Effectively providing competing wireless handheld makers with a view of its rear bumper, Samsung has now introduced its latest Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition-based device in Korea: the MITs M400. Similar in shape and size to the recently introduced SGH-i700 and SPH-i700 models, the M400 offers the most comprehensive line-up of features of any wireless handheld on the market to date - including unprecedented 2-way radio and TV tuner capabilities.
For the time being only available in Korea, localized versions of the M400 are expected to arrive both in North America and Europe in the not too distant future, as Samsung stated the company aims to introduce 6 or 7 new products in these markets this year. Samsung did however not comment on whether this includes already launched products such as the SPH-i700 and SPH-i500.
Powered by a 300 MHz Intel PXA255 XScale processor and running Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition, the M400 is at a performance disadvantage when compared with the battery of Pocket PCs - most of which run at 400 Mhz - recently launched in conjunction with the introduction of Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC. Similarly, the 16-bit, 3.5" transflective TFT display of the M400 is of the same variety as those of the majority of recently introduced Pocket PCs.
However, no recently introduced models are powered by the Phone Edition of the platform, which will arrive in the shape of upgrades to existing Phone Edition devices and also with the introduction of new devices later this year. And, its basic hardware is regardless not what makes the M400 stand out in a crowd.
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Jul 29, 2003, 10:06 PM
