According to c|net, Dell’s forthcoming Pocket PCs will be priced at– get this– $199 and $299. For Pocket PC 2002 devices with XScale CPUs (300 MHz and 400 MHz, respectively), transflective screens and 32-64MB of RAM. Oh, and removable batteries. Forget what this will do to HP, this is going to kill any PalmOS device [...]
AT&T will be offering the Seimens SX56 with their wireless service. If this device looks familiar, that’s because it’s exactly the same device as the T-Mobile Pocket PC, or the O2 XDA in Europe. All are made by HTC in Taiwan (anyone remember the cosmonaut in “Armageddon”: “American components, Russian components, all made in Taiwan!”), [...]
I’m leaving in two days for Mobius Redmond 2002. The focus this time is wireless communications technology, notably Pocket PC Phone Editon, Smartphone 2002 and Tablet PC. If anyone has any questions you want me to find answers to while I’m in Redmond, let me know!