Using the Athena Project 4.0 update you can also make the 7501 auto-rotate, which is a very cool feature. Hardware - accelerometer: The Advantage X7501 had an accelerometer with VueFLO technology that allowed you to scroll the web browser by tilting the display forward and backward. The T-Mobile model of this latest Advantage I saw at Mobile World Congress was silver in color, but the HTC branded model has a matte black finish like the U.S. I never felt heat or had any major issues with the 8GB drive (it "disappeared" twice in File Explorer and required a soft reset to appear again), but we should see a bit longer battery life with the flash drive and better power management in Windows Mobile 6.1. There is now a 16GB flash drive (15172.31 MB shown available) included instead of the 8GB Seagate Microdrive found on the 7501. There is now a front facing VGA camera on the front upper right, but this was also present on the T-Mobile Ameo and other models not sold in the U.S. In addition, the Communications Manager button found on the right side of the device is also missing. You will also see that the OK and Start menu buttons on the lower front left are missing on the 7510. I personally use this quite a bit on the Advantage for scrolling down lists and for ebook reading. Hardware - so what's different in the X7510?: One of the first things I noticed was the loss of the joystick controller located on the front left of the X7501. Nylon zipper case that holds your accessories and cables.Stereo headset (connects to the proprietary HTC ExtUSB port).USB sync cable (can also be used to charge the device).HTC 4-in-1 cable (USB/VGA out/S-video/RCA video) (I paid US$46 for this last year).HTC Advantage X7510 (obviously) and QWERTY keyboard cover.The contents are very similar to what was included with the 7501, but with one surprise that is quite valuable. The 7510 box was more rectangular and has the cool black matte design we have seen on recent HTC devices. Hardware - What's in the box?: The box for the Advantage X7501 was quite compact and appeared in a cube shape. I'll continue with hardware differences below and then a bit later in my review you can read about the software and applications on the Advantage X7510. The name given in the device information for the X7501 is ATHE100 and the name shown for the X7510 is ATHE400. Stereo speakers and standard 3.5 mm headset jack.Mini-SD card slot for external storage cards (SDHC compatible).2200 mAh removable Lithium-ion polymer battery.HTC proprietary 16-pin port for USB 1.1 host and VGA out.HTC ExtUSB with USB 2.0 support (used for charging/syncing/audio jack).HTC TouchFLO finger-friendly optimizations.Front facing VGA CMOS color camera (this type of camera was included on the T-Mobile Ameo.3 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash light.GPS receiver: SirF StarIII with Ephemeris Extension support (no software included).Tri-band HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900 MHz for USA and 2100 for Europe/Japan).Removable QWERTY keyboard with haptics feedback.5 inch transmissive TFT-LCD with backlight LEDs and touch sensitive screen, VGA 480?640 resolution and 65k color support.10.75 ounces with battery, miniSD, and SIM and 13.22 ounces with the keyboard attached (12.66 ounces for the X7501), 16.2 ounces with leather case attached.5.26 inches x 3.86 inches x 0.63 inch (0.79 inches with keyboard on face).256 MB Flash ROM (about 102 MB available to the end user after a hard reset).128 MB RAM (about 77 MB available to the end user after a hard reset).QUALCOMM MSM 6275 processor for 3G mobile data connectivity.624 MHz Intel PXA270 processor with ATi Graphic Chip W2284.Check out my image gallery, video and thoughts/experiences with the device to find out if I think this latest model is a worthy upgrade for existing Advantage owners. I was actually using the Advantage paired with the Celio REDFLY to take notes and keep up on events during the conference last week. Needless to say I was shocked and extremely excited since I have been using and thoroughly enjoying the original Advantage since last summer. We were in a session with Eric Lin, from HTC, at Mobius last week and I was asking questions about the Advantage when Eric announced that each attendee was going to be receiving their own HTC Advantage X7510 at the event. I was able to see the T-Mobile version at the show and play with it for a few minutes and have been looking forward to seeing the device released ever since. The successor to the Advantage X7501, the X7510, was announced at Mobile World Congress in February of this year. The most powerful Windows Mobile device I ever evaluated was the HTC Advantage X7501 that was released back in August of 2007 and I wrote quite an extensive review that was my most viewed blog post of 2007.
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