Toshiba Presents the e350

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.quesabesde.com/pda/noticias.asp?id=678' target='_blank'>http://www.quesabesde.com/pda/noticias.asp?id=678</a><br /><br /></div>More details are leaking out about Toshiba's upcoming PDAs, which feature the new XScale processor. We've already discussed the e750 <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9934&highlight=">in detail</a>, but the e350's details are still vague. According to this article (Babelfish translation <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quesabesde.com%2Fpda%2Fnoticias.asp%3Fid%3D678&lp=es_en&tt=url">here</a> if you don't know Spanish), it will have 64MB of RAM and 16MB of ROM (is this another 1910-like NAND deal?), and will run a 300MHz PXA255 processor. The form factor implies an evolution of the e330, although the display might also be improved ("semi-transmissive" according to an older article I <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8958">posted on before</a>.)

[jizmo]

I just have to wonder .. is 400mhz XScale that much more expensive. Knowing the performance, I'd hate to see market filling with anything less than 400mhz.

/jizmo

[jpaq]

Infosync seems to have some good info on both the E750 and the E350 here:

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3228.html

The E350 case that Infosync shows appears to be the same as the previous models, just in a slightly darker color.

The only other notable differences are that the D-Pad looks a little different now and the screen size.

:D

[snappy2515]

Cool. I'm holding out to buy a new pda till I see how well these new X-Scale processors perform. I wont mind if the memory on the new e350's are NAND. This to me indicates another low price Pocket Pc. I really do wish that instead of an evolution of the old Toshiba that it were a revolution! As you can tell I'm not a fan of the e330's styling. But I guess if it keeps the costs down what the heck its not that bad.

[Jason Dunn]

I just have to wonder .. is 400mhz XScale that much more expensive. Knowing the performance, I'd hate to see market filling with anything less than 400mhz.

It's not a matter of price - it's a matter of marketing differentiation. There's a reason why not every Dell computer ships with a 3.066 Ghz CPU. :wink: