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HTC Shift X9500 review in Laptops

Verdict

HTC's long awaited Shift is finally here but, despite valiant efforts, it fails to revitalise the UMPC format.

Review Date: 12 Mar 2008

Price when reviewed: £783 (£900 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code X9500
Review Date 12 Mar 2008
Price ex VAT £783
Price inc VAT £900
Overall rating 4 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 2 year(s) return to base
Physical specifications
Dimensions 207 x 129 x 25mm (WDH)
Weight 790g
Weight with extended battery N/A
Travelling weight with extended battery N/A
Processor and memory
Processor Intel A110
RAM capacity 1.00GB
Memory type DDR2
Screen and video
Screen size 7.0in
Resolution screen horizontal 800
Resolution screen vertical 480
Resolution 800 x 480
Graphics chipset Intel GMA 950
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 40GB
Optical disc technology N/A
Optical drive None
Replacement battery price inc VAT £0
Networking
Wired adapter speed N/A
802.11a support no
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support no
Integrated 3G adapter yes
Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch no
Modem no
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 0
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 1
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Pointing device type Touchpad
Integrated webcam? yes
Camera megapixel rating 0.3MP
Fingerprint reader yes
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 159
Battery life, heavy use 92
Overall application benchmark score 0.25
Office application benchmark score 0.27
2D graphics application benchmark score 0.28
Encoding application benchmark score 0.27
Multitasking application benchmark score 0.20
3D performance (crysis) low settings N/A
3D performance setting N/A
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