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HTC Advantage is US Retail Stores

So the HTC Advantage is available in the US, in retail even. Well, it's in CompUSA, as least, if you consider that a retail store and not a dying albatross hanging about the neck of whichever mall it happens to be attached to.

I'll admit, the urge to buy one of these, even at its $899 US pricetag, is growing stronger by the day. The specs on it are just out of this world:

624 MHz CPU with ATi™ Graphic Chip W2284
Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6 Professional
ROM: 256 MB, RAM: 128 MB SDRAM
133.5 mm (L) x 98 mm (W) x 16 mm (T)
359g (with battery)
5" Touchscreen, 640x480 resolution
HSDPA/UMTS/GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Bluetooth® 2.0, 802.11 b/g
HTC proprietary 16-pin combined port (USB 1.1 host/VGA and TV Out)
3 mega-pixel camera with autofocus and flash light
8GB Drive built-in

It makes the Foleo look like, well, a PalmOS device. Yes, it's chunky and yes, the keyboard is too big to thumb and too small to touch-type easily. Otherwise, this thing is a powerhouse of a device by any reasonable standard.

Read: CompUSA.com via pocketnow