Like the I-Mate Ultimate and the Sharp Em-One, here’s a device form factor that I like to see. Unfortunately, like the aforementioned devices, it runs Windows Mobile on an ARM processor and that puts it in the Sub-UMPC/Uber-Smartphone category for me. No FIE, no ultra mobile PC tag! The HTC Omni (previous report here) is rumored to be launched in October. That’s about the same time as the Shift.
Unwiredview have the scoop and specs and they include an 800×480 screen, UMTS/HSDPA, TV+VGA out, GPS and 1.2GB of RAM. Its the Advantage done properly! I’ll put this one in the database and hope that it gets an upgrade to a Menlow or Mobile-ITX platform in 2008!