The HTC strives to be a jack of all trade but unfortunately fails to live up to being the best in any of its aspirations s a laptop, smartphone and tablet. A lot of products have strived to be two different things and some succeeded.

While the HTC Shift is an email-pushing gadget it is however voiceless so there’s no way you’re going to throw Blackberry in its place. Had it succeeded in providing all three purposes efficiently the price tag of $1,499 would have been great. As it is, the Shift works as a convertible tablet without swiveling features but it does slide up to reveal a QERTY keyboard.

As the…