
Key feel and feed-back is top notch and it’s a one-key per letter design so no weird T9/T15 to learn. Best thing about the keyboard is that the illumination is white on black great stuff as it’s very clear and legible. On the front is the now familiar compact 37 key keyboard plus the Smartphone Home, Back, Left/Right soft-keys and 5-way D-Pad. In front is the HTC710 slider candy bar for reference. Shown in the picture is the S630 with its peers: The Samsung i607, T-Mobile DASH (S620), S630, Motorola Q, Blackberry 7290. Each one is matched or bettered in a side-by-side comparison of features, only the Samsung gives away a feature with its slightly lower weight.Īt the tape, the S630 is 4.4 x 2.4 x ½ inch (112.5 mm x 62.5 mm x 13.5 mm) and weighs in at 4.2oz (120g).

Its rivals are the Samsung i607 (aka Cingular/AT&T Samsung Blackjack), the Motorola Q and the Blackberry Curve.

We now have an HTC smartphone with all of the data features available in one place Quad-band GSM, Tri-band UMTS/HSPDA, Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi 802.11b/g. The extra size is no doubt to support the extra features, to pack in that 3G modem. Like the S620 this unit can be carried in a top shirt pocket without it looking awkward. The S630 is more functional in shape and style, it’s typically squared off at the sides but does have curves at the top and on the back to soften the shape and make it more comfortable in the pocket. It subtracts from the package too gone is the soft feel coating and rounded edges on the case that made the S620 feel great in the hand. It takes on the baton handed to it from the S620, also known in the US as the T-Mobile Dash. The HTC S630 is the next installment from HTC in the popular ‘Blackberry’ clone line of Smartphones. Leveraging the nice screens and plentiful data services Microsoft and Google have launched the electronic hand-held equivalent of Directory Services and that’s one of the tools I’m going to test out on one of the latest and possibly greatest Smartphones available, the HTC S630. But what next? Well, it seems that 411 (Directory Services) has joined in too. Over the years, the diary and day planner were melded together into my PDA then my mobile phone joined in but the most recent win was when the keyboard from my two-way pager moved to the front of my phone and now, everything’s together in one neat little box – hurrah. Home -> Phone Reviews -> HTC S630 (HTC Cavalier) HTC S630Įvery day I carry my mobile phone, my day planner, my two-way pager and my diary around with me as tools to help me get things done.
