Qtek 8500 aka HTC Star Trek Review and Comparison Photos on the::unwired

Kris Kumar

"Lightweight and ultra slim, the recently announced Qtek 8500 (aka HTC Star Trek or as it is called now "STRTrk") offers a comprehensive range of entertainment and office functions and incorporates a high quality camera that allow you to take full advantage of any free time. This stylish, but hard working mobile places you firmly in control with high speed Internet surfing and data downloads linked through the latest connectivity technologies like quad-band GSM, EDGE and Bluetooth."

Arne Hess over at the::unwired has got his hands on the Qtek 8500 which will be launched by i-mate as the SmartFlip and is also known as the HTC Star Trek. He has posted the part one of the review with tons of photographs and another post with the photographs comparing it with the benchmark slim-phone the RAZR, and the two Windows Mobile flip-phones the MPx220 and the MPx200. Drool.....

Check them out over here:

REVIEW: Qtek 8500 Windows Mobile Smartphone aka HTC Star Trek - Part I
COMPARISON: How does the Qtek 8500 compares to other Clamshell phones

Jason Dunn · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:57 am Post subject:

Impressive stuff - I find that I don't use WiFi on my SP5m right now much at all anyway, so that wouldn't stop me from getting this phone. That flat USB connector really ticks me off though, as does the microSD. miniSD still feels very new to me - I only have a 512mb miniSD so far, and with microSD cards topping out at 1GB, that's not much music (for us 256kbps MP3 types). Still, neither of this things are stopping me from lusting after this phone. Laughing

egads · Smartphone Pupil Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 23

I want one, but I've not seen/read anywhere that I will be able to purchase one of these in the USA anytime soon...

It may be a good thing that I can't buy one now, maybe a better flip phone will come out in the mean time! I have great hopes of Microsoft or Dell comming out with a killer flip device...

Arne Hess · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

Jerry Raia · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:10 am Post subject:

I could live with the microSD card, I could live with the strange RAZR keypad, but do we really need the goofy music buttons? And why does there have to be a PINK one? Arrrrrgh!
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{ISV-K}SVX · Smartphone Neophyte Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 7

That is one SEXY device!

Arne Hess · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:40 am Post subject:

mzh · Smartphone Pupil Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 10

You know, I think the music buttons on the exterior make a ton of sense.

If you choose to use the device in lieu of an iPod Nano, HTC has made it easier with the inclusion of the exterior buttons and the use of the exterior display to provide basic music information.

The biggest downsides, I think, are the lack of standard audio jack and the relatively small (at current) storage size.

The biggest unknowns:
Battery life: how much will it suffer?
Sound quality: is the audio quality acceptable?

Now before anyone gets all crazy about the iPod comment, I'm not saying that the Star Trek can out and out replace an iPod. I've had an iPod since you could use them with Windows. I like my iPod (3G) for long trips (airplane flights, long distance car rides, et cetera).. but I can see using this device while running or working out.

I'm really looking forward to this telephone. I'm hoping Cingular will carry their own version - it'll finally replace my aging, beat up MPx220.

Ron.

Jerry Raia · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:44 am Post subject:

The music buttons make me nuts! I am on a personal crusade to keep Smartphones from becoming anything remotely resembling a music player! Cool

...and another thing, PINK phones should be illegal to sell or own!

Ok I feel better now.
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mzh · Smartphone Pupil Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 10

D'oh!

I forgot to say: thanks Mr. Hess for the info!

Ron.