Paul Martin
10-23-2007, 02:33 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://mobilitysite.com/2007/10/htc-gene-and-love-eye-candy/' target='_blank'>http://mobilitysite.com/2007/10/htc...love-eye-candy/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"I can’t speak Russian, but at least we can enjoy the devices being show off by portavik.ru. The HTC Gene (P3400) is a quad band GSM Phone with Windows Mobile 6, a 2mp Camera, and Bluetooth. That’s all I know about it so far. The HTC Love (P3350) is basically the HTC Artemis without the GPS. It’s a quad band GSM Pocket PC phone with WiFi, Bluetooth, built in FM Radio, 256MB ROM, 64MB RAM, and a camera…. But, it’s only EDGE."</i><br /><br /><object width="425" height="366"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nni7jBaPrZE&rel=1&border=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nni7jBaPrZE&rel=1&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="366"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>Full article on the <b>HTC P3350 Love</b> with <a href="http://new.portavik.ru/reviews/htc_p3350_review1.html">more photos here</a> in Russian or <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?doit=done&url=http://new.portavik.ru/reviews/htc_p3350_review1.html&lp=ru_en">English Babelfish translation</a>.</i><br /><br /><object width="425" height="366"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q6pX5-IpolM&rel=1&border=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q6pX5-IpolM&rel=1&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="366"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>Full article on the <b>HTC P3400 Gene</b> with <a href="http://new.portavik.ru/reviews/htc_p3400_review.html">more photos here</a> in Russian or <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?doit=done&url=http://new.portavik.ru/reviews/htc_p3400_review.html&lp=ru_en">English Babelfish translation</a>.</i><br /><br />Overall, <a href="http://portavik.ru">portavik.ru</a> seems to place these two HTCs in more of a beginning-device category, sort of a My First HTC. :lol: They knock the HTC P3350 Love for a weak processor and absence of GPS. Though it is very similar to the HTC P3300 Artemis, it is more media focused with a built-in media-hub with FM radio with RDS data, pictures, music, and video instead of a GPS module. Similarly, the HTC Gene lacks WiFi and is regulated to more of a budget device, using the same TI OMAP 850 processor as the Qtek S200 and I-mate JAMin. Any Russian-speakers want to give us a better feel for the reviews?