Have
you ever heard of the HTC Panda? No? Doesn't matter, because now you can see
another unknown HTC Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition. We've just received
two photos of an engineering sample and as it looks, the HTC Panda is the real
successor of the HTC Alpine. Running on Windows Mobile 5.0 (or maybe 6.0 if not
released yet), the HTC Panda is powered by a Samsung CPU at 400 MHz and features a 3.5" TFT display and is expected to
sport 256 MB ROM and 64 MB 128 RAM. However, unfortunately the Panda seems to be a
pure 2.5G device by supporting triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE only (while leaving 850 MHz
support). On the other hand, the device is expected to feature WiFi b/g and
Bluetooth 2.0. Last but not least, the device features a 2 megapixel camera:
 
Further information are not available. A launch is rumored for summer but
this isn't confirmed yet. Also availability is totally unclear.
Cheers ~ Arne
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