HTC Smartphones

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You may not have ever heard of them, but there's a good chance you've seen a lot of HTC smartphones around the marketplace. HTC is easily one of the largest makers of Windows Mobile-powered cell phones, particularly those with PDA form factors. Why haven't you heard of them? Because they are primarily an ODM (original design manufacturer), with the bulk of their products being sold under a number of different brand names. If you love Windows Mobile, plenty of functionality, and some great looking designs, then you should seriously consider some of HTC's line-up.

HTC Smartphones

HTC Smartphones: The Silent Giant

Based out of Taiwan, High Tech Computer (HTC, for short) manufactures a wide range of mobile handsets with a distinct specialization in smartphones and PDA phones that run in a Windows-based environment. Their unique designs are so highly sought after that several cell phone makers and service providers enthusiastically approach HTC for their latest innovations. HTC smartphones are generally not designed to run on CDMA-based networks, rather working more with the general GSM worldwide standard. In the United States, both Cingular and T-Mobile carry HTC-designed products. You'll also find their smartphones in Europe though Vodafone, and throughout Asia under a variety of guises.

Products Also Sold As…

The reason why it is difficult to immediately recognize a product as an HTC smartphone is because their name rarely appears on anything they make. This philosophy has changed somewhat in the past few months, with the Taiwanese firm releasing a few handsets under their branding (e.g., the TyTN and MTeor), but as a general rule, most of their phones do not bear their namesake. Some of the affiliates and subsidiaries that carry their handsets include:

  • Qtek
  • i-mate
  • Dopod
  • Orange
  • T-Mobile
  • Cingular
  • Vodafone
  • Audiovox
  • O2

Popular HTC Smartphones and Handsets

HTC makes many, many different cell phones and smartphones, but to further confuse the matter, there are several variants to each platform they create. One of the most appealing factors of the HTC smartphones are the creative names they receive -- Amadeus, Monet, Blue Angel, Apache, and so on -- but they often get renamed and rebadged under any number of their affiliates. Each variant may be slightly different than the original design, moving a button here or an extra feature there, but they are fundamentally identical to the original platform. Here is but a small sample of what HTC has to offer:

HTC Platform Also Known As Description
Typhoon Qtek 8010, Orange SPV C500, i-mate SP3, Audiovox SMT 5600 Powered by Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, this smartphone comes with a VGA camera, Bluetooth 1.2, a Texas Instruments OMAP 730 processor, and miniSD expansion slot.
STRTrk Qtek 8500, Orange SPV F600, i-mate Smartflip, Cingular 3125. This futuristic-looking flip phone (hence its "Star Trek" namesake) is lightweight (99 grams), slim (16mm), and relatively powerful with its 1.3MP camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, and external media controls.
Magician Qtek S100, O2 XDA II Mini, O2 XDA mini, T-Mobile MDA, i-mate JAM, Vodafone VPA Compact, Dopod 818, Krome Spy, Orange SPV M500 Featuring a TFT touchscreen with handwriting recognition, this Windows Mobile 2003 SE Pocket PC-based smartphone comes with an SDIO expansion slot, WAP, integrated MP3 player, and Pocket Office.
Universal Qtek 9000, T-Mobile MDA Pro, O2 XDA Exec, Orange SPV M5000, Vodafone VPA IV, Vodafone V1640, E-Plus PDA IV, Dopod 900, i-mate JasJar, Grundig GR980 With a unique swiveling design and UMTS connectivity, this powerful handset boasts a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen display, dual cameras, Java, and an Intel Bulverde 520MHz processor.
Wizard Qtek 9100, Cingular 8125, T-Mobile MDA Vario, O2 XDA Mini S, Dopod 838, Orange SPV M3000, i-mate K-JAM This quad-band GSM smartphone has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Texas Instruments OMAP 850 processor, built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Microsoft ActiveSync, and MP3 ringtones.
Hermes HTC TyTN, T-Mobile MDA Vario II, O2 XDA Trion, Cingular 8525, Dopod 838 Pro, i-mate JASJAM, Orange SPV M3100, NTT DoCoMo hTc Z Sporting a TFT touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera, and high-speed 3G data, the Hermes is one of HTC's most powerful handsets. Other key features include PocketIE, a 400MHz Samsung processor, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and an integrated media player.

 


Comments

Ashutosh: You should be able to use any of the Java runtime downloads for Windows Mobile 6 Professional, assuming that your service provider allows for third-party downloads and installs.

-- Contributed by: MichaelKwan

thanks

-- Contributed by: dutch

i need java run time for htc p3452

-- Contributed by: Ashutosh

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