If there’s one device I have been tracking in the US market (yes, I realise I’m a bit EU-focused some of the time!) it’s the HTC Shift. Pricing, specs and 3G capability have been my outstanding queries and thanks to Matt Miller over at ZDNet, the questions have been answered. He has been testing it the EVDO version!
As Matt says, Amazon let the cat out of the bag when they made it public on their site today so he’s decided to come clean on his secret 140 photos and imminent review. ‘The Long Awaited HTC Shift’ is quite the understatement but despite my frustration, i’m glad to see it’s arriving in the U.S. A joint Sprint / HTC Announcement will be made on Monday and the price at Amazon is $1,499.00 which I personally find a little high for the U.S. market. I was expecting $1200 and now hope that street prices reach this level quickly because at $1500 its too expensive for all but the rich pro-mobile set.
The photo-set doesn’t seem to be available right now so I can’t quite work out what he means by “Can’t remove leather case if you want to travel a bit lighter.” I’d advise to glue yourself to the Mobile Gadgeteer blog if you’ve any interest in the device!
Update: James Kendrick has one too.
Update: Laptop Magazine has a review.
Update: MobileTech review too!
Via GottaBeMobile on FriendFeed. More HTC Shift news, my review and image gallery via the HTC Shift product page.
