Nurhisham Hussein
09-28-2006, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.htc.com/03-press-060928.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.htc.com/03-press-060928.htm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), the world's leading provider of Windows Mobile® portable devices, announced today that it has started supplying HSDPA Smartphones to SoftBank in Japan. The Smartphone, which has been named the "SoftBank X01HT," features HSDPA technology that will deliver a faster mobile broadband experience to Japanese customers (data transfer rates of up to 1.8 Mbps on downlink and 384 Kbps on uplink)."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20060927-x01ht_1_1.jpg" /><br /><br />After the linkup with <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?topic_id=51302">Vodafone</a>, HTC have scored another avenue for penetrating Japan's market - this time with Softbank. The <a href="http://www.japan.htc.com/product_x01ht.htm">X01HT</a> is another HTC Hermes in disguise though obviously carrying the Japanese language OS - HTC might be going for a world record here ("How many names can we give to one device?"). Let's see: we have the X01HT, TyTN, Dopod 838 Pro and CHT9000, XDA Trion, Qtek 9600, VPA Compact III, SPV M3100, MDA VARIO II, i-mate JASJAM and let's not forget the rumoured Cingular version and HTC Japan's own <a href="http://www.japan.htc.com/product_htcz.htm">hTc Z</a> (someone please explain <i>that</i> bit of marketing strategy to me). Still, as the bard said: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" :mrgreen: If you can't get enough of the Hermes, you can download and drool over a couple of hi-res photos of the X01HT <a href="http://www.htc.com/03-press-3.htm">here</a>.