SlashGear Japan
As we creep ever closer toward its June launch, photos of the HTC Elf – possibly the most attractive handset the company has produced, though that wouldn’t take much – are starting to appear in increasingly high quality. Resplendent in its white case with discrete buttons and a rather gorgeous screen, the WM6 smartphone could be the handset that pushes HTC from business-friendly into fashionable.
Despite lacking a keyboard, the Elf still sports a 2.8-inch 240×320 touchscreen, mini-USB port (rather than some horrible proprietary socket), 200MHz OMAP 850 processor, 2-megapixel camera, 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM. Followers of battery fashion will be pleased to hear that the 1200mAh power pack is user-removable, while there’s also a scroll-wheel on the side of the phone. The SD slot is compatible with SDIO cards.
Weighing just 110 grams, the Elf measures 56 x 105 x 14mm.
Mr Palm [via The Boy Genius Report]
3 Responses to “HTC Elf details and photos galore”
Vincent Nguyen May 16, 2007
that’s cool and all, but where’s the slide out QWERTY keyboard? Did he leave out a couple of pics?
NeutralChris Davies May 16, 2007
Nope, it doesn’t have one. Which is a big omission and will, inevitably, cost it sales.
[quote comment="22261"]that’s cool and all, but where’s the slide out QWERTY keyboard? Did he leave out a couple of pics?[/quote]
NeutralVincent Nguyen May 16, 2007
This device is nothing more than a really expensive pda with voice capability. When the hell will these companies get it through there thick skulls? I’d fire the person that approved the project. What a waste of time and money to develop and build the damn thing not to mention trying to sell it to well educated consumers demanding a QWERTY keyboard with such devices.
Then again, I shouldn’t be too hard on HTC because these folks put out some of the best smartphones on the market today! Palm Treos, HTC 8525 among others…
Neutral