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Picture review of the HTC Herald December 08, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Lutzh Haedrich. Slim and equipped with Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g, but no 3G! Here comes the latest release from HTC - just in time for christmast. We've got one of the pre-release devices that usually are shipped to the carriers to test and provide the carrier branded extensions. Check it out now!  Lets take a look at the technical specs at first: The Herald comes with the already known TI's OMAP™ 850, 201 MHz Processor and Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition. Memory ROM: 128 MB and 64 MB DDR SDRAM RAM, packed into a 109 mm (L) x 59 mm (W) x 17 mm (T) housing and a weight of 168 g with battery. Also there (data found on HTC's product homepage): Display 2.8” TFT-LCD, 240 X 320 dot pixels with 65,536 colours Network: Quad-band GSM®/GPRS/EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 Device Control: 5-way Navigation Control Keyboard: Auto-sliding QWERTY keyboard Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0, Wi-Fi® IEEE 802.11 b/g, HTC ExtUSBTM (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one) Camera: 2.0 Megapixel CMOS color camera Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery, Capacity 1130 mAh, Standby time: Up to 150 ~ 200 hours, Talk time: Up to 3.5 ~ 5 hours Expansion Slot miniSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Clearly HTC lost control here, since the Herald is not having a miniSD, but a microSD card slot as you can see on the pictures below! Now lets start a virtual walk around the device.       Whats in the box? Nothing surprising: sync cable, headset, power plug and a pouch with belt clip.    Below you find some comparsion shots with the HTC Hermes (MDA Vario II from T-Mobile).       Cool feature: Cap- and function (Fn) keys are using a LED now. As soon as you press Cap or Fn the LED's are starting to glow yellow.   The sim card is only removable if you take out the battery. The device we have here is powered by a 1130 mAh Li-ion battery from Calxpert.    Booting the Herald      HTC Herald's blue keys vs. HTC Hermes (T-Mobile) red key light.   Lets talk about pro's and con's of the Herald shortly: The highlights are: - it's size - it's connectivity (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, EDGE, Quad-band) The lowlights are. - 200 MHz processor - no 3G - microSD card - no jogwheel or anything like that for one hand operation - on/off button on top left, stylus on bottom right - these two things you always need to do something with the Herald are placed at the maximum of space in between. Anyone thought anything?   Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 5 Comments ]
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