HTC builds Hermes-like "Z" for NTT DoCoMo

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 12th 2006 at 1:39PM

When you're trying to console yourself after perusing NTT DoCoMo's extraordinary lineup of hotness, it looks like the "at least we're getting the Hermes" argument no longer holds much water. HTC and NTT DoCoMo have teamed up to put together the "HTC Z," a Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC with rather obvious Hermes roots. The FOMA-compliant handset shares all of the Hermes' critical stats -- right down to the secondary cam for video calling -- and sports a Japanese cut of Windows Mobile to make things easy on the home crowd. Okay, so maybe you're thinking "at least we get our Hermes first." Not even: the Z allegedly drops in late July, so unless you're one of the lucky few, it looks like NTT's got you beat every which way. Typical.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, UMTS

Tags: foma, hermes, htc, ntt, ntt docomo, NttDocomo, pocket pc, PocketPc, windows mobile, WindowsMobile, wizard, wm5, z

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Kenundrum @ Jul 12th 2006 2:02PM

Finally- HTC gets it right with a numeric keypad similar to the Treo instead of the crap row at the top like on the Apache et al.

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www.orneta.com @ Jul 13th 2006 2:24PM

I've been drooling over this thing. Finally something to rival the awesomeness of my JasJar!

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Kris @ Jul 14th 2006 6:54PM

The Hermes is just fantastic. It has all I need.

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