Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Look what it is... HTC's forthcoming successor to the HTC Excalibur (aka T-Mobile Dash / HTC S620)! Packing UMTS / HSDPA, a 400MHz Samsung processor and WiFi... the Cavalier could quickly be heading to the top of the Smartphone tree! When I say quickly, don't expect to see this device until a few months into 2007 at the EARLIEST... but hey, it's something to look forward to :) Is that a forward facing camera for video calling I see in the top right? No JoggR? Perhaps there's a wheel on the right hand side... :D I think it looks nicer than the Excalibur myself, sharper... and judging by how much i'm enjoying the HTC S620 at the moment, this could be a winner! P Pics via Solopalmari, via engadget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NoBackUp Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 It has a jogger.... BTW think January for release !!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 It looks like my old calculator, but with less buttons :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Doctor Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) Is that a forward facing camera for video calling I see in the top right? Looks like status LED's to me Paul..... :P Phil [EDIT: Though on second thoughts there are two status LED's on either side of the speaker.... so maybe it is! :D It's because the lens is square and not round i thought it was just LED's :)] Edited November 24, 2006 by The Doctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 No, the status LEDs are by the speaker, looks like a tiny camera on the right. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pierre Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 No, the status LEDs are by the speaker, looks like a tiny camera on the right. P Looks like kind of thin. I am more and more finding my Hermes too fat, and regret the "handiness" of my old Magician. Time to ebay soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rfsmithsr Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Has the joggr been moved to the left side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I guess not, as you can't see it in the pics! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwY Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) joggr to the right. paul, i don't think the upper right part is a camera because it's too small. seems like it could be a light sensor instead. Edited November 24, 2006 by JwY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rhedgehog Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 I agree, it looks more like the keyboard backlight sensor to me. As the herald has been the update to the wizard and is still EDGE/GPRS, I should imagine this will be EDGE/GPRS too. Mind you, HTC did release the Mteor without a front facing camera....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 me thinks that camera button on the right will get pressed by accident alot :) still, a VERY nice upgrade from the dash. hope it has a good battery with that proc! gr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kwues Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 sorry for the dumb question, but is this a smartphone or ppc? <_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwY Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 smartphone for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yep, it is SP as it has home and back keys :) Also - why is that camera button any more pushable than any other of HTC's handsets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Also - why is that camera button any more pushable than any other of HTC's handsets? for me, its exactly where my thumb would be when on the phone. most othere SPs it been up alot higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I see. Incidentally, when are we going to see some left handed Smartphones appear? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwY Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I see. Incidentally, when are we going to see some left handed Smartphones appear? :) i doubt we'll see many as most people are right handed (i believe there's a lot more people that are right handed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoxWave Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 I see. Incidentally, when are we going to see some left handed Smartphones appear? :) I'm left handed! But I don't really mind using right handed phones.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix (MVP) Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 It was a slightly tounge-in-cheek comment :) What i would like to see is an option to put scroll bars on the other side of the screen in PPC though... Back on topic, looks like a potential Blackjack contender... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 The Hermes is a bit left handed...l or at least as I right handed person, I feel the wheel is on the wrong side (the Blackjack feels much better with it on the right) :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwY Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 (edited) the reason the wheel is on the left is because they expect you to hold it with your left hand and scroll with the left, while you use the stylus with your right hand. Edited December 14, 2006 by JwY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SecureGSM Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 So far I found that HTC Cavalier and HTC Breeze are built around the same hardware paltform. I can not tell if I like Cavalier so far or not. I am not allowed to comment.. Breeze forum has it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest genaldar Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 It solved the one thing I didn't like about the dash, the roundness of the device (it looks like a blackberry to some extent imo). btw is video calling any good? Since we're so far behind the speed curve over here I've never tried it (well I tried a home version at an at&t store like 10 years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pd.ryder Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 btw is video calling any good? Since we're so far behind the speed curve over here I've never tried it (well I tried a home version at an at&t store like 10 years ago).Video calling is ace on my Vario II :D And T-Mobile to T-Mobile vid calls are only 15p per min :) (50p to other networks :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeeey Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 The Hermes is a bit left handed...l or at least as I right handed person, I feel the wheel is on the wrong side (the Blackjack feels much better with it on the right) :) P lol like pwest13 said it looks like a calculator. i really dont like these phones cuz of too many buttons all on the outside and its lack of applications and games working on it, being that it has a landscape screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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