The HTC Excalibur (HTC S620) is a

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model manufactured by

High Tech Computer HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t), or High Tech Computer Corporation (abbreviated and trading as HTC), is a Taiwanese consumer electronics corporatio ...

beginning in 2006. It is rebranded and sold as the O₂ Xda Cosmo, the

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Dash, the HTC S621 for

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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, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t), or High Tech Computer Corporation (abbreviated and trading as HTC), is a Taiwanese consumer electronics corporatio ...

C720W. The model has been discontinued.

Features

The device runs the

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5 and 6 Smartphone Edition operating systems ( AKU 3.0). It uses a 200 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP850 (

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) processor, with 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of flash ROM. A

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slot is also available for additional expansion capability. It includes a

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(850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz)

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radio with

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WiFi support, and

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communications. The device syncs with

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(

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and

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) 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, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t), or High Tech Computer Corporation (abbreviated and trading as HTC), is a Taiwanese consumer electronics corporatio ...

(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

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.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.

References

External links

Official HTC S620 product description at HTC manufacturer website
{{Windows Mobile Mobile phones introduced in 2006 Windows Mobile Standard devices

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Mobile phones with an integrated hardware keyboard

Features

Bluetooth

See also

References

External links