Windows Phone Thoughts: Mio A700 GPS-Enabled Pocket PC Phone Edition Officially Unveiled

"Mio Technology, a subsidiary of Mitac International, on November 29 unveiled its new GPS-enabled PDA phone, the A700, which will be available worldwide in mid-December at prices ranging between US$597-746. The A700 will specifically target users in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as the model features built-in Chinese-version maps of cities in China and Taiwan, according to company president Samuel Wang. The A700 will also be the company’s first PDA phone to tap the China market since its affiliated company, Mitac Computer (Kunshan), secured a license in September to sell its own-brand handsets in China, Wang added."



Mio has just released the A700, the ugly-twin of the A701, which we posted on back in August. If it doesn't make your eyes water, then I don't know what will. ;)

An official Flash demo (in Chinese) can be found here. The device features an Intel PXA270 520MHz processor, 192MB of memory, a 2.7" QVGA (240 x 320) screen, tri-band GSM/GPRS functionality, integrated GPS, Bluetooth 1.2, a 1.3-megapixel camera, an SD/MMC slot, and Windows Mobile 5.0.