Windows Phone Thoughts: Gigabyte g-Smart Released

Previously known as the Einstein, Gigabyte's g-Smart has just been released in Taiwan. This Pocket PC Phone Edition features an Intel PXA272 416MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 64MB ROM, a tiny 2.4" QVGA (240 x 320) 262K-colour TFT-LCD, Bluetooth 1.2, 802.11b Wi-Fi, tri-band GSM/GPRS support, a 2.1-megapixel CMOS camera, a miniSD slot, a TV and FM radio tuner, a somewhat low-capacity 840mAh lithium battery, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Mobile Life (Taiwan) has a nice collection of pictures that are worth checking out. The g-Smart measures in at 109mm x 53.5mm x 24mm and weighs 153g.

In other news, DigiTimes is reporting that Gigabyte has plans to jump into the mobile markets of China and India in 2006. They also have plans to release eight to ten new mobile devices in the new year. Six to eight of those will most likely be PDA phones with additional support for integrated GPS, enhanced multimedia, and DVB-H TV.