Darius Wey
01-25-2006, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2867' target='_blank'>http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2867</a><br /><br /></div><i>"We've witnessed the evolution of Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform from the old Windows CE of yore to the latest Windows Mobile 5 and the greatest changes are not just in the software. Hardware designs and additional functions clearly add to the improvements incorporated into the newest devices powered by Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile software. We've seen the jump from the Handheld PC to the Pen-input device type devices and back to a hybrid design which is surely the best thing since sliced bread. Some of the latest Pocket PC Phone Edition designs incorporate a sliding QWERTY thumboard. One of them is the Dopod 838 (HTC Wizard). We've seen other renditions of a Pocket PC with a QWERTY thumboard namely the old iPAQ 43xx models, the HTC Blue Angel, and the Motorola MPX which uses a unique twist up/side screen to expose the thumboard."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060125-Dopod838.jpg" /><br /><br />Carlo, over at <a href="http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2867">the::unwired</a>, has just gone hands-on with the Dopod 838, a variant (100/110) of the HTC Wizard that most of you are accustomed to (e.g. i-mate K-JAM; HTC Wizard 200). The difference lies in the form factor. Specs-wise, it's essentially the same.