Pocket PC Mobile: The new O2 XDA Zinc

A new Windows Mobile manufactured by ASUSTek will be made available by O2 as the O2 XDA Zinc. The design of this pocket pc is similar to HTC TyTN. It has a sliding QWERTY keyboard and 3G capabilities (wcdma2100). The O2 XDA Zinc will be lighter (165g ) than the HTC TyTN (176g). Its size will be 3mm shorter in length than the TyTN with Width and Depth almost the same (Zinc Dimensions: 109 x 58 x 22.6 mm ). The O2 XDA Zinc will have an Intel PXA 270 processor at 520 MHZ (the TyTN runs Samsung SC3244A at 400 MHZ), 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM. For connectivity it will be GSM Tri-Band and will have built-in Wi-FI, bluetooth and Infrared. For memory expansion the O2 XDA Zinc will have a Mini SD Slot while the TyTN has a micro SD. The device will also carry a 2.0 Mega Pixel CMOS camera with Auto-Focus and built-in flash. The released date is expected to be January 2007.