More Cool Phone Layouts Coming...

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smartfone.net/?m=show&id=204' target='_blank'>http://www.smartfone.net/?m=show&id=204</a><br /><br /></div>Yesterday, I posted on the <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=202186">potential near-term availability</a> of a Pocket PC Phone with an overlay flip keypad, much like SE's P900. Here's another interesting idea: a PDA phone with a "sliding" keypad.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040112-MycubeCEPhone.jpg" /><br /><br />It's not Pocket PC, but rather just Windows CE. However, the formfactor would work for a PPCPE. It's cdma2000 1xEV-DO, has a 400MHz XScale, CE .NET 4.2, integrated camera, and 128MB of RAM. This unit, dubbed the Mycube, is slated to sell in Korea.

[Macguy59]

While cool looking I would be constantly worried about damaging the keyboard while it's suspended like that.

[Chris Spera]

Kinda looks like the i700, but with the slider on top...


Christopher Spera

[surur]

Is this a 3G phone? It certainly seems aimed to the American market (cdma and wifi).

Also, it now seems there is a flood of PPCPE phones (more than smartphones), with cool design (much more innovation than normal pocketpc's). It looks like there is a lot of manufacturers who see PPC's as a viable base os (certainly more than palm, and maybe a greater number of companies than symbian).

Of course in a few years you wont find any PPC without some kind of WAN connectivity (same as you dont find a computer without a modem). Its just inevitable.

Very interesting.

Surur

[Janak Parekh]

Is this a 3G phone? It certainly seems aimed to the American market (cdma and wifi).
Definitely 3G, but Korean market -- they're ahead of us in CDMA. CDMA's two big markets are North America and Southeast Asia.

--janak

[dMores]

kind of has something of that sonyericsson prototype i once saw.
that slider keyboard looks interesting. i think it is more resistant than a flip-style-keyboard.

i'm excited to see so many new form factors and features showing up on the market.

[Programmer]

Is this a 3G phone? It certainly seems aimed to the American market (cdma and wifi).
Definitely 3G, but Korean market -- they're ahead of us in CDMA. CDMA's two big markets are North America and Southeast Asia.

--janak

Yeah but probably without Bluetooth.

-- Robert

[mmidgley]

Ok, I agree on the bluetooth (whether main-stream yet or not, it should be there!). Regardless.... There's hope! Its a decent looking CDMA device that has a hope to run PocketPC! And 128MB!

I am no longer a total disbeliever... someday I may own a PPCPE. I may have to move to Korea to use it though... :roll:

m.

[maximus]

Is this a 3G phone? It certainly seems aimed to the American market (cdma and wifi).
Definitely 3G, but Korean market -- they're ahead of us in CDMA. CDMA's two big markets are North America and Southeast Asia.

--janak

Perhaps you mean North America and East Asia (Korea+Japan) ?
In southeast asian countries like singapore, indonesia, thailand, philippines, vietnam, etc. CDMA is just starting with miniscule marketshare.

[Janak Parekh]

Perhaps you mean North America and East Asia (Korea+Japan) ?
Well, Australia and NZ have a pretty large CDMA footprint too. I don't know how to describe the overall geographic area. :razzing:

--janak

[maximus]

Lets use 'East Asia, Downunder, and the country that produces a lot of milk' from now on.

:mrgreen: