TamsPPC - the PocketPC Blog

A hungarian blog recently leaked a few images showing Sony Ericsson’s new Windows Mobile Smartphone - displaying loads of system specs. We now know the following:

• Windows Mobile 6.1
  
• Qualcomm 7200@528MhZ
  
• 128MB RAM, 256MB Flash
  
• 122.66MB usable storage space

• 800×480 screen(ipaq 310, anyone?)
• 1500mAH battery

In case you wish to see the pictures yourself, why not visit them here.

BrightHand’s Adama Brown has just completed his review of HP’s latest VGA-screen PDA(available here).

The review generally is very positive about the device and rates it better than both Palm TX and Dell Axim x51v - the main complaints are related to minor things like the speaker and slightly slow startup times.

Adama especially praised the bright, large screen and the truly insane battery life…stay tuned - our unit should hit our offices soon!

The images below show the “revamped” keyboard as found on the X7510:

It looks like we are looking at a “touchscreen” keyboard of some sort, where the classic mechanical keys are replaced by a touchscreen membrane. While this definitely offers advantages in terms of weight, thickness and possibly durability, I consider this a very bad idea nevertheless.

Mechanical keyboards offer (at least basic) tactile feedback while typing - something a touchscreen keyboard never can replicate. When typing on a touchscreen keyboard, nothing tells you if you have hit the right key or not - when touching “discrete” keys, you can immediately feel if you are on the key or not.

What do you think?

Image via Engadget.