The HTC Advantage X7500 or HTC Athena is a

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5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition based

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designed and manufactured by

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. The Athena was sold by

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under the name T-Mobile Ameo. The Ameo launched in Europe in March 2007. 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

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unlocked GSM phone by

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and

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primarily for the North American market as a Pocket PC. It does not have the second camera which the Advantage X7500 has for

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. 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

Specifications

A full specifications sheet was leaked on January 26, 2007.

References

External links

HTC Advantage X7500, X7501, X7510
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from forum.xda-developers.com/wiki {{Windows Mobile Mobile phones introduced in 2007 Advantage X7500 Smartphones Windows Mobile Professional devices Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery