HTC starts Shifting UMPCs

From ugly duckling to graceful swan, the UMPC format is finally coming of age. First Samsung brought some much needed design tweaks to its Q1, redubbed the Q1 Ultra, and now HTC has turned its attention from churning out record numbers of smartphone models to producing this beauty – the Shift.Equipped with a 7in tilting touchscreen, a 30GB hard drive, HSDPA and Wi-Fi, it takes the form factor of HTC’s T-Mobile branded Ameo and swaps its Windows Mobile for full-fat Windows Vista Business Edition.We’ll get the full spec, and pricing details, later in the year. For now we can just drool longingly at the pics while Samsung retreats to the corner.

HTC Shift Price: £TBA On sale: TBA Contact: HTC Related stories: Samsung Q1 UMPC – take two T-Mobile’s Ameo-ble new smartphone

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home