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Dai-Kyu Kim CEO, Zapr |
Globe-trotters, meet your new best friend. I travel frequently to Korea and Japan, and I quickly grew tired of dealing with the rental and prepaid cell phones I used for communicating while overseas. When I heard that the HTC Universal really does work anywhere, that it's Skype-enabled, and that it comes with an embedded camera for video-calling, I was sold--despite the hefty price tag. The HTC is actually a tiny computer, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 180-degree swivel touchscreen, a "qwerty" keyboard, 128MB of ROM, 64MB of SDRAM, and a 520-MHz processor. It can also operate via an alphabet soup of 3G network standards. Although HTC doesn't sell the Universal in the United States, an I-mate-branded version, called the Jasjar, is available at www.imatephonestore.com. To use all the features, you need a 3G service plan from a GSM-based mobile carrier like Cingular and a SIM card. I now get my e-mail instantly, and the HTC quickly transmits text and video messages. This phone is an international superstar, and it's worth every penny.
