Monday, September 30, 2002
ViewSonic entry level Pocket PC for $299
Posted by marlof in "NEWS" @ 12:26 AM
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-960004.html
On November 1, ViewSonic will release an entry level Pocket PC that might be quite interesting. Not for the power users out there (there's no built in 802.11b, no Bluetooth, only one SD expansion slot) but for those in the need of a basic PDA that still can give you a full multimedia experience.
The V35 Pocket PC will be 4.9-ounce device, have a 300MHz Intel XScale PXA250 processor, 32MB of memory, a 3.5-inch transflective color screen and a Secure Digital expansion slot. It will be bundled with PowerPoint file viewer and image viewer applications. And you can get all that for just $299. I was a bit amazed to read this entry level product will have a transflective screen for this price. But ViewSonic general manager Tom Offutt states that ViewSonic's position as a display company helped to bring down the cost of the device.
And that's important. As Richard Shim of CNet News writes: "Analysts have said that high prices have kept the Pocket PC-based handhelds from the biggest segment of the market: consumers. However, with the ViewSonic device--and other gear that will fall in the same price range and are due out by the end of the year--the Pocket PC OS has the potential to grow its share of the market."
Source: Marc Zimmermann and Foo Fighter.
On November 1, ViewSonic will release an entry level Pocket PC that might be quite interesting. Not for the power users out there (there's no built in 802.11b, no Bluetooth, only one SD expansion slot) but for those in the need of a basic PDA that still can give you a full multimedia experience.
The V35 Pocket PC will be 4.9-ounce device, have a 300MHz Intel XScale PXA250 processor, 32MB of memory, a 3.5-inch transflective color screen and a Secure Digital expansion slot. It will be bundled with PowerPoint file viewer and image viewer applications. And you can get all that for just $299. I was a bit amazed to read this entry level product will have a transflective screen for this price. But ViewSonic general manager Tom Offutt states that ViewSonic's position as a display company helped to bring down the cost of the device.
And that's important. As Richard Shim of CNet News writes: "Analysts have said that high prices have kept the Pocket PC-based handhelds from the biggest segment of the market: consumers. However, with the ViewSonic device--and other gear that will fall in the same price range and are due out by the end of the year--the Pocket PC OS has the potential to grow its share of the market."
Source: Marc Zimmermann and Foo Fighter.
