD outbeats many other phone such as the Samsung Omnia, T-Mobile G1, Blackberry Storm. (I saw a video from "The Gadget Show" that shows the competition between those few phones and the HTC Touch HD won!)

Bought the HTC Touch HD for more than RM3k. It really hurts my wallet. Pre-ordered it on the second day of KL PC Fair (13 December 2008) and got the device on 16 December 2008. Its my very first windows mobile device. I think I require plenty of time to explore and get used to this phone.


Detailed Technical Specifications of HTC Touch HD T8282 (HTC Blackstone 100)

Brand: HTC
Manufacturer: High Tech Computer
Hardware Designer: High Tech Computer
Project Codename: HTC Blackstone 100
Model ID: BLAC100
Release Date: October, 2008

Physical Attributes
Dimensions(width x height x depth): 62.8 x 115 x 12 millimetres2.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
Bounding Volume: 86.7 cubecentimetres
Mass: 146.4 grams (battery included)

Software Environment
Embedded:Operating;System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Operating System Kernel: Windows CE 5.2

Microprocessor, Chipset
CPU: Qualcomm MSM7201A
Width of Machine Word: 32 bit
CPU Clock: 528 MHz
CPU Core: ARM1136EJ-S
Instruction Set: ARMv6

Memory, Storage capacity
ROM type: Flash EEPROM
ROM capacity: 512 MiB, including 327.15MiB user-accessible non-volatile storage
RAM type: mobile DDR SDRAM
RAM capacity: 288 MiB, 195.5MiB accessible

Graphical subsystem
Display Type: color transflective TFT display
Display Color Depth: 16 bit/pixel (65536 scales)
Display Diagonal: 3.8 " (97 millimetres)
Display Resolution: 480 x 800 (384000 pixels)
Dot Pitch: 0.104 millimetre/pixel

Audio Subsystem
Audio Channel(s): stereo sound
Analog/Digital Converter(Recording): 16 bit nominal quantization 44100 Hz sampling frequency
Digital/Analog Converter(Playing): 16 bit resolution44100 Hz holding frequency
Microphone(s): mono sound
Loudspeaker(s): stereo sound
Audio-Output: 3.5mm plug

Cellular Phone
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100
Cellular Data Links: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
Cellular Antenna: Internal antenna
Call Alert: 40 -chord melody (polyphonic)
Vibrating Alert: Supported
Speakerphone: Supported
Phone Controller: Qualcomm MSM7201A (QDSP4000, QDSP5000)
SAR (head) GSM850: 0.529 W/kg
SAR (body) GSM850: 1.11 W/kg

Control Peripherals
Positioning Device: Touchscreen
Primary Keyboard: Not supported
Directional Pad: Not supported
Scroll Wheel: Not supported

Interfaces
Expansion Interfaces: microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO Supports High Capacity (SD 2.0/HC) memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB
USB: USB 2.0 client, Hi-Speed (480Mbit/s)USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector
Bluetooth (802.15): Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate, Internal antenna
Wireless LAN/Wi-Fi (802.11): IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, 54 Mbit/sInternal antenna
Infrared Gate: Not supported

Multimedia Broadcast
Analog Radio: FM radio (87.5-108MHz) radio reciever Proprietary headset as antenna
Digital Media Broadcast: Not supported

Satellite Navigation
Built-in GPS module: Supported
GPS Protocol: NMEA 0183
GPS Antenna: Internal antenna
Complementary GPS Services: Asisted GPS, QuickGPS
Navigation Chip(set): Qualcomm MSM7201A gpsOne

Built-in Digital Camera
Sensor Type: CMOS sensor
Resolution: 2560 x1920 pixels (4.92MP)
Autofocus (AF): Supported
Optical Zoom: 1 x
Macro Mode: Supported
Built-in Flash: Not supported
Camcorder: 320x240 pixels , 30frame/sec
Recordable Image Formats: JPG, BMP
Recordable Video Formats: 3GPP, MPEG4, MJPG

Built-in Secondary Digital Camera
Sensor Type: CMOS sensor
Resolution: 640 x480 pixels (0.31MP)
Camcorder: 320x240pixels
Recordable Image Formats: JPG
Recordable Video Formats: 3GPP, MPEG4
Power Supply
Battery Technology: Supported
Battery Build: removable
Estimated Battery Life: 8 hours
Battery Capacity: 1350 mAh
Estimated Avarege Current: 169 mA
Additional Details
Built-in accelerometer: Supported
Additional Features:
GPRS Class 10
HTC TouchFLO 3D (HTC Manila)
Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP)
pre installed Opera Mobile 9.5


Related Page:
http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=64796
Datasheet State: Preliminary specifications
Datasheet Added: Sep 10, 08 19:54:03


More reviews and specifications could be found at:

More pictures and detailed specifications here http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-touch-hd-en.shtml


p/s: with just few weeks of the release of the HTC Touch HD, Nokia released its 5800 ExpressMusic, which has almost the same features, but with only 1/3 of the Touch HD's price =( While many says that the Touch HD's quality and features are way much better, I just hope that it is true and truely worth to be priced that value.



*Specifications adapted from: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1469

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