Windows Phone Thoughts: NEC MobilePro 900C launches in US

Geekzone report that NEC are introducing theNEC MobilePro 900c to the US. The MobilePro 900c is an "instant on" ultra portable handheld PC that weighs less than two pounds, yet features a near full-size keyboard and a flip-up-style 8.1-inch HVGA (640 x 240) display that has touch screen functionality. It is engineered with an Intel PXA255 400MHz” Note that this is running Window CE 4.2 and not any flavour of Pocket PC.



The specs include 64MB RAM, 32MB ROM, an integrated 56Kbps V.90 modem, a PC Card Type I/II slot, a Compact Flash Type I/II slot and an infrared (Fast IR) port. Software consists of CE .NET integrated viewers including ones for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF, custom Personal Information Management (PIM) applications, including e-mail, scheduling, task, and contact management and mobile synchronization.

This feature might catch a few of your eyes: “Improved USB functionality which allows users to connect several peripherals to the product, including but not limited to, a full-size keyboard, a mouse, a CD/DVD drive, and a USB memory key.” You can read more about the 900C at the NEC website.

Not a bad package at all. Now NEC, how about making the rest of us a PPC with a near full-sized keyboard?