The HTC Typhoon is a
smartphone
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that runs the
Microsoft
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Windows Mobile
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operating system
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. The phone is manufactured by Taiwanese
HTC Corporation
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 ...
(HTC). At the time when the Typhoon was made, HTC was not in the business of selling devices to end-users. Instead, the company had many partners who would rebrand and distribute its devices.
It is based on the
ARM Texas Instruments OMAP 730 processor running at 200 MHz. It has 32
MB internal
RAM and 64 MB of
flash ROM, and is expandable via a
miniSD slot. It has a
TFT display with 65,536 colours at a resolution of 176x220.
It runs
Microsoft
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Windows Mobile 2003 SE as its
operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
, however it is also capable of running
Windows Mobile 5.0 after a version was leaked onto the internet. It supports
Java
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applications. Additionally, hacked, or "cooked" versions of
Windows Mobile 6,
6.1 and
6.5 have circulated on the internet.
Versions
"Typhoon" is the HTC codename for this device, and the device has been rebranded by several distributors and cell phone carriers, under the following names:
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Audiovox SMT5600
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Dopod 565
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i-mate SP3
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Krome Intellekt iQ700
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Orange SPV C500
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Qtek 8010
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Vitelcom/
Movistar TSM520
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O2 Xphone IIm
External links
Review of the C500
Windows Mobile Standard devices
Typhoon
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References
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