“As people have acquired Windows Mobile 5.0 devices and upgrades, many of them have noticed that these devices are a bit slower than previous Pocket PCs.Until now, most people have chalked this up to this operating system’s switch from using RAM for long-term storage to using Flash ROM for this task. Accessing Flash ROM is inherently slower than RAM.But a recent posting on the Windows Mobile Team Blog by Mike Calligaro says it is a bit more complicated than this. ” Find out more at brighthand.com
ETen is to release ETEN M550
“One of the Taiwanese sites of E-Ten Information Systems has created a page devoted to a new, but not yet announced PDA-enabled phone E-TEN M550. It is similar to E-TEN M600 released last year. The main difference is the lack of Wi-Fi support. It is expected to emerge on the Asian market soon.The specs of E-TEN M550:
Operating system Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and GPRS
Samsung S3C 2440 400 MHz processor
64 MB RAM and 128 MB flash-memory
2.8” touchscreen TFT LCD 65K colors
1.3-megapixel camera
Bluetooth 1.2 interface
Slot for SDIO and MMC
Battery capacious of 1440 mAh
Dimensions – 111.7×60.7×22 mm
Weight – 170 g” via mobile-review.com
Flash Video: Sony Ericsson Upcoming Models
Sony Ericsson Executive gave slashphone.com a walkthrough during CTIA Wireless on their upcoming product. You can see this video of the upcoming Sony Ericsson phones here: