The HTC Advantage X7500 or HTC Athena is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition based smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC. The Athena was sold by T-Mobile US under the name T-Mobile Ameo.[1] The Ameo launched in Europe in March 2007.[2] It was also sold under the Dopod brand as the Dopod U1000.
The HTC Advantage X7501 is the Windows Mobile 6.0 version released in July 2007 as an OEM unlocked GSM phone by CompUSA and Amazon.com primarily for the North American market as a Pocket PC.[3] It does not have the second camera which the Advantage X7500 has for videoconferencing.
The HTC Advantage X7510 is an updated version of the X7500, featuring Windows Mobile 6.1 "Manilla" Professional and solid state, 16GB flash drive. The X7510 model also brings back the secondary VGA camera on the screen side for videoconferencing.
A full specifications sheet was leaked on January 26, 2007.[4]
| Function | Component | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition for X7500 (T-Mobile Optional Update to WM6) (Windows Mobile 6 Professional for X7501) | |
| Dimensions | 133'5mm x 97'7mm x 16mm, 360g | |
| Processor | Intel Bulverde PXA270 624 MHz ATI technologies Imageon 2284 | |
| Memory | ROM | |
| Display | 5", LED backlight TFT LCD touchscreen, VGA(640x480) | |
| Communication | HSDPA/UMTS (Triband, 850/1900/2100 MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Quad band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) | |
| GPS | SiRFstarIII GPS Chipset | |
| Camera | Main Camera: 3.0 MPx, auto-focus 2nd Camera: VGA (not available X7501), LED flash | |
| Connectivity & Interface | USB 2.0 Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g 20 channel integrated GPS 3V USIM/SIM card slot miniSDHC slot TV-out USB 1.1 Host (low power) through proprietary 16 pin port | |
| Battery | Sanyo Lithium-Ion 2200mAH | |
| Applications | MMS/Java apps Smart Dialing/Voice Speed Dialing Adobe Acrobat LE PDF Blackberry Push Email Client |