HTC's Athena (X7500): a WinMo PPC, not UMPC

by Thomas Ricker posted Dec 20th 2006 at 8:45AM

Oh sweet mother of WinMo computing, HTC looks to have a new one up their sleeves with this, the HTC Athena (X7500). It's apparently not their rumored UMPC, rather, this pup is said to run Windows Mobile Pocket PC "Pro edition" (whatever that is) so that's a 3.5-inch QVGA touch-screen with stylus and detachable QWERTY -- yes, detachable when you need to keep things light. The unofficial specs being passed around indicate that this handheld is destined for Europe: UMTS 2100 with tri-band GSM/GPRS radio (what, no EDGE or HSDPA?), 802.11b/g WiFi, 256MB ROM / 64MB RAM, 2 megapixel camera, SD expansion, and USB 1.1 interface. All running on a 400MHz Samsung processor. Still, doesn't this seem a bit light for all the device's bulk? Read on for more pics and clues from this mystery device.

[Thanks, Yoda M.]

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, GSM, GPRS, UMTS

Tags: athen, breaking news, BreakingNews, htc, ppc, umpc, windows mobile, WindowsMobile, winmo, x7500

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Daniel @ Dec 25th 2006 9:04AM

actually ... that's pretty hot ... a detachable keyboard .. why didn't i think of that sooner?

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Steve Paine @ Dec 20th 2006 9:46AM

Looks like the pics have been taken down.
As far as I know, the specs quoted here are wrong.
My understanding: 5" screen. VGA, 8GB drive. 624Mhz Xscale. TV-out. GPS built in,HSDPA.
http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/11/htc-news-updates-athena-and-umpc.htmlSteve.

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Pete @ Dec 20th 2006 10:01AM

The description is fine, though the design leaves much to be desired.

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Steve Paine @ Dec 20th 2006 10:02AM

New link:
http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/11/htc-news-updates-athena-and-umpc.html
Sorry about that.

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Jdoc @ Dec 20th 2006 12:50PM

That screen is definitely not QVGA, i can tell that just by looking at the screen on the pic.

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Harry @ Dec 20th 2006 11:24PM

Yo quiero Athena!

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Taylor Alexander @ Dec 20th 2006 6:49PM

yeah, not QVGA, just by the image along (and reason to boot) If it had a drive and USB hosting, i'd be in heaven. (well, and CDMA... but hah, i'm not getting that in this!)
-Taylor

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momchil karabulev @ Dec 21st 2006 4:00AM

it has 5" VGA display and 8GB drive according to this

http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3506

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Blade @ Dec 21st 2006 6:10AM

The QWERTY keyboard with the brown leather case make it look like some sort of old fashioned calculator. The actual device itself looks quite neat, but it looks very out of place with the accessories.

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