HTC to enter netbook market

HTC has received pretty good recognition and is now considered one of the most reputed smartphone manufactures. Now, according to the latest news bits, there are chances that it might try it hands in the (over-saturated) netbook market.

According to HTC CEO Peter Chou, they are very much interested in this category and they are looking forward to enter the netbook market.

I am pretty sure that we will see something very unique and exiting, if, in case, HTC does enter the netbook market. We have seen some really great MID-like smartphones from them. To name a few, HTC TOUCH PRO 2 and the latest one featuring a capacitive display like iPhone, the HTC TOUCH HD 2

Note that HTC did enter the UMPC market and they were not able to sell a lot of these UMPCs. HTC’s UMPC known as the HTC Shift was a disaster; costing more than $1000; ran Vista on a 800MHz processor!

Look out for our extensive HTC TOUCH HD 2 coverage at WindowsPhoneMix.com, our sister site about Windows Phones

HTC Shift charger is same as EEE PC charger!

I am sure many of you must be having problems in finding chargers for the HTC Shift. Let’s face it, the HTC Shift is not as popular as other netbooks or UMPCs and HTC has not been able to sell a lot of these units.

Now, it has been found that the charger is same as the EEE PC charger, to be specific, EEE 901’s charger and 1000x’s charger. Even the make is same!

This also means that if you wish to buy a car charger for your HTC Shift, all you have to do is buy one made for the EEE PCs!

TomTom 6 working on HTC SHIFT! [UMPC]

In HTC Shift, you will find Vista and Windows Mobile under the same hood. Unfortunately, it is stripped down version of Windows Mobile. It also does not let you access storage card when you are in Snapvue (Windows Mobile side). Also, the size of maps are big and there is no way you could squeeze [...]

How To: Install Windows XP on the HTC SHIFT [UMPC]

Sick with the pathetic performance of A110 processor, while running Windows Vista? A week back, we posted about how to install Windows 7 on the HTC Shift. Sadly, the Windows 7 is still in it’s beta stage. And while it is not out, XP remains the OS of choice for Netbooks as it runs on [...]

High Capacity battery for HTC SHIFT [UMPC]

Mugen Power has released a high capacity battery for the HTC Shift, which should at least double the battery runtimes of your HTC Shift, if not tripled. It is 6600mAh. It costs $239.95 and is available from the following link: http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.info/epages/es109514.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es109514_es120302495377/Products/HLI-X9500XL What’s more? There are providing free shipping too!

How To: Install Windows 7 on HTC Shift [UMPC]

HTC Shift comes with Windows Vista only. There is no official support for Windows XP. But, Vista drivers seems to work fine on the Windows 7 (of course in compatibility mode). The snapvue also seems to work fine in Windows 7. To install Windows 7 on the HTC Shift, you will need an external DVD [...]