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High Tech Computer (HTC) today announced the product portfolio that will lead the company through the end of the year. The Taiwanese Original Equipment Manufacturer, which just started to release devices under its own brand this summer - TyTN and MTeoR - has decided to go with a simpler naming convention or its new smartphone lineup. The handsets include two Pocket PC Phones, the P3300 and P3600, and a pair of Windows Smartphones, theS620 and S310.

Although HTC has given all of these devices official names, it doesn't guarantee the company will release them itself, under its own banner. While it may do that for some (or all of them), it is likelier they'll land in consumer's hands under carrier brands and model names. And should any of these smartphones make it to the U.S. - which is probable for at least a couple of them - operators here could play havoc with some of the specifications (dropping Wi-Fi, for instance) as has happened in the past.

The P3300 (formally code-named Artemis) is HTC's first dedicated navigation PDA with built-in GPS functionality. It comes with TomTom's NAVIGATOR 6 software, which includes 2D and 3D maps to view the Pocket PC Phone's 2.8 inch color screen. For navigation it offers HTC's new RollRTM trackball/track wheel.


                P3300

It is reportedly a quad-band GSM/EDGE mobile handset that has a 200MHz TI OMAP850 processor, 64 of RAM, 128MB of ROM, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 2-megapixel camera, microSD slot, FM radio, and Bluetooth.

HTC says the P3300 will ship in October from T-Mobile Europe as the MDA Compact III in number of markets. It will include a "taster pack" of regional maps or a full version pre-loaded with a complete set of maps for Western Europe.

The HTC P3600 (code-name Trinity) is 3G-enabled (HSDPA) GSM/EDGE multimedia-orientated Pocket PC Phone. It follows in the footsteps of previous devices - like the Prophet and Magician - from the OEM. It has a 2-megapixel camera and supposedly is only 0.7 inches think, with a 2.8-inch QVGA display, a microSD slot, 128 MB of ROM, 64 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.


                P3600

It is expected to ship across Europe this month.

HTC's S620 is the official name given to Exalibur, its ultra slim QWERTY thumb-keyboard communicator that many are pegging as Motorola Q killer. Due to ship in Europe in October, there has been much speculation about the S620 shipping in the U.S. from T-Mobile. Rumors say the American carrier will call it Dash.


                  S620

While the quad-band GSM S620 lacks 3G, it does support Wi-Fi and 2.5G EDGE. It may also run on a 200 MHz TI OMAPP850 processor, 64 MB of RAM, 128 MB of ROM, microSD slot, and a 2.3-inch QVGA (320 x240 pixel) resolution screen in landscape mode.

The compact quad-band S310 is a candy bar Windows Mobile Smartphone. The low-cost handset should land in Europe in October.


                    S310