Samsung i900 Omnia back in white, looks well different

Samsung officially confirmed today the new color version of their top-of-the-line PocketPC – the i900 Omnia. The iPhonesque rear must be just what some of the WinMo fans out there have been waiting for.

Luckily, to us at least, Omnia’s white backend gets rid of the wavy pattern that reminded us of N-series, that surfaced out a little while ago. It will feature the same brushed back as the black version, only this time in snow-white color.

Here is the first official photo of the Samsung i900 Omnia new outfit. Truth be told, it’s a breather from the classy-but-too-conservative black version.

Motorola introduces the lower end ZN200, W396 and W388

Motorola is throwing three new phones today in the low-to-mid-range skirmish. Coming in three different form factors, Motorola ZN200, W396 and W388 all have shortish spec sheets to most likely be matched by a modest price tag.

Motorola ZN200 comes with quad-band GSM support with GPRS and EDGE connectivity options. Stereo Bluetooth and USB are also on board. There is also a 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera and a 1.9" 262K-color display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels.


Morotola ZN200

The built-in memory of Motorola ZN200 is 30MB, topped with the microSD card slot, which supports cards with capacity of up to 2GB. Finally, the Motorola ZN200 comes complete with an FM radio and the CrystalTalk technology.

Motorola W396 is a clamshell and has two dual-band GSM versions. A 1.8" 65K-color TFT display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels is fitted on the device. USB, FM radio and Motorola's proprietary CrystalTalk technology are some of its other features. Data transfers are entrusted to GPRS only, as there is no support for EDGE. A microSD card slot allows expanding the internal memory by up to 2GB.


Motorola W396

The best parts about Motorola W396 are its compact dimensions of 95 x 45 x 17 mm and its weight of 88-94g. Yeah, you got that right - Motorola are still of two minds about weight.

Finally, the bar-shaped Motorola W388 has been around the web for quite a while, so its official announcement isn't much of a novelty. The most affordable of the lot comes with FM radio with RDS, USB port and a microSD card slot. Much like the W396, it will feature a 1.8" 128 x 160 pixel 65k-color display and will have two dual-band GSM versions with only GPRS support.


Motorola W388

The handsets will become available until the end of Q3 at an yet unknown price.

Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo Pro surfaces online, looks cool

As it seems Palm have a really nice looking Windows Mobile PocketPC in store for all GSM users.

The new Palm Treo Pro (previously rumored as Treo 850) appeared online in several screenshots grabbed from some sort of presentation slides.

Unfortunately, the slides don't reveal much about the technical specs of the Palm Treo Pro, however it's clear that the device will support GSM, there will be fast HSDPA data transfers and the whole thing is running on Windows Mobile Pro instead on Palm OS.

Wi-Fi is on board, as well as a microSD memory card slot. An infrared port is also present - a technology we thought to be long gone before Nokia released their latest Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. Next Bluetooth, 3.5mm standard audio jack and a microUSB port complete the tally. There's also a camera lens on the back - but we don't know any details.

One thing's for sure, the Palm Treo Pro seems like quite a looker (although not that slim) and we are already anxious to see it live (or at least shot live).


The Palm Treo Pro looks NOT sexy

Update: Live photos leaked later today and we were finally able to see the Palm Treo Pro live. The device doesn't look that good anymore so we guess we'll just have to take our words back.


The Palm Treo Pro

Additionally, some of the other specs of this thing surfaced along with the live photos, and here are the new details:
400Mhz CPU
256MB ROM, 128MB RAM!
320 x 320 pixel screen
Built-in GPS
Quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA
2 Megapixel camera
1500mAh battery