03-17-2003, 11:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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TI's Wanda - Next-Gen Pocket PC Phone
TI is developing a reference concept design for what could, in the future, be one killer product.
"The tri-wireless PDA concept design, code named "WANDA" for Wireless Any-Network Digital Assistant, is the first PDA design to integrate TI's wireless LAN, Bluetooth�, and GSM/GPRS technologies for simultaneous voice calls, wireless web access and personal area networking."
Yes, you read that right. WLAN, Bluetooth, and GSM/GPRS. A Pocket PC Phone. Anyone got a time machine they're willing to sell to me?
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03-17-2003, 11:04 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 96
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I'll take 2, they're small.
on the product spec, it has - camera 800x600 (0.5 MPixel) images
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03-17-2003, 11:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 176
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Do they have an expected date?
Thanks
Thanos
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03-17-2003, 11:17 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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battery
Did you notice the battery and its effects on usable time?
Battery Usage (estimates)
8 hours GSM talk time; 450 hours GSM standby
6 hours GPRS browsing
12 hours PDA constant usage
Battery: Lithium Polymer, 3.6 V at 1900 mAh capacity
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Jonathan (JonnoB)
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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03-17-2003, 11:18 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 111
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There won't be a date until an OEM picks it up - as a reference model, it's sort of like one of those concept cars you see at auto shows. It is designed to show TI's chip in action, but they won't actually create the devices, leaving it up to someone like HTC in Taiwan to buy the chips and put the device together...
Very promising though - I suppose you could cobble together something like this with a phone/data CF card and a wifi sd card, but this would be much more elegant.
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03-17-2003, 11:20 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 384
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PPC 2003 !!!!
If you look at the detailed specs, it references PocketPC 2003 as the shipping OS.
I would look for this to be rolled out by wireless carriers at the same time as PPC 2003 is released.
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03-17-2003, 11:20 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Very interesting device...these tidbits from the "application processing" chip specs sound interesting:
- One integrated USB transceiver for either host or function
- Camera interface for CMOS sensors
Also, it looks like it's a "dual core" processor - one core runs at up to 200mhz, the other at up to 175mhz. Interesting...
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03-17-2003, 11:22 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 40
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Yeah....sure it looks innovative, but does it have a transflective screen?
What kind of Foo do you take me for?
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03-17-2003, 11:24 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by thanos255
Do they have an expected date?
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reference concept design = not a shipping product :wink:
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03-17-2003, 11:30 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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transreflective
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Originally Posted by scrinch
Yeah....sure it looks innovative, but does it have a transflective screen?
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Entirely up to the manufacturer who decides to employ this reference design.
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