HTC Qtek P4350

HTC Phone

HTC Qtek P4350

Built by HTC and originally named the Herald this is the HTC P4350. The device is notably thin and is a quad-band PDA phone that comes in a slim and compact package but gives you everything you need for a mobile device.

Armed with a full QWERTY keyboard that easily slides out, entering information has never been faster and easier. The large 2.8″ screen gives you enough room to read files and browse the Web comfortably. An expansion is possible via a MicroSD slot. Speaking about the display, it is similar to most screens found on the majority of recently-released Windows Mobile-communicators. The matrix supports a resolution of 320×240 pixels (QVGA) and capable of 65 K colors, measures 2.8 diagonally, which is almost an all-time (at least for now) standard for this type of devices. Similarly to HTC Wizard there are four levels of backlighting available.

The displays behavior in the sun is perfect it fades but still allows for reading information without any problems. Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push technology lets you get updates to your e-mail, tasks and contacts immediately. With GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, you stay connected at any time, any place.

The model houses a 2 Mpix CMOS-powered camera module. Unlike HTC Prophet (Qtek S200), here you wont find macro-mode, as well as auto-focus and flash. Even though the snaps taken with the P4350 dont break the ground, they appear to be quite good quality-wise. One of the most positive changes is enhanced color rendering, so that from now on bright areas on pictures dont get filled with white only. In daylight, one can snap really nice-looking shots.

Keep yourself entertained by playing back music and video using Windows Media Player. Physical connectivity is provided by HTC’s USB implementation, ExtUSB, which supports audio in addition to data transfers. The communicator handles four GSM bands and has EDGE class B, multi-slot class 10 onboard.

The HTC P4350 - your mobile office and entertainment center in one. The P4350 is a slim device with a great keypad which is easy and comfortable to use. You’ll find your self jotting down fairly “simple” Word documents on this and then - when you email it to your boss - it’s a lot more detailed and longer than you thought purely because the keyboard is such a joy to use.

The HTC P4350 is a great all-round package. It’s small enough to feel like a phone and flexible enough to do most laptop tasks. If you go out and forget your laptop you’ll never need to worry if you’ve got this in your pocket. Your boss will think you’re at work, your friends will think it’s a cool phone and you’ll have a practical, versatile device for every day use.The communicator runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 powered by AKU 3.2 update pack. An in-depth review on Windows Mobile 5.0 can be found in a dedicated article on our portal, so that we are free to dwell on pre-installed applications instead.

The communicator supports all methods of data input you can think of the hardware QWERTY keyboard, virtual thumbboard and hand-written text recognition. However the Phone pad is missing an additional way of input, which is an on-screen numeric keypad. The heart of the Herald is Texas Instruments OMAP 850 CPU whose frequency tops out at 200 MHz. Depending on current load level, CPUs frequency gets adjusted to the needs of the system automatically. Volume of RAM makes 64 Mb, where 44.01 Mb can be managed by user, plus flash-memory (intended for storing users data) 42.55 Mb (out of 128 Mb). The RAM volume is quite enough for stable operation; by plugging in a microSD card, amount of bundled flash-memory becomes significant.