HTC Shift (code name: Clio) is an Ultra-Mobile PC by HTC.

Features

Dual Operating System

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-bit (notebook mode)

• SnapVUE (PDA mode)

Processor

• Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800MHz (for Windows Vista)

• ARM11 CPU (for SnapVUE)

Memory and Storage

• 1 GB RAM (notebook mode)

• 64 MB RAM (PDA mode)

• 40/60 GB HDD

• SD card slot

  Intel GMA 950 graphics

Communications

• Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (data only): GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900

• Triband UMTS / HSDPA (data only): UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100

• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

• Bluetooth 2.0

• USB port

7" display

• Active TFT touchscreen, 16M colors

• 800 x 480 pixels (Wide-VGA), 7 inches

• QWERTY keyboard

• Handwriting recognition

• Fingerprint Recognition

Ringtones

• MP3

• Dual speakers

Upgrading

In November 2011 the team from DistantEarth have succeeded in loading the developer preview of Windows 8 onto the HTC Shift.

References

• HTC Shift forums on XDA-Developers

• HTC Shift on pof blog: technical information about HTC Shift

• HTC Source: a news blog dedicated to HTC devices

• HTC Shift X9500 on Pocketables: Many photos, features, and reviews

• TechCast Reviews the HTC Shift