CeBIT: Mio P350 and P550

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://tinyurl.com/r8qvs' target='_blank'>http://tinyurl.com/r8qvs</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060316-MioP350P550.jpg" /><br /><br />With CeBIT over, the flurry of hardware news has stopped, though we do have one last Pocket PC to show you. This is the Mio P350 and P550 series - aside from the addition of Bluetooth 2.0 in the P550, both are essentially the same. They're equipped with a Samsung S3C2440 400MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a 3.5" QVGA (240 x 320) 65K-colour TFT-LCD, Wi-Fi, integrated GPS (SiRFstar III), an SDIO slot, a 1300mAh battery, and Windows Mobile 5.0. With the HTC Galaxy and a handful of new Pocket LOOXs from the Fujitsu-Siemens camp currently in the market, the new Mio devices should offer some good competition as far as GPS Pocket PCs are concerned.

[Edgar_]

I am totally confused.

Are VGA screens on a PPC costly? Are they problematic? Are they not worth it? Its not cost - they put GPS chips in a device that 70&amp; of the population probably won't use properly or much - yet a screen that all use (especially with maps!) is not.

I love my 4700 for clarity, real estate and all around usability (touchpad aside).

Why are all these new devices coming out without VGA? What is the replacement for a 4700 (besides some converged device)?

-Edgar

[PDANEWBIE]

Personally I don't understand why there is a Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi trade off in this device... It should have both at least.

[Darius Wey]

Personally I don't understand why there is a Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi trade off in this device... It should have both at least.

There isn't a trade-off. The P350 has Wi-Fi; the P550 has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.