Windows Mobile pocket PC phone launched in China

Doug | Date: Apr 23, 2004 | Comments: 1

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Daxian Telecom recently introduced a CDMA phone based on Microsoft's Windows Pocket PC Phone edition. Sources report that the CU928 is one result of a collaboration between Microsoft and China Unicom that began about one year ago, and that the collaboration is viewed as a major win for Windows Mobile and the CDMA standard in China.

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The CU928 sports a 400 MHz Intel XScale PXA-263 processor with 64 megabytes each of RAM and ROM, while a Qualcomm MSM5500 handles the communcation functions. The 3.5-inch TFT LCD screen features 240 x 320 resolution, 64K colors and a touch screen.

The device also incorporates a 300,000 pixel camera. A 1490 mAH battery provides for three to four hours phone time and 168 hours of standby.

Summary of key features and specs:

• Processor: Intel PXA 263, 64 MB RAM, 64 MB ROM
  
• OS: Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PC
  
• Display: 320x240x64k colors, touchscreen
  
• Full-screen handwriting capability
  
• 300,000 pixel camera
  
• CDMA2000 1xRTT and IS-95A/B voice and data
  
• Dual frequency: 800 and 1,900 MHz
  
• Interfaces: IrDA, Bluetooth, USB, SDIO/MMC slot
  
• Windows Media Player 9, WAV/MMA/MP3 stereo sound
  
• Full slide-down keyboard
  
• Size: 125mm (L) x 69.8mm (W) x 18.7mm (T)
  
• Weight: 210 grams
  
• 1490 mAH battery

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