According to Engadget, the monster PDA-mini laptop known to most of us as HTC Athena has just hit the US.
As a refresher, here are its specs once again:
- Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6 Standard with Direct Push Technology
- 624 MHz CPU
- Built-in 8GB hard drive with miniSD™ expansion slot
- Laptop-style experience with a huge 5-inch touch screen display and detachable QWERTY keyboard
- Always “on”, connect to your office, watch videos or listen to music anywhere
- Built-in GPS
- Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi®
- 3 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash
- HTC VueFLO™ for easy navigation
- TV or VGA Out lets you output screen contents to an external viewing device
The machine is now available from CompUSA and Amazon for 899$(update: Amazon has it for “just” 850$ here)…a pretty hefty price if you consider that 900$ can buy you a decent HP laptop and an rx4240. I thus expect its price to fall eventually, especially as carriers start to subsidize it…
Full disclosure: the image above was provided by HTC. Tamoggemon has not yet received a sample of the HTC Athena!