Details on the E-TEN G500

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=it_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pocketpcitalia.com%2FNews%2F2006%2F01%2FG500%252D%252Decco%252Dil%252Dnuovo%252DPocket%252DPC%2F' target='_blank'>http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...ocket%252DPC%2F</a><br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.pocketpc.hk/">PocketPC.hk</a> has details on what appears to be an upcoming E-TEN Pocket PC Phone Edition known as the G500. Unfortunately, access to the article requires registration, so we'll point you to this translated summary at <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=it_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pocketpcitalia.com%2FNews%2F2006%2F01%2FG500%252D%252Decco%252Dil%252Dnuovo%252DPocket%252DPC%2F">PocketPCItalia.com</a> instead (if you're too lazy to register and/or if you can't read Chinese).<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060110-ETENG500.jpg" /><br /><br />The G500 is very similar to the M600, which I <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,44578:dont_paginate,1">reviewed</a> late last year. It includes a Samsung S3C2440A 400MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB flash ROM, quad-band GSM/GPRS (Class B) support, a 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320) TFT-LCD, integrated GPS (SiRFstar III), a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash, Bluetooth 1.2 - Class 2 (with support for A2DP), and a miniSD slot. No Wi-Fi, it seems, but it does include GPS.<br /><br />It's all a little sketchy at the moment, but it appears the G500 is geared towards an end of March release at an unknown price.

[TheZodiac]

That etched look button design is rather RAZRish. Which may not be a BAD thing, just unoriginal.

[KTamas]

What's with that weird "screenshot" on the screen of the device? 8O

[ventivent]

Looks like the perfect PPC for this guy:

http://www.tronguy.net/images/headshot.jpg

I wonder if you can sling it like a frisbee.

[Foo Fighter]

LOL! No, this isn't a prop from the movie Tron. It's the ugly stepchild a RAZR phone combined with an E-Ten M600.

[julianfong]

Supprise me my picture is on Pocket PC Thoughts. :oops:
The picture is from Eten Taiwan. Anyway, Believe or not.

I have a real mock-up with G500 picture coming out this few days.
And more detail specification will be post.

Julian

Your Voice, Our Impetus
Pocket PC Hong Kong
www.pocketpc.hk

[stevelam]

Looks nice but no wifi :(

Why do manufacturors (sorry about the spelling) still do this?

[Raphael Salgado]

What's with that weird "screenshot" on the screen of the device? 8O

They forgot to adjust the vertical hold on the back of the unit. ;)

...BTW, when's the last time you saw THAT dial on a device? I can't believe I actually remembered that, too!

[saru83]

looks soo cool, but i cant c my self getting one of these, nothing actually special about it :!:

[pocketpcadmirer]

Looks nice but no wifi :(

Why do manufacturors (sorry about the spelling) still do this?

May be the only gripe for me.

Sunny

[Down8]

LOL! No, this isn't a prop from the movie Tron. It's the ugly stepchild a RAZR phone combined with an E-Ten M600.Looks like a RAZR and an Axim combo to me.

-bZj

[bnycastro]

it would be cool if you could change the stripe... :P red and black would be nice IMO. also i'd rather have wifi than gps, but that's just me.