HTC Shift in stock and shipping in the US

Update 3.19: CDMA version ($1499) announced

The HTC Shift that was announced a year ago and that lost much of its momentum many months ago is finally available and shipping in the US.

Eager consumers have been able to pre-order the 40GB UMPC from what used to be Mobile Planet, Build Your UMPC, and other retailers for a while now, but On the Go Solutions is one of the only places that has the $1630 (!) 800MHz Vista machine in stock today. They've even got photos of unopened boxes to prove it.

An informal report about a March 2008 US release was making its rounds a few months ago (Dynamism is expecting their shipment on March 28th), so I guess OTG Solutions just got their shipment a few weeks early. Anyone buying one?

[via Gizmodo]

Comments

[Kakyou]

Just got mine. Ordered from Clove www.clove.co.uk
less than 1,500 including 2 day international shipping!

Still playing around with it, but so far so good. More versatile than your standard mini-notebook with good tablet functionality.

Snapview is actually quite lame as the integration is hobbled far too much. No attachment support on a WM device?!? Basically useless until someone hacks in full WM6.

Performance is good (quite snappy after I switched to 16 bit graphics)

Definitely not for everyone, but *almost* worth the wait.

[Bruno]

Kakyou, could you post details of the Windows Experience Index (not only the total score but the individual items)? I am debating whether I should get a Shift or not and this would help to push me one way or the other. Many thanks!

[Bruno]

Kakyou: Forgot to ask one more thing - have you tried inking (e.g. in OneNote or Windows Journal)? How good is it, how good is the palm rejection etc?

[Arthur]

I had an order in for the Shift but I decided to go with the Fuji P1620 instead. I have had it for a few days and it works great. This is my first true tablet PC. The inking exp. is effortless. And the unit is snappy. Of course it did cost a bit more.