Windows Phone Thoughts: Acer Introduced New PPC - N30

The Register pointed out that Acer have introduced a new Pocket PC to their line-up, called the N30. The Acer website calls it the "Wireless wonder", which is bit misleading. Lets see, Wfi? No. GSM? No. GPRS? No. Bluetooth 1.1? Yes. Ah. So, not so wonderful then? :wink:



"The n30 is driven by a Samsung S3C2410 CPU clocked to 266MHz. It contains 64MB of SDRAM and 32MB of Flash ROM. The screen is the usual 3.5in 240 x 320 display, and the device runs the first edition of Windows Mobile 2003. Acer's new model is a compact 11.8 x 7.1 x 1.3cm and weighs 130g, so it's both slimmer and lighter than its n10 predecessor. It provides a single SD IO/MMC slot for expansion, though the n10 offers a CompactFlash connector, one of the reasons for its bigger bulk. Inside the n30 is a 1000mAh rechargeable battery."

That's not too bad for £180 / $280, but that battery capacity seems rather small and I wonder how that Samsung 266Mhz CPU wil do......

edit: It's been pointed out that these are actually very similar specs to the iPAQ 1940, which has the same processor and an even smaller battery. So there you go. :)