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Review of HTC's X7510 Advantage Smartphone

Posted by timothy on from the cool-little-device dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DigitalBurn.com has posted a review of HTC's new X7510 Advantage smartphone. It is technically a smartphone, but looks more like a small laptop since it has a 5" VGA touchscreen display. Other features include tri-band HDSPA 3G data, a 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, a magnetically attached QWERTY keyboard, and a full-blown Opera 9 web browser. It can even be hooked up to a TV or external monitor/projector."

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  1. Can't imagine this will be a successful product by TheRedSeven · · Score: 4, Insightful
    $1000 for a beefed-up, over-sized smartphone? Unlikely. For this price, I can get a Blackberry Curve and a Eee PC.


    I can bet this thing will almost certainly flop when it comes to market. Heck, even the US rebate check isn't enough to cover the cost of one of these!

  2. too big by loafula · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This product is way too big to be marketed as a smart phone. The concept behind the whole PDA/smartphone market is portability. Anything that cannot fit in my pocket does not fall into the portable category.....

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  3. It isn't a smartphone. by HerculesMO · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a laptop with a "phone" feature.

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    The price is always right if someone else is paying.
  4. Jack of all trades... by rarel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... master of none. Sure it's a nice gadget, but let's see, too big for a phone, won't fit in a pocket, and too small to be really practical as a "sublaptop", I don't see anyone working for hours on that keyboard. Fringe market, even in a professional settings. Only useful for showing off, I guess.

  5. Re:Not Apple == Crap by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The worst thing about Apple fanboys is that you never know whether they're trolling, or being honest (to their opinions)...

    A third altogether possible option is that there is a significant union between both of the above sets.

    How in the name of blue fuck does a handheld device with a fold-open screen and a full keyboard, no native 'traditional' phone mode even remotely represent someone trying to copy the (All Hail The Apparently Omnipotent) iPhone?