The HTC Excalibur (HTC S620) is a
smartphone model manufactured by
High Tech Computer
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...
beginning in 2006. It is rebranded and sold as the
O2 Xda Cosmo, the
T-Mobile Dash, the HTC S621 for
Rogers Wireless in Canada, the HTC S621 for
Suncom Wireless in the lower-eastern United States, the
BT ToGo (as part of the BT Total Broadband Anywhere package), and the
Dopod
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...
C720W.
Features
The device runs the
Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Smartphone Edition operating systems (
AKU 3.0). It uses a 200 MHz
Texas Instruments OMAP850 (
ARM architecture
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures for computer processors, configured ...
) processor, with 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of flash ROM. A
microSD
Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices.
The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDis ...
slot is also available for additional expansion capability.
It includes a
quad band (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz)
GSM radio with
EDGE,
802.11g
IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that operates in the 2.4 GHz microwave band. The standard has extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 20 MHz bandwidth as 802.11b uses to achieve 11 Mbit/ ...
WiFi support, and
Bluetooth communications. The device syncs with
ActiveSync
ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. It synchronizes data with handheld devices and desktop computers. In the Windows Task Manager, the associated process is called wcescomm.exe.
O ...
or
Windows Mobile Device Center
Windows Mobile Device Center is a synchronization software program developed by Microsoft, and the successor to ActiveSync. It is designed to synchronize various content including music, video, contacts, calendar events, web browser favorites, and ...
(
Windows Vista and
Windows 7) over Bluetooth or USB. It also has GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi connections.
Its successor, the
HTC S630
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...
(codenamed Cavalier) was released August 2007.
T-Mobile initially shipped Windows Mobile 5 on all Dash devices, but began offering existing Dash owners the ability to update to Windows Mobile 6 on May 4, 2007.
Version of Windows Mobile 6.1 such as Kavanna's and Ricky's are available but not supported by T-Mobile. It also supports Windows Mobile 6.5.
This phone has also been ported to android by
xda-developers.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560495
Bluetooth
The phone supports
Bluetooth 2.0 without EDR and could support these profiles:
*
A2DP-Source
* AVCTP
* AVDTP
*
AVRCP-Target
* BNEP
* FT-Client
* FT-Server
* GAP
* GAVDP
* Generic Object Exchange
* HandsFree-AG (1.0)
* Headset-AG
* HID-Host
* OPP-Client
* OPP-Server
* PAN-AP
* SAP-Server
* SDAP
* Serial-DevA
* Serial-DevB
New firmware versions disable nearly a half of these profiles, including FTP according to the pre-commercial review.
See also
*
Samsung Blackjack, a competing smartphone with similar specifications.
*
Motorola Q
The Motorola Q is a Windows Mobile smartphone first announced in the Summer of 2005 as a thin device with similar styling to Motorola's immensely popular RAZR. Motorola in a partnership with Verizon Wireless released the Q on May 31, 2006. A versi ...
, a competing smartphone with similar specifications.
References
External links
Official HTC S620 product description at HTC manufacturer website
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Mobile phones introduced in 2006
Windows Mobile Standard devices
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Mobile phones with an integrated hardware keyboard