GSPDA Launches M70 Smartphone

Tam Hanna of TamsPalm writes:

Palm OO Garnet isnt dead yet - at least not for GSPDA. Recently, it announced the new M70 smartphone on its Web site.

The machine is advertised to be supporting push email - one of the reasons the Austrian carrier T-Mobile refused to carry the Treo 600 (met the product manager in the tram once). Further important stats are:

• Tri band: GSM 900/ 1800/ 1900MHz
• Palm OS (r) 5.4 Garnet
• Display: 260K Color, 2.2″ TFT 176 x 220 pixels, touch screen
• Push Email
• One touch Email function
• Bluetooth communication and synchronization
• SMS Alarm
• Video Caller Display
• Full screen Chinese and English handwriting input
• 1.3 mega pixels CMOS camera, with digital zoom function
• Video recording and playback (support MPEG 4 and 3GPP format)
• MP3 ringtone and playback
• 40 poly ringtone, support MIDI and MP3 format
• Email support (POP3, SMTP) with viewing and editing attachment
  function (in conjunction with application software)
• Support GPRS Class 10/ xHTML/ WAP 2.0/ MMS/ SMS
• External SD card expansion slot
• Bluetooth, Infrared and USB connectivity
• Exciting Palm games

Looks as if we have a Treo 680 alternative now. The Palm OS blogger Theo Poon guessed that the price of the machine would be below $400 by far… he goes on to say $359, but this will obviously change should retailers kick in.

The official Web site is here.

A big thank you goes to Theo Poon for the hint and the price guess.

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