According to Google Analytics, since I put up the product page about the HTC Shift nearly a year ago (wow! That long?) over 113,000 different people have looked at it. Its far and away the most popular device on the portal over the last year and even now, it’s rising in popularity again over all other UMPCs.
Yes, Google Analytics probably registers IP addresses which might not be a correct representation of the actual numbers of people but even half of that figure is quote impressive for such a niche product.
What is it that makes the HTC Shift so interesting? Is it just the looks or is it the feature-set? Is there something we can learn from it?
Personally I always thought that a mini-shift (4.8″ display) would be a winner and if the response to the Xperia ( a similar high-design slider product) is anything to go by, the style-slider is easily going to be the most stimulating form-factor for a MID in the future. No wonder the LG X-Note is notcing up a similar rate of views!
