Qtek 8500/HTC Star Trek available for pre-order
By Evan Blass 
posted Apr 21st 2006 2:30PM
posted Apr 21st 2006 2:30PM
Much to the delight of our friends
across the pond, British phone e-tailer Expansys has posted a page for the Qtek 8500/HTC Star
Trek claiming a May 10th availability, further stating that UK customers can expect shipment in nineteen working days.
In case you've been living in a cave for the last few months, the Star Trek, also sold as the i-mate Smartflip and Dopod S300, is HTC's
first flip phone, and they've managed to pack a Windows Mobile 5.0-powered 200MHz OMAP processor, quad band GSM radio,
1.3 megapixel camera, 64MB of ROM, and music playback from a microSD slot into a 99-gram package. Expansys is charging
£360 to get your hands on the 'Trek, which means we'll probably be importing ours from Asia, for like, $200
cheaper.[Via Reg Hardware]
If this took miniSD and had a regular miniUSB port I would be all over it. Too bad, it looks pretty cool.
No WiFi, no mini SD, no thanks.
Unless it makes that "clicky clicky" sound from the 60's tv show "Star Trek"....what's the use? LOL
Does anyone know how we can import this from Asia?