Comments on: HTC- the Shift does NOT have Windows Mobile http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: MiniMage http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18768 MiniMage Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:32:43 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18768 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I'm finally getting a Mac.</p> </div>

I’m finally getting a Mac.

]]> By: Cody B http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18769 Cody B Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:56:04 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18769 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The device went from perfect to needeing 8 hrs of battery life in one post. No happy at all. I was going to get one.... It "was" the UMPC that fit my needs. not happy at all. O well. maybe it wont be so bad. Time will tell.</p> </div>

The device went from perfect to needeing 8 hrs of battery life in one post. No happy at all. I was going to get one…. It “was” the UMPC that fit my needs. not happy at all. O well. maybe it wont be so bad. Time will tell.

]]> By: Don't Panic! http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18770 Don't Panic! Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:08:23 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18770 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>THis news makes me a lot happier with my HTC Advantage.</p> </div>

THis news makes me a lot happier with my HTC Advantage.

]]> By: gary http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18771 gary Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:15:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18771 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I'm with Kamikun.</p> </div>

I’m with Kamikun.

]]> By: Kamikun http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18773 Kamikun Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:35:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18773 <p>Shhhh... You hear that? That's the sound of a deal breaking.</p> <p>The ability to exploit my investment in WM software on a UMPC-sized screen along with a full 32-bit companion OS would've had me in the preorder que faster than Apple could file a C&D order against a firm selling iPhone unlocking patches.</p> <p>Shame; would love to have a low-power option to boot into WM with its instant-on usability for simple scheduling tasks or notetaking or call up Vista if I needed some serious computational muscle. Hopefully one day someone who actually uses these devices will be involved in their design and will figure it out.</p> Shhhh… You hear that? That’s the sound of a deal breaking.

The ability to exploit my investment in WM software on a UMPC-sized screen along with a full 32-bit companion OS would’ve had me in the preorder que faster than Apple could file a C&D order against a firm selling iPhone unlocking patches.

Shame; would love to have a low-power option to boot into WM with its instant-on usability for simple scheduling tasks or notetaking or call up Vista if I needed some serious computational muscle. Hopefully one day someone who actually uses these devices will be involved in their design and will figure it out.

]]> By: Montevale http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18775 Montevale Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:48:25 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18775 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>How about an HTC "down-shift" that has only Windows Mobile OS?!<br /> A perfect e-mail workstation and a web browser.<br /> I would then just add the TextMaker's Office for full edting of Word documents and Excel spreadsheets and happily dump my other gear in the drawer to collect some dust...</p> </div>

How about an HTC “down-shift” that has only Windows Mobile OS?!
A perfect e-mail workstation and a web browser.
I would then just add the TextMaker’s Office for full edting of Word documents and Excel spreadsheets and happily dump my other gear in the drawer to collect some dust…

]]> By: Jose R. Ortiz http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18780 Jose R. Ortiz Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:45:49 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18780 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I really did not see the use of the WM6 side without any voice or data radios available on it as it was. I think the SideShow capability makes a lot more sense. Remember the HTC road map doc that was floating around the nets a few months back? There was a reference to a device code named Shangri-la. There was speculation that this was the Shift but other thought it might be an entirely new device. If I recall correctly, the document indicated that it would in fact run a dual OS with Vista on one side and WM6 on the other. It also included Quad-band GSM / EDGE / HSDPA radios. Could it be that we might still see such a device coming from High Tech. Computing or is that just wishful thinking on my part?</p> </div>

I really did not see the use of the WM6 side without any voice or data radios available on it as it was. I think the SideShow capability makes a lot more sense. Remember the HTC road map doc that was floating around the nets a few months back? There was a reference to a device code named Shangri-la. There was speculation that this was the Shift but other thought it might be an entirely new device. If I recall correctly, the document indicated that it would in fact run a dual OS with Vista on one side and WM6 on the other. It also included Quad-band GSM / EDGE / HSDPA radios. Could it be that we might still see such a device coming from High Tech. Computing or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

]]> By: Sumocat http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18784 Sumocat Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:20:16 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18784 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Well, not as cool as a dual-boot system, but I have been looking forward to seeing someone use Vista to provide PDA-type functionality, so it's not all bad.</p> </div>

Well, not as cool as a dual-boot system, but I have been looking forward to seeing someone use Vista to provide PDA-type functionality, so it’s not all bad.

]]> By: cr0ft http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18787 cr0ft Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:01:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18787 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Well, it was already looking iffy to me due to the low screen resolution, so another thing to count against it isn't a big deal. Shame, though.</p> </div>

Well, it was already looking iffy to me due to the low screen resolution, so another thing to count against it isn’t a big deal. Shame, though.

]]> By: Nicholas http://jkontherun.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift/#comment-18790 Nicholas Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:51:59 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/htc-the-shift#comment-18790 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>That's a real shame. It would have been good to have WM on there with a few little apps running so you didnt have to boot into Vista. </p> <p>When Hugo demoed this at Tech.Ed Australia and he did say that it would be a Windows Sideshow device, but i guess we were hoping for the full functionality of WM6. Maybe in the Shift 2.0!</p></div>

That’s a real shame. It would have been good to have WM on there with a few little apps running so you didnt have to boot into Vista.

When Hugo demoed this at Tech.Ed Australia and he did say that it would be a Windows Sideshow device, but i guess we were hoping for the full functionality of WM6. Maybe in the Shift 2.0!

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