HTC Pharos: The Touchscreen Shadow

[Chuong Nguyen]

The design of the HTC Pharos and the specs remind me of the Shadow that is available on T-Mobile USA. However, the Pharos looks to be running Windows Mobile 6 Professional, which utilizes a touchscreen, unlike the Shadow. Also, the Pharos does not have a sliding keyboard mechanism. If you can recall, the Shadow has a portrait sliding screen that reveals a SureType-like keyboard.

The Pharos should be a relatively thin mid-range Windows Mobile handset. The device does not have 3G and will most likely top out at EDGE data speeds. However, it does have integrated GPS with a TI OMAP 200 MHz processor. According to PDAdb.net (http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1042), the specs are:

-Texas Instrument OMAP 201 MHz processor
-128 MB (user) RAM
-256 MB ROM
-2.8” QVGA Touchscreen
-Bluetooth 2.0
-Integrated GPS
-2.5G (to be verified)
-WiFi 802.11 b/g
-1.9 MP Camera

[adamz]

So it's mostly the same as the old HTC P3300 Artemis (http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=886) from a couple years ago, huh? I wonder if it's significantly smaller or something.

[JNGold]

Hmm....I wonder if it too has "performance problems"? I am not talking about the anemic OMAP processor either!

[Rainman]

Hmm....I wonder if it too has "performance problems"? I am not talking about the anemic OMAP processor either!

hahaha!! here we go!! :D

[Jaime Rivera]

So it's mostly the same as the old HTC P3300 Artemis (http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=886) from a couple years ago, huh? I wonder if it's significantly smaller or something.

Well, there seems to be a significant amount of plastic around the screen so I don't think it'll be smaller or similar to the touch. Looks more like the size of the T-Mobile Wing (Herald).

[adamz]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking... unless it's extra thin, but I doubt that.

[bluetoof]

No flush screen. Forget about it.