NTT DoCoMo and HTC Announce the hTc Z

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.htc.com.tw/news/press060712.html' target='_blank'>http://www.htc.com.tw/news/press060712.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (DoCoMo) and High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) announced today that they have developed a handset, "hTc Z" equipped with the Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Japanese-edition operating system. DoCoMo will start sales in late July. The hTc Z will enable a variety of useful mobile business solutions using Windows Server® and Exchange Server, in addition to Bluetooth® and many add-in applications. DoCoMo plans to sell the handsets to corporate customers as part of its comprehensive business solutions. The hTc Z will be demonstrated at DoCoMo's booth at Wireless Japan 2006 in Tokyo from July 19 to 21."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060712-hTcZ.jpg" /><br /><br />Well, these names are starting to become L@mE. First, <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49352">Qtek's HTC TyTN and MTeoR</a>, and now <a href="http://japan.htc.com/product.htm">NTT DoCoMo's hTc Z</a>? You know, I think I still prefer the Hermes name. ;)

[Menneisyys]

Well, these names are starting to become L@mE.

HTC seems to be targetting the 1337 ("leet", "elite") folks. :D Remember the case of the 1 (one) instead of the letter l in palmOne (pa1mOne)? ;)

[MitchellO]

Gee, HTC come up with some fantastic devices, but they come up with even lousier names that imate (K-JAM anyone?). :lol:

[apeguero]

One thing I like right away about this new device is the dedicate dial keys ala Palm Treo. I wish someone would come up with a hack that would allow me to program the same keys in my PPC 6700 to do the same. Also, it appears that they have included the period as part of the number keys. On older devices, one had to press the red dot in order to type numbers. The problem with this is that the period key is not in that keyset so one had to press the red dot every time one needed to type a period. It appears that they have done away with that. I like it so far. Hopefully it will make it's way to the US in CDMA form as I think NTT Docomo is.

[ctmagnus]

You know, I think I still prefer the Hermes name. ;)

I dunno... Swap the m for a p, and... :worried:

[quan]

With all these new phones releases, is there a matrix table telling us what is what or its equivalent - (the same phone may be call differently depending on the carrier)? Thank you

[Tony Rylow]

Seems to me they are trying to copy the name of a popular phone... the Razr.. Nobody used ****ty names like that until the razr came out..

[Willmonwah]

I just did a more than casual but less than thorough check of the uspto.gov (http://www.uspto.gov) (trademarks) website and it seems no one else is using the word hermes in a similar way. Maybe it's used in another country?

[aquanaut]

CHT9000 in Taiwan... 1 too many zeros in my opinion...

FWIW: the hermes release in Taiwan is 10-days old now, carrierless unlocked version retail price is below US$699 (down $100 from the initial $798 price (TWD25800). A CHT (Chunghua Telecom) 3G plan and a 2-year contract of $25/month, device price drops to $514...

TTGolf over on HoFo bought one and has graciously shared his experience travelling with the phone using a Cingular SIM from Taiwan, Japan, China, and now back in the U.S. and will soon report back on Cingular's UMTS compatibility.

No negative feedback on the Taiwan phone forums, only praise. Unless you have issue with the form factor, this device looks like a winner.

Cheers