Windows Phone Thoughts: X-Gadget Compares Audiovox's PPC6601 And palmOne's Treo 650

"When I first heard about the Audiovox PPC-6601 I thought finally there would be a PocketPC device similar to the Treo. The space saving slide-out keyboard looked like a great way to keep the device small and still be productive when writing email and text messages. However, pictures can be misleading and this is definitely the case with the PPC-6601. Instead of a seemingly compact PDA, it is comparable in size to the smaller iPaqs and is noticeably larger than the Treo 650."



I think the article gave the PPC-6601 a pretty fair evaluation, although the reviewer was clearly looking for a device that can be almost completely operated one-handed, something that the PPC-6601 is not, and as such was slightly biased towards the Treo; as of this moment, the Smartphone 2003 devices might be a better comparison. The review didn't spend much time comparing the two OSes, which I think plays a bigger role in differentiating the two devices. Anyway, I'd love to see a solution that takes the best of both units, but it seems like that will take some time.