XDA II Mini Pro is a bit camera shy
September 18, 2005 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Convergence Phones
I recently came from a three day mobile tech expo and was curious to find a huge group of geeks (like me!) huddled around the Windows Mobile booth. I tried to push myself through the sweaty crowd to find a man showing off a new Windows Mobile 5.0 device in all its OEM glory – fully functional, no brand, no distributor. it looked like the XDA II Mini (popularized by 02) but slightly thicker.
I grabbed my camera to take a shot but when the evil demo guy saw me whip out my Olympus, he grabbed the unit and with some sleight of hand, stuffed it somewhere never to be seen again. Oh noes, my bad.
What I just saw was the rumored XDA II Mini Pro, a Wi-Fi enabled Windows Mobile 5.0 device that also comes with a thumb board, which reveals itself from the left side of the unit. Ingenious! The side-popping (surprise!) keypad takes advantage of Windows Mobile 5.0’s landscape view, so you can use the XDA II Mini Pro as a mobile office (landscape mode) or as a phone / PDA (portrait mode) with a lot of ease.
Paparazzi details from CNET Asia
