Unless mentioned otherwise, all the device run Windows Mobile 6 Professional. Specifications at time of writing is unconfirmed. The release is certainly welcomed, a lot was being worried that HTC was becoming the one and only provider of Windows Mobile devices. The concern was of course, monopoly. HTC has the ability to churn out many devices but they are starting to get ridiculously expensive. A line up from one of the other big boys should keep prices reasonable

Let’s start from the bottom:

iPAQ 100 Classic Handhelds

• a 624 mhz Marvell PXA310 CPU
• 3.5 inch 320 x 240 LCD screen
• 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
• 64 MB RAM, 256 MB Flash ROM
• 1200 mAh battery
• 3.68 ounces
• a miniUSB connector for sync/charge
• 4.59″ x 2.71″ x 0.54″
• $299

iPAQ 200 Enterprise Handhelds

• 624 mhz Marvell PXA310 CPU
• 4 inch 640×480, 256K LCD (that was a mouthful)
• 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
• 64 MB of RAM, 256 MB of Flash ROM
• 2200 mAH battery
• mini USB connector
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 6.8 ounces
• 4.96″ x 2.99″ x 0.63″
• $449 USD

iPAQ 300 Travel Companion

• Windows CE 5
• GPS navigation
• a 600 mhz Centrality Titan CPU
• 4.3 inch 16-bit touch screen at 800 x 480 resolution
• 128 MB of RAM
• up to 2 GB of Flash ROM
• 1700 mAh battery
• SDHC slot for expansion
• speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack
• miniUSB port for charging
• 6.6 ounces
• 3.4 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• $449 USD

iPAQ 600 Business Navigator

• 520 mhzMarvell PXA270 CPU
• 2.8 inch 240 x 320 screen
• quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• tri-band HSPDA
• 802.11 b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth2.0 with EDR
• GPS navigation
• 3 megapixels with 4x digital
  zoom camera
• 1590 mAh battery
• 5.1 ounches
• 4.6″ x 2.37″ x 0.69″
• microSD card
• $599 USD

iPAQ 900 Business Messenger

• 520 mhzMarvell PXA270 CPU
• 2.8 inch 240 x 320 screen
• QWERTY keyboard (yay)
• quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• tri-band HSPDA
• 802.11 b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth
  2.0 with EDR
• GPS navigation
• 2.5 mm headphone jack
• miniUSB charging port
• 3 megapixels with 4x digital
  zoom camera
• 1840 mAh battery
• 5.15 ounches
• 4.45″ x 2.52″ x 0.63″
• microSD card
• $599 USD

Telco Talk Malaysia has just posted that MCMC has qualms with how DiGi is managing their dealers. These 2 practices were targetted:

• DiGi should not tie mobile phone dealers with its agreement that bans them from selling other telco products
• DiGi should not force the dealers to display its promotional materials or its signboards

Now my question is this - why would the dealers still do business with DiGi even when such rules were imposed? Hint: profit maybe? Of course, I’m only speculating here, no solid numbers or anything.

Also, why must MCMC act as a babysitter for the other 2 telcos? I thought MCMC’s purpose was to protect the interest of the general public and the nation? It has definitely managed to show that it is trying to force DiGi into a corner by denying DiGi 3G and WiMAX licenses, allowing the other two telcos to escape with SMS scamming and now this.

Come on MCMC, you must wake up and realize that stifling the competition is why Astro, Proton and TM is so sub-par. Now you want to do the same in the telco industry? Tsk tsk tsk…