HTC Advantage X7500

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The HTC Advantage X7500 or HTC Athena is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition based smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC. The Athena was sold by T-Mobile US under the name T-Mobile Ameo. [1] The Ameo launched in Europe in March 2007. [2] It was also sold under the Dopod brand as the Dopod U1000.

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The HTC Advantage X7501 is the Windows Mobile 6.0 version released in July 2007 as an OEM unlocked GSM phone by CompUSA and Amazon.com primarily for the North American market as a Pocket PC. [3] It does not have the second camera which the Advantage X7500 has for videoconferencing.

The HTC Advantage X7510 is an updated version of the X7500, featuring Windows Mobile 6.1 "Manilla" Professional and solid state, 16GB flash drive. The X7510 model also brings back the secondary VGA camera on the screen side for videoconferencing.

Specifications

A full specifications sheet was leaked on January 26, 2007. [4]

FunctionComponent
OSMicrosoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition for X7500 (T-Mobile Optional Update to WM6) (Windows Mobile 6 Professional for X7501)
Dimensions133'5mm x 97'7mm x 16mm, 360g
Processor Intel Bulverde PXA270 624 MHz
ATI technologies Imageon 2284
Memory ROM: 256 MB, RAM: 128 MB SDRAM, HDD: 8GB with G sensor
Display5", LED backlight TFT LCD touchscreen, VGA(640x480)
Communication HSDPA/UMTS (Triband, 850/1900/2100 MHz)
GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Quad band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
GPS SiRFstarIII GPS Chipset
CameraMain Camera: 3.0 MPx, auto-focus
2nd Camera: VGA (not available X7501), LED flash
Connectivity & Interface USB 2.0
Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g
20 channel integrated GPS
3V USIM/SIM card slot
miniSDHC slot
TV-out
USB 1.1 Host (low power) through proprietary 16 pin port
BatterySanyo Lithium-Ion 2200mAH
ApplicationsMMS/Java apps
Smart Dialing/Voice Speed Dialing
Adobe Acrobat LE PDF
Blackberry Push Email Client

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References

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