Being a veteran in the smartphone market is huge advantage when you decide to come up with something new. After so many Windows Mobile and Android devices, HTC surprised us with a completely different product – HTC Smart. It’s a semi-smartphone that runs on the unusual Brew Mobile platform strengthened with the fancy Sense UI.
Throwing another mobile OS on the market is hardly the right move since the smartphone arena is already over-crowded. But it seems HTC Smart is HTC’s way of making a feature phone. The Linux-based Brew Mobile platform used for the HTC Smart hardly makes it a proper smartphone to boot. Truth is, there are modern touch feature phones that have more “smart” in them than this one.
But enough about software, let’s see what HTC Smart has to offer in terms of hardware.
Key features
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
3G with HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
Brew Mobile software platform with HTC Sense UI and social networking integration
2.8? resistive touchscreen of QVGA resolution
300 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
3.15 megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash
Standard miniUSB port for charging and Mass Storage data transfers
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
microSD card slot, up to 16GB support
Standard 3.5mm audio jack
Smart dialing
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Excellent loudspeaker performance
Main disadvantages
No Wi-Fi connectivity
QVGA resolution doesn’t do Sense UI graphics justice
Screen has poor sunlight legibility
No video-call camera
No voice dialing
Camera lacks auto focus, records QVGA@15fps video only
Only few applications preinstalled and no access to app repository for native BREW apps
Limited organizer functions – no notes/memo, no voice recorder or an office document-viewer
No multi-tasking
Web browser poor and rather slow
Exploring its features and the possible drawbacks leaves us with mixed first impressions from the HTC Smart. But we are still in the beginning of our Smart meeting and things may still change.
HTC Smart is a stylish, pocket-friendly device powered by a new OS and skinned with one of the best mobile user interfaces – the Sense UI.
Throwing another mobile OS on the market is hardly the right move since the smartphone arena is already over-crowded. But it seems HTC Smart is HTC’s way of making a feature phone. The Linux-based Brew Mobile platform used for the HTC Smart hardly makes it a proper smartphone to boot. Truth is, there are modern touch feature phones that have more “smart” in them than this one.
But enough about software, let’s see what HTC Smart has to offer in terms of hardware.
Key features
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
3G with HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
Brew Mobile software platform with HTC Sense UI and social networking integration
2.8? resistive touchscreen of QVGA resolution
300 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
3.15 megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash
Standard miniUSB port for charging and Mass Storage data transfers
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
microSD card slot, up to 16GB support
Standard 3.5mm audio jack
Smart dialing
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Excellent loudspeaker performance
Main disadvantages
No Wi-Fi connectivity
QVGA resolution doesn’t do Sense UI graphics justice
Screen has poor sunlight legibility
No video-call camera
No voice dialing
Camera lacks auto focus, records QVGA@15fps video only
Only few applications preinstalled and no access to app repository for native BREW apps
Limited organizer functions – no notes/memo, no voice recorder or an office document-viewer
No multi-tasking
Web browser poor and rather slow
Exploring its features and the possible drawbacks leaves us with mixed first impressions from the HTC Smart. But we are still in the beginning of our Smart meeting and things may still change.
HTC Smart is a stylish, pocket-friendly device powered by a new OS and skinned with one of the best mobile user interfaces – the Sense UI.
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