May 22nd, 2008
Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1
The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile World Congress in February of this year. I was able to see the T-Mobile version at the show and play with it for a few minutes and have been looking forward to seeing the device released ever since. We were in a session with Eric Lin, from HTC, at Mobius last week and I was asking questions about the Advantage when Eric announced that each attendee was going to be receiving their own HTC Advantage X7510 at the event. Needless to say I was shocked and extremely excited since I have been using and thoroughly enjoying the original Advantage since last summer. I was actually using the Advantage paired with the Celio REDFLY to take notes and keep up on events during the conference last week. Check out my image gallery, video and thoughts/experiences with the device to find out if I think this latest model is a worthy upgrade for existing Advantage owners.
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I posted my first thoughts and initial impressions last week and wanted to follow up with a more in-depth look at this new HTC device to help you make informed decisions about these devices. We were informed by HTC that the ROM on the device is not the final shipping ROM, although the hardware is finalized so I will try to make it clear where there may be issues related to the ROM that will hopefully be updated when we are sent the final ROM.
I won’t rehash my entire review of the Advantage X7501 since the hardware and device is very similar to the X7510, but I do think there are very important differences that you need to understand.
Hardware: As you can see in the list below, the specs are virtually the same for the X7510 as the 7501 and I have highlighted the differences in bold font.
- 624 MHz Intel PXA270 processor with ATi Graphic Chip W2284
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- QUALCOMM MSM 6275 processor for 3G mobile data connectivity
- 128 MB RAM (about 77 MB available to the end user after a hard reset)
- 256 MB Flash ROM (about 102 MB available to the end user after a hard reset)
- 16 GB Flash drive
- 5.26 inches x 3.86 inches x 0.63 inch (0.79 inches with keyboard on face)
- 10.75 ounces with battery, miniSD, and SIM and 13.22 ounces with the keyboard attached (12.66 ounces for the X7501), 16.2 ounces with leather case attached
- 5 inch transmissive TFT-LCD with backlight LEDs and touch sensitive screen, VGA 480◊640 resolution and 65k color support
- Removable QWERTY keyboard with haptics feedback
- Tri-band HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900 MHz for USA and 2100 for Europe/Japan)
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
- GPS receiver: SirF StarIII with Ephemeris Extension support (no software included)
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support
- 802.11 b/g WiFi
- 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash light
- Front facing VGA CMOS color camera (this type of camera was included on the T-Mobile Ameo
- HTC TouchFLO finger-friendly optimizations
- HTC ExtUSB with USB 2.0 support (used for charging/syncing/audio jack)
- HTC proprietary 16-pin port for USB 1.1 host and VGA out
- 2200 mAh removable Lithium-ion polymer battery
- Mini-SD card slot for external storage cards (SDHC compatible)
- Stereo speakers and standard 3.5 mm headset jack
The name given in the device information for the X7501 is ATHE100 and the name shown for the X7510 is ATHE400.
I’ll continue with hardware differences below and then a bit later in my review you can read about the software and applications on the Advantage X7510.
Hardware - What’s in the box?: The box for the Advantage X7501 was quite compact and appeared in a cube shape. The 7510 box was more rectangular and has the cool black matte design we have seen on recent HTC devices. The contents are very similar to what was included with the 7501, but with one surprise that is quite valuable.
- HTC Advantage X7510 (obviously) and QWERTY keyboard cover
- HTC 4-in-1 cable (USB/VGA out/S-video/RCA video) (I paid US$46 for this last year)
- Leather carrying case
- USB sync cable (can also be used to charge the device)
- AC adapter with Euro prongs
- Stereo headset (connects to the proprietary HTC ExtUSB port)
- Extra stylus
- Screen protector
- Nylon zipper case that holds your accessories and cables
Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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