We expect that HTC will formally unveil the HTC Shift at its events next week. Further evidence that we are close to a shipment date comes to us courtesy of Expansys. Their UK store now has it listed with an availability date of November 6th.
The HTC Shift will run Windows Vista Business and will come with a 800MHz Intel processor and a Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset, 1GB RAM, a 7-inch widescreen display (1024×768 resolution) that slides and tilts out to sit above the keyboard, a 40GB hard drive (a 60GB option is also available), quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, a biometric finger scanner, a VGA camera for video conferencing, and an SD card slot.
THe HTC Shift will be available for £909.95. The US store shows it at US$1,559.95 (but without an availability date).
Source: UMPC Portal