Friday, May 27, 2005
Introducing the Dallab dp900
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 06:00 AM
Anthony (a.k.a. The PDA Guy) recently took the time to check out the latest gadgets at CeBIT Australia and one that was on offer was the Dallab dp900. It has a couple of standout features including: (1) a 180° rotatory VGA camera, and (2) a unique battery changing feature which allows you to replace the battery of the device without it powering down (which is great if you're halfway through a phone call and you need to give the device a little extra juice). Now looking at its specifications, it has an Intel PXA255 300MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 64MB ROM, a 3" QVGA 262K colour screen, GSM/GPRS - Tri-Band 900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz, a 1100mAh battery, SDIO, SIR, and Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition. Okay, now that I've got that mouthful aside, let's look at a couple of oddities: First of all, it is still not certain if Bluetooth is included. The specifications sheet makes no mention of it, but the company representatives claim that it is there. Secondly, based on the screenshots, it doesn't even appear as though Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition is included as the operating system (once again, there is no mention of 'Second Edition' on the product's specifications page). This device really is a mixed bag of results. :?