Vodafone VPA compact IV on sale in Germany, coming soon to UK
December 27, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R.
Vodafone's incarnation of HTC Herald (see also our review of HTC Herald) - the thinner version of HTC Wizard Pocket PC phone - is now on sale in German division of Vodafone. VPA compact IV may have no 3G, but it is THIN (!), has EDGE, clever slide-out keyboard mechanism and long battery life. Highlight of the Vodafone version is BlackBerry software that is built-in into this Pocket PC phone!
Specifications:
- processor: OMAP 850, 201 MHz (slow but user gets in return longer battery life
- memory: Flash ROM: 128 MB,
SDRAM: 64 MB
- camera: 2 megapixel
- pre-installed: BlackBerry Push E-Mail Service
- batery life: standby: 200 hours (8 days!), talk time: 5 hours
- weight: 168 g
- price: 539 Euro (360 British pounds or 707 US dollars) without subscription or much cheaper together with subscription
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
To learn more click here.
Conclusion: the best Pocket PC phone currently on the market - HTC Hermes - is quite thick and 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) uses a lot of battery power. It is good to see that HTC is going into direction of thin phones, also with their phones with slide-out QWERTY keyboards. Currently in the mobile phone market, both among regular phones and smartphones: "the thin is in" and manufacturers, that will manage timely release of thin phones will be rewarded with bigger sales...
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