Product Images from 3GSM

[Darius Wey]

Both <a href="http://www.pocketpcitalia.com/">Pocket PC Italia</a> and <a href="http://www.theunwired.net/">the::unwired</a> have cooked up some fresh images of the iPAQ hw6900, Pocket LOOX T800, and Mio A701, all of which are worth checking out.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060214-PPCIT800.jpg" /><br /><br />• iPAQ hw6900: <a href="http://www.pocketpcitalia.com/News/2006/02/iPAQ%2Dhw6915%2D%2D%2D%2Dconfermato%2D%2Darr/">6 Images</a>.<br />• Pocket LOOX T800: <a href="http://www.pocketpcitalia.com/News/2006/02/Fujitsu%2DSiemens%2DPocket%2DLoox%2DT8/">7 Images</a>; <a href="http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2901#article">4 Images</a>.<br />• Mio A701: <a href="http://www.pocketpcitalia.com/News/2006/02/Il%2DMitac%2DMio%2DA701%2Darriver%2D%2Da%2DM/">4 Images</a>.

[Phillip Dyson]

Putting the Loox next to the Universal is eye openning. The loox is one big mamma jamma 8O

[Menneisyys]

Putting the Loox next to the Universal is eye openning. The loox is one big mamma jamma 8O

Yup, a bit (?) oversized :|

[MG]

Putting the Loox next to the Universal is eye openning. The loox is one big mamma jamma 8O

I was thinking the same thing.....

Mark

[pocketpcadmirer]

Putting the Loox next to the Universal is eye openning. The loox is one big mamma jamma 8O

Yup, a bit (?) oversized :|

But, still it looks pocketable to me bacause its not that 'wide' as universal

And compare the screen size of universal and loox :lol:

Sunny

[Menneisyys]

Putting the Loox next to the Universal is eye openning. The loox is one big mamma jamma 8O

Yup, a bit (?) oversized :|

But, still it looks pocketable to me bacause its not that 'wide' as universal

And compare the screen size of universal and loox :lol:

Sunny

Well, I think I'll stick with definitely smaller the HTC Wizard. If the final size is the same, then, this device will be a financial disaster for F-S.

[apeguero]

That comment I had made about the Loox being the perfect PPC Smartphone device? I take that back. It's a bit bigger then I thought. It's bigger then the Treo which is about as big as I would pay for. this is why I bought the Apache PPC 6700, because it was not bigger then the Treo.

Also, did you all notice the black edges around the LCD on the Loox? Why oh why do this manufactures try and pull these fast ones on us? They advertise 2.5 inch screen (or whatever it is). Then they give us products with a good portion surrounding the screen that is unusable. Again, I take my comments about this being the perfect PPC/Smartphone back. Too bad FS... :(

[Raphael Salgado]

I agree. If you saw the original mockup images, the image on the display was right to the edge of the LCD screen, but this is a huge border around the image, much like those early portable DVD players with that black faceplate around the tiny 4" LCD to either make it look like an 8" widescreen. You're not fooling anyone and it's cheesy. :roll:

[mr_Ray]

Well the good news is that the screen is only a prototype, as are a few of the other features on the phone, so retail units will have a lifesize screen rather than the thumbnail view you see on the stand there. :D

Would have been clever of them to put a little "prototype" sticker on there somewhere I think...

[Menneisyys]

Well the good news is that the screen is only a prototype, as are a few of the other features on the phone, so retail units will have a lifesize screen rather than the thumbnail view you see on the stand there. :D

Would have been clever of them to put a little "prototype" sticker on there somewhere I think...

That is, in reality, the final units will be considerably smaller?

[mr_Ray]

That is, in reality, the final units will be considerably smaller?
Well you never know, but I think the general form factor is probably pretty fixed. Being a prototype unit you never know, but I'd be surprised if this late in the game more than a mm or two was changed. It will at least be a proper screen, though.

To be honest I'm a little disappointed at the size, but that's only length - it looks noticably longer but also noticably narrower than the HP/Treo competition. There's a lot more in there though.

With it's alleged release in the US too, if it's released properly it'll be interesting to see if it does better than it's shorter but fatter, and less well equipped competition.

[alese]

Given the size of the device, there is ever more reason to put bigger and higher resolution screen in the device.
It would be a really interesting machine with 480x480 screen...

[PdaAddict]

This is one ugly phone. It reminds me of Benq P50's design, especialy those ugly buttons. I just got Cingular's version of the Wizard and very impressed with it so far.

[Damion Chaplin]

Yep, for my money, they'll have a hard time beating the Wizard's form factor. My K-JAM is about the best Pocket PC I've ever used. All three of these are huge in comparison. The days of stardard-sized PDAs are over (at least for me).

In fact, there are only 2 things that would make the K-Jam better: True 3G and VGA. Though the VGA would be a rather mixed blessing on a screen that sized...