HTC Shift explained

HTC Shift
Developer:	HTC
Type:	Ultra-Mobile PC
Released:	2008 (January)
Processor:	Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800 MHz
Website:	HTC - Products - HTC Slider, archived at the Wayback Machine

HTC Shift (code name: Clio) is an Ultra-Mobile PC by HTC.^[1]

Features

Dual Operating System
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-Bit (notebook mode)
- SnapVUE (PDA mode)
Processor
- Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800 MHz (for Windows Vista)
- ARM11 CPU (for SnapVUE)^[2]
Memory and Storage
- 1 GB RAM (notebook mode)
- 64 MB RAM (PDA mode)
- 40/60 GB HDD
- SD card slot
Intel GMA 950 graphics
Communications
- Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (data only): GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
- Triband UMTS / HSDPA (data only): UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth v2.0
- USB port
7" display
- Active TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
- 800 x 480 pixels (Wide-VGA), 7 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition
Fingerprint Recognition
Ringtones
- MP3
- Dual speakers

In November 2011 the team from DistantEarth have succeeded in loading the developer preview of Windows 8 onto the HTC Shift.^[3]

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=596 The HTC Shift
http://www.arm.com/markets/mobile_solutions/armpp/20473.html HTC Shift – ARM Powered Product
Web site: Windows 8 Developer Preview Ported on First HTC Touch-Based Phone: Instructions Part 1. 21 November 2011. 17 February 2023. 29 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129210158/https://www.itproportal.com/2011/11/21/windows-8-developer-preview-ported-first-htc-touch-based-phone-instructions-part-1/#7. live.