T-Mobile MDA with integrated GPS would be perfect. Anything like that coming to market soon?

[normaldude]

I'm tempted to buy the T-Mobile MDA, but I just wish it had integrated GPS. So I would hate to pay for the T-Mobile MDA today, and then 6 months later, see a similar phone with integrated GPS come to market.

My ideal Pocket PC Phone would have..

- Quad-band GSM
- GPRS/EDGE
- Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi
- Integrated Camera
- Integrated GPS
- Internal Antennae (nothing protruding)
- At least 320x240 display (640x480 preferred)

Is anything like that slated to come to market this year?

Thanks in advance for any information.

[stsanford]

Yeah, look at the ETEN G500. www.etencorp.com

I had an MDA for about a day. Slow as can be. The ETEN M600 which I also have is much faster (195MHz vs 400MHz) Big difference. I wouldn't buy another PDA as slow as that again. Once my contacts were sync'd over, the phone couldn't get out of its own way!

Pros:
Great hardware and software package (not perfect, but nothing with WM5 on it will be)
Great forum: www.eten-users.net

[normaldude]

Yeah, look at the ETEN G500. www.etencorp.com

I had an MDA for about a day. Slow as can be. The ETEN M600 which I also have is much faster (195MHz vs 400MHz) Big difference. I wouldn't buy another PDA as slow as that again. Once my contacts were sync'd over, the phone couldn't get out of its own way!

Pros:
Great hardware and software package (not perfect, but nothing with WM5 on it will be)
Great forum: www.eten-users.net

I was looking at the E-TEN G500, but it didn't have integrated Wifi.

But it seems that Spectec makes a MiniSD Wifi card.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BYR972/

Here's an example of an E-TEN G500 with the MiniSD wifi card.

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5108.html

I'm tempted to go that route, but I might just try to wait until someone releases a Pocket PC Phone that has all my listed features integrated. Hopefully, such a device will come to market soon.

[uwaku]

You could also buy a BT GPS receiver. That way you can keep your MDA and get all the extra functionality. They start at under $100 these days.

[normaldude]

You could also buy a BT GPS receiver. That way you can keep your MDA and get all the extra functionality. They start at under $100 these days.

I don't want to carry an extra device, especially if it needs to recharged separately, needs it's own a/c adapters, etc.

I'd rarely need the GPS function. So carrying an extra BT GPS receiver in my pockets, and constantly recharging it, wouldn't be worth it. But I do need the GPS functionality to be there when I unexpectedly need it (like when I'm lost).

Having a separate miniSD WiFi card isn't as bad, since it doesn't need to be recharged, doesn't need it's own a/c adapters, is flat enough to be carried in my wallet like a credit card, and looks like it's nearly flush with the G500 when inserted into the miniSD slot.

[normaldude]

Ok, after doing more research, it seems that the Benq-Siemens P51 will have everything I want. It's slated to be released July 2006.

- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900)
- GPRS
- Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
- Integrated Camera, 1.3 megapixels
- Integrated GPS
- Internal Antennae (nothing protruding)
- 320x240 display

Some other specs..
- Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
- SDIO slot
- 128 MB SDRAM, 128 MB Flash
- QWERTY keyboard

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Benq-Siemens-P51-phone-p_1508.html
http://www.gsmarena.com/benq_siemens_p51-1497.php
http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2006/03/09/033947.html
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9348734294.html
http://www.benqmobile.com/cds/frontdoor/0,2241,hq_en_0_138897_rArNrNrNrN,00.html
http://www.benqmobile.com/repository/1324/132407/P51_Datasheet.pdf

Looks like my dream phone is coming soon :)