Windows Phone Thoughts: Sprint PPC-6700 Revealed

"Experience the powerful and feature-rich Sprint PCS VisionSM Smart Device PPC-6700, the first Pocket PC Phone Edition device on Windows Mobile 5.0 Software available in the U.S. It's the newest mobile device platform from Microsoft. With an exciting new form factor - smaller and lighter than traditional Pocket PC devices - this powerhouse has EV-DO built in, ready to support Sprint Wireless High Speed Data capabilities where available. It also sports a 416 MHz Intel processor, megapixel camera and camcorder, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi data capabilities."



Amidst all this HTC Wizard and HTC Universal hype, Sprint has just released the PPC-6700 (a.k.a. HTC Apache). This 4.25" x 2.3" x 1.0" device is packed with an Intel Bulverde 416MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, CDMA/EV-DO support, a 1.3MP camera, 802.11b Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 1.2, IR, a miniSD slot, a mini-USB port, a 240 x 320 (QVGA) colour screen, a 1350mAh battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Its RRP is $629.99 (after savings, $479.99) and should satisfy most of you - if you don't mind that antenna bulge.