Archives for August 2007
Dopod D810 successor appears Down Under
John Chan | Aug 17, 2007
Users in Australia are the first to get the HTC P3600i, the successor to the HTC P3600, more commonly known as the Dopod D810 in this region. This PDA-phone has started appearing on Australian online stores, and some enthusiasts on message boards based there have already been discussing their purchases.As was reported earlier, this new PDA-phone will come with more memory and a faster processor. It has a 500MHz Samsung chip and 256MB of ROM, though the RAM remains the same as the D810 at 64MB. ROM is used for storing applications and data, while RAM is temporary storage for running applications. Other features remain largely similar with HSDPA connectivity and built-in GPS. Its design is also similar to the D810, with the most obvious difference being the HTC logo rather than Dopod.
CNET Asia spoke to a HTC representative who confirmed that the P3600i is already available in Thailand, too. It will go on sale in Singapore at the end of August, but the company was unable to confirm its release for the rest of Asia Pacific at this point. No official pricing is available yet either. The Australian online stores list this model with prices just slightly past the A$1,000 (US$777) mark.
Thanks, Allan, for the tip.
Upcoming GPS PDA-phones from Asus
John Chan | Aug 17, 2007
We have gotten word from Asus that new Windows Mobile handhelds will be coming soon. The two models that will be released at the end of the year are the P750 and P527.The P750 is the successor of the P735 3G PDA-phone. This new version has connectivity options aplenty. This includes GPS and also HSDPA, a first for an Asus handheld. The company was unable to release photos of the device at this point, but an earlier report from the::unwired had a leaked photo, which revealed that this would have a keypad though the earlier P735 did not.
The other device coming is the P527. This is the follow-up model of the P526, and is also a GPS-enabled model with a numeric keypad. Details about its specifications are currently scant, but Asus did reveal that it will come with Travelog, a bundled application that lets users tag their journeys with photos and memos, as well as integrate with Google Earth so friends can track your travels. As with the P750, no images are available yet, but we will provide an update as soon as those come our way.
Palm's "Centro" is a "shrunk-down" version of the 755p
Damian Koh | Aug 17, 2007
Rumors about the new Palm handheld never seem to die, but a media event held by Sprint in Northern Virginia has shed some light on the upcoming device.
According to Gearlog's Sascha Segan who was at the event, the Palm Centro, better known as the Gandolf to most Palm followers, has such a tiny QWERTY keyboard that "it's actually impossible to type on this thing with two thumbs". A Palm representative at the event told Gearlog that the handheld is targeted at the youth.
However, it's not clear to us whether the Centro will run on the Garnet OS or the newer Linux-based version from Access or Palm. As usual, Palm wasn't forthcoming with details.
Via Gearlog
Pictured is the Palm Treo 750
Another Sony Cyber-shot rears its head… for a while
Edvarcl Heng | Aug 17, 2007
It appeared out of nowhere on Sony's Canadian site and, just as mysteriously, slid back into the cyberspace wilderness.
No one seems to have caught more than a snapshot of this camera. After its debut on the Sony Web site, it was taken right down again when camera sites like Steve's Digicams and Wired took note. For what it's worth, the Cyber-shot H3 is an 8-megapixels camera with 10x optical zoom. According to Steve's Digicams, the H3 does not have an aperture or a shutter priority mode. At press time, Sony Asia had not reverted back on our queries regarding this mystery digicam.
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Entire Ultimate series still on track
John Chan | Aug 16, 2007
Earlier today, various reports indicated that i-mate was axing all but two of its Ultimate series, the 6150 and 8150. This originated from Clove Technology, an online retailer based in the UK. In its news post, Clove said it "can now confirm, of the original five handhelds that were intended, only two will remain". It then went on to say which were the ones that have been axed, followed by suggesting alternatives that linked to the site's shopping pages.
CNET Asia contacted i-mate Asia Pacific and the official word is the company still plans to launch all models, but will do so in a staggered fashion starting with the 8150 and 6150.
So there we go. Those eyeing the 5150, 7150 and 9150 models can breathe easy. Sure, we understand that nothing's really for sure until we have it in our hands. But between Clove and i-mate, we'll take the latter's word for now.
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