Tuesday, November 23, 2004
PPCW Previews O2's XDA IIi
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 08:00 AM
"On Wednesday's press conference, O2 showed their next Pocket PC Phone Edition device, the Xda IIi, first time publicly. Basically, as previously said, the Xda IIi comes in the same housing as the previous Xda II and the differences are in the details."
The XDA IIi is a strict evolution of the XDA II, but a nice one at that: they take the sleek XDA II formfactor, add a 520MHz processor, WiFi, a 1.3MP camera, and WM2003 Second Edition with WMP10. The really interesting part is the software bundle, and Arne does an excellent job with screenshots. Take a look at this dialer, for example:
The screenshots suggest to me that O2 and Microsoft are integrating an increasing amount of Smartphone-like functionality into the device -- and that's an excellent thing. 8)
The XDA IIi is a strict evolution of the XDA II, but a nice one at that: they take the sleek XDA II formfactor, add a 520MHz processor, WiFi, a 1.3MP camera, and WM2003 Second Edition with WMP10. The really interesting part is the software bundle, and Arne does an excellent job with screenshots. Take a look at this dialer, for example:
The screenshots suggest to me that O2 and Microsoft are integrating an increasing amount of Smartphone-like functionality into the device -- and that's an excellent thing. 8)
