05-23-2006, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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the::unwired: "O2 Germany to Release the HTC Hermes as O2 Xda trion"
"While it's neither official released yet nor O2 Germany has given a press release, the device, formerly known as 'O2 Xda Hermes,' appeared now in O2's own web shop as 'O2 Xda trion.'"
Yes, it seems to be with a lowercase 't.' Arne at the::unwired points us to a page on O2's German website showing a very sleek-looking HTC Hermes branded with their O2 logo and with some updated specs: 400MHz processor (yay!), Bluetooth 2.0, and AKU2 out of the box. Arne goes to add that A2DP Stereo Bluetooth will also be available, as well as quadband EDGE/UMTS with upgradability to HSDPA. Now, we're just waiting for i-mate, Qtek, and possibly Cingular to follow suit with some information for their versions of the Hermes, and I think we're looking at some more good times ahead!
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05-23-2006, 04:17 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 60
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I've been dying for news about this device! Kicked off on one company, its not gonna be soon till imate launches it! I know its gonna be quadband gsm but does anyone know if its gonna be dual UMTS?
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05-23-2006, 04:24 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 91
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Such a waste of real estate which could have been used for a better/larger keyboard. Why cant HTC cram a Nokia 9300 keyboard with five rows (including a dedicated number row) into an even larger space than the 9300?
Keys for special characters like �, �, �, �, a dedicated CTRL key, number keys etc....
And why not use a joystick instead of wasting FOUR dedicated direction keys on the keyboard? Which is a duplication anywaY SINCE THE FIVE WAY directional pad is access9ible even in the extracted state.
I also like to point out that I was correct with my original story in March, when Vodafone said that their Hermes wouldnt ship with HSDPA initially. Seems HTC isnt quite ready with their HSDPA stack. :-(
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05-23-2006, 04:27 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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When available, I will get one from MMB and pass down my Wizard to my teenager. Does anyone know if UMTS is dual-band? I am on T-Mobile (US), so it does not matter as much for me, but I am sure Cingular users will want to be able to use the higher speeds in the US. EDGE for most of my uses seems to be good enough... but with video conferencing potential, I can see the benefit of higher network speeds.
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05-23-2006, 04:31 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by MarcTGFG
Such a waste of real estate which could have been used for a better/larger keyboard. Why cant HTC cram a Nokia 9300 keyboard with five rows (including a dedicated number row) into an even larger space than the 9300?
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It is a bit of a dissapointment to see that the full possible space on the slideout mechanism isn't used for the keyboard. Even though my Wizard has small buttons, the spacing is such that most of the area is used giving good spacing between letters. Just as with the WIZ100 and WIZ200 used different keyboard layouts, perhaps there will be multiple versions of the Hermes and one with a better keyboard design.
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05-23-2006, 04:42 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 349
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I received word from a close friend who is a Cingular rep that the 3G will be for video streaming (ala Verizon VCAST style), but not for video telephony. Grr!
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05-23-2006, 04:53 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 17
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what it needed 2 be worth upgrading
Keyboard buttons are smaller, instead of bigger than my HTC Apache.
Processor should have been made faster than my HTC Apache.
Screen should have been bigger , given the same size.
I see no reason to upgrade, unless I had a slower K-jam/MDA
ROM may be newer, but they could have done better than just rearrange hardware buttons.
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05-23-2006, 04:58 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 450
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Yay, I finally found my next device.
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05-23-2006, 05:22 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 91
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Can't wait
Can't wait to upgrade my Wizard. 400Mhz should be a big step up in performance. I really dislike OMAP 850 performance (even when overclocked!) that HTC used in Wizard. Does anyone know if this will be offered in the US? Cingular maybe?
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05-23-2006, 07:07 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4
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Am I correct in assuming that (at least in the USA) there are currently no VGA converged devices?
The HTC series looks very nice, except that the cell phone providers only ever seem to pick the QVGA ones. I really don't want to downgrade from my hx4700 just to add a phone.
Are there other options out now or on the horizon?
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