Unboxing: HTC Cavalier
I have been looking forward to this ritual for a while now, and finally a little while ago it happened. The HTC Cavalier (S630) in the flesh unboxed. As many of you know it’s a needed upgrade to the ever popular HTC Excalibur (and all incarnations). The processor has been upgraded to a Samsung 400Mhz, flash memory of 128MB, a 2-mega pixel camera, and a slightly updated form factor. The 3G is tri-band, 850/1900/2100 and I have been zipping along Cingular’s network without a hitch so far. HSDPA baby! Signal reception is as good or better than the Excalibur and the JOGGR touch-wheel has been moved to the direct side instead of by the screen. And now for some bad news, HTC sent out a memo to all distributors saying this device has been “postponed indefinitely”. Who knows. Follow the HTC trail for more pics!
included HTC suede soft-case
JOGGR, camera button
mini-usb charging cover
power button, microSD slot, and voice notes button
yep! that’s Cingular 3G (HSDPA bitches!)
all the usual suspects HTC includes…
not bad I say, not bad!
this is really cool, the default homepage in Internet Explorer is this picture above, it integrates Microsoft Live search and it grabs the content from your Favorites and your History, click on one of the icons to see how it works
Favorites expands and shows your favorites
and History shows your history, genius!
yeah thats right 400mhz, i’m ready for some serious skypeage!
On Jan 16, 2007 @ 3:05 pm, Jerry C Said:
It looks like you’ve injured your thumb…..ripping the packaging off in a hurry?
-JC
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 3:08 pm, RootDude Said:
Postponed indefinitely? They’d better get it out far in advance of the iPhone if they have a chance to sell a few…
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 3:31 pm, The Boy Genius Said:
What can I say, I got excited
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 3:35 pm, willie3white Said:
What are the exact dimensions is you can break out the ruler, if that thing is the same size as the dash i am in love
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 3:47 pm, rwolfcastle Said:
I have been waiting for this thing for months and now your telling me it may not come out at all?! I could cry right now…
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 4:44 pm, CarterB Said:
How’s the battery life with 3G? as bad as blackjack?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 4:55 pm, The Boy Genius Said:
It’s a little bit thicker than the dash, not by much almost same dimensions it feels like. I just got it at around 1pm today so I can’t comment on battery life too much but the battery had one bar when I got it, and it’s still on one bar now at 5pm. That’s with heavy internet usage, playing with the features etc. Not bad at all
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 6:22 pm, AJ Said:
2 Part question:
1- If this has been postponed indefinitely why would they send you one?
2- How can I get my hands on one?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 6:55 pm, dansus Said:
Well i wont buy an excal cos i have a E61, but if this comes out, its mine.
come on htc, release it. stop listening to those boring carriers.
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 7:22 pm, West Said:
So… Lets just say they don’t release it. Well I know you’ve got a nice collection of phones lying around and heck, whats one less phone, so maybe, oh just maybe you might send me this one
hehe
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 8:16 pm, TJ Said:
Boy Genius, since they said its temp on hold, does that mean that they will change the bands so that it will work on T-Mobile USA’s 3G network, which will use UMTS 1700MHz?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 9:47 pm, Travis Said:
Does it have the same hybrid miniusb/headphone port as the Dash? Or something more standard like a plain old 3.5mm jack?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:13 pm, superduper Said:
I have got one as well. HTC S630.
battery life: 48 hours in standby( in 2G), BT and WIFI is off. no phonecalls are made…. period.
hardware platform: same as HTC breeze, exactly the same issues!
hot look though. Mind you: this is not your Excalibur of next generation. NO!
this is htc breeze in Excalibur case. I won’t be supprised if Cavalier is postponed.
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:14 pm, TJ Said:
So, you saying its wack?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:28 pm, Mr. Terry 2u Said:
I think u migh be right TJ..i think with the blackjack.. the iphone.. an the treo 750.. an all that other bs cingular has, they said no. i think it will b the upgrade to that dash. an one of t-mob first umts units..PS Boy Genius,u got real lucky gettin this unit. If u would have moved your feet, u would have lost your seat.. but remember where there is 1 there is 2
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:29 pm, superduper Said:
well. breeze has been discontinued by number of carriers.
battery life is quite bad.
device loosing BT paring and outlook settings randomly.
phone freezed on ne few times so far, etc, etc.
so far it ressembles my experience with breeze. This all makes sense since Cavalier is based on the same hardware platform as breeze.
same Radio even.
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:54 pm, TJ Said:
I wonder if they are delaying the phone til 3GSM next month, or even to show it off at CTIA in March.
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 10:54 pm, S.D. Said:
The photos look so great. I am a user of Samsung Blackjack and would appreciate so much if the owner of this Cavalier would share the registry entries from his to add a Band Selection to my Blackjack. That would be awesome to see how different the devices are comparing the HKEY_CURRENT_USER as well as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to each another. There is no secret that Cingular keeps blocking a lot of useful features in the registry itself leaving us with fewer options. Your registry post would be a tremedous help. Thank you
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 11:13 pm, dansus Said:
well guess i can wait if they have to get it right. As long as they do bring it out at some point.
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 11:16 pm, AJ Said:
The lack of HSDPA in the first gen iPhone was pretty much a dealbreaker for me so my stock was put into this phone. I hope the memo to distributors about it being delayed indefinately is just them trying to put a proper release behind it at a show or something. Also, why are you thanking Stan at E-Gadget Depot? Did he send you this, or did he give you the info on the phone being delayed?
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On Jan 16, 2007 @ 11:44 pm, illest Said:
Very hot
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On Jan 17, 2007 @ 12:28 am, superduper Said:
@ S.D.
to put the blackjack into Edge mode instead of 3G mode by default.
1. Enter *#1546792*#
2. Select Option 3 Netowrk & Call Settings
3. Select option 5 Network Mode
4. Select GSM
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On Jan 17, 2007 @ 11:39 am, miike Said:
Adobe Reader LE for Smartphone? Where can I get that? Anyone?
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On Jan 17, 2007 @ 2:06 pm, E Said:
They are probably waiting for crossbow to be released…
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On Jan 17, 2007 @ 2:45 pm, The Tech Teen Said:
“HSDPA bitches!” LOL . do I need to say anymore?
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