HTC S710 - A Smart Choice
Posted February 25th, 2007 by Marius TrusculescuI really like smartphones because they often try to mimic the performances of today’s computers for portable devices. However a more interesting fact is that some of them manage to do that… at least to some extent. It is my opinion that the S710 is one of those devices and I will try to convince you of this fact in the following paragraphs.
When searching for any device, the first thing you look is the design, and the small (101.5 x 50 x 18.6 mm ) S710 will certainly impress you. Even if the device has a full QWERTY keyboard, that is not visible at first because it only slides out when needed. The only disadvantage to the design is in my opinion the regular number keypad that simply takes out space which could have been filled with a larger display. I also think HTC should consider using the dual slide out keyboardsfor their upcoming products as competitors already begun including this in their new smartphones. However, even with the normal keypad, I find the 2.4†LCD display sufficient for most tasks although I would have preferred a slightly larger one.
Moving out to the hardware features I must confess I really like what this device packs. First of all we have a TI’s 201 MHz processor accompanied by 128 MB of RAM and 64 MB of SDRAM that provide the computing power of the S710. A 2 MP camera, a microphone and a 3-in-1 speaker were also added to the list of mutimedia features. For receiving a boost in storage capacity HTC included a microSD slot to accommodate appropriate memory cards as customers may want to take your pictures, music or any other files on the mobile phone. As for the mobile phone part rest assured this phone will function almost anywhere as it is compatible with the GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) mobile telephony networks.
As for the software, the HTC is a Windows Mobile v6 phone and it has all the features of that OS (operating system). It includes both multimedia features like playback for the most common audio formats (AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3) and office tools like email, browsing and calendar functions. All in all I must say a very useful and cool device suited for both work and entertainment.
