THERE is no doubt that computers are getting smaller with each passing day.
The underlying trend in today’s mobile computing market is not on massive desktop replacement notebooks but rather on smaller ultralight portable notebooks.
And HTC also seems having a big step with their new paradigm, HTC Shift, the first Ultra-mobile for HTC. On the outside, the Shift sports a very interesting design which, to put it simply, is small for a notebook but huge for a PDA. Small and roughly slightly larger than your average paperback novel, the Shift is a very portable machine.
The Shift can be used in one of two ways. You can hold the Shift in one hand and use the stylus with the other as you would a regular Tablet PC. One neat thing about the touchscreen is that you can still navigate reasonably well with your fingers without the stylus.Alternatively, you can place the Shift on a flat surface and slide out the main screen to reveal a hidden Qwerty keyboard.
The default display resolution is 800 x 480 pixels, which doesn’t offer a lot of room to work with, but you can bump the resolution up to 1,024 x 600pixels.The viewing angles for the screen is also good, with almost no colour shifting as you view it from different angles.
Performance
It may not sound like much but running on an Intel A110 (800MHz) processor with 1GB of RAM, the Shift is a reliable workhorse for office productivity tools. However the Shift isn’t geared for high-performance so photo manipulation and video editing are out of the question. Still, Vista runs remarkably well on the Shift with applications launching fast and running smoothly without any noticeable slow downs. Navigating around Vista Business was made difficult by the rather small trackpad. After having used it, I have to say that I’d rather use the stylus to quickly click and navigate around. Web surfing on the Shift is made easy by the fact that there are so many options such as WiFi, HSDPA or 3G to go online with.
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