The successor to the world's first Pocket PC Phone Edition device goes official: the O2 XDA II boasts overall improved specifications, a digital camera and Windows Mobile 2003.
Over a year after the introduction of world's first device based on the Phone Edition of Microsoft's Pocket PC platform - the original XDA - pan-European carrier mmO2 has officially unveiled its successor. The O2 XDA II will feature an integrated digital camera, Bluetooth, Windows Mobile 2003 and all round beefed up specifications.
Slated for arrival later this year, the XDA II remains similar to the original XDA in size, but has lost its antenna and offers more power under the hood with a 400 MHz Intel XScale processor and 128 MB of RAM. Also, the XDA II boasts newfound support for tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz and Bluetooth, as well as more recent innovations including MMS and the latest version of the Phone Edition of Microsoft's Pocket PC platform - to be known as Windows Mobile 2003.
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Also new is an integrated, VGA resolution (0,3 megapixel) digital camera as well as a 16-bit transflective colour display - although this is of similar size to that of the original XDA. Despite the improvements to specifications, O2 also claimed that the company had achieved increased standby and talk times, and has also thrown in SDIO support for the SD/MMC Card expansion slot.
Currently, the original XDA is priced at EUR 399 in Germany when purchased with a 24 month contract. The price of the XDA II has not yet been determined, nor the exact date for its availability - although O2 promises to have it out in time for Christmas.
An additional hi-res picture of the O2 XDA II is available on the following page.
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