The clouts of events resonating the acts of paradigm shifts enlists the names of many a modern gadgets. And mobile phones are one such participants to this craze of face lifts. After wining many a grounds in successfully integrating multi-faceted functionalities into their tiny casing, mobile phones are now en-route to become UMPCs; the Ultra Mobile PCs. High Tech Computer Corp. or simply known HTC, is one of the leaders among the mobile phone manufacturers, enjoy a large fan following by virtue of prominence of innovation in functionalities and design of their product. And the recently launched HTC Shift, which is one such example of its kind that along-with some of its recent counterparts, is hotting up the entire issue of facilitating functioning of a personal computer through a mobile phone. For the ones with slightest of doubts about the functionalities of UMPCs, a look at the feature list of HTC Shift can give solace to the scathing soul. Emboldened words of cautions though says to resist the temptations.



To start of its all, HTC Shift runs on a Windows Vista business edition OS. It is power-packed with a VIA CPU that clocks a speed of 1.2 GHz. The 30GB of hard-disk space makes it available with a wide area of memory space. Well, if one is befuddled with the computing abilities of this device, let's not forget that HTS Shift a 3G mobile phone that integrates GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth. It has a touch sensitive 7'' screen that reproduces high resolution displays and runs in perfect integration with the supremely graphical-rich interface of Aero, the best GUI designed for any of Windows OS yet.

Like the other HTC devices, the HTC Shift features tri-band UMTS with HSDPA. A Quad-band GSM with GPRS and EDGE assures this phones wireless connectivity while roaming, and of course there's the option of Wi-Fi. The total package makes Shift render absolute peace for its owner while coming out with solutions to the demand of fast data transfer and internet connectivity.

Added to the above specialities, a biometric reader and a camera lurks on the front fascia of the tiling wide screen of the HTC Shift phones. And like a perfect icing on the cake makes the whole offer list sumptuous and... well irresistible too. Now with a HTC Shift on hand, one's computer too starts to make calls.