| HTC Excalibur (HTC S620) | |
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| Manufacturer | High Tech Computer |
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| Type | Smartphone |
| Connectivity | GSM with EDGE, GPRS 802.11g WiFi, Bluetooth, |
| Retail availability | 2006 |
| Media | microSD |
| Operating system | Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 for Smartphone |
| Input | Illuminated QWERTY Keypad & Side Touchbar |
| Camera | 1.3 Megapixel (1280x1024) |
| Power | Battery |
| CPU | Texas Instruments OMAP850 200 MHz processor |
| Display | 16-bit Color 320 x 240 TFT display |
| Touchpad | Yes. "JOGGR" side touch bar. |
The HTC Excalibur (HTC S620) is a smartphone model manufactured by High Tech Computer beginning in 2006. It is rebranded and sold as the O2 Xda Cosmo, the T-Mobile Dash[1], the HTC S621 for Rogers Wireless in Canada, the HTC S621 for Suncom Wireless in the lower-eastern United States, and the Dopod C720W.
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Features
The device runs the Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Smartphone Edition operating systems (AKU 3.0). It uses a 200MHz Texas Instruments OMAP850 (ARM architecture) processor, with 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of flash ROM. A microSD slot is also available for additional expansion capability.[2]
It includes a quad band (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz) GSM radio with EDGE, 802.11g WiFi support, Bluetooth communications. The device syncs with ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center (Windows Vista) over Bluetooth or USB. It also has GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi connections. Its projected successor, the HTC S630 (codenamed Cavalier) has no scheduled release date yet. T-Mobile initially shipped Windows Mobile 5 on all Dash devices, but began offering existing Dash owners the ability to update to Windows Mobile 6 on May 4, 2007.[3][4]
Bluetooth
The phone supports Bluetooth 2.0 without EDR[5] and could support these profiles:
- A2DP-Source
- AVCTP
- AVDTP
- AVRCP-Target
- BNEP
- FT-Client
- FT-Server
- GAP
- GAVDP
- Generic Object Exchange
- HandsFree-AG (1.0)
- Headset-AG
- HID-Host
- OPP-Client
- OPP-Server
- PAN-AP
- SAP-Server
- SDAP
- Serial-DevA
- Serial-DevB
New firmware versions disable nearly a half of these profiles, including FTP according to the pre-commercial review[5].
See also
- Samsung Blackjack, a competing smartphone with similar specifications.
- Motorola Q, a competing smartphone with similar specifications.
References
- ^ T-Mobile (2006-10-11). "T-Mobile Unveils a New Full-Featured Smartphone, the T-Mobile Dash". Press release.
- ^ Gade, Lisa (November 17, 2006). T-Mobile Dash (and HTC S620) - Windows Mobile Smartphone reviews. Mobile Tech Review. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ Windows Mobile Upgrade. T-Mobile. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ Microsoft (2007-02-11). "Microsoft Reveals New Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Software, Improves World’s Fastest-Growing Mobile Operating System". Press release.
- ^ a b Review of HTC S620 (Excalibur) communicator. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
