Samsung shows bright i718 Pocket PC

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 8th 2006 at 1:54AM

Oh, you thought that when we said "bright," we meant "smart?" We suppose it could be that, too -- but more than anything, the Samsung i718's orange shell is just "bright." The fresh Pocket PC introduced at ITU Telecom World this week does the whole smartphone gig with a little more style than your average Windows Mobile device, though the specs aren't exactly earth shattering; would-be buyers can look forward to a 2.8-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel shooter, 128MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM, microSD expansion, and Bluetooth 2.0. Though the phone's China-bound with no plans for a global release, the quad-band GSM / EDGE radio (somewhat unusual for a Chinese market device) means that North American readers pining for an orange PDA phone may have met their match.

[Via SlashGear]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: china, i720, itu, phone edition, PhoneEdition, pocket pc, PocketPc, samsung, telecom world, TelecomWorld, windows mobile, WindowsMobile

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jennie @ Dec 8th 2006 5:30AM

Too bad that we have to wait since Samsung has not planned to release the phone outside of China, but it wouldn’t be too long until the i718 makes its way to the U.S.

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Aura Mae @ Dec 8th 2006 1:55PM

What is the point of making new high end GSM phones that aren't 3G?

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Pete @ Dec 8th 2006 2:40PM

This is great! If anyone can make the Pocket PC Phone attractive and sexy, it is Samsung. This looks a lot like their other slim sliders, and I do hope they kept the dimensions down.

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Maff @ Dec 11th 2006 10:55AM

very smart, they need to make the menus easy to navigate, though the rom+ram may help there, if its as good as the d500, w00t!

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