according to the company.
(Click here for larger image)SI positions the S-XGen as an innovative alternative to UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs), calling it a "lightweight, pocket-sized PC [that] combines several digital products into a single, easy-to-access device." The company further claims the device to be "the only UMPC of its kind to integrate all of the computing and digital functionality of other UMPCs in a design that offers a near full-size keyboard and an ultra-productive eight-hour battery life." However, being based on Windows CE, it can hardly be categorized as either a PC or a UMPC, since both of these are assumed to be capable of running a full-up desktop Windows OS.
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The S-XGen runs Windows CE 5.0 on a 520 MHz PXA270 processor, and is equipped with with 256 MB of RAM and a 20 GB hard drive. Standard wireless functionality includes WiFi, Bluetooth, and tri-band cellular, and Ethernet and USB connectivity are also available.
The device features a 4-inch, 470 x 280 pixel TFT touchscreen display, and includes a built-in web-cam. Folded up, the unit measures approximately 6.5 x 3.8 inches, and weighs 14 oz, according to the company.
Al Reda, CEO of SI parent company Seamless WiFi, stated, "Fingers are a terrible thing to waste -- especially when you have real work to do." In contrast, the S-Xgen "turns users into mobile powerhouses not thumb suckers."
The S-Xgen is immediately available, at a suggested retail price of $1,400, according to SI. The company is demonstrating the device at CES this week in booths IP 255 and IP 271 at the Sands Innovation Pavilion.
The S-Xgen is not the first device to combine tablet and mobile phone capabilities. Exactly one year ago,
DualCor Technologies demonstrated a combination Pocket PC phone and Windows XP tablet PC device at CES in Las Vegas. That device, priced around $1500, was intended to "end the compromise between mobility, functionality, and productivity for the mobile business professional."
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