HTC Kaiser in the wild

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 20th 2007 at 1:41PM

Whoa, what's that HTC Kaiser doing there? Don't whip out your Wizard or Hermes and try this, folks -- you'll only end up with tears and a broken Pocket PC -- it's a hot new trick HTC's Hermes follow-on has up its sleeves. Besides the wacky flip-up action, the Kaiser ups the camera to a full 3 megapixels (an extra million pixels over its predecessor), adds HSUPA support for crazy fast uploads, GPS, and the now-obligatory Windows Mobile 6 Professional. No word on release, but we know with certainty that HTC wants this thing in users' hands in 2007, so we'd expect it to start showing up on European networks before too long. Click on for plenty of gorgeous photography.

[Via Howard Forums]

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

Tags: htc, kaiser, professional, windows mobile, windows mobile 6, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6, wm6

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Andy @ Mar 20th 2007 2:13PM

Huh, that's neat, but I'm not sure I see the point. It's a useful feature if it was set down on the table, but I don't think it'd be too comfortable or stable to type on like that (hunt and peck at it's finest, but I think holding it and using my thumbs would be faster). Maybe for watching videos? That would be cool...

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Big Ern @ Mar 20th 2007 4:29PM

Oh mighty phone gods, thank your for finally delivering the Kaiser to me. I'm sorry that I allowed my faith to waver after no word came during CeBIT; but just as I falter, you reward me. I will praise thee until my fingertips are too feeble to text and my mobile device slips from my grasp...

Wow. I have been waiting a long time for the 2.8" diagonal screen, QWERTY, GSM quadband, 3G, WM6 mobile device WITH standalone GPS (since the HP iPaq hw6500 series to be exact) and I am going to snatch one up as soon as possible to reward myself for being so damn patient. I just hope i like that new flip as much as I think I will!

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sub69 @ Mar 21st 2007 5:00AM

I've been waiting for this for ages, now the only improvement I'm after in a PPC phone is an improved screen resolution.

That flip up screen will be quite handy for me, I sit my Hermes (with it's keyboard out) on the desk next to my PC keyboard at work, ready to reply to IM's and personal e-mails, so being able to see the screen at a decent angle will be a bonus.

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Richard @ Mar 21st 2007 7:10AM

C'mon Cing - uh - AT&T!

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Big Ern @ Mar 21st 2007 4:54PM

Sub69 is right, a better res would be great. Also a zeiss lens to compete with the symbian stuff. But still, this thing is going to be nice!

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