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        Device Profile: HTC MteoR Smartphone

        Glen | Date: Jun 16, 2006 | Comments: 1


        Billed on its introduction as the world's first 3G Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, the MteoR is also the first Smartphone to carry the HTC nameplate. This slim handset weighs only 4.2 ounces, sports a 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen, and is designed for single-handed jog wheel control, according to HTC.



        Bluetooth is built-in, along with 64MB RAM, a Micro SD card slot, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and a speakerphone.


        Two views of the HTC MteoR Smartphone
        (Click each image to enlarge)

        The MteoR's bundled productivity software package includes a PDF viewer plus the mobile versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

        Additionally, the device is equipped with support for Windows Mobile 5.0 Direct Push technology. Microsoft's direct push, announced one year ago, uses Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to push compressed Outlook information to devices equipped with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) for Windows Mobile 5.0. Updates to email, calendar items, contacts, and tasks are transmitted to the devices as they arrive at a corporate system running Exchange Server.

        Summary of features and specs

        Key features and specs of the MteoR, according to HTC, include:
        • Operating system -- Windows Mobile 5.0 with Messaging and Security Feature Pack
        • Dual processor design:
          • Samsung applications processor clocked at 300 MHz
          • Qualcomm MSM6275 baseband processor
        • Memory -- 64MB RAM; 128MB flash
        • Display -- 2.2-inch 240 x 320 pixels, 64K-color TFT LCD with white LED backlight
        • Communications -- Tri-band UMTS 2100MHz with quad-band EDGE and global roaming support
        • Camera -- 1.3 Megapixel CMOS type
        • Audio:
          • Built-in microphone
          • Loudspeaker for hands-free operation
          • Audio sampling rate -- 16-bits at up to 44KHz
          • AMR/AAC codec
        • Wireless:
          • Bluetooth v2.0 (without EDR); provides Class 2 transmit power
          • Infrared IrDA SIR
        • USB (accessed via audio jack)
        • Expansion -- Micro SD card slot
        • Battery -- 1190 mAh
        • Size -- 4.4 x 1.9 x .6 inches (112.4 x 49 x 15 mm)
        • Weight -- 4.2 ounces (120g) including battery pack
        Availability

        According to HTC, the device will be available in late July, 2006. Pricing was not disclosed.

        HTC, widely thought to be the ODM (original design manufacturer) source of some 80 percent of the world's Windows Mobile smartphones and PDA-phones, announced in June that it was purchasing Asian mobile phone-vendor Dopod. HTC reported on May 10 that its total revenues for April 2006 reached NT$7,596 million (approx. US$237 million), up 48.59 percent year-over-year, and that its total 2006 year-to-date revenues were NT$31,608 million (approx. US$986 million), up 72.14 percent over the same period of 2005.


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